Note: For the next several weeks The News
articles from our files to reprint for
will be taken from editions of The
mS far back as 1913. We hope that our readers
into the past as well as we have while
The first article of our series is about
of lignite coal in Malakoff and is taken
The News dated Feb. 27, 1913.)
years the Alba-Malakoff Lignite Co. has
coal mine about one mile north of this
SUccessful!y. Now an ~ilil~esrti ~oi~oha(~
that coal nn immense quan it e s
yards of the Cotton Belt depot. This
we are not allowed to divulge for ob-
unerring judgment, which has proved
What this means to Malakoff in
I only be partly predicted, but so much
will be thriving, prosperous,
mighty lively town for years to come.
high grade and will command a ready
is not subject to seasons like cotton
from this source alone will make
rich. A tremendous advantage is the
Coal is only 30-40 feet below surface, and
) shafts.
nine is shipping now everyday 8 to
and will steadily increase the output
can obtain a larger working force. Their
ed will last for more than 50
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The new coal mine, about 1~/2 miles east of town, on
land owned by J.J. Carson, but leased and operated by
Dodd and Reed, comprises about 300 acres. A tunnel
leads to the coal beds here, which are only about 30 feet
below surface. Veins and layers of 13 feet and more are
here found in abundance, and the lignite is of such ex-
cellent quality that it burns to clear white ashes, leaving
almost no cinders, and producing splendid heat, as we
can testify ourselves, having used some for several
weeks. The Cotton Belt R.R. has built a switch to the
mine and in a short time the track will be ready and cars
loaded with the black diamonds, for which there is
always a ready market.
The revenue from such an enterprise is great and at
the same time the expenditures, mostly for labor, reach
high figures. But labor has to live, to spend money for
eating and clothing, and this money will be circulated
mostly through our merchants, and this in turn again
will benefit the entire community.
J.J. Carson will begin the erection of about 12 houses
now, to satisfy the immediate wants of the miners.
It will not be out of place here to state that the Texas
Clay Products Co., which has a very large and modern
plant here on land leased from T.A. Bartlett, and con-
taining the best clay in the state for brick and tile, has
received the first orders of the season--100,000 tiles--to be
delivered as soon as possible. That's going some..
You never know what you miss by not coming to
Malakoff.
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IIII
The Texas Air Control Board (TACB)
will conduct a contested case hearing in
Athens, August 24, to consider a permit
application from Delhi Gas Pipeline
Corp. to construct an amine sweetening
and sulfur recovery unit approximately
I t/4 miles south southwest of the FM 753
and FM 2494 intersection in Henderson
County.
The hearing is scheduled at 7 p.m. in
the Athens Junior High School
Cafeteria, Madole St.
A preheating conference has been
scheduled for July 23 at 7 p.m. at the
same location. All parties and persons
requesting admission as parties must
attend the conference.
Prospective parties to the hearing
are the TACB staff, the company, Rep.
Elton Bomer of Montalba, Mr. and Mrs.
P.L. Staeter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A.
Taylor, Peggy Sloss, Ben R. Holland,
Jerry E. Holland, Richard F. Holland,
Jack H. Holland, Shirley Calhoun, Trish
Tanner, Mr. and Mrs. John Tanner,
Peggy Farmer, Rex S. Holmes, and
Richard A. Holland. Any other persons
desiring to be made a party to the
hearing may apply in writing, post-
marked no later than July 15, to:
Ramon Dasch, Hearing Examiner,
TACB, 6330 Highway 290 East, Austin,
Texas 78723.
At the hearing only persons admitted
as parties will be permitted to present
evidence and argument and to cross-
examine witnesses. Anyone who is not a
party but who wishes to testify at the
hearing, may call the Legal Division at
the TACB Austin office (512)451-5711,
ext. 358, for the names and addresses of
• all admitted parties to contact regar-
ding the possibility of presenting
testimony.
Lots of land used
Americans use 100,000 acres of land
to dump their garbage and trash, and
they spend $4 billion a year to get it
there.
In fact, Americans throw away
enough organic wastes each year to
produce the energy equivalent of 80
million barrels of oil, points out the
Texas Agricultural Extension Service,
Texas A&M University System. Many
new food packaging items are con-
venient and economical but lead to
waste problems.
Th_e Mal_ak_°_fffl Ne_ws, _Th_ u_rsdaY.t 9,198!?:9A
Information regarding the permit
application and copies of TACB rules
and regulations may be obtained from
the TACB Austin office, the TACB
Region 12 office, at 1394 S. Vine Ave.,
Tyler, Texas 75701, and the Athens City
Secretary's office, 501 N. Pinkerton,
Athens, Texas 75751.
Interested members of the general
public who plan to attend the hearing
are encouraged to telephone the TACB
Austin office or the Region, 12 office
(214)595-2639 prior to August 24 because
postponements are sometimes granted.
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THE PAIN OF GOUT
ATLANTA (AP) -- Gout was the
disease that drove a Roman general to
suicide, forced Henry VI to change the
date of his wedding and was responsible
for Martin Luther's bad temper.
It also plagued Michelangelo,
Galileo, Charles Darwin, Sitting Bull
and Theodore Roosevelt,
According to Dr. Frederick C.
Duffle of the Arthritis Foundation, the
maturity. They are practical: they can pain of gout is caused by a defect in
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body chemistry which leads to
and, when redeemed, the proceeds can overabundance of uric acid in the blood.
help buy whatever the owner wants. Needlelike crystals of uric acid
Savings Bonds also help our country form in one or more joints, causing
by funding a portion of the public debt inflammation and severe pain.
in a relatively stable, low-cost manner. Once called "the physician's shame"
And today, when America needs to save because so little could be done to halt its
more as a part of the effort to revitalize pain, gout is now controllable with
the economy and reduce inflation. Bon- proper medication.
Letter to editor
To be considered for publicalion in the LeHers to the Editor column an articJe must be origin;|,,. ,~ "
not over 300 words and signed by the writer.
The Malakoff News reserw.~s nhe right to edit all letters If deemed derrogah,ry, Iil)eh)us. un
clear or for s[)rne other reasoll unprintable and it is not possible or pracli('a] to edi! su ii v, lll till.el
standard for publication, we will no! be able !o use it
The name el the writer will be published ah)ng with the feller. We feel that a h,lh,r ha~, ]illle
mearlillg If published anorlymous]y If there is somelhing you feel should be t)l'oughl h) the ath'll
lion of rea(iers but you (lOli'l walll 1o have yoLlr name tied to it, let us have the ilI!'orrlllitioll and w('
wilt h~ok into it from a news angle.
We feel that the l,etters lo the Editor colunm is the very finesl mediuni a'¢ai]al)h, ill tilts coull
i'lltJl|i!}' !or expre,";siol) 01" |x~rsonal views or] matters of c.'()IK'('rrl. We urge use o[ tilt! colunlll HI il
col~.~dt'u(:tive manner, inviting th(~e with views on any subject of intert~t to share [henl wilh ()llr
readers
FOR THE MALAKOFF ROTARY CLUB were installed in ceremonies last Tuesday at their regular
left to right, is John Lott, president, Roy Pitts, secretary, Dan Closser, past president, Billy Norwood,
J. D. Waller, club service officer, and Itoward ltardy, international service. Not pictured is Elmer Finley,
Hayes, vocational service, and Jerry Janke, community service. (Staff Photo by Stacy Dunaeusky)
J]ounl:g
details have been
gas well which
area in the
Munson of Dallas
the No.
Unit was 1,120,000
12/64 choke. The ab-
was reported at
2,250,000 CFD.
DriUsite is in a 416-acre unit in
Henderson County's Jose Cordova
Survey, five miles south of the Malakoff
townsite.
The well was drilled to total depth of
8,850 feet and was perforated in the
Travls Peak at an interval 8,607 to 8,736
feet into the hole. A fracturing job in-
volving 162,000 pounds of sand and
12,700 barrels of gelled water was used.
Other formation tops noted during the
drilling included the Woodbine at 4,000,
Rodessa at 7,463 and Pettet at 8,068 feet.
The Malakoff South Field was
discovered in November, 1955, and
prior to the DeArman well completion
was producing about 600 million cubic
feet of gas annually.
Activity in Freestone County's Reed
Field continues at an intensive pace
with the spudding of the No. 1 Denton
"A," located three miles southeast of
Fairfield.
The well is in a 655-acre lease block in
the D. McLean Survey. It's projected
depth of 13,800 feet will be sufficient to
test the Haynesvllle, Bossier and Cotton
Valley Formations.
"The two greatest stimtdants in the
world are youth and debt."
Benjamin Disraeli
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