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I\1INE.UAL WELLS—The South's*Greatest Health Resort, Where An Average Of 150,000 Come Annually To Drink America's Greatest Mineral Water
Fine Schools and
Churches
A Good Place to Live,
VOLUME XXXI
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MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1931
SIX PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 268
GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR BIDS
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Officers A frest 2 Men ] During Liquor Raid W ednesday
Chief- Justice
Is Ex-Cook
Other Project Plans Un-
der Preparation
Bids are being asked for at this
time for the construction of seven-
teen covered picket lines at Camp
Wolters, Mineral Wells, and for
twenty-five covered picket lines at
Palacious, Texas. Bids can be made
for both or separately. Those de-
siring plans and specifications can
get them by addressing a letter of
request to the United States Prop-
erty & Disbursing Officer, Camp
Mabry, Texas. The contract will
be let in Austin on March 24.
This is the first of three of four
contracts to be let in the near fu-
ture for improvements at Camp
Wolters before the encampment of
July 4. Other bids later will be for
ail extension on sewer line, the con-
struction of hay sheds, one mess
hall, two infirmeries, three admin
j strati on buildings, contracts run-
ning between $22,500,00 and $25,-
000J)0.
Several thousand dollars addi-
tional will be granted for work
around the camp before July, fix-
ing, up target ranges, grading, re-
pair to present buildings, plumb-
ing and electric lines, etc.
Last year an estimated expen-
diture of around $75,000.00 was
made on Cavalry activities and
during the year 1931 the amount
will be in excess of that amount by
$10,000 it is believed. This includes
the amount of expense and pay of
officers and enlisted men both at
the annual camp and for the three
units of the Guard now located
here, Troop F. 124th Cavalry,
J24th Cavalry Band and the Medi-
cal Detachment, 112th Cavalry.
The annual camp of the 56th
Cavalry for this year will begin
proper July 4, however, advance
guards will commence to arrive by
July 1. About 1,100 men are ex-
pected, with nearly an equal
amount of horses. There will be a
march problem this year as last,
however, it will only last for three
days. One or two routes will be
taken, either via Palo Pinto, Gra-
ford or by Palo Pinto, Santo, Bra-
zos. One regiment will go each
way and they will meet and have
an engagement or maneuver and
the next day start back to camp.
mmm-
AT BAKER HOTEL
The management of the Baker i
Hotel of this city is making! ar- j
rangements to present a concert at j
the water pavilion every Sunday |
afternoon.
First of the series of delight- i
ful programs will be presented
Sunday afternoon, March 15, at
4:30 o'clock by the Vested Choir
from the College of Industrial Arts
at Denton.
The John Tarleton College's
Plowboy oichestra of approximate-
ly 25 pieces is scheduled for 3:30
o'clock on Sunday 'afternoon of
March 22. Other entertainments
are to be announced in the future.
UP OAK,
DOWN
HUBBARD
(By the Stroller)
"Mammy!
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Educators Will Gather at
Eastland
[
Barr Talks, Gains Free-
dom From Jail
(By United Press.)
DALLAS, March 12.— Norman
Register, District Attorney's of-
fice employee named by Edmond
Barr, Dallas Dispatch Reporter, as
the source of the now famous Com:
munist story, this afternoon de-
nied that he had given Barr infor-
mation.
The Dispatch quoted Register as
telling Barr over the telephone as
saying. "I'm in too pvecarious a po
sition today to say yes or no."
Register denied the story.
Barr helped Register across the
street to the Grand Jury room to-
day.
"I'm sorry this happened," Barr
told him.
"So am I," said Register." But
something had to come out."
In 1899, Rivers H. Buford, above,
was cook in Florida logging camps.
Judge William B. Sheppard was
his boss, and urged him to better
himself. . So Buford studied, law.
Now, he has just been chosen chief
justice of the Florida Supreme
Court.
This Week's
Proceedings
District Court
ESSENTIAL FOB
COCO HEALTH
DENTON, March 12;—The great-
est treasure anyone can possess is
good health. It . is the result of
knowing and applying principles
of right living. Of many factors
producing health, the greatest is
right food habits. It is absolutely
essential to bodily health that we
have foods containing abundant
quantities of mineral salts and
vitamins, for mineral salts and vit-
amins are the only food qualities
which keep the system cleansed
and refreshed. They are also the
only element which maintain'"body
balance" between the various or
gans; that is, the heart must have
its regular beat, the nerves and
muscles their instant response to
every stimulus, and the blood its
normal condition.
Vegetables and fruits deserve an
important place in the diet because
of the mineral salts and vitamins
which they contain and because ox
their laxative properties. Green
vegetables, carrots, tomatoes and
citrus fruits are particularly val-
uable. Such minerals as calcium,
lime or potash phosphorous and
iron are contained in the greatest
amounts in the juices of citrus
fruits like oranges and grapefruit.
The principal acid of these fruits is
citric. Phosphoric and a little
malic acid and tartaric acid are
also present. When foods contain-
ing these acid salts are eaten, dur-
ing digestion a chemical reaction
takes place which changes these
acid salts into alkaline salts. It
is this alkaline quality that so
wonderfully cleanses the blood and
keeps it pure. '
Foods which increase the amount
of acid in the blood are meats,
eggs, sweets and an excess of cer-
eals and starch. Because the per-
son following the average daily
diet is almost sure to have too
much acid in his blood, he needs
plenty of the socalled "acid" fruits
to neutralize the true acid wastes
left behind from a heavy meat and
starch diet. The juices of grape
fruit, more than any other will
bring about and maintain this nec-
essary alkaline condition.
Saul J. Cohen vs. Marshall and
wife. Suit for debt; Barron Bros.
Millinery Compainy granted leave
to amend.
Cam H. Murray vs. J. W. Ezell
etal. Suit for damages; Plea of
privilege sustained and cause
transferred to the District Court of
Jones County.
C. E. Woods vs. T. B. Griffith.
Injunction; dismissed at cost of
plaintiff.'
Peak and Pelt vs. Ashburn Bros.
Suit on note; judgment for plain-
tiff for the principal, interest and
attorney's fees.
City National Bank of Mineral
Wells vs. W. E. Woods. Suit on
note and foreclosure of lien. Judg-
ment for plaintiff.
Mrs. M. C. Sanders vs. H. E.
Allen and James E. Parker; suit
for damages; continued for term.
Clyde Lucas vs. Federal Surety
Co. To set aside a ruling of Indus-
trial Accident Board; order granted
removing case to Federal Court.
J. E, Davidson etal vs. Tom
Holt etal. Dissolution of partner-
ship; compromised on agreed judg-
ment.
Florence Young vs. Mrs. Emma
Young etal. Suit on note; set for
the 13th day of March.
Mrs. B. R. Beeler vs. Bankers
Mutual Life Insurance Associa-
tion etal. Set for the 6th week of
court, being April 6th.
Jimmie Naomie Daughterty etai
vs. L. F. Keisling. Damages; judg-
ment approved as per decree on
file.
S. D, Wainwright vs. Standard
Surety and Casualty Co. To set
aside ruling of Industrial and Ac-
cident Board. Set for April 6th,
1931.
Two representatives of the Min-
eral Wells Public Schools will be
principal speakers on the Saturday
afternoon session of the Oil Belt
Educational Association which
meets in Eastland on Friday and
Saturday, March 13 and 14.
W. A. Ross-, principal of Min-
eral Wells High School, will make
a talk on the subject, "The Prob-
lem of Absence and Tardiness,"
Miss Mable Wilkinson, Health
Supervisor of the Public Schools of
the city, will make a talk on
"Health Supervision in Schools."
This association, organized at
Cisco on October 14, 1930, is one
of the youngest Educational asso-
ciations in the state. Superinten-
dent W. O. Willingham of Albany
is president of the Association.
Preparations are being made for
1,000 guests. A banquet is to be
held at the Connellee Hotel Fri-
day evening at the opening session
of the meeting.
IMS FRUIT
J. R. Offield trying on new
spring hats . . . Jimmie Stewart
moving his family into a new
apartment . . . C. B. Jones postpon-
ing today's ad; until tomorrow . . .
Mrs. Grady Turner smiling at a
friend. How she can smile! . . . D.
E. Daniel making a trip to the
bank this morning . . . "Northeast"
Adams all pepped up about some-
thing . . . E. Lane Porter wearing
a pretty dress and hat . . . June
Lawrence and Polly Shultz two
pretty pals enjoying, life . . . Lit-
tle Shirley Dean and Don Hart
visiting their dads . . . Dr. and
Mrs. C. B. Williams motoring to
their Morningside home . . . Sam
Boyd doing a nose dive into a box
of shoes . . . C. W. Wilson happy j
and cheerful as usual . . . Will Ty- f
grett "hooking-" a hat box on a j
high shelf . . . Penix Ranspot and j
Bill Chancellor about to be hooked |
by a cow . . . What a clay to go j
fishing—no line—no pole—no time,!
and then the wind is up too.
-«o-
Dunbar School
Will Present
"Sasswood"
Report Being Sent Out to
i
Interested Parties
Increase Shown Over
January
Local Movies
To Be Made
Dance Feature
(By United Press.)
DALLAS, March 12.—Edmond
Barr, 25, Dallas Dispatch reporter
jailed yesterday for refusing to
tell the grand jury where he go+
his story of the abducting of two
communists, today was released af-
ter telling the grand jury that the
information was obtained from
Norman Register, an employee of
District Attorney Wni. McCraw's
office, who caused the jailing of
the reporter.
MEET TIM
' I
Local physicians who attended:
the meeting Tuesday 'in Graham i
of the Northwest Medical Associa-
tion report a most beneficial ses-
sion. Drs. C. R. and C. B. Williams,
J. H. McCracken and E. F. Yeagerj
of thjs city attended.
Mineral Wells asked for the con-
vention next September but with-1
drew in favor of Fort Worth, where ■
the next meeting will be held.
Moving pictures will be made in
Mineral Wells, according to an-
nouncement Wednesday by Ken-
neth O'Rear and E. M. Baker, cast-
ing director and production man-
ager, respectively, of the project,
in the city making preliminary ar-
rangements.
According to plans, these pic-
tures will be shown at the Grand
Theatre for three days commenc-
ing on April 5.
In order to get the cast for the
picture a movie dance is to be
given at the Crazy Hotel on Sat-
urday night, March 21, and every-
one present at that time will be
given the opportunity to see jus'
how they will look in the movies
for at that time arrangement has
been made with the Crazy to shoot
several thousand feet of pictures
so that all present may be judged
for possible movie talent.
For this dance Slumy Creel and
his WRR Broadcasting Orchestra
will furnish music. W. R. Williams.
WRR Sunshine Yodeler, will be
present and officiate as masters of
ceremonies. The dance will begin
at 8:30 p. m. and continue until
12:00 and from the pictures taken
the entire (fast for the Mineral
Wells picture, 100 or home, wdl be
selected. There will be an admis-
sion to the dance.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 12.—Ship-
ment of 7,250 cars of fruit and
vegetables from Texas during Feb-
ruary set a new high record for
the month, according to the Bu-
reau of Business Research at the
| University of Texas. This .figure
i shows a substantial increase over
j the January movement of 5,59?
| cars, which also established a
| new high figure for that month.
| Shipments in February, 1930,
: amounted to 5,210"cars.
"The most important individual
| commodities were mixed vegetables
| with 1,845 cars, spinach with 2,-
I 077 cars and cabbage with 1,980
| cars, respectively," the Bureau's
! repdrt showed. "In each case, Feb
! ruary shipments exceeded those of
> either the preceding month and of
I the corresponding month of the
1 preceding year. Grapefruit load-
ings of 361 cars were unusually
heavy for February, comparing
with 160 cars in this month in
1930 and 252 in 1929, but the ear-
ly fall movement was too far below
that of the preceding year for im-
provement this late in tlie season
to make a material change in the
comparatively unfavorable showing
o^the 1930-31 harvest.
"The spring movement of sweet
potatoes from curing houses
brought this commodity up to 129
cars, the heaviest February ship-
ment on recqrd. Like grapefruit,
however, the early fall movement
was high.
"Other commodities in the Feb-
ruary list were lettuce, 20 cars;
oranges, 40 cars; potatoes. 19 cars;
string beans, 2 cars; mixed citrus
fruits, 14 cars; peppers, 1 car;
carrots, 366 cars; beets, 236 cars;
turnips and rutabagas, 46 cars;
and greens, 119 cars."
Graham Will
Celebrate New
Lake Opening
The Chamber of Commerce is in
receipt of a letter from the Gra-
ham Chamber bearing a special in-:
vitation to Mineral Wells citizens
to attend the formal opening pro-
gram of Lake Eddleman on May
30 and 31.
Lake Eddleman is Graham's new
source of municipal water supply.
A bathing beauty review and many
other features are to be included
on the program^ the letter stated.
The Dunbar High School of this
city will present an African drama
"Sasswood, in three acts at the
Convention Hall, Thursday night,
March 12 at 8:15.
Some of the customs of the peo-
ple of Africa will be vividly de-
picted in this play.
Only the king has the power to
grant the court permission to ad-
minister' Sasswood, the most rigid
punishment that can be inflicted
upon one who has been criminally
charged. In order to prove the in-
nocence of the accused, by special
order of the court, he is forced to
drink a chemical compound equal
to if not greater than, a bottle of
carbolic acid. This deadly poison
is compounded and administered
to the accused by the court's
specially commissioned officer,
"The Hoo-doo." If the victim is in-
nocent, they claim that he will have
super-human aid to enable him to
heave the poison, but if he is
guilty, the body absorbs the poi-
son. The Hoo-doo is assisted in
administering Sasswood by the
Herb Doctor.
A unique African marriage cere-
mony will be shown in the second
act.
Special musical features will be
given during the entire perfor-
mance.
The cast of characters will in-
clude: Vera Hayes, Ida Mae Mc-
Gee, V. C. Blakely, Oscar Smith,
Bob Miller, Hobbie Dean, May Will
Hugg, Marguerite Reece, Evelyn
Williams, Evelyn Jones, Robbie
Lee Hawkins, Ruby Blakely, Ber-
nice Jones, Grace White, Vera
Campbell-. Other characters will be
presented in the 'choruses and
flower girls.
Special seats will be reserved for
white citizens of Mineral Wells.
The preliminary report of M. A.
Howell, local architect and engin-
eer, on the proposed water pro
ject and state park sites in Palo
Pinto County, recently presented
to the Chamber of Commerce of
this city, has been put in neat
pamphlet form and copies, with a
large map showing dam locations
park sites. Copies have been sent to
each member of the board of direc-
tors of the Brazos River Conserva-
tion and Reclamation District who
was appointed by Governor Moody
in 1929, of which L. E. Seaman is
a member. Copies have also been
sent to members of the Legisla-
ture and senators, and to other in-
terested parties throughout the
state.
The local committee composed of
D. C. Harris, W. C. Caldwell, W. R.
Christian Paul Woods, Geo. Met-
calf, W. H. Batchelor and M. A.
Howell are laying plans to push
this project to the l'.mit.
Primarily it will be for the pur-
pose of flood control as far as the
department of state and govern-
ment are interested, with the ex-
ception of the state park feature
sponsored by the Major Parks As-
sociation of Texas, but should the
dams, or two of them be completed,
it would give Palo Pinto a lake o!
an enormous magnitude north of
the Brazos River bridge west, ex
tending to the northern part of the
county, that would make a won-
derful pleasure resort of nation-
wide interest.
Already officials of the Isaak
Walton League, Texas branch, are
writing asking- for information
about the project and offering their
support in the matter, the last let-
ter coming from Walter P. Rey-
nolds, president of the Olney Chap-
ter and sent to Mr. Seaman.
The report is father lengthy, al-
though quite plain and interesting,
and copies may be had upon appli-
cation to one of the local commit-
tee or from Mr. Howell. Maps also
may be seen at the Chamber oi
Commerce^ Daily Index or at the
office of Mr. Seaman in the City
National Bank.
Mr. Howell has figured that
the lake will be equal to one square
mile 700 feet deep or 1,450,548,000,-
000 gallons of water. He did not
figure the number of drinks.
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ALLEGED BEER
IS
Pair Make $750 Bond
Here Today
Two raids by County and City
officers Wednesday afternoon re-
sulted in the confiscation of 180
bottles of alleged beer and the ar-
rest of two men who today face
charges of possession of intoxica-
■ ting liquor for purpose of sale.
; One of the raids was made at a
: farm north of the city. Officers
I confiscated 130 bottles of alleged
| beer and one gallon and one pint of
j whiskey. The man living at the
| place was arrested and placed in
| jail. Today he made bond of S750
| and was released.
j The other raid was made at a
j residence in the Southwest part of
j the city. The man of the house
^ b® Ruby Keeler, i a*so was arrested and today made
dancer. . Now she's 1 k°n(l of $750 and gained his free-
1 tlom. Fifty bottles of alleged beer
Were found at iiis residence.
Sheriff John Bond of Palo Pinto
with Chief of Police J. E. Lawrence
and Patrolmen Frank Granberry,
Walter Daniels and Bill Eubanks
conducted the raids.
She used
Broadway
Mrs. A1 Jolaon, and she seems to
be enjoying the sunshine in Ber-
muda, where this picture was
taken just recently.
F
F
Suspected In Slaying of
School Girl
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 12.—
Joe Davidson, 55, was held here
today as a suspect in the murder
of Virginia Brooks, 10, of San
Diego, California.
Davidson was arrested at Tulsa
last Saturday. He was brought
here today for investigation of a
garage robbery. Tulsa police said
he had been seen on Tulsa streets
with a 10 year old girl shortly af-
ter Virginia Brooks disappeared.
They said blood stained clothes had
been found in Davidson's posses-
sion, that fitted a girl of Virginia's
description. These facts were learn-
ed police said, after Davidson had
been brought here.
T. C. II, TRACK
STUBS READY
fc
PROGRESS SCHOOL
Airport Survey
For Drainage
Work Underway
City Engineer W. J. Miles will j
complete this week a survey of
Easterwood Airport for the pur-!
pose of directing work for improv- i
ing drainage conditions of the!
field.
A long ridge bordering the field j
on the south is to be cut down and |
moved toward the center of the j
field with all low places to be fill-!
ed in. The land is to be leveled in
such a way that water will drain i
from the center of the field to the
boundaries where it will go into j
ditches capable of taking care of I
overflows.
Tractors and scrapers are ex- i
pected on the Field either Monday]
or Tuesday to do the work provid- j
ed there is no further precipitation j
before that time.
NIGHT 1M P. M.
The public is invited to attend
a program at Progress School to
morrow night at 7:30 o'clock, Fri-
day 13, to be presented by the
primary and intermediate grades
of the school assisted by students
of the high school. An interesting-
program has been arranged.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 12.—
The third day of the search of <th!
slayer of Virginia Brooks, ten year
old school girl, whose body was
left on the Camp Kearney Mesa,
find authorities facing a mystery
that becomes more and more puz-
zling as the investigation pro-
gresses. Only two suspects had
been held for questioning and
both were released today leaving
officers without a clue to guide
them.
BEAUTIFYING
MINERAL
WELLS
(Each day activities of the
campaign to beautify will be
published here.)
The Phylis Wheatley Im-
provement and Cultural Club
composed of colored people
voted at a meeting Wednes-
day afternoon to sponsor the
beautification of their sec-
tion of the city.
A. B. Dement and Gus
Kemp have already begun to
improve their yards and to
plant new flowers and
shrubs.
Woman Held
On Charge Of
Petty Theft
Local police arrested a woman
here Wednesday night in connec-
tion with a charge of petty theft
of hosiery from a room in a local
hotel occupied by a hosiery sales-
man. She was lodged in the City
Jail and late today had not made
bond.
Officers said ten pairs of wo-
men's silk hose valued at $1 and
$2 per pair were recovered after
the arrest of the woman. Another
WQnian is sought in connection
with the same offense.
A man was arrested in tho
southeast part of the city Thurs-
day morning on a charge of drunk-
enness. He was placed in the city
jail to await payment of a fine.
FORT WORTH,. March 12.—
Coach Mack Clark of Texas Chris-
tian University has thirteen varsi-
ty and eight freshman track men
entered in the ninth annual South-
western Exposition Track and
Field MeeL to be staged on the
Frog field Saturday.
The varsity men entered include:
Houser, Nugent, Snow, Howell,
Salkeld, Phelps, Spearman, E.
Brown, Tiner. Copeland, Isely and
Williams. In the freshman group
the following men have been en-
tered: Casper, Fridge, Bassinger,
Gibson, Adams, Powell, Summers
and L. Brown.
The individual entry list in the
meet is expected to surpass that of
last year. Up until Tuesday th >
! total entries received from 22
! colleges and universities, 77 high
j schools and 11 municipal divisions
I totaled 672, compared to 875 for
j the entire list of last year. It is
j expected that the total for this
year will pass the 1000 mark.
The universities sending in en-
tries up until Tuesday include: Tul-
sa University, Oklahoma Univer-
sity, Texas A . &M., Rice and Texr
as Christian. Other entries in this
division are expected to come in
later this week.
The high school list and junior
college and college divisions in-
clude entries from all over Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana.
In the special 100-meter race,
open only to men who have recog-
nized records of 10 seconds or bet-
ter in the 100-yard dash, Claude
Bracy, Weldon Draper, Red Oliver,
and a freshman from Texas Uni-
versity have been entered. .
Cy Leland, . Texas Christian
sprinter of last year, who holds
both the 100 and 220 yard dash
marks of 9.6 and 21.5 seconds, will
not be entered this year, since he
has gone to California.
WEATHER
(By United Press.)
WEST TEXAS: Partly cloudy
tonight and Friday, warmer in
Southeast tonight.
CITY DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
Broadcast
To-Day
Remote Control from
Mineral Wells Studio
Over WBAP
7:30 to 8:00 p. m.
Jack Amlung and
Orchestra
"r
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