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THE LACOSTE LEDGER, LACOSTE, TEXAS
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BASEBALL
AT MAGNUS PARK
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Insurance AU Forms
Second Game of Play-off Series
Adulus 254
Admission:
School Children 154
Texas
Macdona,
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General
The jeoun-
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For the
for
first time the legislature had ear-
start the youngsters out in ath-
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AFTER cunsiderbl discussion
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successful year.
conporated, town is a- matter- of
their own neoncein,hut tosthe-out-
Trading in the Tattle divisio
ks
Monday at San Antonio' was aet-
: the next meeting of the cham-
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pared with last Friday. Estimat-
and 1;900 calves.
Truck lots of around HOU pound
The body of Guy W. Edgerton,
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made the major portion of their
weights sold down to $4.50. Year-
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farm operations; Either farm own-
from
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Palestine Mon-
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wasl one that had been stolen.
afor. The' wreckage was so com-
pletely buried in the cutover tim-
ber land that it was invisable
cs
such person is recognized as the
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the missing ship. ' -Wteckage of
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dairy stock, basic beef cattle,
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sheep,• goats; hogs, bees, etc;- In
of commerce Tn Hondo last Wed-
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aid for transportation would
operate the system longer
closing
thereby
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offices
with calves and light yearlings
strong to slightly higher as corn-.
$1.00 a year
1.50 a year
In Texas
Other States
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HARLAN DAHE "B" TEAM
Admission 10 and 25 cents
FRANK ZEINERT
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above. The local hog top a year
ago was $10.65.
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ST. MARY'S CHURCH
MACDONA SCHOOL GETS
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MAGNUS ENTERTAINS
THE PIONEER OILERS
Any erroneous reflection upon
the character, standing or repu-
tation of any person, firm or cor-
poration, which may appear in the
columns of this newspaper will
be gladly cprrected upon being
brought to the attention of the
publisher.
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NOW TAKING APPLI-
CATIONS FOR LOANS
agency showing evidence of be-
coming Permanent,' but that dras-
tic reduction iinthe: Washington,
Weston has just returned from
A & M. College where a special
short course was held for all sup-
ervisory personnel of : .the Farm
Security : Administration. Mr.
Milo Perkins; Assistant Adminis-
trator, Washington D. C. address-
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cedure which would simplify and
expedite the entire program. It
Is the. policy of the administra-
lion (o assist every . worthy low-
ineome farm family. By this
statement- is meant: those who
.are now living oh the farm and
Sunday, September 19th - 3 p. m.
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PIONEER OILERS
lery, etc. In th car were tires,
wearing apparel and even the-car
When a Mexican traveten stop-
Gped at the Magnus Filling Sta-
tian one day last week and want-
ed to trade a rain eoat for. gaso-
line, Mrs. Magnus gofaglimpse
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tempt, will be made to introduce
the game.
Macdona has one of .the pret-
tiest two-teacher school 'buildings
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Lve-pderutadt
A wedding of much interest to
friends in this nectien took place
was active at 25" to. 50 cents high-
er than last week's close. A top
of $10.75 was paid by all - inter-
ests for good to choice 180 to
250 pound butchers. Packing
Sows showed’an upturn of around
25 cents. Best 160 to 180 pound
offerings, $9.75 to $10,25; .140 to
160 pounds, $8.50 U $9.50; 250
to 300 pounds. $10.00 to $10.75.
Sows mostly $8.00 to $8.50, few
of field
on the motion an amendment was
carried, to defer action until the
next- regulat metihg. Just why
—Hondo prefrst to remain-an unin-
a market, A short lot of shorn
calf offerings. Price levels held
about steady on most offerings
additional funds.
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Miss Minnie Braum of San An-
Unto was elected to teach Eng-
lish in the Devine high school.
She will fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Miss Beth
Malone, who had been connected
with the Devine school for five
years.
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in 'the first game of the play-
off series, the Hondo-D’Hanfs. Al
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the legislature would be
Buford Nixon was treated in a
Pearsall hospital Monday for in- -
juries to his spine, sustained
when he was cranking a truck.
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transportation will
the. buses operating
Woods said Monday that
Stars defeated the Pioneer Oilers 1 - ---- -- . -- --
of Macdona, Sunday, by a score wee on offer Monday to establish
of 6 to 2: The Oilers outhit the
All Stars 9 to 8, but the All
visit there on Friday,
ty superintendent I
Auto Repairing :
The kind of Work we can 1
guarantee ;
Oxygen Welding;
No welding job is too dim- <
cult for us—let us try '
that difficult iob <
marked funds and the $972,683
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lties, playing a few games of
baseball before the season closes.
The volleyball nets have been put
up and the girls are nt practice
Some of the youngsters will play
basketball. There are not enough
students for football, so no at-
j Antonio, and Lieut. William Jqck-
I son Hanlon of Braeketville were
than killed near Uvalde when their (
Christmas and that an appeai/t car skidded and overturned. The -
i crash was heard by a ranchman .
living nearby, who immediately, 3
Angora goats arrived late and
unsold.
season parties by Richard Mag-
nus at the Medina Filling Stat-
ion grounds. That means that [allowed for
each and every one had a good not keep 1
school progressing nicely.
Principal Hansell expects to
7, at Moore, Texas, when Miss
Ruth Duderatadt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Duderatadt of
Hondo, became the bride of Ed-
ward Love, son Of Mr. and Mra.
W. A. Love of Devine.
The simple ceremony was sol-
emnized at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. J. S. Martin, Rev. Martin
officiating.
The bride was lovely in a vari-
colored redingote over navy blue
with accessories of red earth.
Those witnessing the impres-
sive ceremony were Mieses Anna
Laura, Honor, and Carolyn Dud-
eratadt, sisters of the bride, and
Mias Rubye Love, sister of the
groom.
Immediately after the cere-
mony the couple left for a brief
bridal trip. They have made
their home in the Black Creek
Community, near Devine, where
groom r is engaged i farming
time. Mr. Magnus expressed his
appreciation of the fine showing
made by the team in both the
South Texas League schedule and
the city tournament and set about
showing that appreciation in a
rather substantial way. Refresh-
ments were served throughout the
evening and conversation was the
chief 'occupation. In this the
players re-played-many of the
games of the season just ended.
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SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK
Monday, Sept. 13, 1937
(Federal-State Market News -
Service)
Members of the Pioneer Oilers
baseball team were entertained
on last Thursday night' with an-
other one of those end-of-the-
L.K
election for that purpose. Op-
position developed immediately
for there are some people in Hon-
Jo who take pride in the fact
that Hondo is one of the largest
unincorporated cities in Texas;
The opposition ehallenged the
right of the chambers of cbm-
metce, especially the dinner club,
to propose any such a thing.
While Texas Ranger Alfred
Allee was enroute from Laredo
to Eagle Pass with Patricio Can-
tu, Laredo cattle trader, charged
with the theft of aheep and
gonts, Cntu is said to have
grabbed the steering wheel of
the automobile and the ranger’s
pistol and fired two shots at the
ranger. Alee pulled another gun
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The Resettlement Administrat-
ion office will immediately begin
taking dpplications for ‘ 1938 re-
habilitation farm loans, according
to announcement by C. W. Wes-
ton, Rural Supervisor of Uvalde,
Real, Medina and Frio Counties.
This applies to worthy clients al-
ready in the program as well as
new applicants who can qualify.
Applicants living in Medina
County will apply at the Reset-
tlement Administration office in
Hondo. Mr. Weston will be in
Hondo office on Wednesday morn-
ing of each week.
"fzeise m-ee
State Superintendent L,
investigated and found the car :
overturned but did not find the,3
bodies until after the sheriff had
been notified and ".came to the/
scene. The body of Miss Carroll - •
Was found 80 feet from the car 3 !
and that of Lieut. Hanlon was ' J
found 70 feet away. ’ 1 ’
Three lives were claimed in
highway accidents on the Laredo
road and the Del Rio road Sun-
day. John Emmet Felthouse, 57,
a pharmacist, was killed near
.Cotulla early Monday....After his
car was overturned, he was rush-
ed to a hospital at Pearsall,
where he died a few hours later.
I Miss Laura Louise Carroll of San
ovemnmentamuch better .town
would result However the mat- .
- ten is not definately: deckled and ;
A drastic reduction
personnel necessitated
Zhe Ka€oste Leoger
Established August 1, 1915
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Ledger Building, LaCoste, Texas
JOHN "C BIEDIGER, Owner
C. A. TUNNELL, Editor
Entered as second-class mail
matter at the postoffice in La
Coste, Texas, under the act of
Congress of March 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE
‛ esday, it developed that no one
present knew anything about
: when the work of widening the —
highway through Hondo would
1 begin, that the paving of thirteen
’ blocks in that city had been in- g
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The football season will open : ;
at the Lytle Field on Saturday,
night of this Week' when the - -
Hallandale' “B" team will come
for a clash with the Pirates.;
Last year Lytle defeated the “B",< >
team but this year may be a dif l ;
ferent story, for Lytle lost a
number of . dependable ’ players < i
but ' the' Pirates wi-be in there ! ;
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W. T. Jackman, 86, life-time
president of the Old Trail Driv-
ers Association, had been ap-
pointed by Mayor Quinn of San
Antonio as custodian the new
Pioneer Hall in Breckenridge
Park, which is nearing complet-
ion. The"mayor felt that ap-
point ineptof Jackman as head of
one of the three organizations to
be honored by . the memorial
building was fitting,
Funeral services were held
Friday at Pleasanton for Tom
H. Props, Atascosa County stock-
man, who died Thursday.
oik ene zamuy, . uvans win ' ve 75 to $4:502 fat cows were scarce, the plane was strewn over an ac--
made„for any legitimate purpose at mostly. W.00; and down.. Low re of.cut-over timber. There was
. ■ " " j d »o 75 in evidence of fire. The body of j
the- cutlet was:found in the debris. )
iisioner moved that, the body
circulate, petitions asking the
cuunty copunssioners to order anv
made and as these reductions
are made more authority and re- wuresc—-g, -e,
sponsibility will be placed on the '**“• especially On "light weight
county supervisors- thereby lm-
nating much of the present pro-
and assigning Medina County to
the Uvalde staff.
Weston also advises that the
name of this agency has been
offfcially changed as of Septem-
ber 2, from Resettlement Admin-
istration to Farm Security Ad-
ministration. This same order
delegated the Farm Security Ad-
ministration with responsibility
for administering Title 1-2 of the
Bankhead-Jones . . Farm Tenant
Act.
lings sold at mostly $5.00 to $6.- found 12 miles southwest
00. Medium to good calves cash- Grapeland --- __________
fotirth) areligible to participate ed rendtly at 449 to. $700 withtdny nfter two weeks of intense
in this program provided, howev- some heavy weight offerings to aerial search for the missing avi-
- " - - - . ■ . .... $7.50 and $8.00. Common kinds r— m-tli -
ia few
culls to $4.50 and; below. Trad- w.o amvonu
ing on cows was uneven on light from the air. A boy hunting for
supplies; plain and. . me d i u m a stray .cow was 'first to discover
butcher cows cashed at mostly $3. " "
75 .to $4:50; fat' cows were scarce.
Judge A.UH,* Rothe has an
nouneed that all details > have
MRS. RICH A Kb. MAGNUS ...... ...
aidepit abhearC that with a:CitV" GIVES rIP ro OFFICER resional and state offices will be
sider .it appears....that with a city made: and as these reductions
definately postponed and that
funds for employing a night
watchman were running low. A
communication was read asking
the Hondo chamber to join with
other towns in urging the high-
way commission to make some
provision for. the building of
highway 173. It was also decided
to entertain the Hondo zachers
at a special meeting on Septem-
ber 28th. .
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.bases, to. win an easy victory,
rom Finger for the All-Stars hit <
the only extra base> hit of the •
game. ..... \ •
Two more games will be played •
to determine the winner of the •
series.
Constable- Magnus--took —
man to Von Ormy- and turned
-him over to Deputy Saunders,
who let chim get away, but later'
the Mexican was vecaptured in rmgoa.omt — •
San Antonio and will be "turned head of the family and’ support-
.over ■ to Seguin,, officers. 3:. ; . 4 ing: the family. Loans will be
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railroad donates a 25-foot -strip
off its right-of-way for the puir-
pose of widening the road. It is
now said- that actual work on
ed recipts consisted of 800 cattle widening the road is up to the
mhuay commission.
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cutter cows ranged down to $2.75
. uqaxauuupunas,every few below.' Bulls sold
workstock, substance livestock; mostly at $5.00' and down with
odd head of weighty offerings to At* meeting of 'ho chamber
$5.25. Stocker calves and light .....*
weight yearlings cashed - mostly
at $5.00 to $6,00, few above.
- Hogs 700 head. The market
i n ail Bexar County and it - is be-
ing kept exceptionally clean and,
habitable The new teachers arp ..... ..
getting acquainted with the studied this meeting and his remarks
dents and have every promise of I indicated that not, only is this
the er, that their past records justify ..
it. No cash renters or .share sold down to $5.00 with
croppers. wilL.be, considered, nor
will, single persons except where
' each case borrower must be so
' situated, that he. can amply and
r satisfactrily care for, any and
: al lhivestoek purchased. ■ .
> He advises that he will.be
I pleased to address. anycommer-
; cial or civic group, or rutal gath-
ering in order to familiarize ev-
’ erynewiththeprovisonsof this
ageiwy; ■ ’ - . .. ., . - .
ber of icommerce , promises to be
a live one. • ... wwg-,
- • ■ n:jof numerous artictesithewrar
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—IE Stat Superintendent Woods
. —e— has his figures right about; the
orural sehouF aid for transportation
..... and buses must actually, stop at
■ Christmas time, it is - high time
the legislators are undoing one
of their mistakes.; However Su-
J . , perihtenden Woods s ' a good
- • — „j . and it may be that the
would like for the world to know
about them. A good showing of
these products may be the means
of interesting some home-seekers
who ehances to come this way
during the community fair. There
is room for thousands of home-
seekers in the Medina valley
country. -
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On Medina.River- Northeast of Somerset a
Sunday, September 19th
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and excusing herself a moment
called her husband, Richard Mag-
nus, constable in .that • precinet.
The Mexican and his cargo of
stolen goods were taken in
charge and, on investigation, It’ - --2=. -
was found that he was wanted in livin, the Past year from actual
several places for theft, burg-
tag ..Weff
steers cashed at $5.00 to $5.50,
goodkinds were scarce, few light 24. missing Kelly Field cadet,
and /his wrecked. plane were
been worked out with the South-
ern Pacific railroad for the wid-
ening" of the highway through
Hondo for a distance of five
blocks. By the agreement the
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COUNT Commissioner Alfred
Bader started something at, a
meet ing of the Hondo Chamber
of Commerce last week when he
proposed the meeting go on rec-
ord as favoring the incorporation
of the city of Hondo. The com-
FRIDAY. SEPT: H, 1M7
fighting to win the game from
the start to finish.
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P. F. Christilles, J. C. Biediger
and C. A. Tunnell attended a
meeting Of the chamber of com-
merce at Castroville Monday
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The Macdona school which
started the 1937-38 session on
Tuesday of last week with J.
M. Hansell as principal and Mrs.
Eva Maas as teacher, opened
With a total of 51 students. The
usual attendance here is around
100 but only ta few of the Mexi-
can students ever enter school
before November. The school got
off to a good start during ' last
week and was pleased to have
Cunty Superintendent May and
Mrs. J. Siler, county inspector,
— ear-marked funds will take care
• ; of the: transportation' needs.
There must. be a 'limit to govern-
—u- ment spending even for schools.
Topuakethemostotthe-com-
a • . 1 munity fair fort, a good exhibit
om. • . of farm crops should ‘be arrang-
' ' ciL ip ths .community -we are,
. pH.u. I of .our farm crops and we
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