The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
There Is Nothing Too Good For Our Friends
FIVE CENTS THE COPY
BAY CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1926.
VOLUME LXXX—NUMBER 49.
BONDS SOLD AT A
FALL DENIED BAIL
N
©
T. A. in Session.
ceased
the
singing.
HELD TODAY
two hours
Bob
III
ond Issue of Paving
Bonds at Premium.
TENTH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
BOLING FIELD CRUDE
PRODUCTION DROPS SATISFACTORY PRICE
OCEAN TRAP NETS
URGED TO BE USED
Dix said,
once
many cases
has not
A Confused
Secretary
—by—
WM. A. BLACK
I
------0—o------
Attention, Rice Farmers
I
Hl
------0—0--
Proceeds From
Chicken Ranch Buys
Dodge Roadster
i
----—O—o-----
SINGERS WILL
VISIT BAY CITY
L
------o—o------
Writ For Fall to Be
Asked on Wednesday
Mercedes Men Secure Fi-
nancial Backing For
Planting 40,000 Acres
in Staple.
Harry P. Fall, Charged
With Killing Camden
Sanborn and Wife
Seeking Bail.
University Glee Club
Composed of 24 Men
to Tour South Texas.
4th District Texas Con-
gress of Mothers and P.
Daily Average Slumps to Council Disposes of Sec-
Point Under 700 Bar-
rels in Past Few Days.
Will Help Fish Industry;
Do Not Injure Young
Fish or Spawn.
payable to
and
She leaves, in
l'n«t nf loved
i and
------o—o------
WHITE MAN’S UNION
ASS’N NOTICE
In Mr. Stephens’ talk to the audi-
ence of the Opera House in which he
thanked the people for the assistance
given the Parent-Teachers’ Associa-
tion in preparation for the entertain-
ment, he stated that I built the nifty
little fireplace used in the perform-
ance.
In justice to Mr. George Reed, the
designer and maker of the fireplace,
I wish to say I had nothing whatever
to do with building it. Mr. Reed p it
in considerable time and thought on
the article and deserves credit for his
excellent workmanship. Yours,
R. E. BAKER.
Justice Anderson Re-
fuses to Grant Bond in
Sanborn Killing Case.
®l)£ IHfttagorOa (Eountn (tribune
1
i
j
------o—o------
Modern war paint cost a wealthy
young Osage beauty $363 for a six-
accouterments
nets, lipsticks,
cold creams
I
Sir John Herschel thought it prob-
able that the sun was inhabited by
strange organisms which were the
source of light.
(Wharton Spectator)
The second issue of City of Wharton
paving bonds,, in the amount of $85,-
000, were hold Wednesday afternoon
to a representative of Garrett & Com-
pany of Dallas. There were six bids
for the bonds, two or three by mail
and the others were presented by
personal representatives of the buy-
ers. All proposals were rejected at
first, but one of the representatives
present presented a second proposal,
which in the judgment of the council
members, was so much better than
the original that, with the bond mar-
ket on its present status, they felt it
was as good or better than they
might hope to receive at a later date,
and it was accepted. This proposal
was par, accrued interest and a pre-
mium of $1.17 and was accompanied
by a certified check to guarantee good
faith. Other buyers’ agents present
declined to bid again stating they had
gone the limit in the first round.
It is considered that this is a splen
did sale, as the other issue of pavi ig
bonds were disposed of at a slight
discount and the sale effected after
considerable delay.
------o—o-------
Activities in Statewide
Clean-Up Campaign Is
Started.
Since God, in His infinite wisdom,
has seen fit to remove from our midst
one whom we esteemed so highly, the
Plus Ultras wish, thus, to express the
deep and irreparable loss which we
as a class have suffered in the death
of Mrs. Brooks.
Such a lovable personality was
hers! Always ready, either to lead or
to follow as the exigency of the case
in hand demanded. She went her way
Inn-Innes aad beneVO-
lence, thereby winning souls iur
Christ and a circle of friends for her-
self that shall ever mourn.Jiare’her
May Ui character and be more
worthy of such a friend and class-
mate.
May our Heavenly Father help her
own loved ones to bear the heavy load
of grief and be with us all “Till we
meet again” around the Great White
Throne where she has gone home to
glory. THE PLUS ULTRAS.
------o—o------
A Correction
Mrs. Fannie Hamilton. a lifelong
resident of Matagorda County an(j
prominent here, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Carroll Gaines, in
San Antonio, this morning at
o’clock. Her other daughter,
Sam R. Sholars, of
fatal shots
son left in
automobile, Fall going to Houston
where he surrendered to his attorney,
and the son to McGregor where he
was arrested. The son is out on a
$3000 bond. Fall was brought to Bay
City by Sheriff Joe Mangum Monday
following the killing and lodged in
jail, to await the examining trial just
ended.
A number of witnesses were exam-
ined with the result mentioned. Thus
ends the first chapter in what is sup-
posed to be a long drawn out and
stubbornly contested case.
------o—o------
MRS. FANNIE
HAMILTON DEAD
Crude output in the Boling field
suddenly slumped to a daily average
of less than 700 barrels when the
second flowing well of the Texas
Company sanded and stopped produc-
ing Wednesday night. Both the Nos.
3 and 4 Taylor of this company are
now being overworked to bring back
production. The No. 4, second well
in the field, completed by the Texas
Company, which has for the past
week held a daily yield of some 3800
barrels, ceased flowing Tuesday
morning.
Gumming of the screens in the holes
is attributed to be the cause of the
wells failure to continue flowing, the
trouble due to loose sands.
Efforts were begun by the Texas
Company crews to clean the wells im-
mediately after the stopping of pro-
duction.
Production at Boling is now coming
from the Atlantic’s No. 2 and
Sun Company’s No. 1.
------o—o--
VALLEY WILL
HAVE LARGEST
COTTON FARM TRIAL BEING
MERCEDES, Texas, Mar. 16.—A
40,000-acre cotton farm, one of the
largest in the world, is to be opened
in the Valley in the near future by
E. E. Dix and his son, backed by cap-
ital from other parts of the state, it
became known here when Mr. Dix re-
turned from a trip up the state.
Mr. Dix said that the farm will be
one of the show places of the Valley.
The land on which this large farm
is to be located is in the northern part
of Hidalgo and Brooks Counties. An
army of laborers and a number of
tractors have already started the work
of converting the first 1000-acre sec-
tion of what was a wilderness a few
days ago into land broken and ready
for the seed.
Little camp cities are being built on
this land to house the laborers, Mr.
They will be supplied at
with 15 additional tractors and
these, he said, will be run day and
night until the entire 40,000-acre
tract has been broken for planting.
The farm will be operated entirely
by large scale operation, with machin-
ery so far as this can be done. Most
of it will be in the non-irrigated sec-
tion of the Valley, as part of the
northern part of Hidalgo County is
not irrigated.
From Friday’s Daily.
The examining trial of Harry P.
Fall, charged with killing Camden
and his wife at their ranch home near
Hawkinsville, in this county, Satur-
day night, February 20, is being held
this afternoon before Justice of Peace
R. F. Anderson.
Quite an assemblage of attorneys
are present. Fall is represented by
George King, of Houston; ex-Gov-
ernor Pat M. Neff, of Waco, and for-
mer County Attorney W. E. Davant, of
this city.
The State is represented by
Bassett, district attorney, and Styles,
Krause & Erickson, of this city,, and
W. M. Holland former district attor-
ney of this district but now of Hous-
ton.
The hearing was set for 10 o’clock
this morning, but owing to the fact
that ex-Governoi' Neff could not reach
here before noon, it was postponed
until 1 o’clock this afternoon and is
now in progress.
Fall and his son were at the San-
born home on the night of the killing
and left immediately after the shoot-
ing, the father going to Houston
where he surrendered to his attorney,
George King, and the son to Mc-
Gregor, where he was placed under
arrest as an accomplice. The elder
Fall says his son, who is about 17
years old, was asleep at the time the
killing took place and had nothing to
do with it. He is out on a $6000
bond.
Fall has been in jail in Bay City
since the Monday following the kill-
ing.
Application for a writ of habeas
corpus for the release on bail of Harry
P. Fall will be presented Wednesday
to Judge W. S. Munson at Richmond
by George S. King, attorney for Fall,
who was denied bail at Bay City Sat-
urday.
Fall is held on a charge of murder
in connection with the slaying of Mr.
and Mrs. Camden Sanborn at Haw-
kinsville on the night of February 20.
Agreement between King and the
attorneys representing the state pro-
vides that the application be set for
hearing either at Bay City or Rich-
mond on Saturday or next Monday,
according to the convenience of Judge
Munson. King is assisted in the case
by former Governor Pat M. Neff.
------o—o------
People in the rural districts of
Sweden slip off their wooden shoes
when they come into the house, where
they walk in their stockinged feet.
8:30
Mrs.
_______ _____ , this city, was
called to San Antonio last Tuesday
on account of the illness of her moth-
er and was with her when death
called her. A son, Pierce Hamilton,
was also with her.
The funeral will be held from the
Episcopal Church in this city tomor-
row afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Dr. Sam R. Sholars left today for
Houston at which point he will meet
the funeral party.
Mrs. Hamilton’s death was caused
from a throat affliction and her ill-
ness was brief, but very few friends
of the family having any knowledge
of her being afflicted.
friends nS§”kri'own
mingled with for a lifetime.
The Tribune extends its deepest
sympathy to the breaved family.
------o—o------
J. W. (Tobe) Bowers
Announces For Co.
Co mmissioner
WHARTON, Texas. Mar. 12.—Three
of Wharton^ city officials are ill.
Mayor Werring is in a critical condi-
tio” with penumonia, City Marshal
Pittman is at Waco, suffering with
after effects of flu, and City Attorney
Rowan is ill at Kerrville.
While there have been
of flu here, the epidemic
been as serious as in 1918.
------o—o-----
English is the leading speech of the
world, being spoken by 180,000,000
German is second with 120,000,000
FOR SALE—3 14-inch flat Bottom
Oliver gang plows. oae tandem,
Jno Deere, disc harrf,*r- One 14-hole
disc drill. All practically new and
cheap. Writs or see First State Bank
of Sween-n Texas. 19tf-w only
------o—o------
-Tribune ads are business getters.
AUS’itxt. Texas, Mar. 16.—When
the Men’s Gito club of the University
of Texas leaves lor its annual tour
immediately after close of examina-
tion week, 24 men will be included in
its personnel, according to Tom Hart-
ley of Ennis. Concerts will be given
in Brenham, Lufkin, Beaumont, Port
Arthur, Bay City and El Campo. Stu-
dent? ..“CJliUTo/V^xtr’Hd¥Hey~ot Ennis,
Marvin Brown of Fort W’orth, J. W.
Tottenham of Brownwood, Herbert
Garonzik 6f Dallas, Leo Dickerman of
New York City; second tenors, Wray
Ryan of Beaumont, Johnson Arledge
of Crockett, Louis Dibrell of Galves-
ton, Rex Bounds of Corsicana, Jimmy
Green of Austin, Joseph Bramlette
of Longview; first basses, Charles A.
Milhouse of Austin, Mack Rust of
Austin, Richard A. Goodwin of
Brownwbod, Percy Norton of Calvert,
George Ingraham of Fort Worth, Wil-
liam Wolfson of Fort Worth, Tom
Smith of Austin; second basses, W.
H. Coner of Cumby, John Minter of
Austin; J. R. Howell of Bryan, Ed-
win Booth of Austin, Howard McCur-
day of San Antonio, Woodard Ritter
of Nederland.
Prominent and Lifelong
Resident of This Coun-
ty Passes Away.
Many inquiries have been received
by the state board of health in regard
to its annual statewide clean-up cam-
paign which has been designated htis
year for the week of March 28 to
April 3. A feature of this campaign
that is attracting unusual attention
is that of the “cleanest-town” con-
^sts to be conducted in counties un-
der auspices of local chambers
of comm^vCe or other organization.
“From sucn „Ontest,” Dr. H. O. Sap-
pington, state hfco.ith officer, stated,
“much lasting benefit, should result.
Naturally, towns entering u>e contest
for county honors would realize that
no superficial campaign wouv]
award it the coveted prize, and con-
sequently campaigns conducted in
thise towns would be thorough. Im-
proved sanitation in any town means
the promotion of public health, and
means much not only in the physical
well being of the poeple, but also
from a financial standpoint.
“The most important of health
requisites are safe water, proper sew-
erage and garbage disposal, safe
£wvr~rfbni"'nies,1 uyikI
dirt, etc. Each day of clean-up week
has been given special edsignation in,
order that each community may give
concerted action to the elimination of
health menaces.”
Special Days of Clean-Up Week.
Special days of clean-up week are:
Sunday, March 28, health Sunday;
Monday, March 29, physical examina-
tion day; Tuesday, March 30, gen-
eral clean-up day; Wednesday, March
31, safe milk and water day; Thurs-
day, April 1 .child welfare and birth
registration day; Friday, April 2, food
sanitation day.
Anyone desiring further informia-
tion in regard to contests on clean-up
campaign, write the State Board of
Health, Austin.
Today’s Tribune carrier the an-
nouncement of J. W. (Tobe) Bowers,
of Blessing, as a candidate for the of-
fice of commissioner of precinct No. 4
in which are located the towns of
Blessing, Midfield, Clemville, Mark-
ham and Buckeye.
Mr. Bowers has served the county
as commissioner before and is well
posted in the work and the needs of
his precinct.
He is making his race subject to the
action of the White Man’s Union pri-
maries and will appreciate your vote
and support.
month period. Such
as powder puffs, hair
rouge, shampoos and
were included.
------o—o—
A famous Arabian geographer, born
in A. D. 1100, was named Abu-Abdal-
lah Mohammed Ibn-Mohammed Ibn
Abdallah Ibn-Edrisi.
The French have an old proverb,
“Noblesse Olibge,” which liberally
translated means that rank has its
obligations. We have a right to ex-
pect wise counsel from men chosen
to fill the high places in our govern-
ment. We are not always so blessed,
as may be recognized by some of the
utterances of our secretary of agri-
culture, Mr. Jardine.
Some of his recent utterances at
Fort Worth as reported by the press
are hardly creditable to a man hold-
ing his important position. His eco-
nomics are as twisted as those of
some of our college professors. He
may have gotten started -wrong or
later become confused through asso-
ciations.
He is quite right when he says,
“economic pressure is forcing the
surplus farm population to the city
to make more money.” One questions
the term, “surplus farm population,”
but it is “economic pressure” that is
causing the drift from the farm to
the city and town. Does this move-
ment “leave more income from agri-
culture for those who remain in the
country?” All reports indicate the
contrary. The drift towards the city
continues and there is but little prom-
ise of that day “when the farm in-
come rises sufficiently” that “some of
them will go back.”
We are all supposed to have mental
“blind spots.” Secretary Jardine must
have a very large one when he says
that “It is not hurting the farms to
lose some of their folks.” Farmers
know better than that and they seem
to vision the reason for this unnatu-
ral migration. It will do no good to
suggest the opposite view to the con-
fused secretary but it will do good to
repeat to the readers of this article
the declaration made by a conference
of farmers last December when they
said, “Every increase in the profit or
productivity of the farm, whether
through individual or through co-op-
erative efforts of the farmers, is in-
variably met by exorbitant increases
in the price of land, due to the activ-
ities of land speculators, traffickers
and monopolists” and that “exorbitant
land prices are at bottom the worst
evil with which the actual farmer
and his descendants must contend.”
We might learn something from the
French farmer. France has an area
one-fifth less than that of Texas yet
approximately half of her 40,000,000
population live on the land. We are
justified in emphasizing the statement
that these 20,000,000 people not only
“live on the land” but live out cf it.
The French farmer has learned that
land is a place on whic.i to live and
make a living. He is not a borrower
but a lender. He is that reserve de-
pository on which the government
confidently relies when an internal
loan is offered. These facts are most
suggestive and our would be states-
men might analyze them to advan-
tage Texas has more «ira’-<i9 lano
than France. We will need to accom-
modate a like population i’x little
more than a generation. We van ea 4-
ily do it if we recognize now that
speculation in land is the chief ob-
stacle to be overcome and adopt the
remedy proposed by the representa-
tives of more than 100,000 working
farmers when they assert that taxa-
tion of land values is the effective
tool ready for our hands to destroy
this imminent danger, speculation in
land, and thus make it easy to use
for our common needs)
---------o—o-------
A Tribute to the Memory
of Mrs. Boyd Brooks
election.
The executive committee has as-
sessed the following fees for the fol-
lowing offices:
Candidates for county offices shall
pay $30.00 each; candidates for coun-
ty commissioner (four precincts) shall
pay $15.00 each; precinct offices (jus-
tice and constable) shall pay $5.00
each.
Make all remittances
Chas. V. Yeamans, secretary,
mail to Bay City, Texas.
-----o—o--
Three City Officials
Of Wharton Are
The tenth annual child welfare con-
ference of the fourth district, Texas
Congress of Mothers and Parent-
Teacher Association, is in session in
Bay City for a three days’ session, the
meetings being held in the Methodist
Church.
The delegates have been arriving in
the city since yesterday and a large
number of prominent and influential
women are present, or will be by to-
night. They have been assigned to
the various homes throughout the city
and will be made as comfortable as
possible in that way, and otherwise
extended the hospitality due them.
Registration began at the Metho-
dist church this morning at 11 o’clock
and the district board meeting was
held this afternoon at from 1:15 to
2:15 at the church. The afternoon
session began at 2:15, led by mass
The approval of revision of
by-laws and the reports of district
officers were received at this session.
At 7:30 this evening will be held
the second session of the first day’s
conference, at which the welcome ad-
dresses will be heard. Dr. S. R. Shol-
ars will extend a welcome on behalf
of the Chamber of Commerce; Mayor
Pat Thompson for the city; Mrs.
Goodwin Sterne, of Matagorda, for
the County Federation; C. A. Erick-
son for the City Board of Education,
and Mrs. Fred Carleton for the local
Parent-Teachers’ Association. The re-
sponse to these will be delivered by
Mrs. J. O. Tanner, president of the
fourth district.
The printed program for the three
days meeting is a lengthy one and
something of interest is offered at
every session. The public is cordially
invited to attend and to lend moral
support to a movement of such wide
influence. There will always be
something to entertain and to inter-
est and especially for those who are
rearing or teaching children.
Morning, afternoon and evening
I sessions will be held at stated hours
I throughout the three days’ conference.
------o—o------
CLEANEST
TOWN CONTEST
Does a chicken ranch pay? “It most
certainly does,” says Mrs. F. L. Fos-
ter, “and I am now driving a new
Dodge roadster purchased with the
net proceeds from my chickens the
past year.” Mrs. Foster keeps an ac-
curate account of every item spent on
her ranch and what her returns are
for products, and knows just how she
stands financially all the time. It
takes a lot of work and I am on the
job early and late,” said Mrs. Foster,
“but I feel I am amply repaid for my
efforts, and believe that anyone can
maxB a suuvusa or me chicken ranch
if he just thinks so and runs it in a
business-like manner.”—Palacios Bea-
con.
Harry P. Fall, whose examining
trial for the killing of Camden San-
born and his wife at their ranch home
near Hawkinsville in this county on
the night of February 20, which has
been in progress since yesterday aft-
ernoon at 2 o’clock, ended this morn-
ing.
At the conclusion of the testimony
and arguments by the attorneys, Jus-
tice of the Peace R. F. Anderson re-
fused to grant bond and remanded
Fall to jail to await the action of the
grand jury which convenes here at
the June term of District Court.
The trial has attracted statewide
attention and Fall was represented by
prominent counsel, ex-Governor Pat
M. Neff, of Waco, being associated in
the case. The prosecution, also, had
quite an array of legal talent, two
former district prosecuting attorneys,
Judge Samuel J. Styles, of this city,
and Judge W. M. Holland, of Hous-
ton, assisting the present attorney,
Bob Bassett, in the trial.
The offense for which Fall was ex-
amined was one of the most sensa-
tional in the history of the county.
Fall, a brother-in-law of the slain
woman, has been identified with what
is known as the Dyerle estate in this
and McLennan County. His home is
at McGregor. On or about February
20, he, accompanied by his son, How-
ard, arrived here presumably for a
business conference with Mrs. San-
born, formerly Mrs. Dyerle. The con-
ference, it is stated, was held at the
Sanborn ranch home near Hawkins-
ville in the southeastern portion of
this county, on the night of February
20, during or immediately following
which Fall, it is alleged, shot and in-
stantly killed Mrs. Sanborn and mor-
tally wounded her husband, Mr. San-
born dying in an ambulance on the
way to Bay City, about
after the- shooting.
Immediately after the
were fired, Fall and his
an
All candidates desiring their names
printed on the official ballots of the
association must so inform the secre-
tary and pay the prorata share of ex-
at least
a or me
BY S. L. BROWN.
While of recent introduction in
Texas, ocean trap nets are by no
means a new thing to the fishing in-
dustry, having been set for years
along the Atlantic coast from Maine
to Florida; and it is the opinion of
the writer that what opposition has
arisen to their use in this state is due
entirely to a misconception of the
way in which such traps are oper-
ated.
In comparison with other fishing
gear, they are more desirable from
a standpoint of conservation than any
equipment now in general use. They
are not destructive of spawn; and
being located on the water, unmar-
ketable fish are immediately returned
to the water without being either
gilled or drug ashore. It has been
stated that their use leads to the de-
struction of large quantities of fish.
This impression was probably gained
through an unavoidable accident in
the construction of net No. 1 opposite
Port O’Connor. Before the net was
completed, a catch of fish, which was
penned in the trap and killed before
the trap could be lifted due to rough
weather. However, the completion of
the wharf around the trap, the chances
of any further losses of this kind
were eliminated. This on accident is
the sole basis of any charge that can
be made about destructiveness. The
adaptation of this type of net to gulf
conditions is still in the experimental
stage, and the total catch so far has
amounted to about 5000 pounds.
The mere fact that these nets are
used extensively in the East, where
most progress has been made by both
federal and state governments in de-
termining the habits of the various
species of fish and the best methods
of conservation and propagation,
should of itself be sufficient proof
that, properly regulated as they are
under Texas laws, their use is not
inimical to any future supply.
As a niattei’ of fact, the Texas Fish-
eries Association is doing more than
any other agency, with the single ex-
ception of State Game, Fish and Oys-
ter Commissioner T. E. Hubby, to
promote a sane program of conserva-
tion. While very little is known of
the habits of fish in Texas waters, the
association has been working to se-
cure the services of an expert to
make a sufficiently extensive survey
and study of our marine life to enable
us to know what, when and where
to protect.
Under present conditions, Texas is
lagging far behind in production; and
it was the realization that vast school^
of fish, that more often than not
never even partially enter the bays,
migrate along the gulf coast that
prompted the introduction of nets for
the gulf into Texas. This was done
with the whole-hearted co-operation
of the state game, fish and oyster de-
partment. According to the last an-
report of the U. S. bureau of fisheries,
national annual production of fish
now runs about 2,600,000,000 pounds,
of which Texas, with her long sea-
coast, produces only about one-half
of 1 per cent.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1926, newspaper, March 19, 1926; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1304311/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.