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Buy what you need in bu«y,
bustling Borger. Patronising
Home Enterprise is the Best
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Town.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORGER, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928.
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YOUNG MINISTER SHOT TO DEATH LAST NIGHT
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ACTION OF FALL UPHELD BY SINCLAIR'S ATTORNEYS
EXPLAIN OTHER
COMPANIES ARE
OBJECTIONABLE
Testimony of Gulf and Pure
Oil Companies Are
Introduced
HAYS IMPLICATED
Mrs. John W. Pratt Tells of
Search For Bond
Records
WASHINGTON April 17. ! .•-
rending the action of Albert 1!. Fall, j
in leasing Teopot Domt to Harry Sin- i
clair, the defense in the oil case
today introduced testimony of the'
Suit of which were represented in!
(he administration.
VoWe Bain, former govvrnmen; ;
geologist, gave testimony during the|
lent, examination into which the t
question o£ drainage of the Dome!
catno up constantly notwithstanding I
a, ruling of the court that it was not
ivoplant.
WAS! 11NC1TON. April IT. (AIM
Testimony that Will Hays, former
republican chairman had visited her
home early in the year in search of
a. record for liberty bond transac-
tion wtli her late husband was given
the senate Teapot Dome committee
today hy Mrs. John \V. Pratt of New
York.
Previous testimony had been that
Harry Sinclair turned over a large
hatch ol liberty bonds to Hays and
Ha.X'fi. savo. |3u.,.uuo of tliem Pratt to
dispose of M wiping out a campaign
defilielt
Funeral For Leader
Of Democrats Today
AUSTIN, April 17. (AIM Funer-
al services were held here this aft-
( moon for Harper Kirby, <>5. capital-
and democratic "constitutional
leader" who died suddenly at his
home here yesterday with the heart |
disease.
Mr. Kirby had just finished a longj
conference with Gov. Dan Moody.!
• eader of the "harmony democratic
group" In which an agreement was
sought.
When Kirby left the executive of-(
fiee he walked rapidly across the]
ch pitol corridor and was dead a few j
minutes lattr. Heart disease was as-
signed as the cause of death.
With his personal effects already!
packed. Kirby was to have left today!
for the Mayo Sanitarium at Roches-;
ter. Minn., for treatment.
AL SMITH INVADES THE SOUTH
COMMISSION
ONE OF MAROONED FLYERS
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Pace and Higgins Invf'ur Pub-
lic to Attend Final
Hearing
READ PROPOSAL
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Taxpayers Are Urged to Be
on Hand When Question
Is Settled
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
the city commission will settle once
and for all the question of granting
or refusing the public utility fran-
chise to the Panhandle Power and
Light company, Mayor Glen A. Pace
announced this afternoon. He did
net indicate what action would bt
taken, but said definitely that th
franchise would either be granted
or the proposal rejected
In making the announcement.
Mayor Pace invited the citizens of
Borger to attend tomorrow's meetin
and to present both sides of tlx
case. He said this would be a final
hearing and the last opportunity to
;ive arguments on either side l
tore the acceptance or rejection tof
Not. votes,
Alfred 10.
president!
('., where
but u rest from his political activities was the object of Go'
Smith's invasion of the solid south. Here are the Democrat!
al candidate and Mrs. Smith, who saw him off for Asheville. N
he will spend n short vacation at Biltmore Forest Country Club, j "ess, but lit
i Higgins and
BETTER SPIRIT
NEEDED, SAYS
C. C. MANAGER
Cities of Panhandle Should
Work Together Wade
Tells Rotary
LEGIONNAIRES TO
INVADE PAMPA
WITH NEW BAND
The three fundamental principles)
for citizenship are morality, educa-
tion and material development. Hom-
er I) Wade, secretary-manager of I lu,'n'8h musk' lor
the West Texas chamber of com-|*lle>' """"r
tnerce declared in speaking before t"-'
the Rotary club luncheon Tuesday The corps is being enstructed j
noon. j hy Drum Maj. J Newkirk who was j
"The principles and tenets as em-(drum major with the :t2 davision |
the proposal.
Last week's meeting of the com-
mission was postponed when Com-
missioner Higgins was unexpectedly
called out of town because of ill-
has returned and both
Mayor Pace are anxious
; to settle the rate question at once,
lit was stated this afternoon.
I After a third reading tomorrow
I afternoon approval or rejection of
the proposed schedule of rates will
I be discussed and if an agreement
| is reached in accordance with the
lJvery member of the American I proposed rates in effect. The ordi-
Legion is urged to assemble at the j nance must be published 15 day;-.
Special Domino parlor, ti 10 Main | however, before the rates become
street this evening at •; o'clock, j applicable to the city of Borger.
from whence they will journey over-] Another important question which
land to I'ampa for a banquet to be ; may be takep up by the city corn-
given in their honor by the Legion mission this afternoon is the appoint-
post ol that city. ment of a successor to former city
I, C Crumrine has been working ' commissioner \V. K. Corn, who re-
tirelessly this week in lining up bu-'signed three weeks ago. Mayor
glars and trap drummers who will Pace said several days ago that he
Borger group 1 au<i Commissioner Higgins had been
neighboring considering several different men but
had not definitely decided whom
they would appoint.
At tomorrow afternoon's meetin;;
the franchise will be publicly read
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Airdome, Ireland, for New York were Capt. Fitzmaurice, and the tw-
Germans, ('apt. Herman Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld.
Sugar Shunners Err,
Cuban Growers Say
HAVANA. lAPl Cuban sugar
cane growers have set out to prove toj
women of the United States that su-j
gai is not a fat producer.
Much of the depression in the C'ti-j
ban sugar industry and much of tbe j
decrease In demand is blamed upon
American women, who in their ef-
forts to remain or become thin have
abstained from the crystals of the
cane.
TAKE SAXON
Doc Warren and mem Iters of
th« Borger police force captured
Johnny Savon, wanted in eon
neetlon with the Vaughn, N. M.,
bank lobbery, near the high
school building at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon. Officers bail
seen Saxon in that section of
the city last night and recog-
nized liiin. He maile no effort
to escape when taken Hits after-
noon.
Saxon, with Charlie Keo, who
was sentenced to .">0 years In
the penitentiary last week after
confessing his guilt in the
Vaughn robbery, broke jail re-
cently after overpowering the
jailer. One of the men is said
to have asked for a drink of
water and when It was brought,
the shot* by Savon. Taking Ills
grnn the two then forced at-
tendants to o| en the doors and
the)' made their escape. Fee was
raptured in Kl Pa.so last week,
tried nnd sentenced.
Officer* here notified Vaughn
authorities immediately atfer
the capture and soon afterward
Intt with the prisoner to tie-
Uicj Ida) «o tU"iu
braced by Rotary are the greatest
factors toward international peace in
the world but we should not forget
in our patriotic work that we as citi-
zens must first be unbiased and un-
prejudiced citizens at home and then
abroad." Wade added. "We must lay
aside our petty personal differences
and work for the common good of
the whole,
"I love the Panhandle of Texas
and am not working for any om
town but for every town in my terri-
tory. We should promote respect of
our home town and then that of
our neighboring town None of us
can work singly without the other,
we in list work together. Don't knock
your neighboring city because Hie
good ol every town lends to the im-
provement of the Panhandle. We
must make the whole world
respect the Panhandle
during the world war. Major New-
kirk said that his buglers and drum-
mers would show the Painpa post
what can be done
Borger and urged
drummer to be on
if possible.
by the Legion in
every bugler and
hand for the trip
JUDGE FRENCH
NAMED IN SUIT
Stinnett Justice of Peace Faces
$3,000 Damage Allega-
tion; Ouster Instituted
A damage suit of $3,U00. $-.0o0
actual and $1.1100 exemplary, was
learn to j filed againsl Justice of the Peace I.
i W. French of Stinnett Monday, by
"You members of th" Notary club j B. P. Wilson of Stinnett.
should join hands with you compe- J According to lite complaint for j
titor, boost him although he is your damages signed by Wilson, he al - ■
rival in business. It brings more [leges that on or about. April 5, Jus-
unlawftilly arrested him
and every taxpayer is urged to br
present and to express an opinion I
on the proposal as submitted. Com- ;
missioner Higgins said this after- j
noon
Editors Too Zealous j
For Duce's Village
Mussolini likes to
his home town in
ROMB. (AIM
see the name of
the papers.
So whenever anything of conse-
quence happens in the little village
of Predappio Nuova the Roman edi-
tors play in the dateline ill large
capital letters.
But sometimes this zeal is carried
a bit too far. The other day the pa-
pers carried a story from Pradappio
Nuova about an old inebriate who
fell into the canal and was drowned.
They got a succinct warning to date
such stories, in the future, from the
hamlet on the farther side ol the
i canal.
friends and your enemies recognize
in you a man to admire and re-
specl. So should a town be conduct-
ed toward its neighbors and -o will
the West Texas chamber of com-
merce he conducted if possible mi-
lder my management." be declared.
Roy Arnold, secretary of the
lice French
and refused to permit
My under bond.
This action follows ouster proceed-
ings instituted against French last
Friday alleging misconduct and
driuikeni s , in violation of his oath
j as justice of the peace. The ouster
arrested
him his libei
Panhandle chamber of commerce.1 proceedings complain! alleges thai
and Scott Marcus were other speak-' French, while Intoxicated, arrested
crs. Mr. Arnold said that Panhandle a number -if persons unlawfully and
was reaily and willing to co-operate {ader unbecomingly as an officer of
with Borger in securing roads to its'the law
oil fields and that it was eo-operat After waiving bond. a hearing tor
ing with Borger in building a paved i .ItlStice French was set for April 1';!.
highway to the Hutchinson county before the s 11h district court.
line.
Mr Marcus outlined the necessity RLSBItX B I>III. I'AVOUABI-B
for Boy Scout work and urged co-op WASHINGTON. April 17 (API
' Prosperity of the reserve bill by Sen-
I al.or Jones. Republic of Washington.
oration of every city in the Pan-
handle. "To bring about peace there
must he understanding. There can he
no better way of bringing about un-
derstanding than teaching our young
! patriotism for their conntr> and to
sec the best in other countries," he
declared.
Several number.' were sung by tho
(Co&tHHfp<l on
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Pago
setting up a vast dpubllc works
program in be used by the president
whenever employment drops was or-
dered I'aborably reported today by
the state commerce committee.
Construction of Ireland's new
Parliament building is to he started
ioou
Aviators to Continue
Without Wrecked
Plane, Report Today
MONTREAL. April IT. (API
t Fly Canadian Press t Wireless op-
erators in touch with Greenly island
reported today it had been decided
the trans-Atlantic monoplane Bre-
men could not he repaired on the is-
land. They said the German aviators
would fly to Murray Bay in a relief
plane and continue to New York in
the Junkers plaue, now in Montreal.
Bribe Case Starts
In Austin Today
AUSTIN. April 17. tAPi A jury
to try former State Representative
F. A. Dale on charges of a.c,copHng
a $1,000 bribe to Influence legisla-
tion was completed here this morn-
ing with the selection of four jurors.
Bight, jurors were selected yester-
day. Taking of evidence is expected
, Hi otur< HJIC alt* ruoou
MORE THAN 40
BORGER PEOPLE
AT CONVENTION
According to a despatch from B1
Paso more than 10 Borger residents
have registered and are attending
the Scottish Rite reunion in F.I Paso
this week, man; of whom are taking ;
degree work.
F. P. Whitmore. 10. J. Weatherby
and Harvey R. Mileham of Borger
were awarded service badges.
It is estimated that -S candidates
from Borger and'adjacent oil fields
are in El Paso and will take the de-
gree work and more than loo from
various parts ol! the state will be-
come members of the Scottish Rite.
From every indication this con-
clave of the Scottish Rite will be one
most wonderful successes ever re-
corded in the annals of Rite history
in Texas. It is anticipated that more
than 5,000 Scottish Rite Masons
will be in El Paso and attend the va-
rious celebrations.
INJURIES FATAL
TO A PIONEER
B. R. Bell, Well Known Drill-
er Here, Died In Ballan-
ger Yesterday
IS It. Bell, about !!S years old.
died yesterday afternoon at liallen-
ger as the result of Injuries in un-
loading a tank in the oil field. Mr.
Bell, who was well known in Borger.
lived three hours alter the accident i
occurred, according to information,
received by friends here today-
Mr. Bell came to Hutchinson coun- j
ty four years ago and helped drill!
one of the first oil wells in this I
field He had worked ill and near
Borger since that time until Iwoj
months ago when he went lo Ball-
anger. He assisted in drilling Gibson
No. I. one of the first oil wells in j
the Panhandle field.
He was unloading the tank when j
I' slipped and fatally crushed
him. He leaves a wife and four
children of the home in Fayesvillc,
Penn.. where they body will probab-
ly be taken for burial, friends of
the faintly said this afternoon
STARTS iKV.000 MILLI S
FRESNO. Calif April 17. I API
Jimmj Angel.
oft this morninu
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morning oi> a projected 26,000
American. The
was mexicali.
LIONS LEAVE
FOR MEETING
INAMARILLO
Large Delegation, Headed by
G. G. McBride, To At-
tend Convention
A score of Lions among whom
were Dan Baker, J. C. Carroll, J.
A. Dickson. Victor Sliawgo, Dr. ti.
O. Lewis, Dr. <;. T Hopper, head-
ed by President G. (i McBride, left
Borger ibis morning for Amarillo
where Lions of the entire Panhandle
will gather today for the third dis-
trict convention since the new re-
gional organization was perfected.
An official business meeting will
follow the regular luncheon of the
Amarillo Club at the Amarillo hotel
at noon, which visiting Lions will
attend. (I. <; McBride is president
the Panhandle dis-
side
lh<
A.
one
da
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and chairman of
trie! and will pre
session following
gram. Judge s
Amarillo will be
speakers of the
Flenniken and
Amarillo are on
to arrange the
Among tin
delegates in
at the business
luncheon pro-
L. Morgan of
of the principal
while Bill
(I Ordwa.y of
jinmittei
a special
■ program.
•ities expected to have
Amarillo during the
u.tcran aviator took
on a projected 26.-
district convention are Clarendon.
Wellington, Childress Panipa. Bor-
ger. Dalhart and Clovis.
President McBride was elected
chairman of the Panhandle district,
recently at a meeting held in Clar-
endon. attended by more than 20
Borger Lions The Lions from Bor-
ger secured the selection of 1 M.
Smiser, secret an of the local club,
as the Panhandle district secretary
and secured the second regional con-
vention for Borger March 8.
More than 200 Lions of the Pan-
handle attended the Borger conven-
tion and anniversary celebration of
the city.
Questions pertinent to the best in-
terests of the Panhandle clubs will
be discussed today and President
' McBride will give an inspirational
address on Lion club work through-
out the country. He recently attend-
ed a meeting in Dallas at which
International President Irving L.
> Camp of Johnstown, Pa , was the
' principal speaker of the day. Dis-
trict representatives from the 14 dis-
tricts In Texas attended the Dallas
convention and many questions of
importance discussed and plans for
extension of Lions' work undertaken.
GARAGE OWNER
SILENT AFTER
SURRENDERING
Rev. Faunt Wallace, 25, Vic-
tim of Shooting At
Troup, Texas
YOUTH INJURED
Boy, Standing Behind Pastor,
Wounded; Trial Sched-
uled for Today
TKOI'P. April 17. (AI*)—Uev.
l ouiH Wallaic, !£." . pastor of tin-
First Kuptist church of Troupe,
\v«f shot to death here last night.
Lloyd Wilson, garage owuer sur-
iciidcrcd ill TyU'i* allcr tin* shoot-
ing hi i would make no statement.
Krieiuln of thi minister could
ol'f«*r no motive for the slaying.
The minister has been w.'ikiiijx an
activc campaign against alleged
vice condition** here. Vemon
F'vans, a youth, wa> wounded
slightly when the hullct struck
him aft«T passing through Wal-
lace's hody. \ preliminary hearing
«ii' planned for Wilson today .
Value of Education
Stressed by Works
At School Assembly
County Attorney D Works ad-
dressed the regular Monday morn-
ing chapel a1 the bigli school yes-
terday and told oT safety first law.-,
regulating the lives of students and
later in private life
■'Safety first applies to the life
of a student while he is attending
classes and instills within him the
principles which are of the greatest
importance in later life," Attorney
Works declared. "Every student
should study consistently with a de-
termination to sale guard his fu-
ture with a good education. An edu-
cation is essential in commercial
life and you can safe-guard wour
litiiire and that of your family if
you secure an education early in lif".
"Many boys and girls forget ilie
necessity of an education in their
desire to go out into the commer-
cial world and make a living. They
throw aside one of the most, impor-
tant opportunities of their lives. An
education determines a man's earn-
ing power throughout his life and
coupled with experience gained in
the business world, he is fitted for
any advancement that may come
his way." Attorney Works declared.
Ten Women Arrested,
Fined For Vagrancy
And Given Warning
Members of the police department
in an effort to drive vagrant wo-
men to the north section of the eit>
arrested ten women yesterday and
last night all of whom were lined
sl5 and (touts and warned to keep
j a way from downtown Hotels mid
i esideuces.
Chlel of Police John \Y Orabtree
, said that many vagrant women liad
moved into downtown hotels and the
i i ondltion was- becoming embarra-.-
i ing for people occupying rooms in
ilie better hotels
' We cailfiot itrive thk'S' people
from the city, but are doing every-
thing possible to keep tliem away
• from the best distrbis. he e\-
! plained.
Late News
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flight around south
first scheduled stop
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Ottawa—A message from tjue-
l ec reported that the crew « i tin
trans- At lain ic monoplane llrcmen
wai on it nn> from <«i-ecii1> Is-
land to >turru> K;i> hi a relief
plane.
Havre dc <9nice. Mil. — Ortllle
Hourassa, uatlomill> Known ,nxk« >
was fatally injured toda> ulicn
broken saddle girts threw lit 111
from his mount in a workout.
Mc\ico t^fy—Tress disptfctclic-
toda> said that ^r\i'ral towns in
the state of OxaMica wen* Im .
lic%e«| to haic heen destroyed h\
an earthquake t\ hlcli rin k
'«l south- Me\fco lust night. \o
<. u. ualt ft wore ivpoited.
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