The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1933 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CALDWELL NEWS
The WhMU of In-
duatry An Turning
Faster
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And The Burleson Comity Ledger
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted Unreserve dly to the Development and Upbuilding of Burleson County.
The Caldwell News, Vol. I, No. 36.
CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.
Murieran Co. Lodger, VoL 18. No. 21
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Sugar Smuggler
Worries Canada
MONTREAL, Que.—Extreme vigil-
ance has been urged upon the Royal
Canadian mounted police by the Cana-
dian Wholesale Grocers' Association
with headquarters in Toronto and re-
tail grocers' associations in Windsor,
Hamilton, Toronto end Montreal, in
a determined effort to check the
smuggling of foodstuffs from the
United States into Canada, it was
learned at the Montreal Board of
Trade. Canadian grocers claim that
American gangsters, abandoning the
smuggling of beer and liquor into the
United 8tatee from Canada in the
wake of legalisation of beer and wine
sales in the United States and the
apparently imminent repeal of the
18th Amendment are now turning their
eyee toward the smuggling of food-
stuffs into the Dominion, particularly
such groeeriee as sugar, soap, and
malt syrup.
Anxious to see the Canadian gov-
ernment take action to stamp out
this illicit trading, wholesale and re-
tail groeers of Quebec and Ontario
have joined in calling upon the fed-
eral police force to maintain a strict
surveillance along the United States-
Canada border. They point out that
the smuggling of sugar into the do-
minion may well become a matter of
major importance for the Canadian
wholesale and retail grocers trade
along the border, and particularly in
such metropolitan areas a Windsor,
Hamilton, Toronto, and Montreal.
The fact is widely Known that re-
fined sugar is cheaper in the United
States than in Canada, particularly in
view of the large production of thut
product in the former cuuntry. The
Dominion imposes a tariff of $1.81) per
hundredweight on refined sugar im-
ported from the United State . Apart
from this, the Canadian government,
as result of enactments embodied in
the last budget brought down in Par-
liament at Ottawa, levies an excise
tax of two cents per pound on sugar
refined in the Dominion, and this
means a tax of $2 for each 100-pound
bag of refined sugar produced. This
tax increases the cost of that com-
modity considerably in the Dominion.
Smugglers, therefore, can bring in-
to Canada illegally United States re-
fined sugar, and sell it $2 cheaper per
100-pound bag. Such illicit traffic, it
is pointed out, may not offer the
same financial inductment as the
smuggling of beer and liquor into the
Canadian Miner
Takes Taxi Ride
Of 7,000 Miles
i
| WINNIPEG, Man.,—W. E. Misner,
¡ Manitoba mining prospector, has
rightful claim to the world's mara>
jthon taxi riding championship. Mr.
Misner left Winnipeg in a taxicab
July 21, traveled to Toronto and re-
turn, and he's still going strong.
United States but if 100 bags of sugar
are spirited into Canada, the smug-
glers can realize a profit of upward
of $200 and this to the detriment of
the Canadian producers and whole-
salers and retailers. And the danger
of such smuggling becoming wide-
spread, it is noted, is great, parti-
cularly in view of the fact that the
advent of beer and wine in the Unit-
ed States, and the possibility of re-
peal of the prohibition law in its en-
tirety, would perhaps force Ameri-
can gangsters to seek other sources
of illegal profit, and criminal hands
are already turning to the smuggling
(Continued on last page)
Returning here Aug. 4, Mr. Misner
still is riding in the tame cab, and
after taking an airplane trip to in-
spect mining properties in the barren
wastes of Manitoba's Northland, he
plans to repeat the taxi trip to Toron-
to and return.
J. Jeffries, Winnipeg taxi driver,
doesn't believe there's any depres-
sion. Jeffries has been driving Mr.
Misner since July 21, living at the
best hotels, eating five-course meals,
and with all expenses paid.
In the course of their travels, which
have taken them more than 7,000
miles in the same cab, Mr. Misner has
become so attached to his private
chauffeur that he plans to take him
on the airplane trip to Northern
Manitoba as his guest.
Takes Driver by Surprise.
July 21 last Jeffries was seated be-
hind the wheel of his cab in front of
a downtown hotel. A man walked up
to his cab, opened the rear door, toss-
ed in his bag, and sat down on the
front seat with the driver.
"Toronto," he said crisply.
"What number on Toronto street,
sir?" asked the cab driver.
"Toronto, Ontario, let's go," replied
the stranger.
Jeffries drove to cab company head-
quarters, a deal was made, Mr. Mis-
/
ner paid in advance and away they
went south.
Visit Many Cities
They passed through Minneapolis,
Chicago and Detroit on their way to
Toronto. In the Queen City they
traveled hundreds of miles, while
Mr. Misner transacted business and
they took in the sights. The return
trip was made over the same route.
I Arriving In Winnipeg, Mr. Misner
decided he had become so attached to
| his cab and its driver that they
couldn't think of parting. Since Aug.
4, Jeffries has been serving as chauf-
feur to the mining man, and this week
they leave for Lac Du Bonnet, sixty
miles from Winnipeg, where they will
Itake a plane for North Country.
o
Patient Has Reason
For Asking Flowers
All Be Taken Away
CHICAGO, (UP)—Attorney
Davis Stansbury served notice in
positive terms Sunday that he does
not wanv his friends to send him any
flowers while he is ill.
When Stansbury recovered con-
sciousness after an operation at Uni-
versity Hospital the first thing he
saw was a mass of flowers which fel-
low attorneys and clients had sent to
him.
"Take 'em away! wailed Stansbury, ¡
"Take 'em away!"
Nurses and internes became wor-
ried as Stansbury pleaded a bit wildly I
for removal of the flowers. They
called Mrs. Stansbury. She rushed in-
to the room, heard her husband |
pleading, looked about and smiled.
"Don't worry," she told the nurses, j
"Just take out the flowers. Mr.
Stansbury is not talking wildly. Hel
knows what he's saying. You see.l
he's a hay fever victim." I
When two con live
as cheaply as one
EIGHT CYLINDERS WILL BE
AS ECONOMICAL AS SIX
Many Towns Seek
Power From Plant
At Muscle Shoals
FLORENCE, Ala., (AP)—The num-
ber of municipalities seeking Muscle
Shoals power has passed the 100
mark, David E. Lilienthal, director
of the Tennessee Valley Authority, in
charge of power development, an-
nounced Sunday.
Lilienthnl repeated previous state-
ments that neighboring communities
w'll be served first, adding that ar-
rangements were nearing completion
for supplying the municipalities with
power simultaneously at an early
date.
The valley authority direct"; also
announced thait contracts had been
awarded the Southwestern Aerial
Survey, Austin, Texas, for a survey
of a projected course for the trans-
mission line to be constructed from
Muscle Shoals to point near Knox-
ville where Norris dam will be con-
structed at Cove Creek.
A bid of $2,401.93 was submitted
by the Austin firm for the survey
which will start next week.
Within the next six weeks Lilien-
thal suid the authority hoped to be-
gin letting small contracts for clear-
ing land to bo traversed by the trans-
mission lines.
The possibility of utilizing native
timber in constructing the transmis-
sion line towers was seen in Lilien-
thal'a statement that supports of wood
construction were being considered,
as well as those of steel.
DANCE
at
Beran's Pavilion
Wednesday, Sept 13
Music by The Famous
Fred Gardener
of Austin
Ileal Treat—Don't Miss It
DISTRIBUTOR WANTED
IN
BURLESON COUNTY
FOR
Gulf Brewing Company
Houston. Texas
A real proposition Tor the ritfht man. We invite you
to visit the new brewery in Houston which is nearly
completed, and is one of the most modern and largest in
Texas.
For particulars write to—
BOX 72
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
There's no law against believing
that "two can live as cheaply as
Neither ia there any law against thinking
that eight cylinder* can be as economical as six.
Use your own judgment—but if you want the
■Boat economical car, just ask a few people who
own the new Chevrolet Six. Their coat figures
will be • revelation, particularly if you are
struggling to support a few extra cylinders for
the coat of six. You can save with a Chevrolet,
and if you want to And out why, go straight to
your nearest dealer. Look at the car and drive it
yourself. The Chevrolet valve-in-head 6-cylinder
engine works wonders with a gallon of gas, and
it doesn't burden your pocket book with extra
cylinders, extra rings and pistons, or extra valves.
Chevrolet has earned the reputation of being the
world's most economical car, but after all, it was
Chevrolet's owners who first spread the good
word.
LOOK
What A Small Fee Will Do
"IT is appointed linto men once to die" and "we know not
[ the day nor the hour."
A small fee from each member, cheerfully and systematically giv-
en, will relieve the bereaved family of the burden and embarass-
ment that is often felt from the death of loved ones, and when the
family finances are (sometimes low.
THli IS ACCOMPLISHED THRU
The Burleson County
Burial Association
== (The Mttlefield Plan—Copyright applied Tor)
| Benefits, $150, $125 and $100
i LOW INITIAL COST OF ONLY
=j $1.00 for Adults, 75c and 50c for Children
= ASSESSMENTS EXCEEDINGLY SMALL
CHEVROLET
Harvey & Son Auto Company
Caldwell, Texas
Members over 15 years assessed 25c
Members 5 to 15 years assessed 20c
Memmers under 5 years assessed 15c
YOU DO NOT NEED TO WAIT FOR SOLICITOR
Clip Couponl attach your check and «ive names and a«:es
MAIL THIS dor PON
TODAY
JNO. W. SCHtfl.LER.
Sec.-Treas.
Caldwell, Texas
ENCLOSE
50c if under 5 years.
75c if 5 to 15 years.
$1.00 if over 15 years.
NAME
. .... . . .
ADDRESS
. .
Reliable Representativo wanted in each community of county.
Office with Harvey-Schiller Furniture Co.
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Andrepont, L. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1933, newspaper, September 7, 1933; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175067/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.