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C0ITM6I FOB DAM IS SIGHED!
Cat Survives Steamer Vestris Disaster
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in mC|s'e,1mer Vestris, whit-li sank 300 miles off Norfolk, Va., forcing its passengers and crew to take
o lifeboats, is pictured above. The disaster brought several ships to the scene to effect one of the most
spectacular rescues in modern history of the seas. At the left is Alfred Dlneiry, a survivor, with the
nips cat mascot, which was.vescued along with the first persous to be drawn from lifeboats.
An investigation of this sea tragedy now being conducted discloses chat in all probability it could
have been avoided'. More than 100 people lost their lives, most of them women and children. Evi-
dence shows that the boats on the high side of the ship as the ship creened when filling with water
wa's filled with passengers, mostly women and children, and were never launched, going down with
the ship. The uncovering of the facts of this disaster is proving it to be one of the most horrible
since the war.
Disobedience is charged to Vestris officers. It is illeged that the crew failed to go to their as-
signed lifeboat station to assist pas sengers.
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Takes Hoover on Good Will Trip
This dreadnaught, the
V. S. Maryland, one of
the most powerful battle-
ships In the nation
navy, was chosen to take
Herbert Hoover, presi-
dent-elect, and his party
of friends on a good will
cruise. Stops will be
made at "certain Latin-
American countries.”
This picture of the
Maryland was taken from
the Brooklyn Bridge” as
the battleship cruised up
the East river.
Photograph of President-elect just
before sailing shows no ill effects of
recent strenuous political campaign.
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VOL. 30. NO. 38
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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SENDS FROST i TO BE HIE FOR
>. TENDER VEGETATION KNOCKED
UT TUESDAY AND WEDNES-
DAY NIGHTS—ICE IN LOW
PLACES.
The cold wave of this week swept
far into the South, bringing four in-
ches of snow to the Piunhandle of
Texas and thin ice and frost to South-
west Texas.
The wave struck here Monday and'
by Tuesday morning the mercury was
down to the frost line, although the
frost was light and did only a mini-
mum of damage to peppers, beans
and like tender vegetation. How-
ever, Tuesday night wais clear and
cold and the mercury dropped anoth-
er degree or two, forming thin ice
in low places, and the frost was
heavier, pretty well knocking out the
surviving vegetation. 1 However,
this was not complete. On high
hinds peppers were not killed alto-
gether, and H. C. Guinn reports that | the Mississippi flood.
FULL QUOTA FOR LA SALLE
COUNTY TO BE SECURED SAT-
URDAY AND MONDAY.
Every person in La Salle County
is to have the opportunity to become
a member of the American National
Red Cross, by payment of annual
dues, said Miss Josephine Broadbent,
Roll Call Chairman, Thursday.
“We have been delayed .in this
work, but plans are now made for a
whirlwind drive for Saturday and
Monday and we believe we can sign
up our quota in those two days.’’
One half of these membership dues
leave the community. The other
half is held' here for local expendi-
tures. The Red Cross is world wide
blessing. Nearly half a million vic-
tims of the West Indies hurricane in
September echoed this sentiment.
The Red Cross rendered aid in sixty-
six disasters last year, among them
WOLF HUNTERS
WIFE BE HEBE
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ANNUAL FIELD TRIALS OF
SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION
TO BE HELD ON SUTTON
RANCH.
he had twelve acres of beans, that
had just been irrigated that wife not
killed. Mr. Guinn shipped a car-
load of beans Saturday, 694 baskets
which were sold in St. Louis at 43.25
per basket. >
Frost made its appearance this
year about on time, it usually mak-
ing its first appearance between the
15th and 20th of November.
MR. AND MRS. BERT MARS BAC K.
Mr. ;Wid Mrs. Bert Mars, who have
been at Amarillo all summer return-
ed home Tuesday and will be here
for the winter. Mr. Mars said that
he was well pleased with' the growth
put on by his citrus grove this year,
considering the late start it got in
transplanting and the dry year. In
fact he sr.dd he thought the growth
had been remarkable. His place has
been in charge of J. P. Johnson, who
understands the cultivation of citrus
thoroughly. Mr. Mars intends put-
ting out 40 acres of citrus this win-
ter on his place on the Highway
North of Millett. Already a well
has been put down
built there and the land has been put
in preparation for this work.
The highway just North of Cotulla
[Swings through the Mars place, with
citrus on one side and alfalfa on the
' , Her which is being irrigated from
^t)allow wells. In another year or
^fcro this is going to be one of the
greatest show places in Southwest
Texas, and will be of immense value
to Cotulla particularly.
Miss Broadbent stated chat booths
would be set up over town and citi-
zens are requested to tender their
membership without being solicited,
which will not be resorted to unless
necessary to fill the quota. Business
men in Cotulla and other towns of
the county should take an active in-
terest in this work as they do every-
where and help put it over in good
shape.
Assistant Attorney General Wil-
liam J. Donovan, whose war rec-
ord earned him the nickname of
“Wild Bill,” is slated for the post
of attorney general in Herbert
Hoover's cabinet, according to
rumors. The president-elect has
made no announcements.
The South Texas Wolf Hunters As.
sociation will convene here Monday,
Nov. 26th, for the annual field trials,
which will last until Thanksgiving
Day, inclusive.
;Ihis association is comprised of
| many of the most prominent men of
Southwest Texas, practical wolf hunt-
| ers, and who will enter approximate-
ly 150 of the best trained wolf
hounds in the country.
Dr. E. A. Benbow, of Luling, is
president of the Association, and was
Dallas Firm Signs
Contract to Construct
Big Irrigation Project.
Under Terms of Agreement Work Must Begin within Sit
Months, and Depends on Disposal of Bonds on
Which Exclusive Option is Given Contractors.
After a two days session in San
Antonio discussing and thrashing cut
details the Board of Directors of La
Salle County Improvement District
No. 1. signed a contract late Thurs-
day with the Trinity Farms Con-
struction Compmy for the building
of the dam and irrigation system, for
which $7,331,000 was voted by the
district two years ago.
The Trinity Farms Construction
Company is one of the largest and
here two weeks ago, and passed on
the grounds that had been selected, |best known construction companies
the Bob Sutton ranch, as being well
suited for the field trials.
Pearsall and Cotulla
Battle to Tie.
ROTARY CLUB MEETING.
The big football game of the sea>-
son, last Friday, between Pearsall
and Cotulla was the best of the year.
It was witnessed by the greatest ja”j Maste~r
crowd that has ever witnessed a
game on the local grid. About 300
fans came with their team and Co-
tulla turned out in full force.
The teams were pretty evenly
matched, and for awhile it looked as
though the game would go through
to the end without a score, but late
| in the last quarter Cotulla mahaged
Jini Fisher had charge of the pro-
gram at the Rotairy Luncheon Thurs-
day at the La Salle Hotel. Mrs. j
Harry Hamilton sang two popular | “ “^^ouchdownTfailTnK''the” ex- .. ..
songs accompanied at the piano by ] tra int and it bcinR so near time j-“* ^essable.
t----- a— r*—i— * A temporary cafe will be set up on
According to a statement given
the Record by Dr. Benbow, the first
day, 26th, will be devoted entirely to
entries of dogs, pitching camp, etc.,
and the first cast will be at 7 o’clock
on the morning of 27th. The trials
will continue through that day, the
28th and 29th.
No horsemen will be allowed on
the field except the guides, Judges
Sheriff T. H. Poole,
head of the local committee will ar-
range for horses, saddles, camp e-
quipment for the Secretary, ect. The
committee have located a campsite at
the windmill, just off the railroad
about a quarter of a mile, five miles
South of Cotulla. As the camp will
be not more than a quarter of a
mile from the highway it will be
in the state with main offices at D
las, where it now has under way i
over $5,000,000 contracts for that J
city.
As Record readers have been in-
little too heavily bonded and en-
gineers set about to try and reduce
the figure and after several months
work, accomplished this in a satis-
factory manner, which has been ap-
proved by the State Board of Water
Engineers. The change, it is said
will better the project, in that it will
give water for 10,000 additional
acres of land, by adding a series of
diversion dams below Cotulla, and
$1,333,000 cut off the cost, which wall
cut the bon.ds against the land per
acre considerably, and make them
satisfactory to financiers.
Work will begin at once by the
Board of Directors in securing op-
tions on the reservoir site. It U
Miss Jessie Ann Fischer. Otto , ~ fooked ,ike the lofal boys had
Jones also rendered a couple of piano thp ^ dnched. But Pearsall
selections.
Mr. L. J. Franke, of San Antonio
and Leo Sladek of Corpus Christi
were guests of the Club. Talks
were made by Mr. Framke, Mr. Sla-
dek. Prof. Donaho, Ed Burnett and
C. E. Manly.
It was voted to suspend the meet-
and reservoir ,,nR for next Thursdi‘y. Thanksgiving
Day, because of the fact that a num-
ber of the members anticipated at-
tending the Longhorn-Aggie football
game, some were going hunting, and
others had Thanksgiving Dinners on
tap.
the ground for the convenience of the
game omened. But rearsau |hunters and vjsitors It is ted
came beak with blood m their eyes, ... . - x
, , . , .u: lthat a tfreat many of the hunters
as thew had not been defeated this i ... __ , ...
w , ... ... will comc prepared to camp, and will
a, and a defeat meant they ., ,
’ , .. . , .. I Pitch camp on the grounds, but many
out of the running for the dis- ....
I will come in cars, expecting to get
hotel accomodations in
season,
were
trict title. They fought hard' and
well, and in a succession of fast
plunges and passes pushed Cotulla
back close to their goal line when an
end run put them over,
failed on extra point, as
was called to an end.
formed, this contract has been con- said that tenative agreements have
templated for several months, and a 'already been made with a number ■:f
revision of the plans for the project I the larger land owners,
has been under way. the idea being What Contrac* Means
to cut the project so th: fc the maxi-, Tbf; spaing of this contract meai.s
mum of $6,000,000 bonds would cover that the project tv,n be built for $6.-
the cost. This has been worked out 000.000, a sum for which financier
by the engineers without impairing have said bonds cou]d be sdd flJ(
or cutting down the project. In It means that a reliable contracting
fact under the latest plans, which j firm is ready to proceed to build' it
provide for a series of three diver-'for that suni) just JU5 soon as th&
sion dams below Cotulla, 10,000 acres bond market recovers sufficiently to
more land can be irrigated than at i pR,»;e the bonds, which may not be
first calculated. < Jong, and gives the contracting party
The contract entered into in writ- fbe exclusive right to place th-jj-a
bonds. They can present the finan-
cier with the plans and the contract.
ing Thursday gives the contracting
company a period of six months to
begin work, and if work is not start- i which will make it
ed within that time the contract be- !
ness, because
easier to do buei-
there are no strings
is likely that there might be an over-
flow, and the Record has been re-
quested to ask all peopl. who have
CUTTING AFFRAY AT DANCE.
Two Mexican boys named Ramired
brothers were severely cut by an-
other boy named Crevantes, at a
dance in the Colonias, West of town
last Saturday night. One of the
boys, it is said is' dangerously cut in
tbs abdomen, but the doctors believe
he will pull through.
BUY BAKERY SHOP.
A. C. and H. O. Teer, of San An-
tonio have purchased the Cotulla
Bakery and will have a first class
baker out of San Antonio and pro-
poses to furnish Cotulla and vicinity
with bread, pastries, cakes, etc., equal
or better than can be had anywhere,
and in this enterprise they ask the
support and co-operation of local
people.
The new owners announce that they
will be open for business Monday
morning. .
ey 11 s° iextra! rooms to let for the two or
o g.mu i(bree dayB> to leave that information
T. , .. — . . |at this office, and we will furnish the
It was a good game, well fought ... .. ,
......6 * committee with it, so that persons
by both sides. For Cotulla to have I „ , ... . , , ,
,. . . . can be readily assigned good sleep-
won would not have meant anything qU.„.^ers
as they had already lost their chance
for the title. For Pearsall to have
lost would have also put them out of I
the running. The tie means that
they will have a chance with Del
Rio. So Cotulla is satisfied with the
game ending as it did.
Cotulla Boys have played a good
season. They lost only two games
outright, tied three and won three.
ASSOCIATED WITH BROTHER.
C. G. Hoff of Yorktown has mov-
ed here and will be associated with
his brother in the Hoff Chevrolet
Company.
The Sutton ranch has not been
stocked for a year or more, is brushy
and it is said that plenty of wolves
can be found there. There are cin-
deras cut around every section, and
the creek crossings have been fixed
up so as to make them passable for
cars.
Something like 300 hunters are
expected for the four days meet.
comes null in void. In fact the itied to it, except the securing of th.*
contract might be construed as noth- re8ervoir site, and it is believed by
ing more than a six months option. I tbe Directors that this can be ac-
Each party has certain performances JCOmplished without delay,
to execute. The Board of Directors j Tbe contract covers about 150 type
must secure option on the reservoir ! written p. ges, but summing it all up
town, and it site and canal lines, and have a spec- the two main things in it is for the
ified amount with wheh to make this contractor to place the bonds and the
purchase. The contracting company !Board to secure the reservoir site,
is to do a turn key job according to j if this js accomplished within th*
specifications, and take the bonds on
a basis of 90 cents. If the bond
market improves so that these bonds i
can be placed by the contractors, ae ;
they had them placed a few months
ago, the whole thing is » go, provid-
ed there is no hitch in securing the
reservoir site with the funds avail-
next six months dirt will be flying
on the project. The Record has en-
deavored to keep its readers inform
ed as to actual progress of this pro-
ject and the facts in the case, with
out camoflage, since its inception
Today we state to you that the
Board of Directors and the head? nf
able. At this time Mr. Harbin of the contracting firm are highly opti-
*he Company, expressed' himself as ;mistic over the situaiion.
RAIN INDICATIONS.
The skies became overcast last
night and there are indications of
rain this morning. Rain is badly
needed on the range.
very optimistic over the outlook,
stating that the market was improv-
ng. A sale of about $5,000,000 San
Antonio municipal bonds was made
Monday at a fairly good price. This
issue had been offered a number of
times before the election.
Came, into Deal Year Ago.
The Trinity Farm Construction
Company came into this deal about a
year ago. After a thorough investi-
gation, financiers considered the land
The personel of the Board of Pi
rectors at the San Antonio meeting,
where the contract was signed were
John W. Willson, president; W A
Kerr, Secretary; T. R. Keck, D. L
Neeley, L. W. Gaddis.
ELECTRIC COOKING SCHOOL.
The Central Power & Light Co.,,
conducted a two days cooking
school here this week, in charge of
Miss Ferguson.
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