Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 100, Ed. 1 Monday, February 17, 1919 Page: 2 of 3
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Hi I .... w"cr AsaociaigQ ress sucn waste ana extravagance wuS &f AM tm RnnJx . ! M
ttt- inevitable. And investigation wm snow.r . - - m
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Qtoi-OCfilMlQAtloa Bulletin. BuUd.-
ccyH ex Bro wn and Lee Streets
at Brown-
WdwU Texas as second class matter.
. . TELEPHONES
EdRorkl Office No. 22
Butfaw Office No. 3
SUBSCRIPTION
M'cfsis per montk. $7.20 per year in
mf I advance.
war materials salaries and other .nec-
essaries "comes to he discharged with
funds earned uner normal conditions.
Such waste and extravagance was
inevitable. And Investigation will show
!we think that some of Senator VcK-.
rose's republican constituents in Penn-
sylvania were among the most greedy
profiteers of the war period.
There was the grossest stupidity
i'fnnranw nnd nil niditv all at work.
vUhnnt mohfil in rvnlitJnnl nff flfntifttl. Sal
an in ttad I haste ttalWta- that It it should contra
.... . :t ' through tomorrow it would make road
people s billions went like water ihej '...
n u w h on the following day an. imprac-
i Minl t i H - r f l'infy I In Trio ntnni nnnft
'repeated only upon a more Ueraon-f ah0J1(1 cea-se tonJght an(1
fVhfthappened financially-is exactly! bff
.... "V i roads would be in first class shape for
r W1IU.I H UUIU IliltC JIUI'IJCUCU ii tin. -
A slow drizzle of rain today caused
some uneasiness among the many en-
thusiasts for good roads day whlcn has
been -set for Wednesday February 19th.
The rain today was ljardly sufficient
to sejtle the dust hut the general
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character standing or reputation o
any person firm or corporation which
may appear in the columns of The
Daily Bulletin will be gladly corrected
upon its being brought to the atten
tioa of the publishers.
".ul"Vr;B " dragging on Wednesday
publicans had been in power simply i?trnn inmnvt.nn.0't-
he ;. i.i Lpon tomorrows weat
because it cu d not have been 1 elp- - arrangements for
ed. The humiliating surrenders o ' M Detailed announce-
monev demands of profiteers would ... J . ....
have been made slmnlv because m the
in the Bulletin Tuesday afternoon.
J.The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of 1 '
Js human kill can make it
emergency the government could not
wait. I flinniberliiiu's cough Jtcraedy.
The financial investigation of the; Before using this preparation for a
war will be made and it ought to beiCOUgii or cojj y0u niay t0 im0W
as exhaustive as human diligence andjwlat jt nas do"ne 0V others. Mrs. 0.
The people :cook -Macon 111. writes "I have
not otherwise credited in this paper j u " 7- ' riV;1 uullu f''1
and also the local news published! iwhat tlie "nce w etr S1!? cx0Ufil1 T?- M hMieV U
gj-gjjj (became so exorbitant and who got the. Mrs. fomes A. Knott Chillicothe 3lo.
(money. isaj's unamDonuin s uougn nemeuy
If there was conniption it oucht locannot be beat for coughs and colds."
jbe shown; if there was stupidity u;ij. j. Moore Oval Pa. says "i have
I ought to be shown;and above allthingSj used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on
Speaking of natural gas: "Tht?.!tiiere should be a complete Investiga-several occasions when I was suffer-
price of gas will likely be r0 cent' lion of every corporation or 'individual ing with a settled cold upon tne cnest
per thousand feet to domestic
SPRING SILKS & DRESS GOODS
con
turners and a graduated scale as low
as 20 cents for commercial purposes
says tlie Coleman Democrat-Voice an-
nouncing that a pipe line Is to be laid
from the Brewer well to Coleman.
would seem that domestic consumers
who contracted with the government
upon other than a reasonable and pa-
triotic basis.
Such an investigation will not re
flect upon the democratic admiuistra-J
tion anv more than it will upon he re
publicans. The country was In no sense
It prepared for war and had had no cx
perience that threw light uiion sut-h a
We are meeting the new season as never before.
The life and brightness come of a stock that is new
fresh and attractive. There isn't a dead spot nor
a dull one in it No accumulations of other seasons
Out display and our prices of Silks and Dress Goods
always touch your active interests. Yes the regular
prices here would be counted very unusual elsewhere
and rio odds how strong the economy streak may be
you'll nd beauty and quality united to it.
Our bid for your preference is based on our ability to
save: money for you.
McCall Patterns
for Spring are ready too. They bring
Paris styles direct to you and show
you how you may easily interpret them. The method is so simple and
since it means more clothes for you for less money you will use them.
R.B.ROGERS
Department
Store!
The Standard Store
of
Brownwood
task as this war imposed. If things' .
as-a great and thoroughly opimonaiqfi ; w ere done that call for readjustments
ioce Ur -nct?nninnniiv nimnsprt htor punishment let the fact be made
1 known and let the responsibility ue
! . T .
anything higher
rate f
than a 50-cent gas
iti.l it .lit!! nhrflVR chrnnp.hr nliniir fl I H I I I I H
cure." t H ' ; ! m
Evaporated Ark. JVpples S lb . to the H H
t - i
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uil riCLU ntwffj mu uun . ww
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fixed
3
mi Tin
Senator Penrose need jwUhink he siLWSy 1 5"" 1
? Hnritrinrii HrpmanliriPR
A - W V W 4 M. . W W V 4 W '.www
The war
going to damn the democratic party
. or any other party with his hypoerm-
the jeace treaties Vave not been -for-1 buttons for the wrongs of
mallj- signed. The German military t will ultimately be inflicted
(Fort Worth Record.)
To the Oil Editor: In your oil news
The retri-j
this war
unon the
iwnlvps whn mmniltted the wroncs. or "Comanche and Brown Counties re-
macWne has disintegrated and is now;lhe natiQn win nQW thj reas0; wny.icont issue the statement is made:
valueless in the hands of the present .Houston Post . Fifteen deep teits have been drilled
ii; the -southern part-of Brown county
to the Ellenberger liine." Have your
informant name and locate the wells
ue has lied.
OS THE IMC.HT TRACK.
German government. There is no Ion-;
i
ger any danger of a clash of arms be-
1 1
t ween the Central Powers and the En-' ... . " -
; 1 a tics erauication ejection lor crown ;.
- cuuiuy .nas ueen orueruu lor .iiuic(?
. r.L t J!...: 1 G TO!) OI Hie UCIIU. Or UlllCK MH1W
no lonser any reason for uneasiness 'loth. ote m favor of (eradication.
as to4he welfare ofthe American sol-!Heln ihe cattlemen and farmers pro- was struck at
r 1 itect their livestock from the ravages county. 400 feet b
umr ui rre. xcic is '6F'0f the cattle tick and assist in mak-
Trickham
beiow sea level; at the
Davis gas. wells in Brownwood county
the -remotest basis for disturbing rum-; ing it possible to bring fine dairy cat-at 450 feet above sea level; at tho Kidd
ors bt fighting on the western battle-!11? into Brown county for the improve-1 well Brown county 3TQ feet above sea
- ' "mentof dairy herds. Brownwood Bui-. level; at the Atlantic wellLMills' coun-
frn. - 1 letin. ' jty. 416 feet below sea level'.
f ; Just a little behind but on the right! Thus a very great anticlinal strnc-
county is willing evn anxious to.1
stand or fall on the test of the drill
but insists that only tlie truth should
be. published. From this distance U;
appears that the Fort Worth paper
should either name its informant or
apologize: . '
OIL OmtATOHS OPKX FKJ.HT
OX THE ULl'E SKY I. A W
AUSTIN. A strong-delegation of oil
operators appeared here in opposition-
to final passage of the Dorongh bill j
providing that unincorporated joint;
Coleman . stock associations .limited partner-
ships and similar organizations file
with the-secretary of state certified
copies of all joint agreements common
law agreements and plans or organic'
zation before they are permitted
offer stock for sale.
The bill is literally an extension to'
to
SHE IS HERE"
THE BELLE OF WICHITA!
A car of this famous Flour just received. It is the ex-
tra high patent and is better. Every sack is guaran-
teed to give perfect baking satisfaction.
JIM M. WHALEY
"He Sells the Best"
Grocei
There should be a modif:callont'of itrack- If Brown county had eradicated ture in the Bend lime Is proved to the blue sky law.
the rules forbidding railroad em
to take part in politics.
lL. j the- cattle tick when Runnels countv. exist in southern (Brown county.
iploresjdiJ there would be ao ticks inythatthe Bailey No. 2t Gilliam land U
As
juia lucre wuuiu ue .iu iics uiyinui: tne iianei' .o. - uiiuam lanu lounu
Such a rule 'county now. and the stoclcmen and far- the ton of the Bend lime in northern J
r .' ' ... .1 . : 1
doei not keep the railroads out of mers would nav stopped a loss or Brown county at three feet below sea
t . . . . livestock. Runnels county is free from j level and is producing oil while the
pontics ior tue puiiucai iuuuiiiuiuiiuu j ticks and any
of the railroads
stockman or farmer Davis well in southern. Brown county.
takes place at the; who lias a few head of stock will tell is producing gas. all of the west half
other end of the scale at the top of:J'ou lhal tlck is out ( sta" out of Brown county is proven oil Or gas
. . ' . ' . IX cost considerable to exterminate the.1 tfcrritorv. anil the knockers knock from
-the ladder where the management iblcod-8Ucking RestSf mit they have been' selfish motives or because ignorant of.
located. "Working for the railroad is (exterminated and tlie man who at- what the drill has shown
legitimate employment and should 'tempts to bring UcSy cattle into litis I I. N..TERRILL.
not carry with it the penalty of prac- !1"df!!.ira3nC" TerriU'S fcr?fd l ff- ?
J . jarm ot the law. One man plead guilty jmake an opportunity to that the geol-
tical disfranchisement. Railroad men to the charge and "kicked in" to the-'ogy region and. politics are thrift top-
can not be good citizens unless tjieyftune of about 4150 last . week. Tick lies about which men fail to agree and
i-nicn tney weave some tei rune
and strife. These topics
purely personal and the exchang-
directs the government iBallinger Ledger. ..ing of words rarely changes the opjn-
are activelv interested in political ; eradlcaUoh is the sane and profitable ! around whl.
thing for every county to do. Why 'contentions
matters for politics is the force which fe-ed the ticks when food (JS so hih? are purely
ions of the contenders.
Sure Edge Cutlery every pocket and Geology of course i:
To nan Vino Vioctoncrl tn flonv thfltiiahp
tabJe kn.fe guarantRed
threatened to war on China if the Hat-;cantjje Company.
ter; made public the secret treaties be-
t'ween the two nations.- iSecret treaties .
invariably cause trouble and the best !
thing for both. China and Japan Ss to'
Immediately end the secrecy by giving
full publicity to all the provisions of
the documents which have been thei
cause of international uneasiness. I
SEXATOB- PENROSE'S "WILD Bfyf'ST.
Looney Mer-; jy weil demonstrated some of the prin-
Iciples of which may nay. must
.applied to the searcn ror pii and gas.
1 Admitting that the principles' ot oil
geology may be' specifically "defined
; and understood the application by in-
dividuals some trained and srn2 un-
j trained vary widely and cause the
discussion and differences so frenuent-
ly heard on every side.
The oil editor of The Recoro" may
FACTORY OWNERS .UTTSEU OF be permitted his personal notions about
BLAME: tfAY BE CLOSED FOR the application of oil geology it is as-
1
Rid TOBACCO
5
UNEMPLOYED
ia;.y woxTirs.
- The oil men. from Wichita Falls -. . n
Bnrkburnett and Ranger raised par-OLOWLU feCOVering
From S every Drouth
t
or
ticular. objection to that provision
which limits the. commission of. pro-
moters to is ner cent. The bill al
ready has been favorably reported arid fc-dur .miiietm:
...- m " . . I am tfnw nt lov-fnti ihn. Jmnt -ffiriTi
is scheduled to come P "ext i uesuay. - t
Wednesday. In the senate. iuui.vj jujiuh is mus
" - i northwest of Stamford on the W'ich-
i southwest of Wichita Fails. .Manv
business houses are vacant and many
Buford-Brimm Oil Co. to S. H. King '.people moved away caused by drouth
assignment no acres of Duckworth suf-j out this is a fine country when seas-
vcy. SI. 00 and other consideration! . ionable . and farmers- here predict a
T. W. Posey to Robert Jordan lease. 5 cr0P this year as they have had
Oil Leases and Transfers
two tracts. Consideration $10?)0
MEXICO
REVISING
CONCESSIONS
good seasons. The people who think
..all of these people on this part' of
the plains are .paupers are badly mis-
taken. There is a good deal of -.mon
ey here and there was some cotton1
imade the past year. I
J This town has a st-hbol with six j
teachers one bank churches etc. Ow-
ing to tlie long drouth and lack of
: urass turf the sand storms are bad
here at the present. Tlie people here
WMGLEYS
WW!
In the
4. sealed
package
' Jure mostly our big hearted West Tex-
jas people who know how to go over
LANDS HELD BY FOREIGN FIRMS
TO BK tilVIiX TO THE
I nil I lil- MMli ithi tnw hnth tn !nmr trnttlie nti1 ennrt
i storms 'ine oil boom has not yet
struck. this part of the state hut is
cominir Uriwnvpr tlio nil ctnlr :ilnj
the .Mexican secretary of agriculture !nen have been oiling the people some-
has ordered a revision of concessions. wlmt: fin( sdme ol(j Brown.countv
granted foreign corporations and in-frien(is here "whose hearts turn hack
(Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON 17. Pastor Rottaix'
jsumed without offending the sensibil- dlvftUmls b' former governments of flo tho old -home.
i A. 1 . .
ctj... aoj..-;i ot.oi viuuai. crauuaie or lavman. amateur.
SV II'4V;P Pol) IT With theior professional. Whoever assumes to ca"nci .
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania de
nounces the democratic party anufp . .Amorirem rrnhn-m mm- claim -for his own interpretatiou and
declaring there is a strike of .application or geoiogy to on prospect-) v
'waste; and extravag-
panj
i ities of nnvone: so mav ntiv othov in.H-''exlco according to official informa
tion received nero tnrongn ouieiai
Greater development off
lands within the republic was given j
as the reason for the order which in
understanding here is directed .
in tne WOrlUS niS-1 . . . .. i t.. i. Mwa mlicj. nnito nnturnllv Kottitrn nn-:1'10
i inuu) iii uivir iuwluj ivsi uim uiu wwiiv-( " ' ..-.--- -n-
demonstration.;?
icrs contending that the company has Pal or disapproval of his personal j 'rRe agauisi co ce.h.OIls grau .eu
charges it with
ance unparalled
tory."
The countrj' is destined to near mucn . . . nount n5ct opinions and alleeed
of this sort of thing henceforth and' fonnr " i.- hv thft rpsiiitQ Wnrriw nffrnvc frat nntt t 'oiialH by fomior President Diaz.
there is no need for democrats ta etjuneranlove( fn the islail( i nowhere and sometimes actual sur-! Tno ordcr rCcltc3 tnat Pawulnriy
expited about it. There have heen v'oamon ls an anomalous oneeys and explorations by trained gcol-!"1 fhe sjarte oT Chiapas and the terri-;
waste and extravagance unparalleled fQr bQlh com.any anrt workers 'ogists find the bottoms of dry holes.. tories of Lowcr California and Qulh-;
in the world's history in all probabili- assert th n0( h . tne inflict1 11 is Quite apparent that niortcl man tnna Ro- "essions or large areas;
ty. The people believe so at any irate. !am abQUt th on definite fact aVan. standing tm the earth's surface oajsranted to difterent foreigners and ;
Primarily responsible for the tre-. 'have no cinch on lociiUnir miimrnil foreign copanies have been held for a.
mendous wastage was the overwhelm
ing tide of profiteering that the; wan
Before-the holidays the workers were
fi000-feet below and to that degree-! 10"S me. to tne detriment oi nut-;
other things being equal coniecture. na' nieresis.
mimt hp nhn.it nc rt.i nn I According to the information here
precipitated upon the nation. There n Unnc nf r- nnr nant in ho
was no politics in that only the same' .nin tll nmfUo nf nm--unless he cares to invest $40000 In1sone concessions already liave been
I cuiiuuiiuii mill a nuw iu iviii iiiu
!lnnd to the poeple for agricultural pur-
old grasping greedy selfish mercen-;in Ieu Qf a fat waffl increase Thla drilling a test hole
ary human nature with which wq have
was rejected on the ground that aj Formations may outcrop and pile ip
been acquainted since the dawn of his-bonus at the end Q th(J yeflr W(juld not;on the surface all tlie identification VQSes-
iorj-. meet the existing most of living. The ! marfts of which may be categorically aifos0
There has not been a moment from; factorJe3 havQ cl03ed sjncc ne.!and exactly classified and yet that A1'r""
NOT IIANNIN(J VISIT.
1.11 mil ...n.l V.;r. irini) .Int. h-tinn i I.. i . . . ... i.
.ui uuu. m. 6u; "' icember 24 when the working agree- cl.8si"auon cannot determine vitiij (Bv Associated Press)
the United States government- wai; not men(; wJlpfj had )Ccn Jn forco :oj. avery much assurance what positions PARIS( Fcb 7;Reports that King
a Tlctlm of the holdup. So tremejdow year exJ)iredf ;or changes may have taken place three!Aifonso of Spaih is )lnnnlns t0 vlsit
has been the mriation. wnicn proutcpi-i RiVnr;i Wnvtinfv. nrnsicinnf or fhp'or four thousand feet below the 'iut-' Arrnnti
ing set loose in the countrj that sta-jWorkersT committee says he looks foricroP or fifty miles away or wherhfr cording to the Diario Universal of
UsUcs show our national wealth inthe longest strike In the history of the! nature caused liquid or solid mineral' Madrid". j
doUars has Increased almost Jp PCT-;indnst:ry in Poylo Rlcp and that he.'substance8 to be formed and deposited ' !
cent since the beginning of the var.idoes not exriect to sec tlie factories 'in strata that elsewhere have contain ' Eggs an economical food at the;
and tne nation s annual income even opened for a year
more than that.
Anybody who thinks at all mustlknow
that the Tar did not Increase our act-
icd the same minerals. Depths dips present price: Looney ?Acr.c. Co.
. Slllfl nlinilIPO tnvn hnnn cn nffon ilnim. I
iin1 vaolth rwr InPimo fin 11 a 'rrTlm-l . .
w employees many ot mem women.
ry u inriicted crushing mirdens upon;
us that will cause tlie ciizen to groan j- Fresh Itoastcd means more to coffee
for many a year. This will be appar-jthan anything else. Get it fresh from
eWt enough when the vast debt created jour roaster In bulk. and save the price
of the can. Looney -Merc. Co.
Of the Idle wcrkers approximately and changes have been so often demon-
C000
equal
are cigarmakers and there arc an jstrated to. lie erratic and nonconform- J ph" . "
number of stoppers and other ab.c that some men hesitate to go n i 1 Zl
record when confronted
problems.
Eggs an economical food at present
Looney Merc. Co. J
and garden seed at
by payiug from two to four prices for
All of which is foreign to the ques-
tion asked by Mr. Terrill and by nun-
dreds of Brownwood "people; Bi-own
"Looney's.
Eggs an economical food at present
prices. Phone lis. Looney 1 ere. .Co.
Bulk Garden Seed at Lo'oney's: .....
I expect to bo hack soon.
J. W. STATON.
CONSTIPATION
And Sour Stomach Caused Tail
Lady Mock Suffering. Black-
Draught Relieved.
WeadorsvIUe Ky. Mrs. Pearl Pa6
rick of this place writes: "I was
'Tery constipated. I had sour stomach j
and was so uncomfortable. I went to. I
the doctor. He gave me gome pilla
They weakened me and seemed to!
tear up my digestion They woul(J
gripe me and afterwards it seemed.
I was more constipated than before.
I heard of Black-Draught and de-
cided to try it I found It Just "what I
needed. It was an easy laxative as
not bad to swallow. My digestion topi
Improved. I got well of the sour atom
ach my bowels soon seemed normal
no more gripftog and I would take a
dose now and. then and was in good
shape.
I cannot aay too much for Black-
Draught for It ls the finest laxative
one can use."
Tbedford's BlacfcDraught has foi
many years been found of great value
in the treatment of stomach liver and
bowel troubles. Easy to take gentle
and reliable in Its action leaving no
sad aftereffects it has won the pralst
of thousands of people who have upc
I
All of its fioodness
sealed in
Protected preserved.
ThefUvofJasts!
SK for and be SURE
to set WRlGLEV'S.fVs in
a sealed package but look
for the name-the Greatest
Name in Goody-Land.
i
l!
WRIGLEYS
21
Sealed Tight Kept Riht
COAL 3IIXE (MSrALTIKS. -WASHINGTON
.Feb. 17. The casu-
alties In the American coal mines in
1018 reported today to Secretary Lanc
by the Bureau of Mines included-2373
men killed.
DENY IJEPOHT OF REYOLT.
(By Associated Press).
PARIS. Feb. 17. Reports of revolu-
tion at Bucharest are denied by the
Roumanian press bureau 'hank
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