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, 1935-09-19
FIELD EXTENSION
TO BE ATTEMPTED


MISSION, Sept. 10. - An effort
TO further extend production In the
Samfordyce field OF southwestern
Hidalgo and southeastern Starr
counties viii be made In q test
which will get under way imme-
diately, according to announcement
Wednesday.
The new northwest outpost An the
area win be II. J. Porteris No. ] Gar
cia Land a. Cattle company and
derrick Is now being built on loca-
ton 914 feet from the south line
and $40 feet from the east line OF
the Porter 60-acres In the west half
or Porcion 100, Starr county, about
TOO feet northwest OF discovery
and l.40o feet west OF production.
The lease offsets the Phillips
Barnsdall lI0-acre lease In the east
half Of porcion 100. In which the
No. / Yturria Land AZ Livestock Co.
was recently completed TO extend
production 500 feet northwest
Porcion 100 Is owned In fee by the
Yturria Land a. Livestock company.
which holds the east half. and the
Garcia Land e. Cattle company.
which owns the west half. The
south line OF the Phillips-Barns-
dali 10 acres in the east half Is
formed by extending the north
line OF the HenShaw-Rothert pro-
ducing lease in tract 254. porcion
80. Hidalgo Co, 10 the west into
Porcion 100 for q distance OF l.4l82
feet. IN blocking 10 acres. the lease
Is 3,376.7 feet long. north and south
IT. the west half are two leases,
ccc owned by II. J. Porter Of Hous-
ton and the other by Phillips
Petroleum company The south line
OF the Porter lease runs straight
west across the west half OF Porcion
100 at q point 3922 feet north OF
the south line OF the Phillips-Barns-
dali l00-acre leaCe. In blocking the
90 acres. the Porter lease Is 1894
feet long. north and south. The
west half OF Porcion 100 Is 1925
feet wide. east and west. The Phil
lips lease In the west half OF Por-
cion 100 Is q 20-acre block adjoin-
Ing the Porter lease on the north
and the Phillips Barnsdall lease on
the west. IL Is 1925 feet wide.
east and west and 509.8 feet long.
north and south
The Phillips Barnsdall, Phillips
Petroleum and Porter leases are the
only leases yet cut out OF Porcion
100, IN which there are at present
no other subdivisiorl This highly
important section promises 70 be
well drilled IN view or the excellent
production, an indicated potential
on brief open tubing test Of $500
barrels daily shown 81 the Phillips
Barnsdall No. ! Yturria.
, 1935-09-19
New Validating
In Valleys Oil
Areas Announced

nosa. Ia preparing 10 pull casing.
re-run the entire string and again
cement casing atop sand at 4,l05-l4
feet. Driiers announced they had
determined the cement failed 70 set
Goth ON the bottom OF the oil string
and on q weephule job An attempt
TO set a plug at 3,2l7-55 feet. in
which cement failed TO SET, revealed
the cementing troubles. 1t was stat
ed.
Starr county, all but inactive for
the past few weeks, promised con-
siderRhle activity In the immediate
future.
Derrick and machinery are being
moved In Rt present for q 3.500-foot
lest In southern Starr to be known
as John II. Clopton's No. 2 Rcos AZ
Bennett ct al. Location Is 1900 feet
west Of the east line OF porcion 81,
jurisdiction Of Camargc, and 4,0i5
leet north OF State Highway A. The
Hiram Reed RIG from the Rio Grande
City pool viii drill the hole. Loca-
ton Is somewhat south and east from
the No ! Rooc et ai. drilled by the
same operators last year.
A few miles further west in south
ern Starr. contract has been signed
for a 5.OO0-foot h-le IN q 1,O00-acre
block whose south line Is State High
way 4 liz porcicnes 90 and 90. juris-
oiction ca amargo. Operators viii
be Bert Ccok. Roscoe Maris and E
L. Arnold and the wildcat will be
listed as Cook-Maris- Arnold's No.
! Starr County Cattle company. Ex-
act location has not been staked.
"A short distance south cf produc-
ton In the Barbarcoas pool, located
in the north end OF porcion SO. juris-
diction OF CamargU, McCurry Az
Yates wednesday staked two loca-
tons. The No. ! Starr co. Cattle Co,
vas located $50 feet from the west
and $40 feet from the north lines OF
block So. Jeffries-Lambeth subds-
vision, porcion 90, and the No. 2
Starr County Cattle Co, was located
$50 feet from the east and $40 feet
from the north lines Of the same
block. The FIRST CT these tests Ia 90
get under way Immediately.
It IS reliably reported that q Dali
las operator Is blocking around l.
600 acres In porciones SO and 80. be-
tween the McCurry & Yates leases
on the north and the Cook-Maris-
Arncld leases on the south, for i'm
mediate drilling.
In Willacy county. Woods
Oil company's NO. ! Santa Rosa, lot
Is, block 80. share a. San Juan de
Caricitos grant, ran Schlumberger
test Tuesday az total depth OF g.
SIG feet and Is awaiting report.
In southwestern Willacy, L. a. 8.
Drilling Company's NO. z Francis
co Armendiaz. Little Share 4. t
still shut down for lack Of water
around $500 feet.
In eastern Cameron. Joseph An
derson's No. / Turfitt Browne
Tract) block 397, San Benito subdi-
vision. Espiritu Santo Grant, is
reported to have had or show on
Schlumberger test at 3.765-3.s17
feet and Is now drilling at $3.50
feet on 5.OO0-foot contract
, 1935-09-19

-
MISSION. Sept. t0.-Wildcatting
again leaped into prominence
throughout the Lower Rio orande
Valley area Wednesday with an
nouncement OF q new wildcat IN the
Mercedes deep pool O. eastern HI
dalgo county, resumption Of activity
on two western Hidalgo tests and
four new wildcats In Starr county.
Two wildcats In Wllacy county and
another In Cameron county added To
the Valley-wide activity.
Union sulphur company arlnounc-
ed Wednesday les NO. Q American
Rio Grande had been located $50
feet from the ncFth eld $50 feet
rom the vest lines OF Farm tract
2s356, block 49, North Capisalo dis
trict. about 4,500 feet northeast Of
the recently completed No. l Ameri-
can-Rio Grande. northeast extension
IN the 7,500-foot area and about two
miles northeast OF the discovery well.
Machinery Is nov being moved In
and derrick Is getting under con-
s.ructlon.
Meanwhile. Union was attempt
ing completion Of its No. 4 Ameri-
can-Rto Grande, one and a half
miles southwest OF discovery, after
gun-perforating casing around 7,700
feet. II was being washed In We'd
nesday night A previous ~perfcrat-
ing job In sand at 7,741-56 feet yield
ed nothing but salt water. II the
7,700-foot sand fails &c produce. the
hole viii again be plugged back and
re-perforated higher.
Unions No. 8 American-R Rio
Grande. 900 feet northwest OF dis
covery, was nearing the producing
horizon Of the area while coring at
7.400 feet. The discovery well top
ped the sand at 7.477 feet.
In western Hidalgo. 8. J. Sloan ct
ais No. ! Brock a. Showers. 10 miles
northwest OF Mission. n ready TO re-
sumo drilling at $3.50 feet.
About five miles northeast OF the
Samfordyce field. Downey ~ Nor
tens No. ! Osca Daskam. block
"a. porcion -. Jurisdiction OF Rey-
, 1935-09-19
OWNERS URGED
TO STUDY FILA
Embarrassing Mortgages, At
Low Interest Rates, Can
Be RefinancedI

Property owners and persons want
inR &c build or develop property arr
urged to- study the Federal Hous-
ing Act. w. y. Miles. field repre-
sentative OF the Federal Housing
Administration. advised The Herald
Thursday.
III In evident" Ike sale. that the
general public does not understand
that existing mortgages On homes
houses, and apartment houses that
do noe exceed ICur family unls, can
be reflnanced under the FILA We
are not receiving as many applica-
tiCns as we would Ike.
There are hundreds Of property
owners In the Rio Grande Valley
who have embarrassing mortgages
Of the old type on their property
Many OF these bear IA high rate OF
interest, and have lump sum pay
ments which IN seine instances ar.
impossible 70 meet.
Under the FLA these mortgages
can be re.tnanced at a nominal rate
Of interest over a period OF 20 years
with monthly pigments that can be
easily met from income"
Miles issued q call for salaried
people now paying rent who could
10 persuaded 10 build their own
hcmes. Under FILA their monthly
payments in a great many In
stances do not exceed the rent they
are now paying. Miles called atten-
ton to the fact that there are now
a great many desirable homes in the
Valley that have been ~foreclosed on
and are owned by Building and
Loan associations. These. he said,
might be purchased at "a very rea-
sonable rate under FLA. thus get
ting the distressed property off the
market. and establishing a sub
stantial property value.
Title III Of the FLA, which pro-
vides for leans on urban property
alone. can be used &c build houses.
buy houses already constructed. or
re-finance an existing mortgage on
a house.
Title II loans are limited to el6.-
600. with a maximum term OF 20
years, and a maximum interest rate
OF 8 per cent.
The qualifications require that the
borrower have ability 20 repay his
loan IN equal monthly installments;
have q clear equity OF not less than
20 per cent In the property based
upon FILA valuation; and the prop
erty must qualify as to placement
construction. and use.
Formerly Valley banks have beer
reluctant to accept Title II loans
Miles said. but the RFC mortgage
company has advired that TX will a.
cept these without recourse from any
approved mortgage originally max
ing the loan. Thus liquidity OF thi
banks will not be affected hereaftel
BY Title II loans. Miles said
, 1935-09-19
ship OWNERS
APPROVE DOCK
WACESPARLEY
NJ. Orleans Longshore
Situation Would Be
Excluded, However,
In Counter Proposal

HOUSTON. Sept. 10. RJ-steam-
rhip operators IN Houston and CAL
weston expressed q willingness
Thursday 70 reopen negotiations for
q new wage scale agreement with
the International Longshoremen's
association. with the provtso that
the New Orleans longshore situation
be excluded from consideration and
that the agreement cover only dock
workers.
In the I. L. A. request for the
opening Of orderly negotiations"
for a new agreement on Monday,
lcngshoremen asked also an agree
ment with warehousemen, cotton
headers, checkers and clerks. They
also served notice that after Octo-
Der ] they would refuse 70 work
vessels 70 or from New Orleans not
using I. l.. A. labor exclusively.
In a letter TO M. j. Dwyer, dis
trict head OF the !. L. A. at Calves
ton, Thomas Rice, chairman OF the
Joint labor committee of the Hous-
ton and Galveston maritime COM
mittees, declared that the Texas
operators had no Jurisdiction over
New Orleans. and that any agree
ment covering Texas ports, there
fore. must exclude New Orleans.
he said any new agreement that
is made must cover longshore labor
only and must cover all vessels In
foreign trade. no matter where they
load or what type Of labor Is used
20 load them.
!. L. A. officials began negctia-
tions Monday by asking for q wage
scale Of IS cents an hour and 10
cents a bale for loading cotton.
This scale amounts to an increase
of 5 cents an hour and ! cent q bale
over the present wage scale. How
ever. when dickering for q wage
agreement started in June, the
T. l.. A. demanded 05 cents and 20
cents q bale.
The present agreement has been
in force for about Is months and
was theoretically concluded on
June 80. At that time negotiators
failed TO agree and the standing set
Of working conditions was extend
ed for two l5-day periods. and then
indefinitely. with the understand
ing that neither side could con-
clude the agreement without Is
days notice.
, 1935-09-19

Jane Fixes. sponsor. Miss Catherine
Commons.
ga. Girls: president, Lorr'line
scheffer: vice president. EVA RAM
irez: secretary. Delflna EiizoHlun'
Sponsor. Miss Dorothy Anderson.
Program chairman. Maxine Raiihsy'
0-A, Boys: president. Raul ChapAs
vice president Frank Arnold; Sec
rotary. Raul .hondraE0n. program
chairman. Billie Seibert. Sponsor.
Miss Lois Bell
0-B. Girls president. sidney
Ruth Clark: vice president. Lila
Ortega: secretary. Maria Chapa.
Sponsor. Miss Marion Edwards
Monitors. Anita George and Frances
Murray.
e-B. Boys; president. John Leslie;
vice president. Billie Boiler Hecre-
tary. Ramsey Cowan. Sponsor. Miss
Alma Whatley.
, 1935-09-19
POULTRY SHOW
TO Be BIGGER


AlE1Clnl 70 4nu 81EMl4l
HARL1NGENs Sept Ia The
poultry department may be moved
and enlarged for the Forthcoming
valley Md Winter Fair, according
10 a. T.. Brooks, general manager.
The fair dates are Nov. ~ 20 Dec. 4.
II sufficient finances can be OBJ
tanned for this work. the poultry.
dog show and other exhibits now
az rear OF the auditorium viii be
moved TO face the street leading 70
the grandstand. They are somewhat
off the beaten track at present.
Brooks said.
A number OF feed manufacturer
ana others are expected to offer
merchandise ae special prizes and
Il Is hoped TO raise some cash with
which TO make money awards. The
interest In the poultry division Il
increasing and 1t Is hoped TO make
IL larger than ever before O=s OF
the things that contributed TO sue
cess Of the poultry show was the
tact that poultry winners In the
first annual Willacy county fair
we're entered In the valley Fair
and many Of them took prizes In
the Valley-wide exhibit also. VIII
lacy county y planning another
fair and Il Is expected that the same
procedure win b. followed.
AS previously announced, the dog
show held for the first time last
season, was 50 successful that II
also viii be enlarged. o. G. Ford
ham. Harlingen dog lover, was IN
charge last season and VIII again
handle this department.
Cat lovers have been urging the
fair management 70 add q cat show
and serious consideration Is being
given 70 this proposed new depart
ment II would be kept at q safe
distance from the dos show, Brooks
said
Due TO the announcement Of auto
manufacturers that they plan 70
bring out their new models much
earlier, 1t Is thought that q larger
and more complete auto show Is In
prospect. The show last season was
q success from all standpoints and
dealers were particularly pleased
with sales made at the show.
Plans are going ahead Tor q revival
OF the big opening parade OF former
years and II Is expected that q
large number OF bands viii be en-
tered. Many Valley bands have al
ready agreed TO participate In the
parade for cash prizes and Be the
guests OF the fair association the
opening day.
Construction OF Fair Park Audi
forum Is under way and even
though Il should not be completed
IN time for the coronation and
other similar events. 10 Is expected
10 be far enough along 20 house
some OF the exhibits. This will relieve
the demand for space In other de-
partments which have been crowded
since the storm destroyed the
original auditorium.
Brooks reports almost daily IN
ouiries from manufacturers, dealer:
and others concerning space N
which to exhibit their products
since this "a the fairs principal
source OF revenue with the estab-
lishment Of n free gate some years
azo. the fair management is very
eiated. Exhibitors have found II
profitable 10 advertise by means Of
booths at the Valley fair and many
o. them come back every year
Brooks stated.
More than the usual interest also
Is expected TO be shown In the COM
munitv exhibits since Il Is proposed
to abolish the score CARDS ano
award prizes on the basis OF at-
tractiveneSS.
, 1935-09-19
Constitution Is
Kiwanis Clubs
Meeting Topic

fEURCl MI 10 AnN AEAWA4N
SAN BENTTO. Sept. ia talk
on the constitution was made be-
fore the Kiwanis club Wednesday
az the Stonewall jackson hotel by
A. L. MONTGOMERY. San Benito city
attorney and student OF the consti-
tuition.
He rave the historical background
leading I'D 10 the writing Of the con-
stitution. telling how the trainers
OF this famous document were quail
fled as educated men, He said that
the group was authorized 70 write
articles Of confederation but went
beyond their power and wrote the
constitution.
Montgomery told how the first
chief Justice, Marshall, assumed
that the supreme court had the
power 20 pass upon the constitu-
tionality Of laws passed by congress
although such power was not ex-
pressly given In the constitution It.
self.
Richard Worth, BOY Scout who
made a trip TO the East In company
with other Valley Scouts. gave q
description OF the journey.
T.. w. Pratt. San Benito director
OF the Rio Grande Valley Centeri-
NAL Exhibit Corp, spoke briefly
telling OF the organiZaticn's plans
for an exhibit ct the Centennial In
Dallas. A committee composed Of
G. Il. Miner. Gilbert r.. Grain and
y. A. WEIGH was appointed by Pres
Joe A. Sloan 70 confer with the city
centennial committee regarding
plans for n local drive.
Jack Senter Of Mercedes was o
visitor.
, 1935-09-19
Florida Rail
Rate Fight Is
Watched Here

HARLINGEN, Sept. le.-Applica-
tons or railroads serving the Flor
ida citrus area for lower freight
rates 10 meet boat and truck COM
petition Ia being watched by the
citrus industry In the Valley be-
cause Of the possible effect on this
section.
The rate reductions are sought
into the Eastern territory. and II
they are granted, will mean n still
greater advantage over the Valley In
that area.
The rails. In their application TO
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion for the new rate. claim 10 have
lost cal, $50, 1000 In Florida revenue
70 boats and trucks within the past
four seasons. The truck-boat car
riers increased their tonnage 10 the
East from seven per cent or the
total In i930-3l to 86 per cent In
l934-35. the railroads contend. The
railroads r reported offering 10
ship fruit under ventilation To the
East 90 the same rates given by
boats. Some expect that I'm the
event lower rail rates are granted
Florida that the boats win lower
their charges sim further.
"A decrease I'm price returns Tor
Florida fruit Is blamed by the rail-
roads on ~unreRulated carriers"
They claim that diversions are more
easily made by rail when certain
markets become flooded
Shippers are not 80 certain that
lower rail rates viii not tend 70
cause still greater flooding Of the
Eastern markets. Since the boat
rates include refrigeration and the
rail rates do not. rail charges would
stfl be that much higher, It Ia con-
tended
, 1935-09-19

-whitewinss on the Rio Grande'
Is the subject OF an article In the
October issue Of Sports Afield mag
azine.
The article Is bv DIT. W. r. Brack-
never OF Harlingen. well known III
Valley hunting and fishing circles.
Dr.. Brackmeyer tells OF a hunt
ing trio near the southern edge OF
the kim Ranch game preserve.
An early issue Of Sports Afieid
will carry an article on goose hunt
ing In the valley by II q. Stilwell
II.
, 1935-09-19

fE-~c'nF w TIE uernfNf
SAN JUAN. Sept. i9.-Senior and
Junior classes OF the Pharr san
Juan-Alamo high school have or
gained for the year with the fol-
lowing Officers:
Seniors: president, Betty Burk-
hart: vice-president. Chester DAM
ron: secretary. Jean Sorensen;
treasurer. Josephine walker.
Juniors: president. Frances Polk:
vice-president. Kinney scott: secre-
tary and treasurer, Doris Cho-pen-
inR.
, 1935-09-19
Schools Observe
Constitution Day

San JUAN, sept. l9-The Pharr-
San Juan-Alamo high school OBJ
served Constitution Week Wednes-
day with the following program:
Patriotic songs: Constitution
week" by Frances Polk: piano solo.
hy Helen Anderson: Origin and
DEVELOPMENT Of Constitution. BY
Willie Merle O'Neill: Framers OF
Constitution. oy Lyle Dreihelbis:
vocal solo by Frances Millen: Brief
OF the Constitution by Josephine
walker: vocal ito. Rowena TAR
rothers, Frances Millen. Jean Sor-
ensen: Nation In 1888. BY Jack
Puckett: Topics Of the Day. by
Betsy Ross.
Noah BorTnann was chairman.
, 1935-09-19

HARLINGEN, Sept H. Rev.
Paul Kramer OF st. Paul's Lutheran
Church. has moved 70 Ohio where
he viii be pastor OF congregations
at Van Vert and Convoy. The
pSstc< Is moving because the health
Of Mrs. Kramer made the change
necessary.
Rev. Kramer win not be going
into strange country since he for
merlv was pastor Tn a Cleveland
church.
, 1935-09-19

SAN BENTrO. Sept. is.- capt.
FLOYD s. Worth, san Benito reserve
officer In charge Of a Civilian
Conservation Corps camp near
Lubbock. has been commended by
superior officers for the manner In
which ne looked after q convention
or Civil War veterans at Amarillo
recently.
, 1935-09-19
Cameron Records
10sRD DISTRICT COURT
Judge A. M Kent

DoCkct caieQ Ior new term.
Orders: d. G. Earnest, et ais. VS..
Edinburg State Bank AZ Trust Co,
demurrer sustained. plaintiff de-
clines TO amend, cause dismissed.
Antonio Data VS.. Maria Bustillo
de Mata, divorce granted.
NJ NJ Dye vs. John II. Mitchell,
INTUITION dissolved and CAUSE dis
missed at plaintiffs costs.
Arrow Realty a Investment co,
W Cuates Development company
foreclosure OF vendors lien, iudg-
ment for plaintiff by default
Edna Sheppard vs. Ledwick Shop
pard- divorce granted plaintiff, and
custody OF child Elma Ann.
Jack Todd vs. ChaS. w. Hardin,
sequestration. judgment for plain
Western Metal Manufacturing
company vs. Cameron County Water
Improvement District NO 8, suit on
note. motion OF g. p. Barreda 70
quash citation sustained. cause dis
missed.
Bernice willis vs. Nolan willis.
divorce granted plaintiff and Gus
tody or child Elynor Rhea.
CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT
W-A
, 1935-09-19

Cooling and soothing Blue Star
Ointment melts Oh the skin. sending
tested medicines deeply into pores
where Il quickly kills itch. letter.
rash. eczema, foot itch, ringwormp
etc. Mor-v back N II fails.-Adv.
, 1935-09-19
Flashes of Life
(By The Associated Pressl
q Difference

A1l 44g aeoollnNcQ EIe4tI
Makes q Difference
PHILADELPHIA The 15-year
old candidates for st. Philamenas
junior football team we're scrim-
maging when fire engines changed
up to q house across the lot
Snap into that reverse" roared
Coach John B. Geraghty Jr. and
never mind that fire"
The play was run. followed by
another. but left tackle Woods
stood staring at the burning
building.
Get into the game. Woods"
shouted Geraghty. Haven't YOU
ever seen a fire bef0re2"
But Coach" said woods, that's
our house on fire"
, 1935-09-19

Commands mean nothing to the
Irish Guards unless they are IN
Gaelic. President de Valera ruled
that the soldiers needn't pay at
tension unless their orders are II
Gaelic.
, 1935-09-19
70. 8. COMMISSIONER
GarInn @ WmAmnn

a. III Barney. Sd. OF Brownsville.
held In k2500 bond on charge OF
facilitating IN the transportation
OF srnuggled alcohol. ds co-defend-
ant with Perry Pelliteir In case
growing out OF seizure at Corpus
Christi RECENTLY.
, 1935-09-19
PROBATE COURT
ImdRe I'd. C. Dmncw

Mrs Erma Morrisey, ct ais. vs.
Mrs. Lillian G. Morrisey. contest on
heirship to George Morrissey estate.
hearing under way.
, 1935-09-19

jose Ramos and Dolores Rodr1-
guez
Teodoro Cortez and Felicitas Diaz
, 1935-09-19

FAIRFIELD, Conn. The city
halls new septic tank system cost
Fairfield nothing.
The architect favored Q New
York product. so Mitchell B.
stock, local company manager,
said he would give his 70 the city
rather than see the contract .
out OF town.
He did. even 10 handling a pick
and shovel with his men
, 1935-09-19

DALLAS The dead woman"
reported the excited lad TO police,
ITS lying In a ditch near the Air
line road. Her face Is all mashed
IN and she hasn't got on many
clothes"
Police and deputies sped TO the
scene and viewed the gruesome
eight-
Al wax clothing model, long
tresses hanging IN almost studied
dlsarray. face melted and rem
nantS of a dress on discolored
ahnulders.
, 1935-09-19

PHILADELPHIA Saith vard
voter named McManus emerved
from the primary election voting
booth with q broad grin.
Il couldn't remember the names
Of the straight organization ticket"
saiS he, so I Just voted for all
the irish names I saw"
, 1935-09-19

CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT
Judge Geo G. WesterveIt
jury criminal trials under way.