Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, August 27, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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fact who aro Uic hea?y losers pro-
portionately because of the failure to
properly Improve 'town streets and
walks and ltds they' who should make
the necessary stir to see that the need-
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lUxter
Owner-IWitor
IKS OK SURSCR1PTION
Oil ce. Ik never to Is o much
ft and lu an nil Held as an execs' of
ury hole. Happily wc are resting
nsy on both K'orwi In Stephens county.
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TADVKKTISINti RATES
JMtftfUr .advertising nitcs on appllca-
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ffianaUli il ad lVc per word each
.Minimum charge on classl-
every wcnlng except Sun-
flay from
AMERICAN .BUILDING
ll'l.n Elm Htrret.
Ilrckciiridge with Its throng"!
streets and standing room only condition-
In lintel and lodging houses In
giving simply nuotlier demonstration
ol the fact that the energy and en
terprlse of the American Investor car-
ries over nil oh-taiics. Ily the same
token the latter will be swept out of
the way us time pusses. A matter of
a comparatively short while and the
neonveiilrnces of today and "their
iniMf will ! In .the ancient history
ilass. Only thiMe on the under xlde
of the risliiK tide will have lament to
make.
NO OIL KXCESS
am aeroiMl-iiafc matter Auif-
at the pent olRoe Ht Ilrei'k
Texaa HHdrr the Act of March
4(a
MNya be baa Imvh accuiMt
Verhaa he hax hut we
hla owh stUiteweat for it.
ver beam It troa any ether
-till vtlHly Hi'fer hjw It In
Awl even tf ho did nay it we
Wrtb to betlerc It.
'SMie of tliew Aave rrer traveled a
MMudsteat awl cscellent gait lu
aUr m&IhVw; of priMlucthHt than Hte
Tilnnr .mnfy 1wm act. And the ru la
t frMilfnntrivr f oidnlou on the laitnt
atwKmc re roIiir to keep it "P for
cUIdm.-.
All of the furore coiicernliiK the re-
Hponflhlllty of Intoxicant and the
Sutidny iIoIiir law for the murder
on lat Sunday U very much to the
ulvantaxe of the man held in Jail
for the commlHslon of the crime. It
will tx att well not to let hynterla muc
ivtnl common m-nse. It may be that
when the district httorsey and the
hherlff'a effien jcet.i through sifting the
facta there will be clrcusnstHttce
hroiiKht to light ahowiss tbet the
llipior wax a deliberately takep ttlmu-
lant for the crime. We do Bot want
to ip't in the attitude of excuatag mur-
der tecanse the murderer may be
dnink at the time of the crime ebe
we will have a run of people taking
the precaution of Retting la that con-
dition aa a preliminary atep to klllluc
and alibiing out of deserved puniali-meiit.
The lest news coming to Ilrecken-
rldgi and the uioxt linportimt with
which It liua to deal in that conveyed
during the proent wwk of Increased
refining pipe line and tankage facili-
ties for the taking care of the oil it
brings from the ground. -m
The more of such facilities any nil
Held fcvts the letter oft it- Is and the
more attractive Its opportunities are
to investors who place their money
vlth due consideration to business
rules Itcllnerles like everything else
of course may be overdone but only
with regard to their own Invotiuent
value. Kvery one that Is put up Th
a Held or that acquires connections
with a tirld is a direct asset to the
latter of very much value. It repre-
sents Insurance to the producer of
the field. It is an outlet for hlfti lu
the event of emergency need.
Stephen county is unquestionably
an Inviting Held at IIUh time for the
lner as well aa the oil operator. The
latter has laen lu no doubt aboAt bU
end of It for a loug tUajind haa been
crowding in with every day. It ir
gool to ate that be ba acrtiipllaheil
Kufflclent in developawmt te3Htiei
yrow log Interest from nHwnr ad
twt they are beghanlec to tnk.lMs
footsteps. It will sot take bb iwg.
at the present rate to dlssltwte iteng-
er of too much oil developing la the
county.
Ity The Associated l'resn.
MONTKUUY -MeSlco. Ailg. ITf.
tleueral .U'siis (luajiirdo who treach-
erously tricked and slew the wily reb-
el lender. I'liilllauo Zapata himself fell
a victim of deception when he was cap-
lured by govcYuuiciit troops and exe-
Luited her July IS last. The tale of
his latent and last adventure Is thus
(old hvr-
Thirteen months ago (luajardo. n
cototii'l lu Camuizlt's army attacked
a detachment of his own faction's
troops killed ami wounded several of
thepi and cotivtuced Zapata that he
had a new adherent. Then us Zapata
greeted hint hi salute he hail ordered
his men to tire on Zapata and the noted
rebel chief was blown out of his pad-
dle dead'
To rewind this act ('ariiiiir.it made
the dntiht- dealer a general and ajif-
tie over a year later he turned upon
his beiiefai'tor and Jollied the success-
ful revolution of Ollreu'ou and de la
Iliierta. '
.After tiiatiy misgivings they accept
cd Iilm n a general In the new aiuiy
ud gae hltn the couimaud of a brig-
:nle and he' stinted for Torreon on a
.'tiMipaign against Villa. While en-
route he Mopped Ills trains assembled
Ids reultiiciital comuiatiilers and ex-
plained that he had rcolved "not to
riiogiiize" the tie la Ilucrta regime
iuy lougir hut to go into the Held for
newest revolution and Join O.ium.
Itlcai'do. (ionales and the others light-
ing to the eastward around Monterey.
Ittlt several colonels Ills chief of stall
mid half his command docrtcd him. i
Finally (iiajardo abandoned the
Inline and started to march for the
mountains of Xueva I.eoii. Soon he
learned that Amnio leaving the chasu
of Villa lor the time was on his at-
tack and that the risings around Mon-
terey hail been failures. The rem-
rant of Ills command melted away un-
der attacks of government troops un-
til there remained only one fallhful
colonel and an orderly.
Dressed lu civilian clothes (Seneral
Uuajardo hid in the home of a rela-
tive lu Aionterey.
Meanwhile Colonel Antonio Cauo
one of Ouajardo's colonels who had
abandoned him. had been captured by
federal troops taken to Monterey and
retained there. Next day Colonel
Cauo culled at the house where Una-
j'ardo was hiding to visit the owner
who also waa UU relative. To his
surprise he found there his late com-
mander (ieuerul (uajardo who asked
iiim not to reveal his whereabouts.
Cano however revealed Uuajardo'a
hiding place 1111 order for Ida arrest
"was Issued and with several other
colonels Cauo wan sent to execute it.
Cauo agnlu was admitted to see
(J uajardo and pretended to uufold to
him his plans for the future. While
they wer- talking the federal colonels
entered and arrested (Juajanto. He
waa taken a prisoner to the state peni-
tentiary. Orders came from Mexico City dl-
tectiug that he should be tried by
courtmartlal which was done that
night. July 17. With practically no
defense to offer he was found guilty
the sentence was approved by Ocueral
cf Division Kugenlo Martinez at Mon
terey and early lu -the morning (ieu
erul .Testis Ruajardo stepped out of
his uuarlcrs iu the barracks at tho
I'laza de Armas said farewell to a few
faithful friends and stepped in front
of the tiring snuad paying with his
life the dual penalty of his treachery
to the new government.
$iy vim r 9smt
JSS'G'X.La.sky presents
ETHEL
CLAYTON
'j4mnwi(&trkivftGiclum.
Coming uThe Lost City' the greatest
serial on the screen. Watch for it.
A classified
brlag results.
in Tlie American will
UNE UP RIGHT
iWU WANT VOIR INSl'KANCK INt RKIJABLE COMPANY AND
VlTH A RKIXWLE AGENCY. WE ARK IN I5KKCKKN-
KIFX1E FOK'rERMANBNCY. COMK AND
CET ACQUAINTED
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PRACTICAL BETTERMENT
Beauty Parlor
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
Ij Blocks off Main St. near Y.M.C.A.
SHAMPOOING
MANICUniNG
HAIR DYEING
SCALP TREATMENT
Ladies ami Gratlrmni
FOR SALE IN DE LEON
HI room hotel best location brick
building highly furnished bath water
lights and gas. Kent 100 per month.
Long lease For quick sale at $!.n00.
City Hotel. He I-eon. 00-7-p
Artesian Water
and Ice Co.
Roberts and Elliott Sts.
Bmkrfiridge Tcxjm
Pure Artesian Water
THAT'S ALL
H. C. LIVING MEN HERE
Ralph N. Morris understood to be
associated with the Federal high cost
of living department following sev-
eral days spent lu the city left last
night. Another member of tlie de-
partment It la stated la ramaiulng
here for further Investigation of lo-
cal conditions.
Moore & Freeman
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"TMK SARVfCS AGENCY"
la (m SmHVs Onf Kre
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Suppose we clean up the streets and
if we cauuot have paving of the main
thoroughfares at least fill liMne deep-
est of the hoes and chasms with rock.
It is a little item that those spend-
!ng tlious-inda of dollars each day for
supplies in Breckenridge and thou
sands more for wages to men who In
turn disburse the larger amount of:
ineir money nere wouiti greatly ap-
preciate. Tlie streets they are com-
pelled to pull their supplies through
and io negotiate with their machines
cost them each day lu wear and tear
upon vehicles lost time and destruc-
tion of temper a very considerable
nmount. Tho cost also falls upon
Breckenridge for delayed operations
wean delayed maximum success.
These aro practical things to which
it is as veil to turn thought once iu
a while. Incidentally the cost of im-
provement would be a swall item com-
paratively. Increased trade won by
the busteess eatarprlseii la the town
In oae week would y It .Wck. It
is the fraftUotN ' a amtlw
RROKEN GLASSES
Dupdcafed on short uotlce.
Iisater optometrist with H.
mond Jev;eler.
UhEFUL INFORMATION
D. II.
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MalU Leave.
0:10 a. in. and 8:30 p. m.
Malls Arrive.
B'M) a. m. and 0:05 p.-ra;
General delivery windows open .week
days 8:00 a. m. to 0:00 p. m.
Expert Auditing
Don't try to do business without
KNOWING HOW YOU STAND. We
will keep wour books for you or will
stralghtea out that Tangle into which
your business affairs may have grown.
We audit books aud accounts of all
nature and give expert and efficient
service nt a moderate charge.
F. W. HOLDER A CO.
Rmwi 11 i;t(W Rrewa RMf.
Ted Sign Works
Signs
TED RISER Prep.
Air Rrunh Shaw Cr
GoM Leaf Stow
Ceauiimlai SlftM
Raimera and RuUeiiaa
Let Us Da Yarn SIb Avolil
Regrets
v. Work aad Material lh Best
Bex 515 Rr Smith's Drug Store
ALSO SERVICE
Union Laundry
DRY CLEANING k PRESSING
"Quality Senrke"
Leave bundles at uptown office
Urst door west of Colonial IIo-
tel or phone 0 and wagon wlU
caU.
The Breckenridge Starter
Service Co. repairs everything
electrical for the automobile.
We know how. We have
the parts. Located at Ruth
Motor Co.
JARVIS LOONEY MARKJBT
Fresh and Cured Mtata.
117 S. Court Ave.
011. maps or
STEPHEN'S COUNTY.
Stephens County Abstract C.
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SERVICE EM-XTRIC COMPANY
" Holwrt Hewell Manager
Trains Leave.
0:10 a. ni. and 8:30 p. m.
Trains Arrive.
8:S0 a. m. and 0:03 p. m.
Pullman ami through chair car ami
coach to Tort Worth carried on train
leaving at 8:!J0 p. m. and on" train ar
riving at Breckenridge at 8:30 a. m.
5r. J. Kalm Kxrt KytW Sw
Electrir NVlrlng uml Supplies
Edison Mazda Lamps
Ameriran Theatre Building
"llreckeruidge
Texas
ROBERT A WELCH
OIL INVESTMENTS AND
CITY PROPERTY
IIAUWOOD-PIJETT CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY
GRIFFIN & JONES
REAL ESTATE AND
IL INVESTMENTS
VMruAnt Sieyhena C. U
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Contractors Concrete Work
Sidewalks Foundatient
Breckenridge Texas
Eyes you have but do you Met Dr.
J. Kaku Smith's drug store.
NOTICE
This Is to notify the public that C
am not connected with tho Brecken-
ridgo Insurance & Bonding Company
and am not responsible for any bills
contracted by the above company af-
ter thbi date. Q. O. QWYANNR.
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Baxter, Tom L. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, August 27, 1920, newspaper, August 27, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth121918/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.