The Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, September 3, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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HOSE ON HEEL*-
OF HEAVY WIND.
ef moth Ml*
this morning U people donn-
clothe* to mud off tem
that aent everyone Mur-
iate laat night.
■ from 102 degrees Sunday afternoon
I to •* Mm early
|*n* at I o’clock'Mias Black’s gov.
: thermometer registered a
I bare 60
Oil Men Purchase
New Cabin Plane To
“Speed Up” Business
According to a news dispa .■••h
TTm Fort^Wort1-. Paul W. Pi*
and C. K. West, WeH known
oil melt in Ypupg and Stephens
<—ifafri- have PWtdbassd a new
Waco cabin plane with which ’to
mere npMly sat efficiently cover
thcr holdnr- hi Tsx*s, New
Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and
* ouisiand. '
dropped The names, Pitxer and-.
have .Ion* Lean associated wit*
drilling operations in the Young
coynty fields, and their
of the new plane to use in their
work opens a new means of trans
Ja their
great help in managing Process
Chemical Company, whiph is own-
by the two MHL. '
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GOOD WELLSlARE
BROUGHT IN DESPITE I
SCARCITY OF WATER'
........................................................... South Bend And
[,J: Ming Bend Schools
Commence Today
Keeping Faith
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Today a long felt need in the channels of business
Graham is being reKeved by ther initial pablieation of
THE GRAHAM DAILY REPORTER, a dally newspaperJ‘
dedicated to the best interests of Graham 'and Young
County. .....
Some few months ago the publishers of the Graham
Leader were petitioned to start a daily publication “at
your earliest convenience and when you find such ppa-
signallv honored by being
rt a daily
chosen by the citsenship to start a daily in this little city
aurqfcftg *ia? srjtiBfgfss-t -
felt that it km .impractical to start the publication of a £ >•
daily paper until conditions justified ks exlslence. Today, =
and Graham ~iB put in
- Rural schools are, starring earlier
than uyual this year, !. G. Cook,
county superintendent of school*, re-
Jftns.- , ,7_ " ~
The schools' at South Bend ary1
Ming Bend started today and that
gt Jean will open or the fall term
September 24.
Oates for the otBw^aistricts .haye
not ’been" set, h»<~ w^fa all nra.~
bability all will be started the last
week in ftepember or the first week
WEEK BECAUSE OF
CONSTRUCTION WORK
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'll6; portation for oil men la their ijtbor Day.th* petition te gtTU\tedTand Grahamte
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= gnat rejoicing. Business has shewn steady improve- s
jjj ment and with recent rains breaking the long drouth, pro—:5
§ spec!b for a good season are "looking up . Thus It is 5
I night
of a rainfall that while disappoint-
ing certainly .pooled things off.
Miss Blaek reports that 52 inch ed
fell last night and early this morn-
ing, and that the. wind that de-
posited Archer and Throckmorten
soil alt over newly .cleaned floors
will probably usher is Cooler wea-
ther for awhile. —
Temperatures at Wichlfa Falls
dropped’ to 56 ’ degrees at 9:30
o’clock laat nigpf accompanied by a
half inehrate.| Although the drouth continues,
Otanhur rainfall and wind was re->. several wells have been brought
ported in Quanah, Vernon and oth-> in, tie new locations have ' been
! er Cities , of North Texas. •eUraroton | made within the last f*w days in
: reporta heavy damage from. wind ttlL. young county field, TBSt^riH-
on 'the beets of a 6-inch rain 8at- jng will probably be resumed at a
feverish pitch as soon Ss more
rainMfotie-
The Texas. Company and Slong
Ntfe-T N. F; Mateey near the - Jaete
County line was placed on the
pump this week at 12$ barrels.
cause for
Jj.._
Following a meeting of the Gra-
ham Independent. School Board and
contractors 1A charge fo the oon-
structon of the new school build-
ing and remodeled high' school and
east ward. 1. T.- GUmcm eepaiin- !■
Vphdent ef schools,. announce il that
the opening of school would be
postponed
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;-'Mr. Gilmer gaVe
ftunr Sept.—tw- te gapt
their reasbtur
for^ the change ■ the delay in secur-
ing itgiiiiafa^Ulor i^findhamted
Although the
afternoon that flooded tfie
iTTerm Of
Court Will Begin At
9 O’clock Tomorrowlf-^^^ t0 thei'r
, ' r.
win wa»w»
| o’clock tour-now nioming for the
hnber Term of eourt. 'at which
W'ma Juige ,A”an D. Montgomery
will' else is 11 i be d -lrict court to
' i>fSi “for a «.<T ” e .......
_ topped
(2285 feet.
St :> The No 1 W. A, Ribble. doUed
by the McUester Oil Coapany in
the Jack Rose survey near the
south bank of, the Braaoe*. wnV
f -Christie
Coast t>ialt/- convince the firs’.
Monday of tho month In whidh the
term is held but since Labor _ Ray
is a legal holiday, jurors were no-
tified to report for service te-
ebandoned as a dry hale. at 3099 able _ st#rtiRg l.ncup
survey
instead of this morning.
iBAPTIST MEETINGS
ARE CONCLUDED WITH
BAF11SMAL SERVICES
Sevan were baptised at the First
[Baptist church Sunday evening fol-
lowing open-air services that coo
| eluded the two-week revival meel-
• ug' huid by Dr. F. B, Thorn, of
[ 11 outtoh.
The Rev. Thorn announces that
I five other persons are awaiting
and that 20 additional
>■ were gained through the
The Rev. Thom is * vary
Ith tha outcome of the
jfaigs concluded Sunday even-
, and wishes to thank tha peo-
of Graham far their splendid
and cooperation ‘ , in
!t • sueeess. •' "f
Missionary Societjr it meet,
r at 4 O'clock this afternoon to
for the yenr. and mem-
the Gntham church will go
Tuesday night and We<l-
»r , f Joint meeting of
’ntrockmodten-Young Aeoocia-
*hut
down at 2500 feet to wait fbr
connections pjfGer flowing •* about.
If barrels par hour from the.
sand.1 -.....; "i
J. F. Baker et al’s B-l M. Don-
ell fn the north ICO acres of the
Donell survey, abstimet 1688, ’ U
showing for about |0 barrels at-
tar being shot in lime at 32*4
fact.
E. C. Stovall and Son No. 16
fee, 250 each' Way from southwest
comer of block 41, J.' Tobn sur-
vey, is showing 3,000,000 cubic
feet of gas from the send at 3860
feet.; , ' . *■
Pltser and West on their No. T
Gardner in the southwest carper
ef section *14, T K. agd L sur-
vey, is pulling'>pipa and will he-
troet the formation which some
time ago petted 25 barrets per
day. '
The Texas Company’s No. ’ A-9
Finch Eatate, southwaat of Orth,
ja on the pump after completion
, In the sand at 667 as a 60-barrel
^'well.
Baker and Camp No. 3 6. N.
Smith in sactitm T. E. A L. aur-
vey, northwest of Jean is rated
ns pn If barrel well brom the sand
at 700 feet
Roy f. Ling at al No. 1 George,
la tha northeast portion of section
106 northwwt of Newcastle ... la
filling at styout 860 _ feet.
The'J. J. Moreij if .*1 N«. Hit
Ai-chey two mttMCTX southeast of
Olney was placed on the pump
vri'h 700 feet .of oil in the hole
from *74 to 97* feet. '
The location fer B. N
No 3-was made S0f"feet sou’h
spec Is Tor a good season are "looking up’.' Thus It is =
that the pledge made to the good people, when they pre- =
sented us with the petition, has been kept on Labor Day |
md the tabors of publishing a local daily newspaper start- =-
ed la earnest. 11
* The Graham Daily Reporter will, for the present, be 5
distributed without charge throughput Graham and vidn- |
ity. Day by day accounts of Jocal events will be featured =
and with the continued cooperation that -the Leader has =
received in the past, the paper can be built to one of which =
any city' would be proud. Rc mem her it is YOUR paper 5
C. M Copeland, wife and da ugh t-
ter, Marian of BaeleWo. Okie.. re«
turned to their home Sum ay after a skilled Workmen, and the late
pleasant stay in the Sam Copeland j ,Wte a< which the project was start-
horaaX Mr. Copeland is superior’ed.
tendeHt^of the Shell Oil Company | the old school building wHl bo
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REUNERS DIVE fiBIHI
EATERS GOOD FIGHT’
THURSDAY NIGHT
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y and any icontributien you cin make fbr its betterment will *; to, losing a har
be gratefully received. ' * . L ^ ...1, ^ |! Grate* Refinery
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WHITTLE RELEASES
PROBABLE LINEUP
FOR TOURNAMENT
Th« efttm of Graham koft hall
BhHXi: wm-go to Wichita Falls
Wednesday night for the f opening
game of the big invitation touaia-
ment, and Judging from the pteb-
no pari wnm
STAND TO BESET
UP FOR
ehanciw r of bHwehy hom^
' Manager Smokie Whittle of the
all-star team has released the fol-
lowing lineup for Wednesday’s
game, and requests that ap many
fans ha at Wichita Falls as can
make th« trip, Epperson, sf;
Knieff lb; Matthews see Cromer
If; Whatley cf; Lewie 8b. Har-
bisop 8b: Riggenberg rf; House c-
Weatherall p; Dixon infield; New-
by oatfield; Wallace outfield;
Johnston .n; Barnhart p; GoodWfrt
p. ■- - - | ^ -i •'
Nearly fitly teams have enter-
ed "the tournament, Mr. Whittle
•pya, and games are to be plave 1
each night tor about two kreeks
Alexander All-Stanj
Defeat Pickup Team
Although the ‘ scheduled game be-
tween-the WVhlta Fails All-Stars,
and the Alexander . All-Star* was
cancelled. George Fare, Travis
Cola, and Roy Wheat picked an
alt-star team from the eight city
league aggregation* to play the
Alexander men. *; .
'•The pi^BP team was outclassed
' the veterans hut
According
Monday by G, O. Cozayt, president
of the Young County Feir Ais’n, no
peri-mutuet stana will be sM up
this yedr, and new paddock* _
being built on the northwest cor-
ner of the fair grounds.
The decision bf the iair associa-
tion fo di.-pens* wjth pari-mutuel
betting this year Will hot affect
tha iittjreat ^ in th*. race*. Mr.
Coaart eara, and from all indica-
tions the three-day program as
planned wtt . . completely ora.
shadow that held last year.
“ Mr."Cb*art also announces that
while a big three-day rodeo pro-
gram will l><‘ held daiing the fair,
the regular Beeond Mondafr TWifes
Day rodao * will be staged; sia plan-
ned on the cotton lot west of th*T
square. / . .
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Postoffice Gets
*L Hunting Stamps
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'h~ k
Postmaster J. R. Ramsey ap-
TtOcmoCd' today that a supply -of
hunting s’amps have been received
and age wady for sale to all per-
sons who ratend to hunt Migratory
birds this fait -
Mr. Ranksey points obt that per-
sons hunting m this colinty will
rtfot have to have a license, hut’
Thai
ughhoys came very rtea■
rd-fbugHl battle to*
Friday night Tit
- - ,---diamond when the
Ref.nevy team staged a last min-
ute rally to run 1W five scores. in
iho eighth and ninth innings. The
game ended in the first of tfv
airtl»-1* Ta> a.
Click of - the Refiners aggrega-
,Uoii\got H runs fpr the. losers out
of i5\ tines up; .whig lutherford
led th\ Good 'Fats team with' 3
d^Mr^Newuittn-Sprolos
American Legio«' 21
Lion? Club will tenet
towwww
wiH
Nwther
nearly complete; after .which
flic uork will be concentrated on
the. pew ,wing to -house eight ad-
ditional cra-s rooms, cafeteria,
gymnasium, 'shower rooms, and
offices of the athletic director.
Nfew flooring Is being - taid Over
the ohi pino fh the old high school
art<1 east Ward- ba lding this week,
and next week, “the desks,, which
have been refin i-hed during the
summer, wilt be put hack in place
and varnished.
New—firing was placed between ^—
the floors jn order to. supplement'
the old,, lighting "System, and with
the new Steel casements and fresh-
ly paiinted walls, conditions -will bfe'
■ Hi.. - . ' ■ than ever,
before; Mr Giln\er said. — -: —,
A laboratory and lecture room --
is - being equipped bn the t> second
floor north end, for j the R^wr ,
cgdrte in vocational agricuRura ,
to be -taught by O.' Rose, and
the" primary. roqm*..,up,' the T first
floor ' have been rearranged to
make room for a large .high school
lihrHry n* tK
entrance. The admmistration of-
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of the
bearing on tl
unlese Good
game to Hi
from Tuesday,- ind
Will have any
second half titlV
should drop a'
i-Johnstan-a week
- the Funeral
at the hands of
\ According to
'aata * are both
from the stprt by _ „„„„„,.
pi eyed e good feme which wound that regardloea of rorid nee, every ■■
no 14 to 4. "tone will) need * government stamp, other land when caled by
. Tha ■■ntpa aaet- aee 'dollar apiece, { e'arly Saturday morn '
and will be on sale at the postoffice I mat e hi* home in , G
Tuesday morning,
;Tho postoffice has also receive*I
GKNHRATIONS
rf’OUR
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A fcurth gepermtmn was added
to . the 3. A. Allen family Wednes-,
Home meet defe
Weathermll’s men\
loCil fans tkal
improbable.
Local Golfers Go
To Jacksboro For
■' X*InyitatlVD Meet
A large pumbm- of Graham bl%Iysure.,looking Cjne," WM ,
era left for Jacksboro this morning Coach [Knieffcomment wV n'aaked v
to participate in tlss Labor Day In-Sunday -how his Steer squad w»s
vltntion ^Tournament be ng \held this taking to their pre-seaaon foetbaU
afternoon by the Jack-'hoto dub. training —'■
- dacluBero met defeat atVflraham Toi'ey marks the 'tad of their
last month, hot combined tteih ten seopnd [ week of eamp lift at the
of the best local golfers c.dld no‘ svrimihing poytr”. tfp at dawn the
win from Weatherford on Jte.yrlcky I boy, ^ put through a stiff taso-
Mineral Wells course a eveR agw| hour wbilkout before ’breekfut. A*.,
Sunday. \ ' * gain* 4 o’clock the aquad suit#
t , A"**- yFf " ' \ out fori terimma.ge, signal prnctice.
Resident Of Eden \ kiikin*i^*A!n*’ >L ln
Home Laid T« RestVC:™“ ta «• “
T-r~' —^ 1 I "'A\*hpngv in football regulationa
years On Kin ea tlr | flti ^gkr wtu permit passing With'-,
•d. : out peqaltes exrtWtfor the seeopd
After "Us
George Watson, passed
Eden Home
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a numlier of Mt. Ra mar National fve» to ritedm his dca h.
“ asl 4! .
H* had .mj.
iih-m ■ at the
I Eden Home for seve-nl years and
I died there Saturday 1* \ing’ no r la-
day wit* the birth
Mr. andMMMlHHHH
Wirhita Falls. Mr.. Allen la the
grandson of Mr. and Jtrt. 3i A
alien nt Graham and 'tha son of <
1’ark stamps as the first'of a her-
lea of stemps to ilhMtrate acenm in
National ,{parks throughout the Uqi-j
tod' StMek. / The dcnominaifon of
tha apedal issue will run from one
ware hcl . *t\ the Huff-
man Johnston Funeral chapel fer ■
the . deceased Sunday rooming at j gN
10 o’clock i sfith burial, at Median
Chapel.'.... Irk. Cox, Beptist minis-
ter, conducted the eftfviccs\
year than ever before,
last I weak ',wa» spent ly offaft-
aivu i4rtrk, end as Pat snjw, the
%*y»lalfr taking it “like ducks to
watsr.T | 1 '.V
d Roach of Btesvfll.
a tonailactomy at
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The Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, September 3, 1934, newspaper, September 3, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884355/m1/1/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.