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gleecketiribige American
TOD TS NEWS TODAY
OLUME I. MMUKK 193
BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS COUNT! TEXAS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 1921
I'ltll'E FIVE CENTS
ELECTIONS FOR CABINET
HARDING ANNOU
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$50000 STOCK THEFT CLEARS
UP WHEN NOTORIOUS CROOK i
IS NABBED BY DETECTIVES:
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Earl Renois alias W. D. Williams and probably nu-j
merous other fictitious persons alleged to be a crook of
nation-wide activities has been fixed by the Shelton de-
tective agency with the theft of more than $50000 worth
of Diamond Match and Corn Products Co. securities
stolen in this city in December. Renois is now in jail in
Ft. Worth.
Tin- theft win from the nfo In the detective Intnct. together with n Mate-
"" ' ' ' - SS AiS"' S SSd'Se'Sn
well Mill.llng. where tin- law firm of 0f the attorney nml of auy of the other
Wiln A Vitrei I borrowed iace for. person to the local transaction from
the night in whlh ti put the seeiirl-1 ? iwsible association with It either
. (Mi . i through carelessness or otherwNo.
ti.s following revv.i.t of ih for -1WiUi tbH Bformntloa In their hand.
crmv after the bunks hnd cloned on the lhosl wJlo Iuul (lipEni the detective
afternoon of liecemlier s- On thejti;eucy to recover the securities de-
mortilns of the lith. tin- Ms-urltles weroj'l llmt Renol be run down and
gone. aIti.oh the fe was Intact. I U" hrttonWncy then set about
The securities t-iougisl to Dr. M. B.j locating Renois and taking him In cus-
rine of Chicago and their market ' totfy. Iu the latter they failed only
value exceeded $.50000. present market I "T Vn twsflfwt H"P ULl
alne being nearer $10fl.W)0. TJ ' rilk robbwy In I L W orth n day before
READY TO ACT
IN PROBE OF
CRUDE SLUMP
Gins TWENTY YEARS
I'OK STEALING CHICKEN
On motion of Captain Sorrell of
Muck 4 Smrar toaf anil other oil op-
erations a committee of five was un-
pointed at the Chti tuber of Commerce
meeting lat ulght to atteml a pro-
poeil cutheriiig of Texas Chamber of
Commerce representative In Fort
Worth on Momlny uext to discuss the I
present oil situation In Us several
phases and give aid and set to luves-1
ttgatlous. now propose! by the state
legislature of Texas. Oklahoma and
txnilntuuii. Presumably the chamber
of commerce represented will In the
main he ftwn oU fields of the north
central central and gulf regions of the
stute.
Tite committee from Brecketirldge
named by President Johnson of the
Cliamber or Commerce under the mo-
tion adopted Is composed of Mewrx.
I.eaverton. Butemun. SorrelR Gjddl
and Gilliert Johnson. The committee
Is empowered to add to Its number
By International News Service
CHICAGO Kelt. 10. Twenty
yenrs for stealing a chicken!
Eddie Bostlck shook his bead
dazedly ami mouned :
' Uood Law d man ; steal In' a
chicken ain't no crime It's u ac-
eonipllshutent."
Hut the Jury refused to change
Its verdict. The fact that Eil-
die's victim was n pedestrian.
bound for home made It highway
robbery.
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COMING BACK
WITH OIL FOR
MAIN STREETS
MANY MATTERS
UP FOR ACTION
AT C. C. MEET
Citizens In attendance at the Cham-
ber of Commerce last night learned
that water from the court bouse cis-
tern contained 13000 bacteria to the
cubic centimeter or five time that
many to the spoonful.
That was bad etiougb but a real
gulp went through the crowd when told
that some bottled water being sold ill
the city. In the hands of the same
chemist who handled the court house
water showed .'U.tjOO bacteria of the
vame undesirable character as that
domiciled In the cistern.
Tite speaker and purveyor of the
water discouragement was Engineer
I Haw ley of the Walker-Caldwell Wa-
rollowlu- the wind and dust storms terw orks project. Mr. llawley meti-
er the week such urgency 1ms been ! tloiied the matter as a stimulant to
viint. ijlt-j .. . . .." . . ... ...... .....
were placed In escrow by President i "" "-""-'"'" i v . r "
i. i.i..n ... i.......i. nn r. . The silk robbery involvlnc theft of
Kiiar.tntce of payment. on drllllnc to
liver llros. drllllnc contractors of this
citv with contmct.s on the I'eubriek
lc ise north of town.
Oilell. Dr. I'ltie. tlie Dyers and Wil-
son A Allred mot In the hitter's office
to handle the "ectirltles and alone
kni'w of their alue when deposited In
the nfo.
t nravellnc o"f the mystery which en-
veloped Uio disappearance of the se-
curities within a few hours of the time
tl were placed in the hands of the
attorney for safe keepinc until the
back tdiould open the next mornlnc
mnk'-s a story of thrllllm: detail re-
flecting a sreat deal of credit upon
Ira Sliolton nt the head of the Shelton
agency who took the case personally
in hand and upon liU lleutenaut.
As Important as the recovery of the
f30000. anil more so to most of thoe
Involved Is the fact that the thorough
work done by the detective agency re-
moved any chnnce of shadow of sus-
picion that might hare fallen upon In-
nocent parties and remained there iiiul
not the entire story been cleared up.
In this connection it Is tru that when
the case was handed to alt. tfhi-ltou
late In January hope had practically
Ns-n abandoned of makluu recovery of
the securities or of eer getting wholly
to the bottom of their mysterious dls-
Hppea'niuce. Tinier the clrcutttstanees
It was only natural that Idle tongues
should wag and that various unwar-
ranted nwplcloiLS should 1 bru'ted
atHiut uh attaching to parties whom
ttii di'lcctlMn have c-tnbll.hcsl were
the viitlm of Itenols. said to U' one
of the Ueiere&t crooks In the country.
goods valued nt Jfi.OOO has been fasten-
ed upon Itenols by the Ft. Worth po-
lice so far as the presence of seeming-
ly Incontrovertible evidence Is concern-
ed and action against him In the court
Is pending for the burglary. Mean-
time proper complaint has been filed
apitust him by the detective agency
here aud should he escape sentence for
the silk robbery )c will Immediately
confront trial here for theft of the se-
curities. The lnttpr charge will remain
for blm at any time thnt he may be
released from prison in the event of
conviction.
Itenols is alleged known In police
records from const to coast with most
of hi major operations In and about
Chicnco. He Is classed as a graduate
vegi: and Is said to be able to open
practically any safe through expert
manipulation of the combination. Dia-
mond robberlo attempted here lu De-
cember are among the Jobs attributed
by the detectives to Itenols and the
fact that he did not succeed In getting
the wife open Is l'llerl to hnve been
due only to Interruptions from which
he fhtl. The combinations of the safes
were In such shape the following day
that experts were required to get them
open. Itenols Is said to be known us
one of the boldest and most expert of
porch cltmlers aud office thieves In
the country making a specialty of
Jewelry and valuable papers lu the
furm of ss.'iirltles.
put by business men. and others upon
the need cf resuming oiling of the
main streets of the city that the Simp-
son organization which previously
all oil men wlio will go to Fort Worth ' .mhote(l tuis worj- ls hHsir oay
with It on .Monday to take part In the prf.(irln lts wncous aIlll t:llns wtlh
proceedings aud extends irritation to0 for a tlloron(.h treatment of streets
nil who can to mak- the trip. IIpd . tl. .. ...ii. nf tin. Inst
"We should not go there to antag- few mouf 1Si lt j probable that the
onlze anyboily. hut to find out If there 1 M rf ...... . xtonii shortlv to ad-
Is nnythlng to do and if so do It. '
said the piesident at the conclu-l(u of
-ouie few Irlef remarks from the
floor in Mipport of the motion of Cap-
tain Sorrells. The general tenor of
these remarks was that Breckenrldge
a a big and much interested oil field
should be present in any general meet-
ing that might have oil fur the prin-
cipal subject of di-russionr and take
he lending pert as her interest in the
industry warrants
Large numbers of oil inp( were In
attendance at the meeting which com-
fortably filled the seats In the dls
trlct court room. The concensus of
opinion followlug the meeting an-
iiviiiuu iu ue mm iiii-iu was iiuiiuii i (!
a good deal that might be done in such
a meeting us proposed In Ft. Worth
provided polities prejudices nml
gruuu stauuers were uept. out aim a
menu of facts und action Insisted up-
on. It was felt that in sending a com-
mittee which will have time to formu-
late a program- before the dny of the
meeting much more could be accom-
plished than through any discussion
h: ulght based as it would have had
dtttomtl streets.
Even should the lingering promises
of rain materialize lu wet weather
oil on the streets will have great ud-
antage as a sanitary measure and in
keeping mud in narrower bounds.
Prior to rain oiling is considered to
boiling of all water by citizens before
using lt. no matter how acquired it
all required boiling the engineer ns-
terted. before safe to drink and un-
til boiling became general custom In
the city during the tlnie that lf needs
to wait until pure water gets In from
Clear Fork dysentery and other
plagues which are now in evidence
will continue to Increase.
Waterworks Report.
Mr. Ilawle.v had the floor In re-
spouse to tequest from the chair for
Information ns to the progress of the
Walker-Caldwell project lie said that
all pipe for the line from Clear Fork
and the laterals In the cltv wis pur-
chased on January 2S contracted to
be delivered to the last foot In the city
Fifteen cars of the pipe
The lead Is now here
FROM FLORIDA VACATION HOME
PRESIDENT-ELECT ANNOUNCES
SLATE IS NEARLY COMPLETED
The Associated Press.
ST. AUGUSTINE Fla. Feb. 16. President-elect
Harding today indicated to The Associated Press his cab
inet slate nearly complete and waiting only the definite
naming of secretaries of the Navy Commerce and Labor.
As completed the slate will be made up as follows:
Secretary of State....Charlos Evans Hughes of New York
Secretary of War John W. Weeks of Massachusetts
Secretary of Trcasury....Andrew Mellon of Pennsylvania
Postmaster General Will Hays of Indiana
Attorney General Harry Daugherty of Ohio
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace of Iowa
Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall of New Mexico
Nir.IlT HIDEUS l)KIK
.MEXICANS FROM UAM.EK
have become vitally necessary to bre-
etit as far as possible the spread of u" -'arcl1 10-
diseasp cvrms iu the swirling dust of . nuVC nrrlvt-d
'the streets and to help with control of for aU Jlnts' Ia s "P1 hllt tu'
the epidemic of colds which has fol-
lowed irritation of the glands of the
throat aud head physicians say. from
i the great amount of street dust that.
has blown about On the commer
By The Associated Fret!
FOKT WORTH. Feb. 1C One
hundred Mexicans fleeing 'mm
night riders who xi-itnl tlielr
quarters ' Runner on Monday
und Tui'sdaj arrived in thi. clly
today. Masked men had .iMttten
und frightened the foreigner or-
dering tlu in tu Icne the town unit
cease cumpi'titiou with American
hilicr llVy say.
According to the statpnents 0f
the Mexicans nbmit :i doen men
took part In the raids width t r-
rorized and drove tli- m o it f
toun.
'AGED WOMAN
! MUCH LOVED
DIES OF SHOCK
The tMMslhllltiet in llreckenrldge
iloulrthwH appeured large to him lu the") to ie- mrgily upon conjecture
Hgtit or III Miowieugt 01 me uiKI
transactions Is'Jng coiihtnutly curried: TATTTvi-priAT flIT
on hen and the friiment pluclng of I J UlxlMjUiN UIJu
clul aide business houses will welcome
relief from the damage to
goods that has attended the recent
burwlng of their counters shelves and
storage rooms In dust.
WORKMEN MAKE
VOLUNTARY CUT
OF S2 PER DAY
line will all be laid by May 1
Contract has been let for the ele-
vated tank which will be located In
Kast llreckenrldge and lt will be up
nbout April 13. Three pump station
sites have been acquired and centrif-
ugal pumps have been found and pur-
chased for Immediate delivery.
loer will be arranged for in the
next few days closing of contracts
being all that is awaited. The report
carried convlctlou that matters are
beitig moved without delay In the wa-
terworks enterprise.
Sidewalks and Phones.
The meeting was In fair way to ac-
cept the suggestion to adjourn when
the secretary prolonged Its activities
U the Vimof : the'thea of teC tarp.- .mount of HrltU. bonds
worth of securities. Renois l.!". . o.herw Ne .. the ban s o attor-
ooo
Ixs-n in the elty wveral wi-ekjt. In
thnt Mine according to ellence now
In the iMrst-Ion of the detective he
hud commtttisl a numlier of burchirliii
of offlcvrf rmildences ntid ston.
njiMic othi-r Jolw was one pnicilitsl
under Uie yu" f night shift operators
nt the telephone exchange when he
neys for exuuiliuitluii. escrow und oth
er trentmeut. Hud he mude away suc-
cessfully with the STrfUNMJ worth he got
here us he would have In a short
time had the detecttvs not overhaul-
l blm. hl anticipation would have
tHVti handsomely reullzisl. The ifrit)-
(MH) haul here was an accident how-
ever. Itenols having lt'ii ascertained
wvni iiirunsii uif mw.y .......m-. - U. .tvtt
u.-sk nuu i n .- ... .i....r . ljtumwl imo th.
some jii"irj i-mipini; uinirHTini. iw-
his tny. while not
not durltiK his tny. wiiiie not nr
electing to ksp his hand lu nt houso
anil store btirslnrv. apparently made
n .sj-colalty of nttorneya' offlisw niul
wki resM(tMlbI for nu epidemic Of
Milt cno illsppnirances. broken desks
and rlflcl stniup and money depwtor-
les both In dcslcs anil office safes.
When I)ctectle .Shelton loarnisl of
thi. he at mice N-pnu n systematic
trrclng of all of the mowmentu of Ite-
noln iu the belief that his activities
in attonieys" offliss In the city meant
that ho had operated here with a well
defined purpose from the beginning of
finding Mtsmrltlert of value. The small
amount of the value of other things
Itenols took together with his picking
up of suit cn"s and brief cases In at-
torney offices whenever thcs were
pn-'unr. taking them away with him
for lelsFiruly Insiieetlon of their con
tents confirmed Sholton In his view i
that he was on the right trull. Pur-1
suing If. with recovery of the securities!
alone
had
to have simply
office building
where he found the securities: the night
of the afternoon they were placed in
Uie hands of tnc attorney too late in
the day for the hitter to get them tn
UM-Tow the first thing tho next morn
ing.
IVAN BANK IS
PUT IN HANDS
OF A RECEIVER
ADDS TO LIST
OF DIVIDENDS
Tho Rank of Ivan private bank
orgiiilzed sonin time ago by B I).
W'elLs c Y. Itogers. II. I Rogers aud
II. C Hrice af Ivan wus today put
In the hands of a receiver by Judge
llatenmn
Catiital ot the bank was S2o.OOO and
the iluvohilH amountisj to about the
FORT WORTH. Fell. 1C ( Special)
After ii tour of the properties of
Johnson IUI CompnuT by Its trustee
directors a dividend of 'i pi'rvent msli
and an extra stock bonus of 10 per-
mit was dectutisl payable on April
Lst to all sto ktiolderts ot record
March 15th.
(Gilbert Johioou president of the
Johnson Oil Cumjxiny. together with
tin; Trusteos of the Comimuy. made ti
careful Inspection of tho concern's op
erations In the north Stephens County
oil district nud havu tu report that
the development being pursued by the
company Is progressing splendidly.
The Johnson OU ComiHtuy has three
wells located on tho Sloan tract which
ls north of the Ureckeu ridge townslte
and Is drilling four others In the
norther por(tou of the fteld. Sir.
Johnson statrs that It will be the pol-
icy of the Johnson company to anjulrc
additional prupertles in the uorth
Stephens field on whhh the deelop-
aneut campnign of the company will
be extended.
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.uuiuuiiv reunciiou ijl nieir wugesi '..... i... .i. i t.
hi recognition of generally falling wuu v"- u"3 """ lul- -""J
prices and In initiative ot reductions .Rest ion that lie would like to be del-
in the prices of living necessities in legated to go before the county com-
nreekeurldge. was made at a meeting" miSsIoner. with the backing ot the
last HiKht. with lt about the need of sidewalks
T'h tni les iiarticlputiug were the' around the court house b'ock. The
uni.ms of the plasterers bricklayer nimitlou af sidewalks brought up-
ii-un nc nuisners ami ioiu masons it... a.i ..i. .i.i.tv ri.u
111V .T.V.tif. -J ......j - --
The secre-
Mrs Mary M. Htokes. widow of
John Stokes aged 71) years died at hei
home In llncKeniidge at 2:30 this
moraine after nn Illness of but n few
davs She filled to rally from a shock
sustained Snturihiy when told of the
ifliath of Sirs. Mary Bruce n niece
hoe hodv wns brought here from
rico for ImrlnL
Arra-igements nre made to hold the
firiernl services at the opeu grave In
the cltv cemetery at 10 o'clock tomor-
low morning. These services will be
oiducted lv Rev A. J. Morgan pas-
or of the Rnptlst church
xir. Stokes was n Mls Bruce a
i natl' e of Alal unm. but came to Texas
n"rly forty years ago. nnd to Breck-
enrtdcp 'iC ye rs ago. The home where
! ste died had been her home ever sfnee.
Her husband died 25 yenrs ago. nnd
ATTTTV" TTTFtPTTCT-TTPit'reaftir she and her sister Miss
IMJIW JUUvjiliOiill I'.i.ggle Bruce lived together nt her
I home until the death of the latter two
venrs ago. Since the death of this
A good tinaucinl showing was made ;.ls-tpr Mr aml Mr!l- r G Knight have
by Justice J. W. Custlenmn for the been living in her home caring for the
month of January as the result of the ls j 7 ?
work In his court. During the month u. ru0 Mrs Stokc3 wa3 knowu and
he turned in to the county treasurer's ivei oy an the old citizens of Breck-
he turned in to the county treasurer en ridge vho shared In the pioneer
euiwir; fims Itunused in Ids nmrt. id.iys with her here.
. '."'' " '. "uP"--a " "" "r Faithful to the cud. an old negro
justice s-asuemau iuuul-.i '"-"' .. . . the .tnthhed lust a.
credit to the constable's force aud to flw uours before life left the body
the Sheriff'. department for the Hileu-1 This old-time servant is known here
did work performed that brought these las Mary Melutyre. She was raised
inrt uiiiouu uil iiivit.-.-.9 "v uu mm.tv.
CASTLEMAN IS
MENTIONED FOR
Involved he found thnt Itenols I wi me sum The imnk had loaned out
llvtsl at Uie Court hotel in Kort ! most of their nt-fi-ts und owing to the
Woifh and that he bad tntvehsl fn- nnawinl strluger.cy was unable to
iiuently between that city and Rreek- 1.nnn . uw 1tst1ili.g.
cnrldge while openitlng here Subrw- "7""1 """ "
quentlj be resumwl his resideuce nt To prere the assets of the bank I
the I'niirt ()rurntl(it? from this Ciller. I nml tu urtilert the deoosltor. It be-.
Shelton lenrnwt that Renobi had visit- ranw nec-KirT to ubiei- the atsets ln!ttc lngers and frlendii. enjoyed a real
social evening at tnc LhrinUnn ctutrvH
(antes of a ery inter
esting chitrueter were played after
"wHliii refroMlunentM were served.
Vlfl illil tiklfiv tlitir imi rtiirtorw nml I '
nriie.- n-.iinn imiiitin.r tr..iii! in the cttv of Us corns and was for It
would follow with meet lugs for taking tary got his Instructions under a
up the latter ot voluntary reductions tpjlckly seiondcd motion.
In their scales at early date Tb) respolIM. Kavu the chairman an
The cut made by the trades which r : . . .. ... .
met last night was of $2 per day on u ' aJJoa anotUcr lIfe tank
their flat pay of SH tvr day. bringing with query for auybody with ijuery
' the s(U' down to 12. The meeting for anybody in the house who might
i was culled by the bricklayers masons kmm. something about rumored tele-
finishers Invite! Following the bust- thole w"" lu th- T h hm
ness of the evening there was a social -oartd lt hiughter. The joke was
session those culling the meeting act- plainly on the telephone company for
Ug uk hosts nnd a number of union moment und then the crowd turned
mou other than those of the trades ill- c..riuus
rectly luvolved being among the guests. ' ' .
Building contractors iu connemting Wanted to Take franchise
today upon the voluntary action ot the The meeting wanted to take away
tradei expres.(sl much gratification the telephone company's franchise lu
Appreclitlon of the M'irit of the action hl? cl ut found that it had uone
u genera L Contractor said that a t . t .. . . .. ....
lower hutldliiB prlr.. follows nnd that tn . Then It thought It ought to
with lesser costs iir"ui.itorlnls there be ejectisl or put In charge of a police-
should be considerable stimulation re- nmn or something like that. A com-
sult.unt In building activities with in- romiso wan reached In the appolnt-
crifsi' lu employment more than off- t ... . ... .-
s-tting the ihi-Une lu wages. They wild nieut of a committee of three. C. O.
alo that Uiey Intended lending their Hamlin Edgar Johnson and Harry
I efforts to those of the men to secure Able to go to Dallas aud take he
j lowr prices in tho city for houses nwtter up witn the telephone company
rniTLTSSl decline in "e.1 u.recUy. demanding impiove-
I fo.j(l prices in the elty has been notd ment In service.
i this week eifcs coming within reach at I The eentlemen said that - was a
results. I
But Justice Cutlleinun Is known to
possess raie tact and Judgment that
not only greatly helps produce these
results but ut the same time riniu-
talns the confldetne and esteem of
thoe who come before him- both old
and new-comers. Some of the ju-the
court lawyers sing praUe for Ills cven-
ness and Justness. s.mi ( u mtutloii
him as good timber for judge of the i
county-cort-at-luw when it is etai- '
llshed: hut the Judue shrinks from
this mention. Anyway this court is i
one of the huslesl In llns-lienrldge.
where citations garnishments and at
tachments are Issued.
NEED ROOM FOR
.300 CHILDREN
NOW ENROLLED
pr.tise for her. Mary lived with Miss
Bruce caring for her then for a while
with the two .sisters. Cloven years
ago Mary married becoming Mary
Kelthley : and six years ago moved to
Moimhuii. Texii. where she und her
iMishiiiid were prosperous nnd well
r' veil She offered the sisters a home
and to can- for them there the remain-
der of their days. But the sisters
chose to stny lit the old home In
HrccUenridge.
Mo ida . when it was seen that Mrs.
S'l.Ues cinild not last much longer
ii lends telegraphed to Mary nnd sho
niiswerid. coming Immedlntely reach-
ing here M-terdny evening. She was
thankful to be with her old charge In
the 1 st moments though uurecognU-
ed. as Mrs. Stokes was unconscious
when he came. She shares the grief
with all the old-timers.
The scats furniture and other equip-
ment for the new annex "iiool build-
ing on the main" campus have already
arrived and will Ik? plated as soon a
the building ls computed It Is expect-
ed 'to have lt ready for oivupatuy In.
next Monday said Sup rintend ut
Hall this morning.
This will relieve the congestion i"
the other school building to tl" x
rnnt nt eirln. fnr llhollt Ul'l tJUtt.ls
SOCLVIj titliNINtj tJoMllhl) l.ll ....L- ...mu raimlni. ii-lMiln rrM-ti 11 1 I Tlio rninllumun until thnt WftK a in ... i. .. .1... t.. ... lint the
AT T1I1C CHRISTIAN CIILKCH jar c-uU per dozen today nscompnred job t.Iuctiy to their taste and that they Lttpmiance y gwolliug ihtib sUid th
uperintendent being now more than
Mary Keithley the old negro nurse
who came in response to a cull to be
w ith Mrs. Stokes tit her death had not
si en Breckenrldge for six years. She
ws bewildered on arriving here but
said she did not lose her ebarlngs
impressed npo't her by her treading
the streets of this city ns n vlllige for
more than a quarter of a century She
v iu anvusement at me oerricua
i nnd oil tanks and says that the rig
I look like mushrooms shooting up from
the ground
VNOTHER FIRE
SUIT FILED; R. R.
SUED FOR $15C00
the first
Between thirty if ml forty enthuslas
ed a brukcrage offu-e in Ft. Worth
IaI.. I. .!.. tm AiuJvill
- .. . .. . . . iuir iiunuw ui u irt.c-u4
cnrldge and that he hud mid a couple! "" nrwident of the First Na- hist evenhij.
of subMsiuent visits tiomil Bunk of Caddo was npiniiuted
A? the brokerage office. Shelton recrlwr today ami luituediutely (juul-
Wrii.il that a new customer bad b tUe ntaS.ry
brought In sci-urltltaj of Diamond . ... .
Mateh nml Com PrrHlucts of eonUlr-1 n1 Me 1JrUu vUl niunuge the nf-
ublo vulue and tluit thee hild beonfUr of the tmuk for u while and lt
ndviiHwd to New York lu the regular fc iniptsl will succeed lu making collee-
course of business for xile. 'Hie new efficient tu wnrmnt the bank
cu-stomer had llstisl hW M-viirttles uu-(l ....
tier the luime of W. D. Williams. The!1" rcumptiou of business In the near
brokerage house lutcr had occasion to future l'rtutt a. iiaitou attorneys 01
i-onxult with him when the sale of the tnh city represented the bank Iu hav
ing the retelrer appointed.
wim i uu Kaiuruay nun .. iur um ... . . . th m(vtin..
eek. All stored have their '""" ""' .......
-.M A 1..U. .. t
rtte tirlcea down. Meats are expect- to niake It snappy with highest pleas- ( 1300 on nn enrollniitot of 1I0.
el to fall shortly having come down ure. They go this week.
nother echo fro mthe Jo-See-Lee
..... th.. 111. fn ted Block 13. was
General Activities.
Secretary Leach read to the meeting
securities was held up iu New Vork
by their corn-Mwudent tiendlut; tin
guarantee of nlgnuturas thereto by thm
Ft VorTh midving hooML The Ut-1. MISGUIDED YOUTH PAROLED;
ter declined to make the guarantee ou j ACCOMI'LICES NOT CAUGHT
.1... . I...-. . Ul.i.1 j. It !..! I ml .villi
Uf 01IU b .lUi.l -. ..
Vllllauis who was preparing to pre-
sent uroner rvferenccw v. "n the de
tective estut'lLshed the Identity of Wll
To toy off tho hour everyone enter-
ed heartily Into a spky sing-song
which entildeil each oue preaeut to go
home prouuuucing th occiukin n huge
success.
Don't forget the prayer meeting
service and the real motion picture
this owning. Tho hour Is TJ50 o'clock.
the UksiI bakers of 8 eeuts.
RIIVS AltK AH5ST SAVAGR
FROM FIVE TO TUN YEARS i'101 stud'ary iommllins und his re
but littte in spite of heavy decline lu
price of cattle. Potatoes at 4 cents
llfl H' "" VAin.-v.i-.. . .e"';; . ... Ifj . ... 1 mtl.
itnxut h.i hiM.ii cut to 10 cents lv all " icy"" u"- " ""-
retailer with a wholesale price from which was received with applause.
It recounted road work to Ivan push-
Ins along splendidly successful effort
lu aid of getting of bond issues for
sewage und street paving through ac-
quirement of the appropriation for
fire imlreuts. acquirement of a new-
office in the postofflce building where
the chamber will be at home and
wuuts everybody ehe to be at home by
I the 20th of the month extension ot
HURIIARD REAPPOINTED HEAD
OF HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Bf Ta Amc'ulli Pro
AUSTIN. Feb. Id. Gowrnor Netf
today annouiKisl the appointment of
It. M. Ilubbard olf New Bostou as u
member of the stuto highway' and live-
The congested situation emphasizes j heard lu the '"strict clerk's office to-
iluv IU SUIl oruiijioi "J ..... - -----
the need of permanent and enlarged
et al vs. M.
U. Webber et nL Tho
school buildings which must come i .: ' t- .h.maires In the sum of
.l .'ji... ...- .
through an ample Don dissue was me ?() (KK) for iosses sustameu uj 1c"nu"
comment of Superintendent Hall of the fire that destroyed all buildings
1 ' on Block IS early in December
Ti...ntifrs netltlon sets forth that
FOREIGN LOANS WITHHELD ' and operated the City Gar-
FOR MORE DEUBERATION l"' ' tlu llUiiaing ot wnlch they valued
! t jsi-MiOO; and the petition claimed a
r xk. imcut.1 Pr... ' ukU of auto accessories valued at $8..
WASHINGTON Feb. I.-Secretary j ono machinery and equ pment
.. ....i...- .....A.wi .l.l. t isii.ite l"fn'- uu..'--. ..- . nn.rt Ttf.
iiuusiun iuua. usio--' "" ......ml Imiuiretl uouars. xut ...
Judiciary committee not to muse uu-
llams ns Renois and quietly urrunged
for the return of the securities.
Tills was uccomplUhed u few weeks
ago the Breckenrldge drilling con-
tractors who hud received the ceeuii-
tles from the management of an oper-
ating company in the field as security
for payment ou certclu drilling as
they should fall due. receiving the se-
curities back from the hands of the
Buster Brown a IU year old boy
whu was arrulgm.il for burglarlzlug
the home ot C. J. O'Couuor. hi com-
plicity with two other youths; was
given a itarole sentence by Judge
Harden In the juvenile court hint ee-
ulng. This court entrusted his man-
agement to his skter Mrs. Plukard.
The other two boys have not been
caught
3r Intarnativaal Xwa flarvUw)
HELENA MouU FeU Id. Boys
ruuglug from five to teu yetir are
most savage luur. wnuted aud rhiwed
as "undesirable citizens" uccordluir to
Wiley Mountjoy dilef deputj iu Mou
tana for the bureau of child and am
mul protittlou. He said thaf oi" al.
lequests received by fainilus wl.u
wUh to adopt children retiucts fur
boys of t he-
are received moat infrc-qu.-ntly.
. . . ... .... I l.lt.-l..- ... -.... ....n..f.a iinuitnv.
ariHjiiumenr as euuirmau ot iuuiiiiku- piiuuci m iuuuj ucniui.i v ...-.-way
coaimloslou. ment found for a large number of np-
W W McCioy. of San Antonio anil pllcanu rcsjuested Information extend-
n k M...t... i.f ltnsiii. were elven ' ed to more than 1000 persons und
th other placed ou the Highway com-
mission. The live-stock commission i
.lll he icuiposed of J. H. Bogs
Sott c'okman. Ji-tl L Smith Gilmer
nil J B. Mu ray. of San Antonio.
dltlonal loans to forebjtu governments
regurdlw-s of how- pressing the de-
mands might be. until he had con-
ferred with the cummittei slid given
It full time for deliberation.
"""".. ... .- nt
tiuii charges negligence uu u ;'--tie
drillers of the well. In permitting
ra to i-aiH.' and causing fire. To
c"ver all this? allegtsi losses they ask
ior .'. ... . vt
Is
Th Naticujl Roard of Uuderwrit-
age of five to teu years. !.-rs estimi'e SIJO0.00O.000 fire losses
u cuitiHi ataies m -iuio.
much else nccomplUhed till comblulng
to demonstrate a month lu which the
Chamber of Commerce organization
has accomplished u great deal In be-
half of the city over aud above the
good work reported lust night.
Pennsylvania produced S7.131.000
net tons of anthracite coal la 1920.
FORT WORTH MILK DROPS
3 CENTS TO 13 CENT.
Bf Tiis AuocUted Piess
FORT WORTH Fe! V The pi
of retail milk dr.-i-p.d ti.uc . n - i
quatt today. An ubuu'l"-' -nii
given us the cause. Tue ;n i t
'5 cents vtr l"art
... .Frtu'i. K111L IllUll
.ill. m-i ..M.n- ..- r...n
McClalu VS. HltUlU ""
Worth K. it. cc iu"
f.irtli thnt the plaintiff
; u.u d nuiged lu the sum of $15.;
Uie riuroau. in i""""i "-
the old eatabllshed highway
.. side of property of plaintiff
i t1 v Ilamon uepoi. oj .a-.. ..
i. ..i rmidbed aud Iiylig trucks
.. . .n the east bide of said pro-
It .s .illeged to he ruintu as
.Uer rwldentlal or bust less propertj
-destroying its croiiuercnl value.
of E. i
Ranger & P-
iwtllliei Clh
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