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BRITISH TIRE
OF PLAYING
PEACEMAKER
LONDON. March <AV- A
hint of British isolation from con-j
ttf^ptal quarrels appeared on the
turbulent European scene Saturday
as Sir John Simon, foreign secre
tary. prepared for his momentous
talks with Reichsfuehrer Hitler In
Berlin
Sir John himself. In a speech to
constituents in the Spen valley near
Leeds Friday night said. "We can
not Indulge in every sort of foreign
adventure over all the world or
pledge our activity to everybody's
quarrel."
The foreign secretary previously
told the house of commons Britain
has no enthusiasm for special pacta
and insisted he was not contemplat
ing a special agreement with any
nation.
Nevertheless Sun on awaited the
draft of questions Italian. Frencn
and British officials framed in
Paris Saturday which he is expected
to put to Hitler. These in effect,
are expected to demand whether
Germany Intends to enter or re
main outside of a new system of
•ecurlty for Europe.
"Hie original plans for the con
versations between Simon. Capt.
Anthony Eden. Lord Privy Seal, and
Hitler, called for a discussion of
the Anglo-French proposals for se
curity and the elimination of the
part five of the Versailles treaty
relating to military matters in re
turn for reich participation in a
•ecurlty system.
Germany’s action in announcing
a conscript army was followed by
an announcement of her willing
ness to discuss the original proposals.
Tin* British hope that this desire
on the part of Germany means that
a satisfactory solution of the whole
problem still Is possible.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, former
foreign secretary, told an audience
In Birmingham that the same spirit
'‘which plunged Europe Into war
and caused not only her enemies,
but the world, to affix to her the
guilt on the great war." still throbs
In Germany.
—
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March 23, 1835— Continuing the
atories of LaSalle and the anni
versary dates of French occupancy
ol Texas and the consequent claims
of France to the country as con
trasted with those of Spam, it is
worth while to consider that at the
time of LaSalle's landing and for
many years thereafter Texas was
an Indian country and but sparsely
populated by them. Further, that in
all Hi# official correspondence prior
to the treaty of 1819 concerning the
f ownership of Texas, Spam nevei
contended that any of her people
had located on Texas soil prior to
X LaSalle (although Spanish explorers
| are supposed to hive traversed the
ft country in 1544». but always assert-1
w ea her rights as growing out of
voyages of DeLeon. DeSoto and
«iers. supported by the grant af
pe Alexander VI and her sub
sequent decree forbidding foreigners
to enter the Gulf of Mexico. In the
course of that correspondence, the
Secretary of State of the United
States of America gave the follow
ing interpretations to the rules of
the law establLsnea by European
governments concerning thair
American discoveries. — (1) That
when any European nation takes
possession of any extent of >*a
coast. that possession is understood
as extending into the interior coun
try to the sources of the rivers empty
ing within that coast, to all their
branches, and the country they
cover, and to give it a right in ex
clusion of al! other nations to the
same. (2> That whenever one Euro
pean nation makes a discovery and
takes possession of any portion of
this continent, and another after
wards does the same at some dist
ance from it, where the boundary
between them is not determined by
the principle above mentioned, thr.t
the middle distance becomes such,
of course. That whenever any
European nation has thus acquired]
a right to any portion of territory _n 1
this continent, that right can never
be diminished or affected by any
other power, by virtue of purchases,
made, bv grants, or conquests of
the natives, within the limits there
of.
March H. 1835— This ta the
tenth anniversary of the date of
the passage of the colonization law
oi the State of Coahuila and Texas
under authority of the law framed
1 by the general constituent congress
1-rn August 18th. 1834. in the course
r Fti the formation of the Federal
F constitution. The atate law. being
Decree No. 16. contained 48 articles,
each of which has at times been
referred to in this senes. The pre- !
amble is now quoted in part and
two of the art idea quoted in full j
Preamble: -The constituted con
gress of the State of Coahuila and
Texas, desiring bv every means to
augment the settlement of it* ter
ritory. to advance the raising and
the increase of stock, and the prog- j
ress of the arts and commerce, in
conformity with the constitutive act.
the Constitution of the Republic,
and etc. -has thought proper to
decree—,"
Article 1: “All foreigners, who,
in virtue of the general law of the
18th of August. 1824. which guar
antees the security of their persons
and property in this Republic, shall
; wish to emigrate to any of the
«!ementg of the State of Coahuila
Texas, are permitted to do so:
and the said State invites and calls
them." „
Article 24: "The government shall
•ell to Mexicans, and to them only,
the lands they wish to purchase
but shall take care that there shah
not be united In the same hands
more than eleven leagues and sub
ject to the condition that the pur
chaser shall cultivate those he shall
acquire by this title within six
years from the acquisition, under
the penaltv of forfeiting the same
Allowing the aforesaid condition, the
price for each sitio shall be 8100 for
grazing land; 8150 for tillage land
not Irrigable and 8250 for Irrigable
Ullage land "
WILKINSON RETURNS
HARLINGEN. March 23—G. Wes
Wilkinson, district supervisor of
the Western Reserve Life Ins. Co..
has returned to his office at Corpus
Christi after having conferred with
Valter agents Valia* headquarter*
art located hm v . *
3 New Samfordyce Producers Bring Total
To 48 for Valleyfs Field; Wildcatting Is
Heavy Favorite in Hidalgo-Starr Section
< Special to The Herald 1
MISSION. March 23 —Three new
completions and a wet gasser that
started making its allowab le
brought the total producing wells
in Hidalgo county’s six-months-old
Samfordyce field, 20 miles west of
Mission, to 48. The field was six
months old on March 20. the dis
covery well. King-Woods Oil com
pany's No. 1 John Lawrence, being
completed on September 20 last.
Wildcatting was still a heavy fa
vorite through the Starr-Hidalgo
area and several have reached in
teresting as well as important
depths.
Completions recorded were as
follows:
Cortes Oil Corporation’s No. 4
C. E. Smith, near the center of the
northeast 34 43 acres of tract 278.
porcion 40. about 5.400 feet south
east of di^overy. made an esti
mated 70 barrels daily, its allow
able, through *n-inch tubmg choke
under tubmg working pressure of
240 pounds and closed-m casing
pressure of 320 pounds from satura
tion at 2 763-69 feet.
Probably one of the mo*t im
portant recent completions in the
field was the Skelly CXI company's
No. 1 Seabury et al. in the south
east comer of the west 24 acres of
the west 48 acres of the north 78
acres of the* southeast 166 9 acres of
tract 256. porcion 38. about 3.900
feet northwest of discovery It
gauged 47 Darrels in 16 hours
through U-inch tubing choke under
tubing working pressure of 900
pound* and closed-in rasing pres
sure of 1.000 pounds. The comple
tion extended production about 600
feet northwest. Excessive gas pres
sure was showing on the test, in
which casing was set and cemented
at 2.782 feet, the upper gas sand.
The upper sand in the Samfordyce
area normally carries gas under
high pressure, the lower sand car
rying the saturation. The hole is
bottomed at 2800 feet and the low
er three feet, at 2.797-2.800 feet, j
showed the Samfordyce saturation.
Near the center of the field. Bnd
well Oil company's No. 2 Luis Pena,
in the southeast corner of tract 217.
porcion 40. about 3.300 feet south
east of discovery, made an esti
mated six to eight barrels hourly
through U-inch tubing choke with
tubing working pressure of 150
pounds and closed-in casing pres
sure of 100 pounds from sand at
2.751-55 feet.
Navarro Oil company's No. 3 Sea
bury et al. in the northwest corner
of the north 25 acres of the south
east 51 acres of tract 256. porcion
38. about 2.700 feet northwest of
discovery, was completed as a wet
gasser early this month after the
casing was gun-perforated at 2.770
feet. The test showed very high
pressures and was shut in for more
than a week. It was opened for
another test of pressure and began
making oil. Placed on production
it has been making its allowable
daily although the pressures con
tinue high.
Another new completion 1* due
this week-end. It will probablv be
Wheelock & Collins' No. 1 Fran- ,
cisco Guerra, in the southwest cor
ner of the southeast 20 acres of
tract 256. porcion 38. about 3.000
feet north and slightly west of dis
covery. The test has casing gun
perforated at 2,774-79 feet and is
cleaning slowly under light pres
sures. Casing was set and cement
ed in shale on bottom at 2.787 feet.
Four tests are drilling in the field
and another new location has been
staked as development continues.
On the west edge of production.
Re-erve Development Company's No.
4 Seabury, et al, in the northwest
comer of the north 28 acres of the
west 38 acres of the southeast 89.80
acres of tract 256, porcion 38, about
3.600 feet northwest of discovery, has
cored from 2,741 to 2,762 feet and is
standing circulating while awaiting
orders.
On the southwest edge of the field.
Shafer-Mundy s No. 1 Tabasco Con
solidated Independent School dis
trict. in the north end of tract 260.
porcion 38, about 2.500 feet west of
discovery, is drilling at 1,540 feet. !
Near the center of the field. Heep
Oil Corporation s No. 1 John Law
rence. in the ncrtheast corner of the |
southeast 5 acres of tract 274, por
cion 39. about 2,200 feet southeast
of discovery, is drilling at 2,640 feet
and will pick up the sand during the
weekend.
At the southeastern extremity of
the field. Hiram M. Reeds No. 1
C. E. Smith, m the west end of the
south 10 acres of the northwest 46.29
acres of share 3-B, porcion 41, about
5,700 feet southeast of discovery,
spudded in Friday. It is the field's
new southeastern outpost.
The new location will be the
Lucky-Blocker-Bishop No. 3 Fran
cisco Guerra. 630 feet from the west
and 165 feet from the south lines of
the southeast 20 acres of tract 254.
porcion 39. about 1.500 feet north
east of discovery. Location has been
cleared and rig will be moved in
shortly.
Wildcatting in the Hidalgo county
area showed steady progress during
the past week, two new tests getting
under way and three others making |
hole.
About 6,900 feet east of discovery
and 1,000 feet east of production.
Double D Oil company-K D. Harri
son's No. I Mrs. Lula George, in the
.southwest comer of the south-west
20 acres of tract 13. porcion 41, is
slowly making hole at 90 feet after
encountering considerable trouble
some loose gravel.
About two miles southeast of the
discovery and one mile southeast of
production, Ernest Powell's No. 1
George Moore, in the south end of
the Moore 40-acre fee in the south
end of porcion 42, Ancient Jurisdic
tion of Reynosa. is drilling at 2.
460 feet. The test is on the new well
defined southeast-northwest trend
of the field and may result in an
other sizeable extension of the pro
ducing area. Because of location,
it is being carefully watched. It got
undenray this week.
About four miles northeast of the
Samfordyce field. Downey Si Mor
tons No. 1 Osca Daskam. in the east
half of block 34. porcion 45. Ancient
Jurisdiction of Reynosa, is drilling
at 3,320 feet.
Nearly 15 mile* northwest of Mis
sion. Double D Oil company's (for
merly W. L. Clary) No. 1 Brock Sc
Showers, in lot 4. block 12. porcion
80. Ancient Jurisdiction of Reynosa.
drilling at 3 520 feet after resum
•ng late this week at 3.406 feet be
cause of boiler trouble.
In eastern Hidalgo. Union Sul-,
phur company's NO. 3 American- Rio*
Grande Land Si irrigation company,
in lot 2,082 block 88. North CapUallo
district, about eight miles north of
the city of Mercedes, is drilling at
7.200 feet In hard shale and lime.
The test had another fishing Job
early this week when It twisted off
drill stem below 7,100 feet but the
lost section was recovered quickly. ,
Starr county activity was center
ed during the week in the Barbacoas
pool of south central Starr, but in
terest died away with disappointing
showings in a wildcat and shutdown
oi another nearbv wildcat.
R. H. Vice s No. 1 E B. Camith.
near the center of Share 1-B, Por
cion 91, Ancient Jurisdiction of
Camargo. about two miles south
and slightly east of the pool, show
ed salt water when swabbed. The
test sidetracked from the original
hole at 2.766 feet and cored a con
tinuous sand section at 2.882-2.908
feet. Casing was set and cemented
at 2.895 feet and swabbing showed
salt water, mud. oil and some gas.
The test is now standing.
About one and a half miles south
of the pool. Armstrong. Emanuel Si
Adams’ No. 1 Starr County Cattle
company, in block 57. Jeffrles-Lam
beth subdivision, porcion 89. Ancient
Jurisdiction of Camargo. is stand
ing. This test is awaiting tubing
after showing considerable gas and
some oil after swabbing from sand
at 2.705-11 feet. The test blew most
of the drilling mud from the hole
when swabbed early in the wee*
and blew for three or four-minutes
before finally sanding up.
On the north edge of the pool.
Merren. Bond Si Johnson's No. 4
Starr County Cattle company, in
the south 20 acres of block 24. Jef
rtes-Lambeth subdivision, porcion
89. is shut down at 4.212 feet while
awaiting orders. The test found the
Government Wells sand dry and
thick Just below 4.000 feet. It is
ocnsidered probable that the hole
will be taken to the Pettus or Con
roe producing horizons.
In the south end of Porcion 91,
Ancient Jurisdiction of Camargo.
John H. Clopton's No. 1 Roos &
Bennett et al. in share 1-A, is drill
ing at 3.845 feet after plugging
back and sidetracking at 3.835 tat.
The original hole went to 4.334
feet where the drill stem twistea
off and fishing tools failed to pick
up 18 feet of stem.
A new test in the Rio Grande
City pool has made location and
moved in materials and machinery
and three other tests are going down
ii the general vicinity.
Sioux Oil Corporation's Nto. 7
Goodrich, in the southwest comer
of block 5. tract 5. porcion 81. An
cient Jurisdiction of Camargo, is
building derrick. Location la 1.750
feet southwest of the discovery well,
the Sioux No. 1 Goodrich, completed
in 1932.
About 8.000 feet northwest of the
pool, which has five producers. R.
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3 share 39. porcion 80. is shut down
around 1.000 feet.
Goodwin & Zimmerman's NO. 1
Pens, in the south corner of Share
80, Porcion 81. Ancient Jurisdiction
of Camargo. about 8.000 feet north
of the pool, is reported shut down
between 1.450 and 1,475 feet.
About two miles north of ths
pool. John H Clopton's No. 1 Dion
icia Tijerina, in block 4. share 14-C.
porcion 80. Ancient Jurisdiction of
Camargo, resumed drilling Friday
at 1.713 feet after completing re
pairs to machinery.
In the western part of the coun
ty, Heep Oil Corporation's No. 1 M.
Guerra & Sons In block 35. Craw
ford subdivision, porcion 56. An
cient Jurisdiction of Mier. is ready
to plug back to 1.000 feet prior to
sidetracking. An unsuccessful fish
ing jobs for s 100-foot section of
drill stem twisted off In the hole
has delayed operation for the past
two weeks after the hole went to
2.206 feet.
In the southeastern oomer of
Starr. W F. Lacy's No. I O. M.
Abney. 330 feet from the east line
of portion 99. Ancient Jurisdiction
ol Qamargo. and 4.800 feet south of
highway 4. is about ready to spud
in. Location is about 4.800 feet west
of present production and about
8.000 feet west of discovery.
In southwestern Willacy county.
W. T. Daniels' No. 1 Francisco Arm
endlaz. in Little share 4. a 2.606
acre tract, is drilling at 4.720 feet
on an interesting wildcat near the
Gulf coast
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LEGISLATORS
OFF ON TRIPS
AUSTIN, March 33—JP*—Junkets
to scattered Texas cities forced
cessation of legislative activity on
Capitol hill Saturday.
As members enjoyed their first
week-end of excurslonlng. two
house committees shaped up bills
on two controversial subjects, re
peal of prohibition and biennial
appropriations, for consideration
next week.
Many house members laid aside j
knotty problems of state to Join
Governor James V. Allred in an
excursion to the Southwestern ex
position and Tat Stock show at
Tort Worth Saturday and Sunday.
While representatives enjoyed the
pleasure Jaunt, two committees
traveled to several state institutions
for inspections. The house peniten
tiary committee looked over the
orison system, while the senate fin
ance committee members were
guests of Galveston, location of
three state institutions.
The house appropriations com
mittee sent to the house an educa
tional appropriation bill of 19.885,
989. for the first time In many ses
sions more than recommended by
the senate finance committee. Chair
man Homer Leonard of McAllen in
dicated he would attempt to obtain
house acUod on that and other
major appropriation bills next week.
A compromise of senate factions
on a prohibition repeal amendment
was scrapped by the house constitu
tional amendments committee as it
lecommended outright repeal of the
state’s dry clause The senate voted
to restrict sale of liquor to sealed
packages and to prohibit consump
tion on premises of sale in event of
repeal.
Jammed on long calendars of
business in both houses were many
controversial bills, such as repeal
of horse race wagering or modifica
tion by requiring local option elec
tions; a rural school aid appropri
ation of 110,0 0.000. and sundry
bills affecting the oil and gas in
dustry.
So congested was the senate cal
endar that a series of anti-crime
bills drafted by the crime investi
gating committee set for special
consideration last Monday were
not reached during the week.
MATH IS GIVEN
‘RITUAL KILLER’
WHITE PLAINS, W Y„ March
23 OP)—Albert H. Pish, who escaped
detection fee more than *i* *****
after the •‘rttual** killing of little
Orace Budd. was headed toward
the electric chair Saturday as the
result of his conviction for mur
der
The sentence to death, made
mandatory by the Jury's finding
Friday night of guilt In the firs*
degree, will be Imposed Monday.
Defense witnesses, seeking Fish’s
acquittal because of Insanity, told
the Jury he lured the 10-year-old
New York girl to a deserted cot
tage In East Lexington, killed her
and cut up her body because of
whst he believed was a "direct com
mand” from God to "sacrifice a
virgin." ^_
Fish practised eighteen forms or
sexual perversion, they said, and
told of attacking 100 children In
his travels through many statea.
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