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THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISE
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Volume 18. No. 44.
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Local Excursionists Make Circuitous Trip
* Through Centra! Texas And New Mexico
Saturday morning, August 4,
at 3 o’clock, I, Bennie Marek,
accompanied by my best friend,
Miss Mary Dungen, and by my
mother, Mrs. L. L. Marek, and
two of my sisters, Misses Olga
and Meta Marek, of New Ulm
Prairie, boarded mother’s new
Whippet car and off we were
on a visit to the home of my
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Marcus Breudigan of
Southland, Garza county, Texas.
On leaving home it was still
dark but the silvery rays of
the moon added to the promise
of a bright day. There was no
perceivable noise to break the
stillness of the early morning
hours, save for the occasional
bark of a dog, or the crowing of
a rooster at farm residences.
The early morning air was
bracing and exhilerating which
made us feel all the more com-
fortable as we sped along the
highway.
and everybody of the panhandle
country and adjacent states was
bent on going there. It was
an all day celebration and some
of the most noted orators de-
livered speeches at this gather-
ing.
I shall not attempt to give
the readers a minutely descrip-
tion of the interior of Carlsbad
Cavern, because such is impos-
sible and would be an injustice
to that great underground ca-
vern.
Carlsbad Cavern was dicover-
ed by Jim White about twenty-
six years ago, and is the re-
cognized explorer and guide of
the cavern the world over. The
admission fee is §2. per visitor
but is worth the price a hundred
fold to those who have never
been out of the state. We en-
tered the cavern in charge of a
guide, remained underground
eight hours and walked eight
miles feasting our eyes on
The trip from our home to
Austin was uneventful inas-
much as there was not much
traffic on the highways, and
must of the inhabitants of the
towns we passed through, were
still in bed dreaming of the hum
and buzz of another busy day.
We made our first stop at
Austin where we visited the
capitol building and other places
of interest to the tourists in the
beautiful city on cedar clad hills
of the Colorado. After enjoy-
ing the beauty of the state
capitol and feasting our eyes
on the beautiful scenery of the
city, we headed north. The car
purred and puffed softly as if
bent on fanning us to sleep, but
the beautiful crops, lining either
side of the highway coupled
with the beautiful scenery—the
like of which we had never seen
before—was of too much in-
terest to us ‘to distract our at-
tention. On arriving at Lam-
pasas we decided' that it was
time.to partake bf a substantial
lunch which we had prepared at
home and carried with us. We
halted under a most beautiful
shadetree^standing near the
roadside, where we ate our
lunch and rested up for a short
while. Realizing that we were
still several hundred miles away
from our final destination, we
broke camp and sped on. On
and on we went through a most
beautiful country which was
sometimes hilly, sometimes'slop-
ing and then again as level as a
ballroom floor.
At 10:30 we arrived at Syn-
der, Scurry County, where we
decided to camp for the night
in one of the tourists camp of
that- beautiful city. We had
traveled 500 miles and felt like
resting up a little. However,
the lure of my sister’s home, a-
bout one hundred miles farther
north, prompted us to break
camp early in the night and to
motor on which we did. We
broke camp at 3:00 o’clock and
at 5:30 Southland came in
sight. It was a happy reunion
of mother and daughter, sisters
and brother and friends.AI1.
were happy as birds as we sat
down to the breakfast table.
And why shouldn’t we?
The next day, August 6, we
started out again in company
with Mr. and Mrs. Marcus
Eruedigan for a sightseeing and
pleasure trip to Carlsbad Ca-
vern, Carlsbad, New Mexico,
which may well be termed one
of the wonders of the world.
The people of Carlsbad had
staged a great rally on this day
things that looked as bewitch-
ing and charming as those told
in fairy-tales. Thousands of
stalactites and stalagmites, one
more beautiful than the other,
beautifully illuminated by elec-
tricity and lamps of five-hun-
dred candlepower give che in-
terior, which apparently has no
beginning or ending, a fairy-
like appearance, which cannot
be portrayed by pen or picture.
A small part of the most be-
witching underground sceneries
have been photographed but
they must be seen in their na-
tural position and magic colors
to be appreciated. There are
thousands of kinds of vege-
tation resembling life objects.
Looking one way the visitors
behold the image of a real per-
son while.in the opposite direc-
tion one seems to look a fierce
hippopotamus in the face.
We spent considerable time
in the King, Palace which is lo-
cated 750 feet below the surface
Other fascinating underground
scenes are The Lily Pads, Doh’d
Kiva, The Totem Pole which
points majestically upward a
distance of three hundred feet.
The Totem pole is a stem resem-
bling a century plant, it is a
tiny stern resembling a fiber
and its leaves, if such they may
be called, are velvety soft and
not much thicker than ordinary
tissue paper. Then there is the
"Queen’s Room” which resem-
bles h pyramid in shape and
structure.
Our guide told us that the
cavern has not as yet been
discovered and developed its
entire size. It is said to be
forty miles square. The open-
ings or doors, leading from one
chamber to another, are some-
times small just permitting a
person to walk through them in
an upright position. Others
considerable larger enabling
dozens of people to enter or
pass out at the same time.
After spending eight hours
in the underground tunnel and
not realizing whether it was
day or night, we made our exit
at the place we entered. To my
(meat it was the most be-
witching, the most charming
and fascinating scene I ever
saw in my life.
After looking in all directions
to catch a glimpse of the topo-
graphy of New Mexico, we be-
gan preparation for our journey
back to Southland, Texas. We
crossed the boundary line be-
tween Texas and New Mexico
at Bronco, Yoakum county, af-
ter which we were again on
NEW UL
$2.00 Per Year.
M, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST//, 1928.
First I. G. A. Store Opens
At Industry Saturday Aug. 18
en the same benefits.
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Card Of Thanks
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Stonewall Co. News
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our eyes on Vest Was scenery |M1. Walter B1.etschneider of Cat
ackin; our suit
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withear bedew-
all t: good-byes
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especly in
late
very
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were
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to
we
put
Since my last communication
to the papers I have received
contributions from three differ-
ent parties—these are The La-
dies’ Euchre Club of Bellville,
85.00; Messrs. Tesch & Tesch,
druggists of Bellville, S5.00; and
ten a our trip,
ew iVJXiCO where
ive a>be houses
itteptm.
^ugu; 10, we bid
Respectfully,
Emil H. Rabel,
Tax Collector
| being done there and the coun-
j.try is sparsely settled.
In conclusion permit me to
say again that it was a most
delightful and wonderful trip.
No car trouble of any kind, few
detours and plenty kind people
to direct travelers from one
town to the other at places
where travelers are in doubt as
to the better road.
Bennie Marek.
most of whom are members.
Spring, SI.00. This money has
been placed in the bank to the
credit of the San Felipe Monu-
ment Fund.
I surely appreciate these con-
tributions and I hereby thank
the givers. <
We, of course, need more mon-
ey in order to complete the pro-
ject and I hope that there are
many more who will come in and
help us as these people have.
It is our design to erect a con-
crete log cabin as a replica of
Austin’s capital building and I
am trying to get at the cost of
it, but have not succeeded
yet.
Before asking the State
take over this park we want
place in it those things which
we think are necessary to make
it interesting. We feel sure
that the State will add to it
those things which are essential
to its further development and
upkeep.
During the past year I told
several people who wanted to
contribute that I wanted first to
got what the schools would give
and then I would accept from
them. Now the schools are
through until the next term and
I shall gladly accept all the
help I can get.
Respectfully.
W. S. Smith.
wish to express my thanks
to the voters of Colorado Coun-
ty for their loyal support in
re-electing me to the office oi
Tax Collector. I will serve eve-
ry citizen and taxpayer in the
future
how.
, What might asily have been (cars plunged off to the ground
a fatal accidet happened to ten feet below since it was
New Ulm’s poplar tailor and, built. And that’s exactly what
clothier, John hna, Monday as! Mr. Kana’s car did. It plunged
he was returnig from a visit I off and fell to the bottom of
to friends at Felsburg. I the dry creek bed, pmning Mr.
Mr. Kana’s cc failed to func- Kana in such a manner that he
lion porperly ad began swerv- was unable to extricate himself
ing about froi side to side, by his own power. The occu-
Sensing that something was 1 pants of the first car that came
wrong with thewhole machine-: along lifted the coupe from his
ry he picked u speed in order prostrate body and brought him
to get to New Ulm before the Ho town. Had the car he was
supply of gas was exhausted, driving been an open top motor
However, therevas still a dan- j vehicle, this report might have
gerous bridge ahead of him read different. The damage to
which he couldiot avoid cross-1 the car aggregates ninety per
ing and from which various' cent of its value.
Two Young Farmers
Marry Sisters
John Kana las Miraculous Escape When
(ar He Was Driving Goes Off Bridge
to wait about four weeks before
cotton begins to open.
Watermelons will soon be
marketed here by the farmers,
It is hard to tell what the next
accident will be.
We are still looking for visit-
ors from Austin County. Seems
as though we can’t depend on
their promises. However,
are still hoping they will
in their appearance.
Business at present is
very rushing but it will pick up
soon. Tourists pass here in
urge numbers—approximately
400 . cars pass through ’ Old
not near so brilliant; We saw
nothing but cattle ranches. No
Old Glory, Aug. 10.—Here we
are I Everything is looking good.
The feed crop is nothing tc
brag about. We had a slow
rain which brought us li/2
inches of moisture last night.
Prospects for more rain today.
I’m of the opinion that condi-
.'ons here will change for the
j otter after this splendid rain
Cotton is doing well, is in ful.
bloom and well loaded with
squares. Grass is plentiful and
so is weeds. The web worm
has made its appearance in the
. cotton fields but we hope to
annihilate them as soon as ne-
cessity demands.
Material for an oil well is
being unloaded at the sta
tion preparatory to the sinking
of another wild cat well in this
will com-
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Note: We are glad that Old
Glory had its share of moisture
and that Wm. Klump is again
wearing his rubber boots. Our
esteemed correspondent invites
his relatives and old time
friends to visit him in his West
Texas home. In fact, he feels
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we started
cases preparat >ry fd our home-
ward trip. 11
sary to say 1iat v. used our
kodak very o
especially in k
the old primi.
attracted our
On Friday,
my sister, her hsband and
their kinsfolk
ed eyes gooc|-bye.It took a
long time unti
were said, for it is hard tc
tear away .from the we had
to leave.
The car was st in smooth
running order and pfectly will-
to function at thcvill of the
chauffeur, which as I. We
went by Braden a thence on
to San Antonio whe we camp-
ed in BreckenridgPark for a
while. After touig the city
and viewing the amo Build-
ing and the old tanish Mis-
sions, we headed ? Columbus
traveling on the Id Spanish
Trail highway thaeads direct-
ly from Houston a San An-
tonio to the Rio Gnde.
We arrived Saturday
evening August li little tired
and jaded but key and can-
section. Drilling
mence ■ as soon as the derrick
can be erected and machinery
placed in position. The hauling
by trucks of the heavy machin-
ery is detrimental to the high-
ways since the wheels cut up
the soil considerably during this
"muddy” period of rain.
O. Vanderworth and family
and S. Suter and family left
yesterday on a visit to Austin
County.
Frank Hinze is confined in a
sanitarium at Stamford. We
hope he will soon be up and
physically able to return to his
home.
Wm. Klump was on his job
this morning wearing his rub-
ber boots which is always a
good sign for more nrosoerity
West Texas.
<>ur cotton gins uro ready ea
receive the first bale of cotton
io be ginned here but will have
which we consider a real re-
creation after a scon of stren-!
uous labor in the aid.
The crops in kas, seemed j
extra good. Coti w’as
but full of sqius and
promising,
south plains. TLereals
heavily loaded w seed heads;
and cattle in finendition. In;
Ne^y Mexico’the aspects were]
The Industry Co-operative
Association of which J. C.
Buenger is manager, an-
nounces the opening of an I. G.
A. store in its locale at Indus-
try, on Saturday, August 18, in
this issue.
The Co-opeartive store at In-
On August 7, Charles Peschel
and Miss Goldie Spreen were
quietly married at Bellville,
while Elmer Vogelpohl of near
•Shelby and Miss Dessie Spreen dustry has operated a very
were quietly married at Fayette- cessful business since its organi-
Alle. zation a decade ago. The firm
The young couples, born and does business cash on the barrel
reared in the West End section, end which enables them to share
are popular young people and profits with the consumers,
were the recipients of many
hearty congratulations on the However, non-members are giv
happy events of their respective
marriage.
Both couples will engage in
farming.
The Enterprise joins the
many friends of the young-
couples in wishing for them
health, wealth and a long, pros-
perous married life. •
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LOCAL AND PERSON Al.
Any news items given
us for this column will be
greatly appreciated.
4= ******* ^ *
G. F. Boelsche was a Houston'
visitor Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foerster
of near town visited with rela-
tives at Goliad last week.
Hy Schuette and family of
Houston were visiting home-
folks in town Monday and Tues-
day.
Prof. P .A. Deering, Louis O.
Muenzler and G. F. Boelsche
were business visiters in Colum-
bus last Thursday morning.
Ernst Brokmeyer of the New
Ulm Prairie was a pleasant vi-
sitor in our office one day dur-
ing this past week.
Messrs Emil, Robert and A-
dolf Fertsch and their respec-
tive families of Hallettsville,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
A W. Eckermann and other rela-
tives at Rockhouse.
Paul Kautz of Dallas is at
present visting among relatives
in the West End. He also call-
ed at our office Monday after-
noon in company with his broth-
er Alex.
On Sunday, Aug. 26, the local
“Jugend Verein” will stage its
annual program in Mrs. Weber’s
pasture, adjacent to the church
premises. The program to be
rendered by the members is
published elsewhere in this is-
sue to wKich we call the atten-
tion of our readers. The pro-
grams of the “Jugend Verein”
rave been quite an attractive
feature in the past and in all
probability this one will eclipse
those staged in former years.
Come. You are welcome.
Texas soil. Tk next day we\„n PpUnp Mnnn
enjoyed a bigdinner at thep"" ’ ei,Pe ^101111-
hospitable hon of Mr. and; DWllt Fl!lid
Mrs. Henry Bredigan, parents
of my brotheiin-la- 7, Marcus
Bruedigan. ]\£. Henry Brue-
digan was foiprly
Stolle of net’ Elliij>er, while
Mr. Bruedigf i was
raised near l|-els\ur;.
u d feasting
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