Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1937 Page: 2 of 8
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Yoakum, Texas.
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the tint woman eve. «-o conduct
the organization.
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POTATOES. 10 lbs
DRY 3ALT Jowl. lb.
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Camels
PITTED
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7 Vi oz.
Package...
COFFEE
Finest Santos Peaberry
2 ponnrs
Extra Fancy Rio
2 pounds .
MORTON
SMOKE SALT
10 pound l^||c
Anpelus
MASHMALLOWS
One pound
Boat
Green Handle
BROOMS
Uncle Bob No. l*/j
SYRUP
(fan Camp’s 16 oz.
PORK BEANS 5C
CORN MEAL
5-pound
bag
Hershey’s
COCOA
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WHEAT FLAKES!
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KRAUT
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with 6,000 adults and 800 in the o|(] high school
TAHITI JUNGLE
YIELDS FRESH BEEF
PAPEETE, Tahiti
herd of domestic cattle
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qpHE NATIONAL Congress
j -M is again in session and
> country is wondering
resolution what it is going to do to us.!
24 pounds 91c* I
38 pounds |1.75 I
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A Week and throughout the
nation milk producers
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1 pound
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instance, Geo. Woodrome
us that during this dry are wondering how
WE are in receipt of one of
those unique invitations
the Valley Mid-Winter
'T’HE SNOW up in‘ Okla’
A homa, Kansas and Colo?
rado and other northern sec-
tions, has had its effect <m
the breeze that come from
up that way, and starting
along about midnight Mon-
day night it drove the sum-
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farm products in
getting a better and
stable market it would ap-
pear that America could prof-.
it by Brazil’s experience in;
this matter. For 31 years j
they have tried to control the *pHE
icoffee prices. In past years; h
millions of bugs of coffee has
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that es_
years ago into Papenoo
valley, the great volcanic crater
in the interior of Tahiti, is now
this town’s chief source of beef.
The cattle have multiplied and
hunters fitid it worthwhile
transport their kill down
deep mountain gorges to
truek road.
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; members, the supreme officer a
> are to be prese
and possibly I
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hunters and better protect the
rights of these who belive they
have legal title to the disputed
lands.
•.«. .or 'orrvr. Mm. FLvu. Sic.
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each have accumulated in! had endeared herself in the
that country which is now I hearts of the school, the fac-
being dumped upon the mar-' ulty and the entire citizenry
ket causing the price of green of the city and sadness now
coffee to drop from one to prevails
two cents per pound.
UbSSm S
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patch of spinach and just as |
i It was about far enough along
ii So that he was whetting his
appetite for a good mess of
„ those vitalizing greens some
down scamp came along . , , j . ------- '
wne night and stole practic- riot oo^ So.?(^ ^IS tin.!e|the picture.
ally all of it. But George says, would hke to have^ it. j People who have never vis
^•f^^jRian he, then of course they j1,88 prevailed it appears that visited it in
welcome to it. I,the, natural feed ^at these wiH find •
ik J ’•JTien along comes Rev. Paul
the child member at death regu- to be initiated here, the
lates the amount of insurance. i
The assets of the organization ; guests who
tower at the $1,000,000 mark. At Many clergy
present there are 96 local branch' archbishop are
..-zw- hnd nursed for
about three yars and just as
; was
careof it-;we hope o(|r
take a look at it. This invi-
tation comes in the form of
■a fine specimen of Foster
;Pink Grapefruit, hand paint-
ed on one side is a picture
jof a beautiful palm tree and
isome prickly pear, or cactus
s ! and underneath i
1 the name of the painter of
kinerica’s Own
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DRESSING
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Strong, each dU
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I entire city of Yoakum
has been saddened this
week by departure from
i been burned or otherwise de-| among us-of physical body
jstroyed in that country in the;that housed the gay, inspir-
; vain endeavor to regulate the | ing and lovable spirit of Jua-
market and establish price n i t a McCloskey, who, al
fixing. In the mean time. though yet in tenders years,
more than 20 million bags of i being only a sophomore in
coffee wegihing 132 pounds the Yoakum schools, yet she nj
the senate adopted
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Medical ’ examiner, Dr. C. L. <»rado county and
Kopecky, Yoakum, Texas.
Director, 1 : Kt. Rev. Msgr. L.
P. Netardus, Shiner,’ T^xas.
Director, 2: Mrs. Otilie Klecka,
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vailed here for the past few
days, on before it and crowd-
ed it over into the Gluf of
Mexico. It has produced a
welcome change. It will have
an invigorating effect upon
1 business and farmers who
have been waiting for such
a spell to do some butchering
too are taking advantage of
i the change. 'The mercury
| registered a drop of forty
some oi the south Texas degree from a high of 85
,, the land has been farmed: Monday to a low of 45 at an
occupied for loo years by • early hour this morning.
jthe families now occupying it.
They have never known that .the
land they had under fence and |
under cultivation was not ae-'nation milk producers arc’
jliudiy part of their farms. Thus,' urging people to drink more
I when oil is <
aii opportunity to realize
*.11 | substantial wealth from sale of
| leases or royalty, they naturally
lure resentful when strangers hr
, | vade the community, file “va’
COUn 1\ (.(Hiey” suits in the name of the
State, with the attorney general
reproenting them, and take away
mi neral rights.
On the other side of the ques-
Ition. is the claim made in
LARGE |f|c
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Blended Maple Rajah
SYRUP 12 oz. Bot.
Sunnyfield Pancake
FLOUR 20 oz. pkg
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WHITE SOAP
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among us because
she has gone to that brighter
land to cheer the angels and
rpiIE Red Cross drive for take her place among the
x funds is now on in Yoakum stars that makes heaven glo-
and the public is urged to, rious.
ipLOWERS are probably the
I most expressive thing in
; nature that are not endowed
1 with a voice to audibly tell
1 its sentiments. Practically
every human being loves
I flowers and with them we
lean always speak appropriate
and fitting sentiments and as
,the poet says: "For our gay-
jer hours they have a voice
of gladness, etc,” and in sor-
row they are soothing and
comforting. Taking these
things into consideration we
have often wondered why
more people do not gratify' grace i
B. E. Quinn of Beaumont:
understand that Davisson
a law office here in Aus'
I also understand he has
several relatives on the payroll
of the land commissioner, lie’s
just getting ready to represent
some of the land grabbers before
the land commissioner.”
Coke Stevenson of Junction,
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if
i their love for these things
! of beauty by having more
[ flowers about their homes
i and thus have a pleasure and
5 an enjoyment that they can
; always turn to for comfort,
’ solace and pleasure. L a
i Grange and Columbus have
! already announced their fall
[ flower show and Shiner never
’ misses having theirs and
i these tend to create interest
[ in these things of beauty. Let
i us have more flowers in Yoa-
1 kum. * ut viiiiiuvt uoucxii^t jxt*
J mits them to bloom otit in the {
j open here until way after ’
Christmas and sometimes all!
winter.
go (Kbi
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order that we may have our
part in whatever emergency
may come up where financial
help is needed.
fact that aurveyz 4»f public laadl *Mu< 1
in Texa-, in tbe Airly days were r"'
frequently rough and maeeurate. at ‘h« regular sewton
When school lands were sold off, ^*ot 8®me reforms that will re'
a buyer sometimes would pay for Mtn®^ •^T,ty of the vacancy
160 acres, but as a result of an
inaccurate survey would fence
and farm an extra 15 acres. The
land had ao little value that it
not worth tbe cost of a
—-. But discovery of oil
; under much of this former public
land made it very valuable for
the mineral rights, and “vacancy
hunters”- men who looked up the
field notes in the State Land
Office, and had it re-surveyed
to find these surplus of “vacan-
cy” tracts, came into being. The mer weather that has pre
discoverer of such a vacancy
has the right under the law to
file claim to the mineral rights
giving the state a part of the
royalty, and retaining the major
]*art of the mineral rights at a
nominal cost. The occupant of
the land has a preferred claim
j to the surface rights only. But
UI4.V1Wi^ the oil or gas under the ground
IS stenciled js w)H,re |jlc reaj wealth lies.
FARMERS ARE BITTER
In some of the South Texas
cases,
and
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APPLE
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carried in the Herald Wedl,
i advised
hunting is allowed on
ih near Yoakud^fJflBI
mention Wednesday were k(|to4
i the Steinman Ranch MImB
near Sublime and located Jh Ogih
«p«*W
in Layaca county.
es situated in all parts of
state.
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The campaign precediiwJ
great celebration, closes Sun
Del Monte or
Doles
PINEAPPLE
JUICE
46 oz. CQc
Can ______ lIZj
rates, for life or 20 year pay.
The amounts of insurance now
can be had as follows: $200, Not Al
$400, $600, $1,000, and $2,000. |n Qf-inmun F
The business of this association
is transacted wholly by women, Near Yoakum
with only women as members. ’ — ♦
The present officers are: | Following a report oR
Vice president, Mrs. Marie Par- ing killed on the Steiuijj|
ma, Granger, Texas. <
Secretary, Mrs. Pavlina Peter, hunters have been
Yoakum, Texas. , no I
Treasurer, Miss Mary Parma, ranch ----- ----
Wallis, Texas.
Chaplain, Rev.
Granger, Texas .
fk‘ tt they needed it anv worse1 J>ecause °.^ jr^ weather that j(ed Valley, or have not
, visiueo il m recent years,
;the natural feed that these wj]| fjnd we]| worth their
j birds have usually subsisted while, not only to visit this
I! upon, has not been so plenti- fajr 5ut visit the entire .
ful and the birds are not as Valley. It will come the
I well developed nor ns fat as nearest giving you a realistic I
i they should be for a good picture of what paradise may [.
market and as a consequence, of anv piaCe that you will I l l"
the price has been ranging,find in this land and this is •
1 1 unn,n# f1om 13 to lo probably the most propitious
cents, farmers have been ad- time to see this wonderful,
vised to hold their birds for;section of our
the Christmas market in the for now this golden fruit is
hope that thet will be in bet-]jn jts prime and winter veg-I
tei condition and that ’he .etables will smile at you from .
rv, %• # »4 v ■ r ■ I I Ik l>z»4 t I • 1’llH*
; every nook and corner and j
; bid you to become a patron ; 1;
uro^f its life-giving substance
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OIMKER OATS
says Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, their famous Guardian!
Famoat Si»t»rt, now in 4 th year, thriv-
ing on Breahfatt of Great American*!
• Here, mothers, is the greatest break- ,
fast bargain ever!... A whole serving
of Quaker Oats—rich in food-energy,
rich in flavor—costs only 14 cent! No
other oatmeal like it! It’s the main-
stay of millions. And gives everyone
a rich supply of Nature's Vitamin B— i
the vitamin you need daily to combat
nervousness, constipation, poor appe-
tite! Take ad-
. vantage of your
grocer’s prices
r i today!
Photo World Ca*T. 1<»*7,
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ID YOAKUM ’s,.me "along by
■’ ^r- ~ | eran church one night last
1 world is getting bet-
•.,r/ That stands
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Z^ATHEKING Momentum of; I
vJpnblie opinion in ninny sec-1 » ■
lions of Texns, says Julian Ca-1
pers, Jr., in
ness”, may “blow 1 he lid off
of on<“ of the most controversial
questions in Texns’ history, name-
vaeancy problem. The
vacancy question has been a re
current issue ever since tin* dis-
covery of oil in Texas, and ex-
tension of oil production into ■
new sections has brought it into,
the fore again during the past
few months, notably in the Texas
Gulf coast area, including Polk-
SHINOLA Shw ‘-‘tan
Armour’s Star—
POTTED MEAT 3
POLAR WHITE
SHORTENING
4-pound IQc
Carton TrU
25c
GEBHARTS CHILI
No. 1
Can
Ocean Spray—
CRANBERRY SAUCE
17 oz. cans
the past six or seven years i
had never been passed Much j
of it obstructed recovery and
hindered progress. People
who had money to invest in
business refrained from do
ing so because they did not
know what the next foolish
movement on the part of the
government would do to them
and rather than to take the
chance of virtual confiscation
they adopted a policy of
watchful waiting.
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Noboddy’s Busi-' '
0'/2c
lb. 6
market will be better.
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I ing of marketing 4jy de- 'The Valley section oi Texas
istroying and plowing under brings millions of dollars to
farm products in the hope of this state through its prod-
' • “ ’ more ucts, the employment it pro-
vides and the tourists who
come to take a look at this
virtual paradise.
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COURSE milk to be
kz nourishing and body
building must be clean and
sanitary and too often this
is not the case. Too much
is offered to the public that
is not fit for human con-
sumption and too often the
consumer does not know the
actual condition that prevails.
The public is entitled to clean
sanitary milk and should de
that because an error was made
in the surveys years ago, there is
no valid reason why the error
sho'uld be perpetuated and the
land, to which buyers wen* never
entitled, should revert to those
occupying it in error. The law at
present provides that vacanecy
suits may be tried either in the
county where the land is located,
or in Austin, and it is claimed
this works an extra hardship
upon the claimants- as the attor
ney generol usually elects to try , mand that it gets such.
(the eases in 'Austin.
Legislature Acts
special session took cog- j
of the situation, when, the
’.lai ’
requesting the attorney general to Will it pas more legislation'
try some loo suits recently filed that will further retard re
in Polk county, rather than in covery and progress? There
Austin. In the house, Represen-' is little question in the mind
tative George Davisson of East- * of the public that this COUn-
resolution com-; try would be better off at
commissioner this time if at least 80 per
general for; cent of the recovery legisla-
bringing the Polk county suits.‘tion that has been passed in;
The house defeated the resolution
overyhelmingly a n d Davisson
drew caustic criticism, because of
his well known personal friend-
ship for Land Commissioner Bill
McDonald, who is a former coun'
ty official from Eastland county.
Typical comments on the floor
during debate on Davisson’s res-
olution were.
W. E. Jones of Jourdanton:
“These vacancy hunters who say
they’re trying to do something
for the schools don’t give a damn
about the school children. They
are just egging in on the rot-
. tenest, most slimy putrid dis-
in the State.”
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discovered- and they, milk and this is a move in
which practically everyone
can concur. Many of us.would;
be better off if we drank t
more milk and not so much i
of some other kinds of con-
coction. Milk is really a
food and when you drink
milk you are really building
up your system and fortify
ing your body to withstand
behaif contentions that it must meet
'lof the State and its school funds in its daily routine.
to
everyone
‘( Taylor, Texas.
Director, 3: Mrs. Marie Jares,
■ West, Texas.
Attorney, R. J. Bartosh, Tay wjth the local branches of "YoaS^
kuf and Hochheim being joint* i
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juvenile department, the age of honor of the 225 pew menibereM
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Tbe K J. Z. T (Czech Roman- ’■
Catholic Women’s Union of Tex*'?x
as) Celebrates its fortieth year
of existence this, Sunday, No'
vember 21. ,
This fraternal organization, the
of the Dallas WealM
County, ’ Texas, on November 21, Ba‘d the temperature#;
1897. • t morrow in the region
Members may be accepted to > three hundred miles j
was
resurvey.
on November 23 to 28 inclu-
sive. This is really the most
week and deliberately * stole K^n^me Jm^anS
as though some people itwi JaUngto^wh7re "t wS ?“ve ours on display in the
pretty tow .down about Sto to take caX rf .f H^d office window where
i a— .. . we hOpe our readers will
i rooteed and carried away. We
■E?-, ZTui ul r.sLl,a '••f/are wondering how anyone;
l nUrHW1 i? °n5 a Kr,na l ;can enJ°y looking at a plant
" nnr/*n rut aninnnh nnd xno4 no 1 7 . r •
or a tree acquired in this I
manner.
Ught mZTE
/Ptaiavfew thh>
dipping of tejiift
. J**reug®<
winter,
, ? . • , . ™ across T«xas. Dr/'I
only one of its kind in Texas,
was founded in Yoakum, Lavaca. 1
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mvu.uvn be accepted to three hundred unm
the K. J. Z. T. between the ages 1 northeast of DaD^
of 15 and 60 years, they may between fourteen
choose also to pag assessment on grees: be almost as fbla
their amount of insurance accord- and south Texas could ‘MM
ing to the assessment table of freezes by tomorrow e™WJf
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