Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1930 Page: 2 of 4
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raidcjos ceacon
Published Every Thursday
J. W. DISMUKI5S Publisher
One Year, $1.50 Six Months, $1.00
Entered at the Palacios l'ost Office as
second class mail matter under Act
of Congress.
For Humanity's Sake
That men of affairs are becoming;
more and more interested in altruistic
enterprises is amply evidenced by the
humanitarian programs, of many o ■-
ganizations composed principally i f
business men.
A case in point is the anti-tube
culosis campaign which has been mat!e
the principal activity of Civitan In-
ternational. Through this moveme t
Civitan clubs throughout the count) /
are lending valuable assistance i i
cooperation with other agencies e -
tablished to combat "the great white
plague."
This campaign, in which every club
is expected to take an active part, in-
cludes an educational effort against
tuberculosis through the dissemina-
tion of information concerning its
cause, prevention and treatrmn', in
which the press, motion picti r, ad-
dresses in schools, home talei t, lys,
posters and the distribution : f i am-
phlets are employed.
Special attention is given to un-
dernourished children, the establish-
ment of summer'camps, pr vi .ion i\>r
physical examinations and other mea-
sures sponsored by national and state
tuberculosis associations.
The activities of the Civitan Clubs
these matters conclusively prove that
while successful business men may
often be classified as hard-headed,
they are not necessarily hard-hearted.
They are generally willing to perform
their full duty in behalf of suffering
humanity.
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The University of Texas has con-
ferred 14,506 degrees since its es-
tablishment in 1883.
Texas is the second largest produc-
er of rice in the United States. Esti-
mated production for 1930 is 7,380,-
000 bushels. .
Texas has almost a world monopoly
of sulphur production, its total being
nearly 90 per cent of the world's to-
tal and nearly 100 percent of that of
the United States. The largest sul-
phur plant in the world is in Whar-
ton County, Texas.
Sterling County has an unique rec-
ord among Texas counties—no Ster-
ling County citizen has ever been sent
to the penitentiary; no murder trail
has ever been held in the Sterling
County court house; t)ie Sterling
County jail is empty and its doors
are open.
During the first six months of 1930
in Texas 226 new gas wells wei-e
completed—almost as many as the
240 completed during the entire year
1929. Initial volume of the 226 wells
was 4,152,500 million cubic feet as
against 4,420,500 million cubic feet
of the 240 completed in 1929.
The wedding ceremony of Cai-1 W.
Gentry and Miss Florence Cox of El-
kin, N. C., was delayed half a day
when a crow darned in their car,
seized the key and departed.
Prof. Bristow Adams of Cornell is
said to hold a unique place among
those who have called on President
Hoover recently. He just dropped in
for a brief chat and had no favors to
ask. The chief executive said it was
an unusual pleasure to talk to some-
one who didn't want something.
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by Wrn. A. Black
There is but little outspoken op-
position to the single tax. Those who
understand it are for it. Others keep
silent. We give below a vehement ti-
rade against a land values tax. This
comes in a personal letter and for
that reason the name and address is
omitted:—
. . In the matter of obtaining
taxes; any procedure that laid all
taxes upon the American earth, or
those who survey, partition, claim or
cultivate its face, would be entitled
'an act to transform the American
people into a race of nomads.' Such
a law or procedure: would destroy
permanent industry, arid nearly or
quite all of the things we have now,
including the homes of the people;
without which, of permanence, and
security we would become a laml of
lousy and bfiwhiskered wanderers.
When the title, tenure or rental of
homes becomes a political plaything,
subject to the whims of time, there
willl be no citizenry worth the name.
When American citizens have only
the interest of tenancy in their ho.'.ies,
America will be a land of contc-mp-
tibles, in material things, in spiri .ual
things and in civic virtue. A ma i of
courage, intelligence or substance will
not be content as only a leaseholder
at his own fireside."
Our friend is ernest and honest.
But what of it? Voliva is earnest and
no doubt honest in his contention that
the earth is flat. But what of it? The
earth is round just the same.
Our disturbed letter writer for jets
that all titles to land are but lease-
holds. The absolute title in the land
rests in the State and if the fee hold-
ers fails to pay the taxes levied, the
State promptly takes possession. He
will find abundant examples of this
in his own county. It is reported that
Tarrant County has bought 80 000
delinquent tax suits since 1927. You
must pay or repossession follow::.
Who owns our land values anyv ay ?
A survey of city assessments of nine
central city blocks in San Antoni > re-
veals the fact that 75 "owners" hold
the title to 12% of all city lot va'ues.
Many of these hold other valuable
sites. It is quite within the facts
that 250 people own more than 25%
of the values created by the 250,000
that live here. These same people
also own many farms and ranches,
and this concentration of site value
ownership goes steadily on. Don't
blame these owners. Blame the sys-
tem that makes this possible and
blame ourselves for not changing it.
Our readers must be grateful for this
earnest arraignment of the single
tax. It will inspire many a laggavd to
inquire into the single tax, what it
is and what it would do if adopted.
Less than 25% of Texas farms are
owned free of mortgage debt, and it
is growing worse year by year. The
same condition prevails in our cities.
The larger the city, the more rapid-
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Does your conscience hurt you just
a wee bit when you indulge in the
exthavagant desire to serve avocados?
Mine did until I got tired of listen-
ing to that small voice so often say-
ing "You shouldn't"—then I started
looking around for a justification—or,
in plain everyday language, an excuse.
And such a relief it was to find the
once considered rare and- expensive
luxury to be such a valuable food
from a nutritive standpoint that' it
deserves a regular place on the diet.
! In oil content, ranging from 10 to
30 per cent, the avocado far excels
any other fresh fruit eaten in the
fresh state, while its 2 per cent pro-
tein is more than twice that in other
common fruits. It possesses about 75
per cent of the fuel value of cereals,
and has more than that of lean meat
! or eggs.
So you see the avocado is really
not so expensive after all, if you con-
sider the nutritive value of the food
rather than the bulk.
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THE
Sulphur Industry
—Is One of Texas' Many Outstanding Assets. Three
Mines Produce Practically All of the Nation's Supply.
SULPHUR
IS INDUSTRY'S MOST ESSENTIAL COMMODITY
-Its Presence in Texas, therefore, Constitutes one of
the State's Most Attractive Inducments to the
Development of Industry Within its Borders.
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
"The World's Largest Producer of Crude Sulphur
MINES
GULF, (Matagorda County,) TEXAS
NEWGULF, (Wharton County,) TEX.
HEADQUARTERS
Second National Bank Building
HOUSTON, TEXAS
MENU
Crab a la Newburg in Patty Shells
Buttered Asparagus Parsley Potatoes
Avocado Salad
Pumpkin Pie
CRAB A La NEWBERG
IN PATTY SHELLS
1 lb Crabmeat, flaked
lMs C canned milk
2 Egg yolks, beaten
% C shortening, melted
2 T flour
% t paprika
Vz t salt
% t lemon juice
1 t Worcestershire Sauce
Add flour to shortening; then add
milk mixed with egg yolks. Stir un-
til thick and add seasoning. If too
thick add a little more milk. Add
crabmeat and cook three minutes.
Serve on toast or in patty shells.
Serves six.
There are many flavorful salads
made of avocados. I'm giving you
three combinations I like particularly
well
AVOCADO SALAD
Peel avocados, cut in halves and
remove pits. Allow one half for each
serving. Lay hollow side down on
heart leaves of lettuce, and lay strips
of pimiento over the fruit. Garnish
with ripe olives, pitted and sliced.
ly centration goes on. A tax on land
values only would change this. It
would make for the small and inde-
pendent home owners, the foundation
of a true civilization.
Interesting Brevities
The tallest building in New York,
the new Chrysler structure that up-
rears to the top of 1,046 feet from the
sidewalks, is being piped for gas to
cook food, heat water and do other
things hundreds of feets above the
ground.
Thirteen American cities are now
using "trackless trolleys" or trolley
buses—Baltimore, Philadelphia, Salt
Lake City, Rochester, Cohoes, N. Y.,
New Orleans, Chicago, Knoxville, Bos-
ton, Detroit, Brooklyn, Denver and
Milwaukee.
Night football equipment is being
arranged for the new Fair Park Sta-
dium, Dallas, with a seating capacity
of 45,000. Night tennis is being play-
ed in many tennis courts while night
baseball, the first of which was seen
this year, promises to be almost a
general thing in minor league cities
in another season.
The Bronx Terminal Market, a mu-
nicipal project on which the Hylan
administration spent $17,000,000, and
on which the City of New York is
spending $177,000 a year to maintain
is returning $15,000 a year in rentals,
representing its gross income. The
New York World figured it out that
"to make a profit after covering op-
erating expenses, interest on invest-
ment, depriciation and other charges,"
the market would have to net between
$400,000 and $500,000 annually.
Sentiment and generosity caused a
passenger on the Mauretania to pay
$960 for a tennis racquet, auctioned
on the high seas a few days ago. The
racquet was the one with which Bet-
ty Nuthall of England won the Amer-
ican women's tennis championship and
she had donated it to be sold for
charity.
A right jolly funei*&l was recently
held at which Governor Pollard of
Virginia delivered an oration which
contained no eulogy of the "deceased."
It was in the nature of mock ser-
vices to mark the passing of "Busi-
ness D. Pression," the coffin bearing
placards inscribed "Forward at once,
straight to hell" and "Perishable,
keep in red hot oven." After the cer-
emonies the "remains" were thrown
into Chesapeake Bay.
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Pour a small amount of French dress-
ing, made with lemon juice, over each
salad just before serving.
AVOCADO SALAD WITH
GRAPEFRUIT
1 Large Grapefruit
1 Avocado
3 T French dressing
Lettuce, or Watercress
Cut the rind and inner white skin
from the grapefruit, using a very
sharp knife, and separate the pulp
from the membrane in whole section*,
discarding the seeds. Pare off the
skin and cut the avocado in half
lengthwise, Marinate each fruit sep-
arately in French dressing, and when
ready to serve arrange the slices al-
ternately in a circle on the crisped
salad greens. As a refreshing salad
this one will leave you moi-e than
satisfied. Oranges may be used in
place of grapefruit.
AVOCADO SALAD
Chop one Bermuda onion, combine
it with twice as much diced avocado,
and serve on a slice of tomato nest-
led in crisp lettuce. Use French dress-
ing made with lemon.
PUMPKIN PIE
llA C Cooked, or canned, pumpkin
Vj t salt
ViC Hot water
2% T Orange juice
1 C Brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 t cinnamon
1 t ginger
1 cup milk
Mix the pumpkin, salt and sugar.
Beat the eggs until the yolks and
whites are well mixed together. Stir
them into the pumpkin and sugar
mixture. Mix the spices with hot
water, next with the orange juice and
milk. Add to the pumpkin mixture.
Pour into the unbaked pastry shell.
Bake at 425 degrees F. for twenty
minutes, then lower the regulator to
250 degrees F. and bake forty min-
utes longer.
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PALACIOS, TEXAS
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PHONE 51
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Post-Graduate Northwestern Univer-
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