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Olney Enterprise
Editorials
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16,
Our Pledge
We pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Uni-
ted Spates, and to the Republic for which it
sta^s; One Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and
Justice for all.
Railroad Commission Race
Despite the luke-warmness of the run-off elec-
tion races, viewed as a whole, as voters, should
make it a point to listen to candidates whose fate
still rest sat the mercy of the penciling hand of
voters.
Of particular importance to Young county and
this area is the railroad commissioner’s office with
Olin Culberson and Pierce Brooks in the run-off.
This job is of particular importance, we say, be-
cause almost entirely in the hands of the commis-
sion is the determination, et cetra, is to be con-
ducted.
We don’t expect and don’t want either of the
candidates to make any promises of preferred
treatment for our oil fileds. These promises would
not be in line with the fair, businesslike methods
which should govern the rulings of this commis-
sion. But we can find out if these two men intend
to familiarize themselves with the problems as they
exist in this section so they will have the know-
ledge on which to base official actions as members
of the commission.
We want a candidate who will deal fairly with
our oil fields. Because of the importance of thi6
commission to our area, it is necessary and vital
that we voters check the status, so to speak, of
the candidates for this post and mark our ballots
accordingly.
Traffic Fatalities Increase
An increase of 54 traffic fatalities for the first
six months of 1940 over the same period in 1939
was disclosed recently by the state highway engi-
neer. He stated that this increase can be attributed
largely to one fatal accident—the rain-truck col-
lision in March of this year at Alamo, Tex., in
which 29 persons were killed and a number in-
jured.
“Head-on” collisions for 1940 reflect a 16 per
cent increase over those of 1939 and “driving too
fast for conditions,” as tl*e primary cause, shows
for 1940 a 9.1 per cent increase over that of 1939.
He stated that strict observance of the restricted
center-line stripes on the highway would reduce
“head-on” colisions considerably, and that careful,
sane driving by the motorist would curtail fata±
accidents.
The pedestrian problem is of the gravest im-
portance as the increase in this type of fatal acci-
dent is mounting each year. Pedestrians are urg-
ed to study and obey the rules and regulations
set out by the authorities for them to follow while
walking in traffic. “Inattentiveness to traffic” is
the prime cause of most of the pedestrian fatali-
Of the 766 traffic fatalities from January through
June of 1940, 22.7 per cent were “head-on” colli-
sions. “Angular collisions” and “vehicles with
trains” had their share of the total with 10 per
cent each, while the larger part of the remaining
deaths were from sideswiping, overturning on
tangent cr curve and pedestrian violations.
Were in the Oil Business
“Part of every Texas oil dollar finds its way into
your pocket.”
That is a thought the Texas Mid-Continent Oil
and Gas association is leaving with .Texans in a
series of educational advertisements in Texas
newspapers.
That thought should be obvious to Olney, de-
pendant as she is on the oil business and the prof-
its from that industry.
“If you’re a Texan, you’re in the oil business,”
the Mid-Continent association points out. Behind
this statement are the following reasons:
Petroleum last year created a buying power in
Texas of $550,000,000.
Of this retail merchants received $324,000,000.
landlords $44,000,000, utilities, $38,000,000, profes-
sional men $22,000,000 and insurance and saving:
Conscription Law
For his lucid and logical thinking, approach and
handling of any question, we believe Lynn Lan-
drum is one of Texas’ best columnists, if not the
best. His paragraphs on this conscription law
perhaps will help you as they did us. Mr. Lan-
drum’s objective treatment acts somewhat as a
sedative for otherwise tempetuous viewing with
alarm on this suggested act.
There seems to be a lot of loose-end thinking
about the conscription proposal. It is not surpris-
ing that this should be so, for the issues are be-
clouded by the actions of such leaders as Senator
Vandenberg, Senator Wheeler and President
Roosevelt.
It used to be that a leader could declare war
by flinging a glove, and ride out of his castle the
next morning with his men-at-arms clanking be-
hind him. But it is different now. If we passed
the conscription bill and put it into immediate
effect, it would be quite a while before we could
get the draft machinery going. It would be longer
before we could get the drafted men to coming
into camps, and when they got there they would
have to drill with obsolete guns, broomsticks and
“pretend-like” equipment.
(In New York State today the maneuvers pro-
ceed with gaspipe “cannon” and with ordinary
trucks politely assumed to be tanks).
Between the enactment of the law and the train-
ing and equipment of an army of two or three mil-
lin men must elapse something like a year and a
half or two years. As a matter of fact, the first
phase of the World War ended with American ar-
tillery using French guns. Our thinking about the
conscription law must be against this background.
Haste and War
We shall have to go to war in a hurry, if we go
at all. If we are slow about it, we might as well
not go. Consider that fact in the light of the lag
between the enactment of the law and the finished
product which the law contemplates and you
would seem to come to two conclusions:
1. The sooner the law is passed, the better. At
least the delays incident to and proper to enact-
ment will have been got out of the way. More-
over, all the machinery for the enforcement of
conscription will be set up in advance and that
delay also will be behind us.
2. The more inclusive the practicable age brack-
ets of the draft the better. The span of 18 to 65
is better than that of 21 to 30, not because we
shall be needing everybody from 18 to 65 but be-
cause everybody that we shall need will be be-
tween those ages. If this is to be a war for every-
body, then let’s make it that way on the side of
service as well as that way on the side of benefits.
That is reasonable and just.
We Are Not at War
It is true that we aren’t at war—yet. But it should
be plain to everybody that we are proceeding
just short of war. And the shortness of the margin
is uncomfortably close. To shave that margin as
we have done and at the same time remain unpre-
pared to go to war, if we go must, seems to the
columntatar to be sheer madness.
Half measures are not good when it comes to the
use of force for national defense. It is far, far
better to go to war with too many soldiers than
with too few. In fact, in our present world, the
only earthly hope of survival, to say nothing of
peace, is to have a strong armed force in the field
with trained reserves available on short notice.
We are not at war, but we cannot afford for
that reason to leave until the last minute the pro-
vision for steps which we might never Nhave to
take.
$83,000,000.
If you’re a Texan you’re in the oil business, all
right.
Editorial PaqeOt The
Olneij Enterprise
LEN C. WARREN, Owner.
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*t Olney, Texas. Entered at the Postoffice at
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THE STATE OF TEXAS,
To the Sheriff or any Constable
of Young County, Greeting.
You are Hereby Commanded to
Summon Thos. A. Jirik; John Red-
ing; Dr. E. R. Carpenter; Robert
Schulz; M. A. Brehmer; Elizabeth
Erblang; Mary E. Buchanan; Dr.
Eleanor J. Hill; Cedar Creek Oil
& Gas Company; Arthur G. Spit-
zack; Mary E. Jirik; Robert A.
Fasching; J. A. Butzer; and Eliza-
beth Erbland, by making publica-
tion of this Citation once in each
week for four consecutive weeks
previous to the return day hereof,
in some newspaper published in
your County, if there be a news-
I paper published therein, but if not.
| hen in the nearest County where a
[newspaper is published, to appear
at the next regular term of the
District Court of Young County, to
be holden at the Court House
thereof, in Graham, Young County,
Texas, on the first Monday in
[September A. D. 1940, the same be-
ing the 2nd day in September
A. D. 1940, then and there to
answer a petition filed in said Court
on the 20th day of July A. D.
1940, in a suit, numbered on the
docket of said Court as No. 10660,
wherein City of Olney, a municipal
corporation of Young County, Tex-
as, whereof Bernard Lunn is its
mayor, and said City of Olney has
its office and sole and only place
of business at Olney in Young
County, Texas, is the Plaintiff, and
Thos. A. Jirik; W. E. Hickey; John
j Reding; Dr. E. R. Carpenter; Rob-
lert Schulz; M. A. Brehmer; Eliza-
jbeth Erblang; Mary E. Buchanan;
I Dr. Eleanor J. Hill; Cedar Creek
| Oil & Gas Company; Arthur G.
' Spitzack; Mary E. Jirik; Robert A.
[Fasching; J. A. Butzer; and Eliza-
! beth Erbland, are the Defendants,
and said petition alleging*
That the plaintiff is the owner
and in possession of the following
described land in Young County,
Texas, to-wlt:
53 acres out of T. E. & L. Com-
pany Survey 154, Abstract 401 and
47 acres out of T. E. & L. Company
Survey 221, Abstract 468.
That the plaintiff has owned the
said land for more than two years
next before the filing of the suit
and that it is of the approximate
[value of $5,000.00. That the de-
fendants control and operate an oil
and gas lease on 57.29 acres of
, land out of the southeast comer
of the south 106 2-3 acres of T. E.
& L. Company Survey 170, Abstract
417 in Young County, Texas, known
as the defendants’ G. W. Dunagan
lease, and that the defendants op-
jerate six or more oil wells on the
said land which produce salt wat-
er, oil and basic sediment. That the
[salt water, oil and basic sediment
i is stored in pits and reservoirs on
[and in the vicinity of the said oil
land gas lease and that the defend-
! ants have negligently and care-
lessly constructed and operated
said lease and have been negligent
in the construction and mainten-
ance of: the salt water pits and
reservoirs and that through their
negligence the salt water, oil and
basic sediment have drained out
j from said pits onto the plaintiff’s
| land by the natural drainage of
the country and have killed 250
shade trees, damaged 300 shade
trees and has killed the grass of
j approximately ten acres. That the
said damages has resulted by rea-
j son of the negligence of the de-
fendants, and that such negligence
was the direct and proximate cause
of said damages.
j That the plaintiff has been
damaged in the sum of $2,500.00.
That the reasonable cash market
value of the said land was $5,000.00
before the alleged injuries and
[that is 2,500.00 after the alleg-
[ed injuries, and that the said dam-
i ages was permanent damage to
fthe land and that if the plaintiff
be mistaken as to it being perman-
ien damage then it is alleged that
jit is temporary damage in the same
'amount of $2,500.00, being $1,250.00
[for the 250 trees killed, $1,050.00
for the trees injured and dying, and
$250.00 for the damage to the grass.
| That plaintiff seeks an injunc-
tion enjoining the defendants from
'further operating the said lease in
a way and manner to produce and
[continue to injure as above alleg-
i ed and that they be restrained
from allowing or permitting said
production and drainage of their
| salt water, oil and basic sedi-
ment onto and across the lands of
[the plaintiff, and for damages in
the sum of $2,500.00.
i The plaintiff prays that the de-
fendants be cited to appear and
{answer the petition, and that up-
on final judgment it have dam-
ages in the sum of $2,500 and for
Writ of Injunction enjoining the
defendants frfom producing and
draining their salt water, oil and
basic sediment onto and across the
plaintiffs land and that the in-
junction be made perpetual and
for costs of suit and such other
and further relief, special and
general, in law and in equity
that it may show itself entitled to.
Herein Fail Not, and have you
before said Court, at its aforesaid
next regular term, this writ with
your return thereon, showing how
you have executed the same.
Given Under My Hand and the
Seal of said Court, at office in
Graham, Texas this the 20th day
of July A. D. 1940.
NAT PRICE, Cerk,
District Court, Young County.
By Frieda Kendall, Deputy.
(21-4c).
To the Voters
Dear friends and voters.
Again I wish to thank, not only
those whose vote was cast in my
favor, but all who gave me their
influence in the first primary. It
is going to be impossible for me to
see everyone before the run-off so
I would like for you to bear these
facts in mind:
I feel justified in asking for re-
election because I am familiar with
the affairs of the office and am
therefore capable of rendering more
efficient service than before.
I will continue to be courteous to
the public and will continue to
serve the people honestly and dili-
gently. Never at any time will I
[lose sight of the fact that a public
office is a public trust.
I was born and reared in Young
county and my entire life has been
lived among you.
I need your vote and influence
and will greatly appreciate any con-
i sideration shown me in the second
I primary August 24.
Yours for better service,
G. B. JOHNSON
(Candidate for county clerk),
[(Pol. Adv.)
Political
Announcements
(All political announcements mi
be paid in full in advance).
For County Clerk:
G. B. JOHNSON
(For Re-election)
E. C. (Ernest) TUCKER.
For District Clerk:
NAT PRICE.
-
For Commissioner, Precinct 3:
W. H. (Hugh) WOMACK.
(Re-election) J
E. C. (Joe) PARSLEY.
For County Attorney:
E. H. GRIFFIN.
For County Judge:
RAYMON THOMPSON.
For Tax Assessor and Co!
D. D. CUSENBARY.
For County Treasurer:
EDNA EASTERLING.
For Sheriff:
H. C. WILLIAMS, JR
(Re-election)
.v'-'SL
For State Representallvi
district:
(Young and Jade
R. C. (Clay) PARKER
GREENE NEWELL.
(Re-election).
Justice of Peace:
D. H. RODGERS.
(Re-election).
‘or Representative 13th
Congressional District:
ED GOSSETT
(Re-election)
Watch Daughter's
Posture From Girlhood
Mothers Are Told
Watch your daughter’s posture
from childhood, cautions a Univer-
sity of Texas physical training pro-
fessor for women.
Last year 120 women — about
one-third the co-ed student enroll-
ment—came to the university with
more or less serious body defects
Miss Leah Gregg points out.
Many of these defects were the
results of bad posture habits
through the years—flat chest, hol-
low back, humped shoulders, hyper-
extended knees, she claimed.
Of the six hundred who went
into corrective exercise classes at
once, 80 per cent showed marked
improvement inside a year. Of 600
slighter cases, * placed in freshman
fundamental classes, 70 per cent
were corrected without need for in-
dividual help.
New women students are exam-
ined for posture, feet, back and body
symmetry. Silhouettographs — sha-
i dow pictures—are taken of each girl.
Privately she is told her defects and
how to correct them by correct
walking, by raising windows prop-
erly, drinking from fountains, pick-
ing up books, etc.
I Then classes come in to help the
job along. Freshman fundamentals
for the less serious cases, teach
group exercises to bring proper
weight distribution. In corrective
classes, individual exercise pro-
! grams correct structural defects,
treat post-operative cases.
Silhouettographs are taken more
often and three examinations are
given during the year to chart im-
provement until the girl is ready
for sports activities proper.
' Even tennis, basketball and danc-
ing, Miss Gregg said, could be de-
trimental unless correctives pro-
,cede them. Excellent under normal
I conditions, they can often emphasize
'rather than correct the slightest
physical defect.
j Leander McAllister of Wichita
'Falls visited Saturday night in the
'George Rice home.
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1940, newspaper, August 16, 1940; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1128722/m1/4/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.