The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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stlk stocking girl 1 very much
ti evidence those
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Aviators may carry the malla, but
feott of Our poetmen will prefer to
walk.
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On* of the latest triumph* of mod*
•ra science Is tbe dried egg. Is feet,
you car't beat It
Disaster follows tbe German dirigi-
budded In April are stricken by dry
rot and disappear.
Ofte by one the pennant hopes that
bles as closely as it does the French
arid American airships.
A genius comes to tbe front -Mth
the seedjess apple, but the seedless
¡raspberry'is still afar off.
AH is not gold that glitters. A New
fYork woman wants a divorce because
Iter wedding ring is brass.
A girl lately died from eating too
Imuch ice cream. The majority of
jglrlB would die rather than own It.
A bumper wheat crop Is promise;!
(this year. All of which goes to show
that political hot air has no effect on
crops.
1 A Connecticut man says he has beeii
Struck by lightning every seven years.
iProbably be means
fclng.
political light-
Naturally the Summer Girl who
tans expect# to have a much happier
¡vacation' that the Summer Girl who
(freckles.
Philadelphia angler claims that he
E¡aught á flsb with a diamond ring in
ts stomach. This brings the number
top to 1,466,782.
A California man claims to have
Caught an eight-legged fish that barka
like a dog. Still, they claim California
brines are harmless.
This is a cruel world. After a col-
lege man Is graduated be has to hunt
a Job at boys' wages.
A man was arrested fon refusing to
kiss bis wife—that Is, this complaint
Was made along with another about hi*
refusal to pay bills.
A New York man wants everybody
to keep a snake in his home. If the
N. Y. man's happiness depends on this
want, he'll die unhappy.
We have it from John L. Sullivan
ithat the pugilists of today are not
¡what they used to be, but in John's
day typewriters were scarce.
'■ "Man," says an uplift person, "is
the only animal that smokeB." Like-
wise be is the only animal that holds
political campaigns. Poor man!
, The weather man's prediction for
tbajifereek la "generally fair." It Is
characteristic of his prophecies that
be always leaves room for hedging.
A western girl has been awarded a
Judgment for $18,128 for breach of
promise. Probably tbe 928 Is for the
ice cream and soda water she didn't
get
A new French aeroplane has wings
that can be folded, but the average
aviator is satisfied if the wings only
stay where they belong while he Is
flying.
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Illinois boasts of a laundryman poet.
If he can mangle verse as well as
the average laundryman can mangle
shirt*, we sorrow for the English
language.
Tbe report tbnt prunes ere selling
In New York for a nickel apiece re-
veals the startling fact that some
persons eat tbem deliberately and
without coercion.
Tbe alphabet, according to a scient-
ist Is t,000 years old. And yet, a
good many of us have not taken ad-
rantage of tbe opportunity to become
acquainted with It
CITY COUSIN
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EXPLODES
MELVIN
VANIMAN AND
MEN PARISH.
FOUR
Was On Test Flight Preparatory
Crossing Atlantic Ocean—Thou-
sands See Accident.
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GOOD SHAPE
TEXAS WHEAT CROP ESTIMATED
AT 12,000,000 BUSHELS.
Texas Grain Dealers' Secretary Pre-
dicts Record-Breaking Grain
Yields for This Year.
One hundred thousand csddlss are
kept from Sunday school by golf, says
a religious convention. But there Is
no guarantee that they would go to
Buaday school If there were no golf.
Burglar In New York was tracked
by means of the perfume on bis
clothes. We move that he be freed on
the charge of burglary and sentenced
to life Imprisonment for wearing per-
had committed hla
before, a holdup man
by his victim and ar>
is that a man with
business
Atlantic G -r, N. J.—Sailing out
over the Atlantic ocean under perfect
control, the great airship Akron, in
command of Melvil Vaniman, with a
crew of four men, exploded while
more than 500 feet in the air early
Tuesday and shot down into the water,
a tangled mass. The daring navigator
and his companions were carried to
instant death.
In all the tragic history of aerial
disasters probably none was as sen-
sational as that which destroyed the
most costly air craft ever construct-
ed in the Western hemisphere. Built
to withstand the storms of the At-
lantic and to carry at least a dozen
men across the ocean, the Akron went
to her doom in calm weather. Those
who went down with the big dirigible,
beside the intrepid and air-broken
Vaniman, were:
Calvin Vaniman, his younger broth-
er.
Fred Elmer.
George Bourtillion of Philadelphia.
Walter C. Gest, a friend of Vani-
man's financial backer.
Two bodies, those of Calvin Vani-
man and Bourtillion, have been re-
covered from the wreck, which lies
submerged in about eighteen .feet of
water off Brigantine beach.
Was Out on Last Test
The Akron, which had been inflated
last February with gas manufactured
by Vaniman in the big hangar at the
inlet was taken out at 6 o'clock Tues-
day morning for a test flight. One
dash had been made about a month
ago. Defects discovered at that time
were remedied and Tuesday's trial was
to have been the last prior to the at-
tempt to cross the Atlantic. Mrs.
Vaniman bade her husband farewell
at the little oottage near the hangar
at 2 a. m. and waited for daybreak to
see her husband sail away.
* The city authorities had been noti-
fied of the intended test. A hundred
policemen, firemen and other willing
hands helped float tbe great gas bag
out of the hangar.
The launching of the air craft was
accomplished without difficulty.
Gracefully she sailed away. Over the
waters of Absecon inlet Vaniman ma-
neuvered and then sailed down over
the city, and after completing a few
other movements, shaped the ship's
course out to sea.
She was a quarter of a mile south
of Brigantine beach, which is across
tbe inlet from the city. The huge en
velope, containing thousands of cubic
feet of gas, was rent by the terrific
force of the explosion, probably
caused by expansion from the sun's
rays. It burst near the middle. A
mass of flames bid the ship from
view. For a space of ten seconds the
halt-milllon-dollar dirigible was invisi-
ble, while the air about tbe spot where
she had been hovering seemed to be
all flames.
The tire dissipated, then the ship's
outline against the sunrise was seen
to fall like a plummet. First the un
derstructure of the car, in which were
penned the unfortunate men, held in
by a raeshwork put on after the sec
ond trip of the balloon three weeks
ago, unable to escape, broke away
from tbe envelope. It up-ended, the
bow turning first in a slow arch. Then
reversed downward. Directly above,
twisting in a long spiral, was the gas
bag, a smoking mass of rubber and
silk, with flames shooting out from
i a dozen sections as it collapsed,
fluttered a moment aad then streaked
down after the air.
Fort Worth, Tex.—A general review
of crop conditions in Texas, particu-
larly as affecting grain and forage
crops, has been compiled by Secretary
G. J. Gibbs of the Texas Grain Deal-
ers' Association. It is based on a
large number of responses to a re-
quest for information that was sent
out from the secretary's office, and to
some extent on the personal observa-
tions and investigations of the secre-
tary. The report follows:
My former estimate of the Texas
wheat crop, 12,000,000 bushels for the
present season, will be fully realized.
I believe that this will be the mini-
mum production of wheat.
In nearly all the black land coun-
ties the wheat is turning out twenty
bushels or more per acre, in some sec-
tions reaching twenty-five to thirty-
five bushels, and this increased yield
per acre may run the total crop of the
State to a little over my estimate.
But it must be remembered that
there is quite a lot of lightweight
wheat in the State this year, some
testing as low as fifty-two to fifty-
three pounds per measured bushel.
This will have the effect of offsetting
to some extent the apparent increase
due to a heavy acreage yield. The
wheat is generally pronounced by mill-
ers to be of excellent quality for mill-
ing purposes, being especially rich in
gluten.
The crop of oatB raised in Texas
this year will be a record-breaker, and
I am now confident that the total will
reach at least 60,000,000 bushels. In
the black land counties the yield if?
good, rarely falling under forty-five
bushels, and in 'many counties run-
ning from sixty to eighty bushels. In
the western part of the State the yield
will be lighter, running from twenty
to thirty buBhels per acre.
While the oats are generally of
good quality, there will be quite a
large per cent of lightweight, testing
from twenty to twenty-four pounds,
and in some sections the test weight
may run a little lighter. In central
and southern parts of the State the
quality seems to be better than in
North aad West Texas. The heaviest
oats are found in the territory around
Temple and Waco.
I have seen some new oats shipped
here, and, while most have been
graded No. 3, some have been graded
No. 4, due to light weight and damp
condition. Oats that are tough and
damp will not grade higher than No.
4. It will be well for our members to
bear In mind that both No. 2 and No.
3 oats must be dry in order to pass
public inspection.
The recent rains have saved the
corn crop, at least for the time being.
If we have further rains in July I
think tbe State will make over half
a normal corn crop. We have a pres-
ent condition per acre that indicates
more than a half crop, but it must be
borne In mind that we obtained a poor
stand in many parts of the State, due
to poor seed and unfavorable weather
during the planting season. There-
fore, I estimate that we have a prom-
ise of something near 65 per cent of
a normal corn yield, which should
give us from 125,000,000 to 160,000,000
bushels total for the State.
The hay crop haB also been bene-
fited by the recent rains, and I am
advised that an unusually large acre-
age of sorghum, mllo mai '.e and kaffir
corn will be planted in all parts of tbe
State. This is one year that our peo-
ple will not be compelled to patronise
the Northern grain markets to aay
great extent, and 1 look for 1912 to be
long remembered as a banter year la
"Every Day
Is Bake Day
at Our House!"1
writes an accomplished house-
wife, an enthusiastic patron of
DR. PRICES
Cream
BAKING POWDER
"It is Hot Biscuit, Muffins, Sally
Lunn, Waffles, Pot Pie, and almost
daily, now that the season has
come, a Fruit Short Cake—all
home - made, home - baked of
course, and perfectly delicious!
Home-baking, thus, with the aid
of Dr. Price's Baking Powder,
provides the most tasty food,
which I know to be of absolute
purity, clean and healthful, and
with considerable economy."
Our correspondent has written for
us the whole story.
DR. PRICE S
CREAM BAKING POWDER
Makes Home-Baking
a Success and a Recreation,
with food more healthful, desirable, and
safe from all improper contamination.
PRICK BAKING POWDER CO., CHIOSOO
Hardly the 8unday School Brand.
The* young hopeful had secreted
some bright buttons in his pocket,
which came from the motor car show.
When Sunday school was well under
way, he took one out and pinned it on
his coat, feeling it an ornament. Un-
fortunately, when the minister came
round to speak to the dear children,
his near sighted eyes were caught by
the color.
"Well, Richard, I see you are wear-
ing some motto, my laid. What does
It say?"
"You read It, sir," replied Richard,
hanging his head.
"But I cannot see. I haven't my
glasses, son. Read It so we can all
hear you."
Richard blushed. "It says, sir, 'Ain't
it to be poor?'"—Metropolitan
Magazine.
With the Lid Off.
"Mother," asked Bob, with a hope-
ful eye on the peppermint-Jar, "have
I ben ag ood boy this afternoon?"
"M-m-yes," answered moth, dubi-
ously, recalling a certain little rift
within the lute. The four-year-old dip-
lomat looked anxious.
"Please," he begged, "say a wide-
open yes!"—Harper's Bazar.
. The way some women talk Is
enough to make a bachelor feel bald
headed.
And would ye partake of harvest's
joys, the corn must be sown in spring.
—Carlyle.
AN APT 8CHOLAR.
Mrs. Beacon Streete—I'm glad your
uncle left you some money, but
please, Norah, don't call It a legacy.
Say limbacy. It is very improper to
say leg; always say limb!
Norah—Yis, ma'am, an' shail 1
warrum oop thot limb o' mutton for
dinner, or will yes hov It cowld?
It is only the very young man -who
wants to paint the town. An old man
Is satisfied if he can fresco tbe cor-
ners.
The woman pugilist knows Just bow
to assert her "rights."
If there ever is a time when you are justified in cussing,
It is when the summer weather sets your appetite to fussing;
But there isn't any need to risk your soul and shock the neighbor -
Tempt your appetite with Toas lie and go singing to your labors.
Written bjr W. J. MU8GROVK,
Tempe, Arl*.
One of the SO Jlnilti for which th* Poatum Co.
Ball)* Creek, Mich., paid «1000.00 In May
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1912, newspaper, July 11, 1912; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177667/m1/2/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.