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THE MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, AUG. 13, 1936
THE MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
BY TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY
Lay ( ity, Matagorda County, Texas
CAREY SMITH
CAREY SMITH, Jr.
___________________Owner and. Editor
Assistant Editor and Business Manager
Antered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas, as second class mail matter |
brought to the attention of the publishers. ________________
erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or any 1
business concern will be readily and willingly corrected upon its being
The expenses of government come to Matagorda county and
reach everybody. Taxes take say what he said in Dallas if he
from everyone a portion of his wants to remain on the true road
earnings and force everyone to to Democracy. The Tribune has
work part of his time for the preached government out of busi-
government. I want the people of ness for a long, long time and we
America to be able to work less are “right smart pleased" that the
for the government and more for vice president of the United States
themselves. I want them to have is, at this late date, repeating ex-
the rewards of their own indus-actly our doctrine of years stand-
try. That is the chief meaning of ing.
freedom.—Calvin Coolidge. —-------------------
If we buy a ton of steel rails
It is no secret, says an exchange, in England for $90, says a recent
that the Lemke candidacy will statement, America gets the steel
hurt President Roosevelt more rails but England gets the $90.
than it will hurt Governor Lan- But, the statement continues, if
don. First poll on the subject
indicates that Lemke will take
about eight votes from the Presi-
dent for every two he takes from
we buy the steel rails in the
United States, we have the steel
rails and the $90, too. In 1935
we imported to this country and
the Republican nominee. Also, the paid foreign farmers for $1,391,-
first authoritative poll on the 099,397 worth of food produets,
present standing of the candida- instead of selling our own pro-
tes (the Institute of Public Opin- ducts as we had always done
ion poll) points to an exceedingly abroad. The scarcity of meats and
close election. Governor Landon other food products caused by
was slightly ahead in electorial government manipulation, aided
votes, President Roosevelt slight- j by the droughts, has caused foods
ly ahead in the popular vote. And to advance rapidly. Within a few
a great many states were in the months since the advancing
exceedingly doubtful class. Key prices have already set in, we will
states are apt to be New York pay to foreign producers in pro-
and Pennsylvania. The Democratic fits more, decidedly more, than
ticket has been strengthened in the the government has bonused the
former by the decision of Gover-growers, thereby losing at both
nor Leham to run again. And in ends and in the middle. Woe
■ * " " state administration awaits any people whose govern-
is democratic—the first in decades ments seeks to produce prosperity
Both parties will pour plenty of by artificial methods.
money and oratory into these vi- ----------------------
tally important territories, and it |
seems a certainty that the candi- |
date who carries them will be
the next President.
Politics can always be depend-
ed upon to bring forth interest- j
ing statistics, to say the least An
example of what is carelessly re-
ferred to as “the greatest two-way
spending spree in the nation’s his-
tory, eclipsing in a trifle more than
three years of one administration
the grand total expended dur-
ing all the administrations from
President Washington to Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt,” is now
before the people. Here are the
figures and the politics to the con- |
trary. Notwithstanding, they are
facts. The cost of the United
States government from President
Washington's to President Theo-
ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
HAPPENINGS THAT AFFECT THE
DINNER PAILS. TAX BILLS. DIV-
IDEND CHECKS OF EVERY IN-
DIVIDUAL—NATIONAL AND IN-
TERNATIONAL PROBLEMS IN-
SEPARABLE FROM LOCAL WEL-
FARE.
The ordinary pattern of a revo-
lution is simple and well estab-
The Side Show-
by A. B. Chapin
RIGHT THus WAY, LADIES‘N GENTS, ts
DON’T SPEND ALL YOUR TIME IN TH BIG TENT, \
THERE’S LOTS O FUN,SPORT AN’
EXCITEMENT HERE IN TH’ SIDE SHOW !
SEE TH WILDEST COLLECTION O’ is
| BRONC BUSTERS WOT EVER TOSSED A
| VERBAL LARIAT — CouNT EMT 1
| FOUR HUNNERD AN’THIRTY FIVE OF EM
PERFORMIN’ FOR YOUR BENEFIT !!! 4
— AN’ DON’T MISS TW‘ HERD O'
THIRTY FOUR TRAINED SEALS A BARKIN'
THEIR ORATORICAL HEADS OFF AN DOIN'
STUNTS FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
AN’ EDDYCATION - STEP UP,
LADIES N GENTS, DONT MISS IT!
way )
tie Spanish match” could explode
the whole powder keg.
From the commercial stand-
point, the effects of the Spanish
uprisings will naturally be un-
fortunate, whichever side wins.
When a country’s resources must
be given over to revolution, it has
no money for cars, cotton, ma-
chinery, or the other goods Spa.in
usually buys in some quantity
from the United States. Futher-
more. Business Week points out
that "effects of Spanish trouble
on France and Britian (our best1
customers, next to Canada) are
more important to us than what
happens to our own Spanish sales.”
lished: Comparatively radical or Spain has been a very important |
purchaser of manufactured goods
French and American revolutions
are example of this.
dore Roosevelt’s administration The current Spanish revolution
was $24,517,331,890. The cost of violates the accepted rules. The
the President Franklin D. Roose- Party in power in Spain - "The
velt administration, in a little Government —consist of so-called
more than three years has been liberals and radicals, whose be-
liefs range all the way from a
$25,067,769,509. In other words.
the New Deal Party President has
She’s As Harmless As A Hungry Panther!
NOT FOR BARTER!
| For every imported product sold
in American markets, displacing
an American product, we must
: pay the price of:
An American worker standing
on the sidelines with empty pock-
lets:
| And •
An Amer.can farmer denied a
market for the food crops his la-
bor has produced.
The jobs of American working
I men and the welfare of American
I farmers are not the property of
1 any agency of government to be
bargained away.
Our own producers have prior
rights in American markets that
can only be abrogated at an eco-
nomic loss.
When any agency of govern-
ment permits the importation of
I foreign products with an advant-
age of competition over Ameri-
lean products, it is bartering with
the rights of the people.—Son An-
Itonio Light.
liberal elements within a country.
rise against any conservative or from England, loss of this busi- |
monarchist government. T h e ness will hit Britian hard, have |
mild semi-socialism to commu-
nism. The rebels are the reac-
spent half-a-billion more than all
the Presidents spent from Wash- tionaries the
ington to Theodore Roosevelt. But lents Of Tories and monarchists.
Spanish equava-
an unfavorable influence on her
balance of trade, thus reduce her 1
buying from other countries, in-
eluding the U. S.
Lengthening The Span
Of Life; Why Death
Rate Has Fallen
G
BEST FISH STORY
EVER TOLD AND
IT’S TRUE
NOT FICTION
Betty Davis disarms Warren Williams in a scene from their newest
Warner Bros. film, “Satan Met A Lady," which comes to the Frank-
lin Theatre Friday and Saturday. Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher,
Winifred Shaw, Marie Wilson, Porter Hall and Olin Howland are
included in the roster of supporting players.
Mrs. W. H. Stinnett Is
Appointed Postmaster
| News dispatches from Washing-
ton disclose the information of the
appointment of Mrs. W. H Stin-
nett to the Bay City postmaster-
REVOLUTION
IN EUROPE
that isn’t all. The principal point At this writing, the revolution
—and danger to democratic gov- is still in full swing, and both sides
rument—is that of this amount, are claiming great victories, both
President Franklin D. Roosevelt say they are certain of success,
has been given "blank check pow- j Normally, such a civil war would
er” to expend $13,501,276,630 of not be of any great interest to
this amount "as he sees fit" with- America and Europe. But the
out consulting Congress or any chaotic European and Asiatic situ-
one else; for that matter. The ation being what they are, the
facts of this sub-rose financial Spanish revolt is of tremendous
dictatorship were disclosed with international, as wall as national, |
the release of latest New Deal significance.
statistics, together with a tran- Today, roughly speaking, all
script of the various measures by | Europe is divided into two camps
which the authority was delegat-—fascists and anti-facists. Ger-
to President Roosevelt. The re-many is facist. So is Italy. So
port discloses that President is Austria. France is anta-fas-
Roosevelt has had spending privi- cist.
The Spanish rebels, if they
leges of more than a million dol- succed, will establish a fascist
lars an hour, or about $24,600,000 government in Spain, and, follow-
a day, for every day since he ing the Germany-Italian pattern,
took office. At the same time, he will rule through power of might,
has had personal control over poli-at the expense of all civil liber-
cies affecting the millions on re-ties. And if they fail, it will still
lief, farms and businesses and be evident that a substantial min-
even the national currency. In ority in Spain is opposed to all
the 143 years from 1789 to March liberal tendencies, favors a mili-
4, 1933, the various Congresses tariste dictatorship. (The present
voted to 30 United States Presi-Spanish government leaves much
dents a total of only $1,687,112,-to be desired, in the light of
500 to be spent at their personal American and British ideas of
discretion. President Roosevelt has freedom, but, by comparison with
been given sole control, in his Germany and Italy, it stands solid-
short tenure, of more than eight ly for civil liberties.)
times this amount. The release To continue. France is the last
shows that this fortune has been important mainstay of Democracy
largely disposed of by the Presi- ,n Europe. Even now, she is bor-
dent in three and one-half years, dered on two sides by fascist
If it had been spread out over the states, which hate her and are
It's all a mistake that the “mad
pace" of the present generation
is shortening life. The Census
Bureau says that folks are living
longer. Women on the average,
are outliving men by almost four
years.
It is true that the founding fore-
fathers lived to ripe old ages, as
shown by history. The grand-
fathers of present-day youth had
longevity records running up to
90 years and more, particularly in
the rural areas.
But the Census report just made
public is for a more recent period.
For it was not until 1900 that a
death registration system was
spread over any considerable area
in the United States. The first
registration area then comprised
the six New England States, New
York, New Jersey, Michigan, In-
diana and the District of Colum- 1
bia. In the census of 1920 abridg-
ed life tables were prepared cover-
ing 27 states. The present life
tables are for 1929-31, covering the
entire United States for the first
time.
hated by her in turn—Germany
If Spain goes fascist,
ture of $19,256 a day. At the rate is would doubtless follow, enters
of a dollar a minute, it would take into an ac ord with Germany and
1936 years of the Christian era
it would have meant an expendi-and Italy.
14,000 years to get rid of the
amount of money President Roose-
velt spends in one year, an analy-
sis of the report discloses. Per-
haps, a simpler mathematical
problem will impress the reader
with just what a measly billion
is. There are 3600 seconds in an
hour, 76,400 in 24 hours or 27,-
886,000 seconds in a year. Into
1.000,000,000 (one billion) 27,886,-
000 will go fraction over 36 times.
So, begin now (this moment)
counting at the rate of one dollar
a second, and you'll finish the job
a little over 36 years from the sec-
ond you began. That's a billion!
Italy, France would almost be en-
tirely surrounded by inimical, fas-
cist powers, all longing to tear the
Tricolor from its mast. In that
cose, nothing but a miracle could
prevent war.
- In his speech at Dallas Wed-
esday night John Garner, vice
president of the United States,
old his 2000 hearers and, for that
datter, the world through the
news agencies that be wanted to
get out of the business of the
government in business,” and his
. hearers cheered him to the raft-
< Here’s a little country paper
1 at has been telling its readers
exactly the same thing for the
j st three and a half years, only
to be criticised and held up as
4 heel edited by a bold bad man.
V.ce President Garner should
It is strongly rumored that both
Italy and Germany have been en-
couraging the Spanish rebels have
provided them with arms and
other supplies.
In the Far East, Japan wishes
to dominate the Pacific but first,
she wishes to dominate Asia. All
that prevents the fulfillment of
that ambition is Russia, which is
possibly the best armed country
in the world, and which has al-
most limitless resources of ,11
kinds. The experts are certain
that in case of trouble, Japan and
Germany would enter into an ac-
cord, and the enemies of 1914
would become allies.
The whole cituation is charged
with dynamite--there is no ques-
tion but that the outlook is much
darker even than in the dark days
of 1913, before Sarajevo. One of
the best of the foreign observers
recently said that Europe has been
drifting toward war for years __
but that now it is marching. That
is no exaggeration. And the "lit.
Why We Live Longer
The Bureau says the lower death
rate and longer years of life are
attributed to sanitation, higher
standard of living, labor-saving in-
ventions in the home and advances
in education, science, medicine and
surgery.
This,in brief, is what the Census
I Bureau reported last week:
At the beginning of the present
century (1900), the average length
of life in the United States was
48 years for white men and 51
years for white women. Today the
average age is 59 years for white
men and nearly 63 years for white
women.
Infant mortality rate is decreas-
ing. In the first year of life, the
rate has been cut in half. Thirty
five years ago of every 100,000
baby boys, one-eighth died in their
first year. Only a sixteenth of
every 100,000 die now in that first
year of life.
One-Fourth Reach 84
About three out of every thou-
sand men die at 21 years of age;
about ten out of every thousand
at 45 and 26 out of every thou-
sand at 60. At 71 years of age,
the rate of mortality is equal to
the infantile death rate, 62 out
of every thousand dying at that
age. Of those who live to be 90
years old, some three-fourths of
them will live to celebrate their
91st birthday. And the statistics
show that a man at 105 years of
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It starts like this — 45 floun-
ders in 45 i minutes, every
flounder a good one.
Starts off well, doesn't it?
But, that's not half of it. The
fishes were caught with ice
picks and crabnets, stored in
an ice box, brought home,
cooked and devoured just like
ordinary hard-fished-for fish.
This is the story of a party
consisting of iJmmy Dkyes and
wife, R. L. Dudley and family.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cassil, of
Houston, and Mrs W. M. Dud-
ley who went to Oyster Lake
Saturday, August 1. to fish for
crab. They camped on the
bay shore and began their work
in a veritable school of crab.
They had been catching their
prey for a little while when
Roy Lee Dudley an eleven-year
old dipped in his crab net and
brought out two good size
flounders.
The party got the surprise
of their lives when this hap-
pened and began to look
around. Mrs. Dykes discovered
a large one in the edge of the
shallow water. Having noth-
ing to capture the fish with
she sent to the camp for an ice
pick which she used as a gig,
capturing the “big boy" after
a hard tussle. This one mea-
sured 22 inches.
From then on the battle wag-
ed and ended 45 minutes later
with 45 fine, edible flounder
snugly tucked away in ice for
future use.
This the story. And it
has dumfounded and befud-
dled the oldest and best ex-
perienced fishermen hereabout.
No one is able to account for
this Believe-It-or-Not fish mir-
acle for it happened in day-
light about 6 o’clock in the
afternoon, and there’s a lot of
daylight left after 6 o'clock this
time of the year.
The best solution told the
tribune by the ladies who re-
ported the catch is, that, upon
cleaning them they were found
to be filled with little fishes.
Presumably, theschool of floun-
ders gathered in the shallow
water to feed and got caught
out too early for their own
good. Usually other fishes are
caught out too late —they are
some times called suckers and
have feet.
At any rate this story chal-
lenges all other and any other
fish story. To compete, how-
ever. your story must be true,
for this one is.
| This is the last will and testa-
ment of Herman Oberwiess, offer-
led for probate at the June, 1934.
term of County Court, Anderson
I County, Texas:
1 "i am riling of my will mineself
. that des lawyir want he should
| have to much money he ask to
many answers about the famly.
I first thing i want i dont want my
brother oscar get a d----thing
i got he is a munser he done me
out of forty dollars forteen years
since.
The turmoil in which the whole
world, more or less, has been in-
volved for twenty years and more,
finds its latest manifestation in
the bloody revolution now in pro-
gress in Spain. From all reports.
France, too, seems to be on the
verge of a popular uprising.
It is difficult, from this distance,
to place a proper value upon the
news that the cables bring. We
have nothing in our American
temperament, our methods of life
Spain differs from most other ship, to succeed the present post-
nations in that it has no great master, Roland Rugeeley, who re-
commerical middle class. Its signed effective August 1
’ population consist on the one hand Mrs. Stinnett will assume her
of laborers and peasants and on position on the same date. Since
the other of the socalled upper receiving the news the new post-
class of nobles and grandees. The master has been made the reci-
1 upper class supplies the officers of pient of numerous congratulations
the army, but the rank and file from far and near. Her appoint
come from the lower class, and the ment is for that of acting pos’d
present situation began with a master to serve until Mr RustT
revolt of soldiers against their of-ley’s successor can be named
ficers. through the regular channel.
It is possible that the other 1
| European nations, particularly
Great Britian, may seize this op-
portunity to step in and “pacify" I
Spain. It is hardly Likely that
any of Spain's neighbors will be
happy to see a new Fascism or
or our political system, with which a new Communist nation develop
to compare the situation in so close to them.
Europe.
Apparently the conflict in Spain |
is between two conflicting con-
cepts of government, neither of
which has gained much headway 1
in America. It seems to be a
struggle between Communism and
Mr. Clapp Is
Improving Slowly
The many friends of Harry Aus- |
Fascism, complicated by strong tin Clapp, author of Thoughts for
1anti-church feelings and by an Tribune readers, is making a slow
she gets the north sixtie akers ofeffort of the monarchists to bring gain back to health after several
at where i am homing it now i about a situation that would re- weeks of bad health,
suit in King Alfonso being re- Mrs Clapp stated in
stored to the throne, communicator stated in €
The only thing certain is that
“i want it that hilda my sister
| bet she dont get that loafter hus-
| band of hers to brake twentie
akers next plowing the gonoph
work, she cant have it if she lets
oscar live on it i want 1 should
. have it back if she does.
"tell moma that six hundret
dollars she has been loking for
for ten years is berried from the
bakhouse behind about ten feet
down she better let little frede-
rick do th digging and count it
[when he comes up.
"pastor lucknitz can have three
j hundret dollars of he kisses the
| book he wont preech no more
dumhed talks about politiks. he
i should a roof put on the meting
house with and the elders should
the bills look at.
"moma should the rest get but
i want so that adolph should tell
her what not she should do so
no more slick irishers sell her
vaken cleeners they noise like hll
and a broom dont cost so much.
“i want it that mine brother
adolph be my execter and i want
it that the judge should pleese
make adolph plenty bond put up
and watch with him like hell
adolph is a good bisness man but
only a dumkoph would trust him
with a busted pfenning.
"i want dam sure that schlimial
oscar dont nothing get tell adolph
he can have a hundret lollars if
he proves judge oscar dont get
nothing that d----sure fix oscar."
Signed: Herman Oberwiess.
Lecturer (in village hall—Most
of you all know what a molecule
is---
Chairman (interrupting)—Most
of us do, but perhaps you’d bet-
ter explain for the benefit of those
who have never been up in one.
age has only a fraction of a year
to live.
The Bureau says that of 100,000
male children, about 88,000 will
reach majority and 74,000, or
nearly three-fourths of the origin-
al number, will live to be 50 years
old. One fourth of each male
generation will live to be 84 years
old.
At each year of age, female sur- |
viving exceed the number of male.
The number of women who be-
come 21 out of every 100,000 born
is 90,687, while the corresponding |
figure for men is 88,621. At 45
years the number of survivors is
81,780 women against 78,345 men;
at 65 years of age, 60,499 women
and 52,964 men survive; at 80,
23,053 women against 17,221 men.
brief
to the paper re-
ceived today that she has been
armed forces on both sides are too busy to write until now
killing people by thousands, and This good news will be gladly
looting the churches and the big received by all who know Mr.
estates of the nobility. The situ-
ation has been likened to that
which existed in Italy before Mus-
solini took charge; with the ex-:
ception that no strong leader has
yea appeared to seize power and
restore order.
Clapp and hundreds of others who
have been reading Thoughts for |
the past many years.
Miss Pearl Brady of Victoria
was a visitor here Monday.
oUNo-teclupatneol
GUARD YOUR BABY
with this
OIL RUB
Mother—heed the urgent ad-
vice of doctors and hospitals;
do as they do; give your baby a
daily body-rub with the anti-
septic oil that chases away
germs, and keeps the skin SAFE.
That means Mennen Antiseptic
Oil. It’s used by nearly all
maternity hospitals. It gets
down into skin-folds—and pre-
vents infection, chafing, chap-
ping and roughness. Get a bot-
tle today. At any druggist.
MENNEN Antiseptic OIL
J It COOKENBOO
Accountant and Auditor
Tax Services of Various Kinds
First National Bank Bldg
Phone 35
Bay City. Tex
A
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2------U---E
The Sulphur Industry
is one of Texas’ many outstanding assets. Three mines
produce practically all of the nation’s supply
Twenty Years Ago
| From The Daily Tribune Files of
August 11. 1916
1 The first shipment of mudshell
for the ballasting of 42 miles of
highway in this precinct will ar-
rive from Matagorda next Wed-
nesday at which time the sur-
i facing of the roads will begin.
One hundred thousand dollars
is the amount set aside for the
i improvement, out of $300,000
originally voted.
i Capt. J. W. White spent yester-
| day in Matagorda on business.
Mr. W. C. Sanders and family
moved to Markham where Mr.
Sanders has charge of the South-
ern Rice Growers Association.
Watch Your
Kidneys/
Be Sure They Properly
Cleanse the Blood
YOUR kidneys are constantly filter.
I ing waste matter from the blood
stream. But kidneyssometimes lag in
their work. do not act as nature in-
tended, fail to remove impurities that
poison the system when retained.
Them you may suffer nagging back-
ache,dizines, scanty or too frequent
U -til Dre getting up at night, puffiness
under the eyes, feel nervous, misera.
ble.all upset.
Don't delay? Use Doan's Pills.
Doan $ are especially for poorly func-
tioning, kidneys. They are recam-
mended by grateful users the country
over. Get them from any druggist.
DOANS PILLS
Sulphur Is Industry’s Most
Essential Commodity
Ml
Its presence in Texas, therefore, constitutes one of the
state’s most attractive inducements to the develop-
ment of industry within its borders.
TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY
“The world's largest producer of crude sulphur”
Mines
GULF HEADQUARTERS
Matagorda County Second National Bank Building
Texas Houston, Texas
NEWGULF
Wharton County
Texas
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