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iBrechimrtfrige American
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
IJRECKKNKlDGK. STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS SATURDAY JANUARY 15 1921
YOU MK I. Xl'MllKIl 171
rKICC FIVE CENTS
WILSON MAY SOON CALL WORLD MEETING ON DISARMAMENT
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DAILY PRODUCTION UP 1000 BLL
TO TOTAL OF 121560 DAILY;
NO STORAGE CHARGE BY SOME
CTIVITY IN .
FIELD GOING
TO NEW HIGH
PEKET DECLINES TO
FORM NEW CABINET
Th AocIitd Frn
PARIS. Jim. 1." Rnuiil IVrct.
asked yesterday to head tin new min
istry of France to succeed that which
With boilers ami other tool moving .NBlM Wednesday appeared be-
through the of i j:5 thN fore VntMmt Mlllornn.l with the an-
lilt Til I UK 111 Pl'U'UU imilll.-". l!lJ "Ul.'i
f the torin period as to the tie-up of nouiieomeur that hi would have to
(JETTING DOWN
Brnki nridge School Block lull-
INTEREST IN
INCOME TAX
LEGAL BATTLE
Vifwlthrtnuilltig lose down Uf aii"x-
of lack of water curtailment of ml
iiiiiMitniirtxi. Ktnrnsi ctuitires and In
clinntloti on the part of oil operators ""' "r- "''- n"'lr slx uch nt -Vm0
t i.rh the bringing In of new writ ' ThU a ell I Mng drIUed by
until matter in general are a bit more I"" Bro.. contractor who came
Httled. tl.- dally outpnt of Stephl ". frotK Hunger iind . IX-demona.
county crude during the week ran Tfc-v p.t to W nnily to drill In
around l.noo Uirreln wore than lat wtthhr about ten days.
Ati'k niul made a totnl dnlty nTerage
production of 121.W) barrel a com-
pared with i'JO.I'00 In the 'previous
w i ck I
Other field of north Central Texas
nlo howed n phk tip from the pre-
vious week. Imlieniinc a readjustment
of acceptances of oil ami more being
turned over by the producer thnu they
wire nble to find pM"' Hue acceptance
for in the previous wi-ek. In nil It I
considered thnt the showing is ery
encouraging a pointing to enter triuw-
portntlon conditions resultant from
more oil desire on the part of the pur-
chasing department of the pipe line
organizations.
In the Breeketirl.lge niul Stephen
county field the week has wltnes-ist
ipiite n little shifting of oil in plpi'
Hlu- and apparently ilei ided i-nnhiB of
the pro-sure which appeared to .-on-front
oil producer in the requirement
that tliey turn halt f their output In-
to tnnk farms on a -tumsi' i barge na-
si If the other half hould In- purchas-
ed at nitirket Prune Magnolia mid
Pcnrcc plp' lino him at no tunc put
Cd ruling in cffit mil n g"l deal
of oil lm com- Into Hi ii line during
the week that "a ii"i pre ioiwly iiir
mil by them.
All thrii' of the pie line iiaimil
lin.e Im-cii ninvptlni: in w oil n It ha
Ihi-u proffered to them and hne uoth-
IliC to -ay about Htomse elutruex. ex-
ept that they hmUu" ordfr to make
them us yet and no orders to curtail
their acceptance throtish any other
proctilure. Pntlrle. Mamiolln and
lYaree. have line tliroushutit the coun-
ty and while nut convenient to every-
luidy nre not u remote from any Im-
portant croup of dewlopment In the
local field or the field. of the vounty.
tlmt'tbejr cannot If reacheil with" con
nection with iimiiralne eae.
OH oierators and Iiiie owner ire
flmlins much Interest in nrcument
imiw priH-eeillnz In-fore the Supreme
court at Wiifjhlncton in the "Invested
capital" cbmmi.
I'pon the decision of the court.
which it Ii Indicated will bo-deferred
le tluin the uual time will deiM'iid
wliether tlu iSbrftunieiit make return
of liui'drwl? of mllltoiis of dollars of
Income tax payments and drop' a
Hiitnlicr of iietlnn which have been
filed for cotlcetlatv. the payment of
whiih lm bci'ir rcfnwil.
Appliii I.. oil land the Attitude
of the bureau of Internal revenue ha
Ix-cii that increase in valuation be-
tween the time of acquirement and
the dine o falling due of iueoiiTe tax
ciinniit he treatml a Invested capital.
The Imi-eail term lteh liicreaHisi a
profit even tlionsli tlie land be not
liquidated or In procc of liquidation
mid the Increasiil valuation more or
bs an .iniertalnt. inasmuch a not
traffic was conceded to be over by tin
street public
Ar the same time there wa concur-
rence of opinion hlili'li IicmiI much
expression that the nctlvlttiv of n
field which called fur or at least re-
ceived trnu.-portntiou of boiler' next
to cable the mo-t unwieldly freight ol
which removal I riiptired oer the
rinls nuder street and road condition
of as much treachery a still obtain
throughout tin field was .some real
activity Indeed.
Moving of boiler and other tool
means Immediate starting of new hole.
Moving of these things under preva-
lent road condition mean to the ex-
perienced oil man that there has been
no abatement in the vigor of Brecken-
rldge fields and the urgency felt by its
operators to keep things moving nt top
notch nil he time In order to comply
with their obligation. It spells In
decline to form the cabinet
BAD GENERAL
STORM HOLDS
SECRETARY IS
REAL WORKER
ON CROSSINGS
Xo trnin nre iirrUlnir on time in el-
other word. an eagerne for notion .()r Wor ()f n v frnm hn
nnd the prevalence of investment to
..nHM .... i..- fifvitin tl t- Mllnu nf east.
no question as to It eugenic and ivell
backed purpose.
Coupled with strong continuance to-
day of the brighter and much firmer
general activity in the street business
related to the securities of organiza-
tions now operating and preparing for
operation today's showing In the
quick resumption of the movement of
material at the first possible moment.
had an excellent effect. The itpwlug
from the holldaj period low l expect-
ed by otisorvers to reach a new high
next' week and to ndwiuce steadily
from that.
SOl'TII REND POOL
Uuports from the South llend vol
today wai that the Young County Oil
i. (Sua l' had Its No. '2 well on top of
the sand nt IT-IX) feet and that from
tlie capping oil wa mnklng at the rate
of ItH) bid. Till well Is presumed to
In on tile company' tract about two
Ulllis west of the Met'lin-keyi. Btld it
sand 1 eidetlth dis-pei than that
along the i reek wbire well- Iran' U-en
coming In from around -11" Sevii-al
other well ill tin- South Rend liwtl
are on top of tlie sand with excellent
showing of oil. All bine tin ailed
this wei'k tlie construct Ion of plie line
which 1 being extended as rupldli
as Milhlc to the wienil iiniK-rtle.
Weather liiterferemv put the work be-
hind the first part of the wck but
It Is expected that It will be compUied
next week. OH of the. South ReiHl
field I IkjIiic taken by the PrnirU'
through tha piix lines It has there nnd
I being received a delivered without
storage charge.
KICK BREAKS
JAW; KNOCKS
OUT 9 TEETH
HecrcUry Leach of the Chamber o' I
Commerce w-ns on the Job this morn-
line not in his office but nt street in-
tersection" nloni; Walker
Tho wcreUry lwd a shovel and be-
tween nhowinK how it should be done
n ddolne It acrumpllshvd n lot in
jccttl&K trheil rock from wagons on-
to the thoroughfare In the shape of
n-ir t -irriT T T" . rpO' acceptable Rtrect crossing for
1 RAVEL i3At.lv i tiitria.
Tlie results for pcdesirlrn were a
big relief from the Blush of tho street
crossings a the latter formerly pre-
vailed. The same results also estab-
lished in the public mind that the sec-
retary of the chamber of commerce
btlleres In the principle that to get
things done the way Is to do them.
While n femiwrwy meaynrih. the
street erosklngs are accomplishing 'i
prciit ilc.il of relief and occasioning
much complimentary comment. "The
I permanency value of the thing or the
(HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSES
RESOLUTION WITHOUT DISSENT
ASKING PRESIDENT TO ACT
I.ocnl service in railroad mall tel-
egraph and telephone divisions is re-
ported to have escaped with probably
less wreckage that) attended the storm
of the week In most western sections.
Travelers arriving today from the
cast report that storms prevailed all
of the way out and that railroad serv-
ice is demoralized In many sections.
The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Jan. l. A joint resolution request-
ing that President Wilson call a conference of the nations
of the world to consider universal disarmament was ap-
proved today by the House of Representatives foreign
affairs committee without a single dissenting vote.
The committee rejected b a vote of 9 to 2 an amend-
ment offered by Representative Mason of Illinois that
invitations to attend the conference be extended to Ire-
land and the Philippines.
The havoc played with train service completeness of the service Isn't the
Orln Mathews employed on the Mti-
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reaUi'i'il Treated as prollt. me in- sou rancn on me much ii. i....
mine tux levy Ir proportionately high ' north of the city two miles was
Ijind holders contend that profit tax
I under siieh clrcum-laiue wholly
linju-t. because tlie land represents in-
vestment Ktrlctly until It shall be sold
r developed. In I'lther of the latter
case- It Avculd til'mo. under tvicu. pjnif Jt
brought to town last night suffcrin
from the loss of nine teeth and a Jaw-
broken iu two place.
The marvel of those unending the
.Injured mau was that he was alive
his Injuries having resulted from a
on tlie outside has been reflected here
yesterday and today In fewer hotel
avrlval and In much le local pas-
senger train traffic. Plenty of seats
have been mailable Jnce mid-week on
all passenger trains leaving nnd arriv
ing in the city an almost unhenrd of
tiling.
Kailroad people and travelers Join
in the statement that the decline in
traffic I due to the uncertain roll
and weather conditions on the outside
wliiiii have occasioned all persons
who have been able to do so to defer
tlip until after settled weather con
dition and train operations are re
stored.
Tlie telegraph office hi this city
was roday handling business in and
out o.cr its wires in alxmt normal
manner. The telephone wires are still
much crippled. Ileport today said
the telephone company expected to
have communication between Fort
Worth nnd Cisco and connection there-
from with Ilreekcnndge restored today.
thing." declared a visiting oil mau thi
morning. 'The blR point is tlie spirit
shown to do things as best circum-
stances will permit; making a try
and gaining some headway. That ii
the kind ot thing that counts; Miat
make people feel kindly toward tlie
town and lines them up to help make
it grow into n big city."
tax as th terms of the transactions kick from u horse the shoe ot the
might represent but prior to cither
sale or development cannot have any
other stand lug thnu investment upon
which tiler" ha been mo realization of
anything uxm which to levy tax.
This lyaue Is not a large one In Ste-
aninial landing on the mouth of Mat-
thews. The force of the blow wit
fully received by the man.
Mathews was knocked some distance
by the kick-. When kicked up he
was unconsiiou. i Ith blood stream-
plietis county but hi some imrtioiis of i tug from tils motitn. It was thought
the state will lie big. Iu Stephens .at first that coucus-ion of the brain
county mot all land has been given Iliad resulted from the kick- but phy-demou-tmtisl
ulue by development slcians later said Hint It was not ln-
or sale ami the income tax feature clle:it! that such Injury had occurred.
tluiK iiiljusttd The supreme court de-Matlcws was resting nmeli easier tills
li-imi. however will have bearing up- morning and apparently will make re-
in several oilier phases of taxation covery although he Is tor a eonliU-r-tliat
lia lietu levied ill Stephens ' able stay In the hospital.
loVnty under the revenue department
interpretation of tlie income tax law. I A T THE CHURCHES
ineiusire ot siock (iiviuenii. :
Solicitor (Jetienil Pricr-on in !
i-liurg of the action before the Su-
pretue Cooii. luis characterized It nt.
lite uitMt important legal suit from
the tbndp lut at government finances
In m ilecnoV." nnd some of the opixi-
nig trptl talent luu. affirmed it tlie I
EXPORT TRADE
BEING HELPED
BY WAR BODY
lb AitocUUd Vxett
WASHINGTON". Jan. 15. The war
vivwl by the act of congress nnd which
passed over President Wilson's veto i
now functioning. It was announced
today that the corporation was pre-
pared to consider applications of loans
to finance exports and iu the same
manner It was to consider advances
prior to suspension activities of lat
May.
NKAKINC SAM)
The to'don Pool Oil rjlidlcate re
ported depth tiwtnv nf Jsi'iO feet. Thi
well on a sesii ami a nuartw were
tract In the Jolinii survey. In ex
pectcd to lie midi ti drill In the lat
ter part of next week ur the first of
Hut follow lug Time lm Ixt-n made
! the coiitrartiir iu getting down
with the hole nnd tlie.v ntv cvntinutug
to go kinmI with the drilling.
BURKETT REDISTRICTING BILL
WILL CHANGE APPORTIONMENT
FOR CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES
POLICE THINK
"MASTER BUND"'
NOW C PTURED
l)ALL .Jan. IS. Police hkie
said lh:it they expect to make sen-
sational arrests of tlie "master
mind" hi the H-.loffire holtl-up
being Ii.imiI upon inforniiitCnii giv-
en out bj Sctiviicin' allejjrd roit-
fission. This "master mint!" st ronling
to the officers is said to he priili-
ahlj the leader of thr recent
crime wave of this section of the
country.
The S'iS.ODO. most of uImIi
- were not negotiable because of
mutilation which vrc taken
from two rrgCstrieil mail pouch-
es vviiiiii bandits secured at the
postoffice was divided bet ecu
I lie robbers at t!i? IcailcsV home
hire last night according to the j
police. I
Tho Aisociateit Fresi
PALLAS. Jan. 1" -..miek retilbii-'
tion wa visited upon one of the l i
bandits wlio robliell the Iuekoi tnet
stth-postoffice In this city last night. I
The man. Unfit-; ('lemon -hi ordhut
to anuouiiecment made at polite heuil-!
quarter today was killed when the I
car Iu vviiieli tlie liandit wen- c--cap-;
ing was wrecked near Port Worth. '
W. S. Scrivener who the jMilii e uy
has confessed was slislitly injiu'-d In
the atitouinbite wreck. Scrivener is
iu the custody
OIL OPERATOR
SAYS GO IN
FOR REFINERY
Christian Science Sen ice.
Christian Science service will be-
held in tin American Theater on
Sunday tit 11 a. in.
Wednesday meeting at the home of
AUSTIN Jan. 1.1. Two measures
of particular Importance to West
Tu.xas have been Introduced in the
LegMatuie. The first of the meas-
ures is a hill to alxillsh the board of
water engineers and put the work of
thi board under the State Heclnma-"
tion Commission. Thi is a bill pro-
posed by Kepresentittlve Xelson of
Hopkins county and by Kepreseuta-
live Veil tch of Johnson county. It
promises one of tlie most determined
Mrs. Pilger. three nloek north of the
-most iiiiisirtniit a affecting the In-! Court Iloue. at 8 p. in.
dividual" Tho public is cordially Invited to at-
Kt-mlall Gillespie. Kimble and Sut-
ton. No. 21. Jlexar.
No. 22. Dnlla
No. 2.1. yomcrvillo. Johnson. Hill
Howjue. Hamilton and Coryell.
No. 24. Tarrant.
No. 2.. Montague Cook. Denton
Wise Jack and Parker.
No. 20. Hardcmun Wilbarger.
Wichita Clay Archer Voting. Throck-
morton Uaylor and Ford.
N. 27. Huunels Coleman. ISrown
"Next to gasoline the cylinder oil
content of Hreekeniidge crude Is. Its
largest value. However as cylinder
oil is worth more than double the
price of gasoline the issue of value
between these two contents of the
iikiiI oil is a very close one" remarked
J. ('. Parmloe nn Oklahoma oil man
ho looked over tlie analysis last
evening in the American of Brccken-
i Idge oil as produced f rotu the lias
Petroleum Co lease immediately north
of the city
"Cyllnilet oil is the content that oil
refineries prle most highly In crude
us a protit producing item." contin-
ued Mr P.irmetee. Given plenty of
i j Under oil i outeut and the crude Is
bound to tuak good. The wax oil. In
! which ltreekeniidge crude l? also ox-
'ceptiiumllv high. Is another big profit
! maker. With '!'." of gasoline per-
il outage on top of the other values I
would say that on $2 oil. If wo ever
see It again which I doubt Hrecken-
ridgi crude should have a $7 per bar-
rel value put through refinery us
ngatiMt its present S'5.."V) value sold to
the other fellow to refine.
"Bvery idg oil organization has bone
into the r.-fliiliig business and made
the hulk jf its profits Just as soon us
it could possibly finance for thej.
The small operators are nu
't i .. .. .! fc..t
if the polne In jail i
eratoi-s. if they line
laRNS
hen.
rn . i ... 'eil to view t' . . luKe serl-
Tlie other tour liuulits late this af- . . . ..
. ... . ous heed j. .act that there Is
tertioon were still at bire With . "-
snugtu in union to just us nig an
fights for the West Texas delegation j Comanche. Mills. Lampasas Burnett
that will he brought almut by any I Llano. San Saba McCulIocb. Coucho
tend these service.
MONEY ibVDE
AVAILABLE
Prcshvtcriaii Church
At the Presbyterian church service
at tin V M. C. A. at 11 it. m. tumor-
FOR CHURCH!;- ""; "';te Mu!r'1l 'Tc
I Industrial Secretary ut the . M. C.
I A. for Texa. will make the addrer..
I This should be a helpful and all in
spiring service for every one. Alo
some nnnminccmunls of special inter-
est to Presbyterians.
W. M. ItAKHlt.
Minister in Charge.
GOING TO NOKTHEAST
L.-wl. Uowensjx .V. Kgger. wlu e
lenlay drilled Iu wlUi a -UMI berrel h"n ' at ' '"nuet where dicus
..... ul.itite i liiilliltiif titfitw fnr tin. iiev
Iii muounfs mngliig from 1' to
man) times that sum. individual sub-
scriptions tnlnliug fWIt)D( were made
ut a meeting of memlK'rs of tlie llap-
ttst church In thU city lust night.
The meeting was held at the Tab-
crunch called as a get together as
semblage of the uieinlKtr of tin i
measures o far Introduced or con-
templated. This is one nitamire in
opposition to which the West Tex.t
Chamber of Commerce lias declared
Itself.
The second measure of special In-
terest ami concern to West Texas Is
tlie Burkett reilistrictlng bill. The
Senatorial districts as proposed In
this bill would be as follows:
N. 1. Itcd lllver. Titu. Cass and
Morrlf.
No. 2. Ppsliur. Gregg. Harrison
Puuola and lluk.
No. !l. Delta. Hopkins Franklin.
Italns. Wood and Van Zandt.
No. I. Kuiiiilu. Hunt and Lamur.
Gmystin. Collin
Scrivener's alleged confession to work
Mth. it Is believed that the ftiulnu of
the four men who escaped iind ihe
taking of them into eiistoih i n w
lint a matter of hours.
well north of th t Uy are cairjln;
their suectws tmmisliatcly to tlie north-
east territory win re the.v will move
their tool to a ; ai re basi dn t lu-
ll G Vlck tract survev 1172 They
now Imve a derriik up oil the lese
niul bunk houses ens-ted The firm
Ix operating ll'.c lease .vliliii is south
siiiiix of building plans for the new Cultlwell. Supt.
linptlat Church
Sunday i-chool 0:1" a. in..
C. M.
eillflct thy propose might In- gener
ally timde and the arciiltects' dr.iw-
lug for the plendid structure he In-
npivted bv the congregation for the
flrt time
Presentation of the plans sent en-
thusiasm t. a higher pitch than Ik-
and Tom Green.
No. 23. Palo Pinto Erath. Hood
Eastland. Stephens Shackelford and
Callahan.
No. 2I. Cro-hy Dickens King.
Knox Garza Kent Stonewall Has-
kell Borden. Scurry Fisher Johnes.
Howard. Mitchell. Nolan Taylor.
Glasscock Sterling Coke Iteagan -md
Irion.
No. .. Yunkuin. Terry Linn
Gaines. Dawson. Andrews. M.utln.
Winkler. Kctor. Midland. vvanl
DKAII .MAN KX-CO.NMCT i
KPUT WdBTH. Jan Hi - Th. n.n
wlio was killed on the I'm r Wmth
road last night and wbo-e pn Uet-
were stuffed witli eurrenev r.i k-u irmn
the D'ill.1. siili-pnntoffli-e hold-up h'-n
yesterday and who was iileniitiol l.
Police Chief Porter was deteunhn d
today to lie Pat Mnrph.i. a fotiiui-
1 Texas convict. One of r!u .iIi.ims
that was used by Murjihj w.is Ituf
II Clements.
Serhiier Informs
The Asiocuted Vmi
i xtent today and bigger as when tlie
otigiu.il thirteen states were put to-
gether and the principle applied to the
making of a nation.
1 Personally 1 am of tlie opinion that
i lie Ilreckeiiridge operators have a
tine opportunity to get together nml
help themselves and the oil industry
as well as the numerous Individuals
associated iu oil development with
i hem iu this field.
Tlie outlay then would make for ac-
lulremeut of pipe Hue to carry their
-e'tltsl production to refinery and the
outlay they would need to udvance to
.miuire and operate refinery and do
it ipiicklj would pay back in a-mat-ti
r of a few months from profity.
earned from the increased Income they
would obtain from their oil. Double
DALLAS. Inn. W-W S S. imur . . fr ()il tmt tlw Ulark.t f.
.as inseu hi n. nrtii iiHir. nert
he promised to lend tin otfiiers to fom
of tin bandits who are still at hhert.v
fords I an item worth while at nny
time and particularly so under cx-
Scrivnc'r wiu. i-siMirted bv tni- Dull is Ktinj; world conditions
detectives who said that the on on r Ti 1.11... .tamliin.' lven the nn-
l.ub-
ster. Beeves Jeff Davis. Culberson.
Hudspeth and Kl Paso.
No. 31. Cochran. Hockley
No. ".
wall.
No. d.
vii rro.
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Crane. Upton. Terrell. Pecos. Brew-1 "' "; ' ' " 7'""' . ...tors of the field by such a move-
"..vr.-... ' "
Hi Associated Press
rr. u'outii. Jim i".
w
Kaufman. K1IK nml
. . . . ( . t it t-i ...1 i.i iuit. ciytTlrMMl to !i.i i'i 1 (it iiiti 1 1 (I in
and Bock- bock. Bailey. Lamb. Hale. Hoj.l. Mot- 'J' s . lil1M1) '. vl
I ley. Cottle. Parmer Castro. hv.iher )U)o nrrlval ... t1(lllj v j ... ii-1. I
Na-1 Briscoe Hall. Childress Deuf Smltlu by ofticers to a house on .1. unm
lltaudall. Armtrong. Donley. Cviloiig- eiuie which wa stud 10 I ip
I 1.
of the l)oughi will on the sth cud '"' ' " h might In tsis-lble. with
of the South IU-ii.1 j.-ol. under tl " "' ' " I"riws of the ltiiptlst
name of the Kentucky Co. capitalized
for SIjOM I'vvl. Bnvvursox ." log-
ger are among tlie luont 'X)erieiM-iil
mid l'-t known oil men hi the field.
Ttifv u-erv for n loti-r time with Out
Texas and Humble couuunle and In l"' '.Mreww 'l'ose pneiit and pi
following Ihe development lead of '"'" ' 1'laiiH and was follow
PnsirliiiiK 11 11. in. and 7 p. lis. by
ltev. A. .1. .Morgan irnstor.
Sun ben m Baud : p. 111.
Junior rnioii. t p. m.
Senior I nion. 0 p. m.
incur carried out on the busls of op-
eiufing eeoiiomles and enterpviso en-
I'lnpnsMiig a view of the future and
lis needs 1:1 whatever phnse of devci-
' piui'iit might occur would be an Item
siKIdfic int importance Iu itself that
would make indirect return to the
lo-lil. on the strength of the greater
1 oiifldenee Ir would enforce that
i 1 mid be i feven greater value than
the direct return of increased earn-
.o. 1. iitnuersou. miuiu. .-..mrr- worm. wi.mu.. ...m-.. v....- ;- . wimtv. alth.. ... 1'
sou mil Cherokis. Wheeler. Hartley. Moore. Hutchiu-uii. iis M(V(1S .r. lrlimw .u nu
No. h. Freestone. Limestone and ltolert. Hemphill Dallam. Sherman. jtce and tin furniture was uieb im b
m.i . ltniisfor.1 Oeblltre.-. and LlnsConib. led. Neighbors said that the m iipiiiit
NO. . Hell. Fall. UolK-rtsou and It will be notisl that the 2Stli Sen.i- lett J"";!; '"!; sruu"r Ui- fr"m "" "l"y I l"1! !'
Milam. torial District now composed of Thlr-' """ ' " .. h ' . oiK-rafors Me tlie light and get togeth-
No. 10. I.M111. Houston.. Mndlsou. ty-two CfJt Counties will ih nsiiicisi t.U)ants had gone
Trlnltv. Walker and Montgomery Seveli (7) Counties. Of course t.iere 'ihe
these Into I he northeast cnuutry are
confident of such siivce-s.
congregation to erect a la ting juoiiu-
.ueiif to tlnir faith and 11 an eAnres-
siou of tlnir alucertty In the work
ihelr chunli Is doing.
Bpv. Mori. iu ch-irge of the nieet-
riss
1st
niULL IN .MONDAY
The W. II. S. well on the Ketithley
tract a southiast offset tu tlie Lucky
Walker la du to drill iu Monday. It
wan stated today that pipe line con
nections had Ik-cii made and that every
thing was hi readiness to make com-
pletion of the well.
dkiEling in .
The Johnson Oil Co. No. 3 Is expect-
ed to drill In this afternoon late. Pipe
Hue connections were completed this
morning and readiness) finished shortly
afternoon for tapping the sand.
Uy others prominent in the congrega
tion who added their expression of
fargr desire for prompt currying out
of th building plans. Tlie pruffer and
acceptance of voluntary subscrl-
tlons immediately followed with the
result of acquirement in a compara
tively few minutes of half of the total
of SICO.IMXr which it is proposed to
spend lu the- construction of the now
building.
Contract. for the edifice are to he
let at once. It Is the present expec-
tation that it will lie finished by the
middle of the year.
At tlie Christian Church
Sunday School 10 a. in.
Pxcuehiug U a. m.
Official Board li'W) p. m.
Intermediate C. B. R i. in.
Preaching 7UtO p. in
Ijidlcs Aid -Monday. It p. in.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday "SMI p.
m.
Choir praerico Thursday. 7'M) p.
ra. ' tr '
Navajo Club Friday. 7 p. m.
Moving pictures of the sacred and
educational type in connection with
.Sunday and Wednesday evening serv
ices. Special music ut all regular
services.
S. A. Crager Sunday School Supt.
Glenn Hutton Pastor.
ir There Is uotl.ing like piepareu-
search for the iiilsslng money xwm. 1 mtik Iiilt hm of all of vour
No. 1L Nacogdoches. Shelby. Sal'wlll Ih- some cluinxesi lu the mllstrlet- ami the bandits is centered about tKe rllim iwf lmlt of wlch lle op.
Arthur Hagan )cavts this eveclug
for Lordoburg where lie will Instal!
a power iJant for a mining company
in that vicinity. Wllford Dodge goes
with him as avsintunt.
hie. Sun Augustine. Angelina Tyler
Jasiwr and Newton.
No. 12. S.111 Jacinto Polk Ulierty
Hanlln. Jefferson. Orange and Cham
bers.
No. lit Harris.
No. 14. Wharton Fort Beud Mat-
agorda Brazoria iind Galvestoi.
No. 15. Burleson. Brazos. Grimes.
Wa-iilngtou Miller and Austin.
No. 115. Williamson. Travis Hays
a lyl Comal!
No. 17. Cuailjlupe. Caldwell. Gon
zales Fayette. luivaca ami Bastrop.
No. IS. WlUon. Karnes. DeWltt
Bee Goliad Victoria Nueces Sun
Patricio ltefugio Aransas Calhoan.
No. 10. Cameron Hidalgo Starr
Willacy Brooks Jim Hogg Zapata.
Webb Duval. Jim WeiU and Kleberg.
No. 20. Live Oak McMollen La-
Halle Diminitt Maverick Zaralla
Frio Atascopa Metllua Uralde Ed-
vvanls Ileal Bandera Kerr Blanco
Ing bill in generul.
Worth.
1 tutor ii now letting escape
NY MKXICANS ABE
BKCO.MING OIK CILVKGE
Tb AnocliUd Pi
HONOLl Ll . T II . Dec 21 - (liv Ifc Awortit.d Pri
iiii-Hiil I' Iv.ilijiijiuiiiku. woiid'ai COKPI'S CllBlSTl
The third measure somewhat revo- DUgKY DUKE FALLS IK IIPV
lutlomiry and drastic in its terms pFrRVT WATER RACE
will be introduced by Bepresentatlve KbL . .1 A iljK 1W-L
Nelson as soon as Governor Neff has
lieen Inaugurated. This bill having to
do with revenue and taxation will
provide the present mx commission of-
fice ami substitute a State Equaliza-
tion Board and following this meas-
ure will be a companion bill provid-
ing for the appointment of a State
Auditor and for u budget system for
.il nnnmnrbitlon for the state and for
'- .. . . t I. I.. 1 I...- 101. 1
the several departments. The Smitli (""" '" i-""- -
... ..!-. t f.-rtlm. is a Tin four eiitruntu in ih.
Illll .Jll lit uwj ". -
voluminous thins covering some
twenty-four printed pages and seeuib
dooHied to an early defeat. In aill-
tioa to these two measures having to
do with ta-iatloa a number wore are
Incubating. A hard fight is certain
to result and no man cau foretell the
outcome.
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Jan lo.-Jtep-
champlou sprint swimmer ami wnui. r nntative commerchil bodies of the
of the Stm-kholm and Antwerp ( llym-Uotton growers in centers; of a number
lilad. wan beaten here recently ut Bxllof the South Texas gulf coast cotui-
yards in an authorised A A 1 . ti.uk ties ftxmy began the preparation of af-mec-t
by "Bill" Harris of the Oumg- fidavlts denying the statment.s that
ger Canoe Club. Honolulu Harris Hie Mexicans entering Texas for farm
equaled Dukes record time of .V.4 rk had become public charges.
..... nt DEPUTY KILLS MAN
wen. meinlK-rs of the Awn. an -swim-1 WHO SHOT HIS WIFE
inlng team at Antwerp. "" other two Tho Aioriitd Pie
icing Warren and Pun Kealolia. ; HOT SlillNGS. Jan. 15. G. N.
There was noi a liand and a nan niirfetr. who was alleged to nave
difference lietweeu the first three j killed Ills wife near Mount Ida re-
Ilarris. Duke and Pua Keulolui. with jivntly. was killed by a deputy sheriff
Warrcu Kealolia close up for fourth .last nihr near Gienvvood Arkansas
place. according ti vvord received here today.
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