The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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O. II. Wasson, violating local ou
tion law, dismissed for want of ev-
idence.
Tisfi Bnr&Llo, violating local op-
tion law, continued.
Pete Smith, aggravated assault,
continued.
Lewis Frew and Willie Kodrow
ski and Frank Ponaetti, delinquent
children, court gave five years in
reformatory, and suspended sen-
tence given, requiring parents to
report regarding conduct on the
' first day of July and January.
Charley Smith, case dismissed.
L. C. SELLERS4 ANNOUNCE-
MENT FOR MAYOR.
In‘ offering myself as a candi-
date for the office of mayor of
the city of Stephenville, I am ful-
ly cognizant of the duties, respon-
sibilities, and great oportunities
of the office.
It is the duty of the mayor to so
dir*n*,‘ th; affairs of the town that
the interest of every citizen may be
safeguarded and promoted.
The mayor is responsible for a
. safe and sane administration of
the city's affairs, no that, large
and profitable public implements
benefiting the citizens generally,
may continue to he made.
Tho mayor of Stephenyille has,
by. the progressive policies I have
»n mind and the economical expen-
diture of the city's funds, a great
opportunity to make foero within
five or ten years a city of double
tho present population.
I am for a* clean, sane, progres-
sive, and energetic administration
of your affaire, and on this plat-
form I solicit your support. —L. C.
Sellers.
TO THE PEOPLE
OF STEPHENS ILLE
Over my protests th<* city coun-
cil of Stephenviije, appointed me
Fire Marshall! Thej *| Jury is noth-
ing comparatively, hut the duties
and responsibilities appertaining
• thereto tuv many and I find ra-
ther obnoxious, both to myself apd
my victims.
We arc at war and our govern-
ment. is making great efforts to
conserve food and supplies) of all
kinds. One of the greatest des-
troyers is firoi and this enemy
they are making their greatest ef-
fort to suppress. In. this we can
all help. For this reason alone, I
accepted the appointment. You can
help in this work by a cheerful,
•peedy compliance to my requests
when I ask you to clean up, or
you can binder by a careless, in-
different procrastination on the
.same proposition. f
To say you wifi clean up and
then wait for me to come around
again before you do .so, just doub-
les and trebles the work for mo
and increases tho fire. risk fo
yourself.
I have not got time nor thd in-
clination U> do the work in this
Vay. It is as much to your inter-
est as it is to mine that this
Work bo done cheerfully, efficient-
ly and quickly. The state and city
Selected Jewelry
For years our Store has had a just reputation for the most
valuable and best selected stock of Fine Jewelry in Cen-
tral West Texas* and we are still striving to maintain that
reputation—We have nearly anything one could wish for
in the Jewelry Line from Diamonds to Baby Pius.
And We Will be Glad to Show You
PERRY BROTHERS
DRUGS AND JEWELRY
WORK ON COLLEGE BUILD-
ING COMMENCED MONDAY
Monday Contractor Johnson had
a corps of men digging excavation®
^for the foundation for the $100,000
administration building for John
Tarleton Agricultural college. The
work on this building is to be push
ed vigorously.
PLANT PINTO BEANS.
POST OFFICE AT DUFFAU
The pinto bean is rich in pro-
tein, therefore it is a good sub-
stitute for meat. TJiis buff bean
splashed with dark brown flecks, is
of tender flesh, and cooks easier
than the navy bean and produces
good crops even in the semi-arid
sections. Since the great world
war began the pinto bean has
won recognition as one of the val-
uable food crops of the world, and
its cultivation* has rapidly increas-
ROBBED LAST WEEK.
. Some one at Duffau preferred
robbing Uncle Sarn‘s post office,
rather than making a war garden.
The robbery occurred Wednesday
night, March 13, and $78 was taken.
Officers from Stephenvillo Were
called, and When a court of in-
quiry wall held circumstantial evi-
dence developed which led to an
arrest. It is said one, party declar-
ed a proposal was made to him
ST. PATRICK4S DAY.
> d, New Mexico, is the home of th® to rob the office, and that,
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laws on this subject aro very
stringent, and right now we are
threatened with an increase in
/"Naur insurance rato if wo do not get
busy, besides various and sundry
prosecutions if we do not comply,
and the proposition is up to you.
So far I have met with a hearty
respon.Fi! with the exception of one
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u'-'v
or two who have been a little
•lo|w, just from a lack of under-
standing of how this doubles the
work up on me I am sure, and not
from any desire or intention to fail
to comply.
Somebody has got this to do. I
will try it awhile if you will give
mo your support. If I cannot do
. 4 right I do not want the job at
411.—Ben Russel. * adv
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. EUPION OIL AND GASOLINE. .
Plenty of it. They nr® of super-
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tor quality. None better. Phone
orders to H. Muffson; 0-8t
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pinto bean, -but its cultivation has
spread to five other states, and
five hundred thousand acres were
planted to this bean in 1917. Both
tln> army and navy now use it afl
foud for soldiers. Plant pinto
beans in March and April. If pant-
> d in May it is said that here
they are sterile. Grow them and
save them. Remember the color.
though be promised to aid in the
robbery, did nqt do so.
The money has not been, recov-
ered.
Carl Struppy, about 18 years old,
was taken to Fort Worth by Sher-
iff Deason to appear before the
federal grand jury. AI youiig man
named. Childress was aDoj taken,
over to testify.
Although Cress Gaston is in no
vVay related to St. Patrick, or a
lineal descendant of an Irishman,
he celebrated the day in royal
style at his home, a six o'clock tur-
key dinner being served. It was
also liis thirty-fifth birthday anni-
versary. , The decorations were
green and white, and the ice course
was garnished withl_shamrocks!
Those who graced the occasion
and helped to make the event a
joyous one for Mr. and Mrs. Gas-
ton were, Mrs. Bruce Cage, Claud
Hudgens, Elmo White, Geo. Rob-
erts', Clarence. Hudgens,Kyle,Graves
and their wives; Mrs. W. F. An-
derson; Miss Grace Bruington, Mrs.
Edna Wood, Miss Bess Roberts,
L. F'wJloberts and Mr. and Mrs. Ey-
orelt Keith.
Our Own Customers
Know the nature and - quality of the service
rendered by this Bank, and we believe * we
could number many more people of this coun-
ty amoung our customers if we had the op-
portunity of discussing the matter of Modern
Banking Service that Realy Serves.
We would appreciate a call, at any rate
CAGE & CROW, Bankers
Unincorporated
THE DAVENPORT OIL
WELL AT
The bringing in of the Daven-
port oil well at Ranger last week,
located very near the gushing Mo-
Cleskey well, was an event of great
^importance, as it is believed this
well is nearly equal to tho Mc-
Cleskey. It throws out oil and gas
and it is rated at an estimated out-
put of 1500 barrels per day. Rill
Merril, John Oxford, Dr.MuIloy and
Judge Fred Chandler, all of Steph-
onville, awn royalties in this W®11
and they fee! good over their great
good fqptune. Likely they will be-
come millionaires.
A large number of Stephenvill®
peoplq v ini ted this well Sunday.
Andrew " Davis said the oil looked
like a high-class sorghum uyrup^uw
it made him wish for a Hot of hot
battercakes.
AMERICAN CARELESSNESS
AS A WORLD DANGER.
The lativ-t Texas conflagration
which occurred in the town of
Lancaster on Fog. 25 destroying
property values to the sum of
$300,(XX), ihcluded in which was $50,
(X)0 worth of food supplies, and
the origin -and extent of the fire
being due to carelessness, makes
pertinent the qutjry “Has Ameri-
can Carelessness Become a World
Danger?44
The slogan of the National Foot
Administration, isl “food will win
the war—don't waste it.'4 We are
also told that upon America our
allies are depending for food. Now
if these statements are true and
is also (rue that, due to careless-
ness, we are burning our food
supplies about as fast as our self-
denial and observance of the rules
of Mr. Hoove^ makfc i i!( accumulate
has not such carelessness beoom®
a world danger?
These fires destroy our supplier
imperil our esources, and weaken
our energies to an appalling de-
gree'and to our mind has" demon-
strated beyond any further ques-
tion that., American, carelessness,. '
which is responsible for such fire*
is no,w a serious menace. If we
win this war we must cease to
think of it as an, occurrence 3000
Idles away. Every citizen must re-
alize that it Includes his country,
his community, his place of busi-
ness, his home. Failure to recog-
nize this fact can no longer be ex-
cused. Failure to apply a prompt
corrective to his old-time habit of
indifference to, fire dangers, to
his congenital, eengrnined Ameri-
can carelessness, will discredit hio
claim to be a loyal, patriotic citizen
willing to do his bit for America.
This pffic e has repeatedly tott-
demned and warned against Use
practice of burning trash in . tho
open. It has repeatedly urged tho
fire fighting equipment be main-
tained one hundred per cent effi-
cient tWenty-four hours in tho
day and three hundred sixty-five
<lays in the year. If you are not oh
servine these rules then you aro
guilty of carelessness, which may
cost the lives of our soldier.'-, by
reason of supplies destroyed.
In the name of humanity and*
world democracy, let us check's
American carelessness in its work
to*help the Kaiser.—S. W. Inglish,
slate fire marshal.
GOLD RIMMED BI-FOGAL
EYE GLASSES LOST.
One temple broken, tied with
strftig. Finder will return to Tri-
bune office or to Mr>< CJ S. Hamp-
ton. adv
Ton lac Is a good spring Ionian
and is sold by 'Hie Oror£{ I >rug
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918, newspaper, March 22, 1918; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016652/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.