Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles and Sayles discussing the estate of Herman P. Faris.

Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles discussing documents related to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company's Webb, Vollmert, Miller, and Johnson leases. The letter is on the letterhead of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.

Letter from Jack Sayles to J. W. Glahn discussing requirement sheets and abstracts for several properties covered by oil and gas leases held by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. The notegram is copied to C. F. Rayburn.

Letter from Jack Sayles to J. W. Glahn, copied to F. F. Claunts, discussing the purchase of land in Hemphill County and the required documentation of the purchase.

Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles and Sayles discussing abstracts and other documents relating to an oil and gas lease to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company from Robert Bruce Wiggins, Ruth Wiggins, Thomas Darrel Wiggins, and Sarah Wiggins in Hemphill County, Texas.

Letter from Donald Prentice to Sayles & Sayles discussing a payment to Johnnie White for his expenses relating to the case, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.

Letter from Edward S. Arentz to Mr. Sayles informing Sayles that an unknown document wasn't included in the previous letter because it was a holiday. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the letter, "Should have quick claim from H. C. Hendrick or complete [..] off.d."

"The information given in this bulletin should enable farmers in the Great Plains and Western States to select from the more common species of grasses some one or more suited to their needs [for soil and water conservation]. Common harvesting equipment and farm machinery can be adapted to the proper handling of native grasses. This brings the cost of such work within the means of most farmers." -- p. i. Among the grasses discussed are wheatgrass, buffalo grass, bluestem, grama, Bermuda grass, wild rye, hilaria, Sudan grass, bluegrass, panic grasses, dropseed, and needlegrass.

"Among the most striking manifestations of the destruction of soils and crops by the windstorms of recent years are the gigantic sand dunes that have formed on some of the lighter soils of the Great Plains. Specialists of the Soil Conservation Service who were assigned to a study of the problem have been successful in devising methods by which these immense piles of sand, which have covered cultivated lands and good native sod, can be leveled and stabilized. Of still greater value to the farmers and ranchers in areas subject to this soil shifting are the methods of cultivation and land use that recent study and experiments have revealed as the best means of protection against the formation of dunes. This bulletin is written for the benefit of those farmers and ranchers who are faced with the problem of protecting their lands against possible damage from dune formation of with the more immediate problem of restoring lands that have been made temporarily useless by the invasion of these monstrous wind-blown piles of sand." -- p. i

"This bulletin briefly traces the circumstances which have created the soil problems in the southern Great Plains and shows how the hand of man has hastened present troubles. But it goes further and deals with the methods now being used to solve the problem on nature's own terms." -- p. 2-3. Some of the solutions discussed include contour farming, terraces, water conservation techniques, crop lines, and revegetation.

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680