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For a Greater, Better Palacios Country-'-/lyriculture, Industry, Commerce, Liviny
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 19:52
VOLUME XXV NUMBER 35
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FIRM NOTES
By F. 0. MONTAGUE, Co. Agt.
We again have Texas weather; we
usually have too much or too nothing
—or we think we do in dealing with
the weather in Texas, and as Mark
_ Twain once said, "We can talk, but
can^t do very much about it." Six
weeks ago we wanted to see rain so
badly and it just wouldn't rain. The
Cow man especially was very much
concerned and predicted that if it did-
n't rain by September 1st it would in-
deed be a hard winter on our cattle,
but the rains did come and what is
worse—still coming every day which
is bad now on the corn, cotton and
rice crops. It is doubly bad on the
corn crop since the storm of August
13th laid it flat on the ground. It is
going to be some job to harvest or
"pull" this corn crop as it is laid
flat, criss-crossed, and the weeds and
grass arc so rank it will be some
job to find the ears. On top of that the
ears lying in the mud will be largely
lost through rotting and mould.
On the other side of the slate the
picture is not so dark. With farm
commodity prices rising in a consis-
tent substantial sort of way, it is very
encouraging all along the line and
surely it is time for an upward turn
to get business conditions on an even
keel again. And old King Cotton
seems to be blazing the trail and
taking the lead generally in bringing
back lost hopes and struggling bus-
iness. Last week saw cotton shoot up
$8.00 per bale in the wildest trading
witnessed in years. Both Cotton Mills
and speculators engaged in furious
rivalry to snap up all the cotton in
sight when goods centers reported an
unprecedented-, demand for cotton
goods of all kinds. The $8.00 per
bale gain in cotton means the raising
the value of this year's cotton crop
about $90,000,000 in six days. Al-
though Matagorda County's cotton
crop has been hammered and hurt by
the recent storm and the crop for the
year will be about half, or less, than
that of last year's this increase in
price will largely offset that phase of
the problem, and our guess is that
•when the report comes in on Septem-
ber 8th we can look for further very
substantial gains in cotton prices thus
proving trnce again that the smaller
crop always brings more money than
the larger crop, which should finally
din into our heads that not over half
the land on any farm in any year
should go into cotton. It would bring
about a much more stable, satisfactory
life on the farm if we could only bring
ourselves to see and understand the
picture in its entirety. And the South-
ern Cotton farmer can continue to ex-
pect to "sit on the anxious seat" and
find life an uncertain and unsatis-
factory quantity as long as he chooses
to go the all-cotton route.
The sensational pace of the advance
prompted a host of trades to cash in
on the weeks trading, but this selling
only caused slight halts in the geenral
upswing and there were plenty of buy-
ers on hand at all times for all offer-
BUCKEYE WELL*
IS COMPLETED
WILDCATTER BLOWS IN AT 8986
FEET ON RANCH NEAR
B AY CITY
*r ings
Stocks added anywhere from 1 to 12
points to their value as a result of the
weeks trading, many touching new
high points for the year. Bonds also
found new 1932 peaks. Nice gains
were had also by wheat, rubber, sug-
ar, coffee, silk, etc.
The big boys teli us the "major fi-
nancial'crisis-" hfts been passed. How
we hope so.
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It is our understanding that' "an
emergency Home Demonstration Agt.
will spend half of the next six months
in Matagorda County and neighbor-
hoods of the County; the other half of
the time will be spent in Fort Bend
County. Miss Hatfield, the District
Home Demonstration Agent for this
section of South Texas, informed us
of this move last week while I was
laid up with the "original" case of 'flu'
and tonsilitis. I always pictured ton-
silitis as a child's ailment and was
jyst something to mention in passing,
but—Oh, my, how it can get you down
and beat you up.
Miss Hatfield left the impression
that she would select the lady and get
her on the job by September first,
which will be a fine time to begin can-
ning fall vegetables, beef, pork, chick-
en, etc. After a thorough discussion
of the problem at., the regular meet-
ing of the Bay City Chamber of Com-
merce directors on Thursday night
purchased two sets of canning equip-
ment to be used by the lady in making
her canning demonstrations. While in
the County her services will bo free
to those groups and individuals who
need her advise and suggestions and
she will be only too glad to help wher-
ever called.
Bay City, Sept. 1.—Spouting oil and
j gas high in the air, the Stoddard No.
1 well, a wildcatter in a wildcat field,
| blew in at 8986 feet Wednesday morn-
; ing and was still out of control long
after nightfall.
' The big well, located on the ranch
,of Mrs. C. G. Stoddard, nine miles
west of here, blew in unexpectedly at
10 a. m. Wednesday, and caught 2800
feet of drill stem in the hole. A
"Christmas tree" had not been erected
on the well, and the flow of oil and
gas was completely out of control, of-
ficials of the United North and South
Gas company said.
Operators were unable to estimate
the flow of the well. The countryside
for several hundred feet was sprayed
with oil and gas.
Fearing the gas and oil might be-
come ignited the boilers were dragged
away from the well by the drillers.
The well is located within 100 feet of
the Missouri Pacific railway lines and
all trains were ordered to extinguish
their fires while within close proxim-
ity to the well.
The original Stoddard No. 1 was put
down several months ago and was side-
tracked when hard rock was encoun-
tered.
The well is located near Buckeye
and is several miles from any other
gulf coast field.
Willacy County to
Have Entirely New
Family of Officials
Raymondville, Aug. 29. — Willacy
County will start the new year with
a new official family, the county judge,
three county commissioners, the coun-
ty clerk, the county treasurer, and
county attorney all being new.
The new commissioners court is un-
animous for the completion of the
Hug-the-Coast Highway.
BENEFIT DANCE
GRANDSUCCESS
$81.85 IS RAISED TO BE SENT TO
STORM SUFFERERS IN
STRICKEN AREA
360 Bales Cotton
Ginned Here; 981
in County Aug. 16
SULPHUR MINES
AT GULF SOON
TO CLOSE DOWN
The benefit dance at the Pavilion
Saturday night was well patronized,
and the following is a list of contri-
butions;—
O.C.Arnold $1.50
Claude Adams 1,50
C. L. Aubin 1.50
J. F. Barnett 1.50 ,
Jno. D. Bowden .75
Local gins have turned out 360 bales
of cotton so far this season, and the
staple is coming in fairly well con-
sidering the almost daily showers.
K. E. Lindsey, statistician, reports
that Matagorda County had ginned
prior to August 10th, 981 bales as
compared with' 455 bales at same date
last year.
Bay Chevrolet Co .75 .
F. L. Brown .75
VOTE CONTEST Town_
IN GOVERNOR'S
RACE IMMINENT -
'MA' FERGUSON WINS
IN GOVERNOR'S RACE
BY SMALL MARGIN
M ATAGORDA COUNTY
ELECTION RETURNS
IN GOVERNOR'S RACE
Sterling
First Run-
OPERATIONS TEMPORARILY DIS-
CONTINUED AT GULF AWAIT-
ING MARKET ACTIVITY
H. A. Clapp Boosts
For Viaduct Across
Bay to Collegeport
Harry A. Clapp continues to boost
for a viaduct across the bay connect-
ing Palacios and Collegeport and has
the following to say about it in his
column in the Bay City Tribune:
In Tuesday's Tribune is an account
of the County road work and the writ-
er says "our work on the county road
program is now completed." This is
not true. Our road will not be com-
pleted until a viaduct is built across
the bay connecting Palacios with Col-
legeport and enabling we, meaning I
and the miserable wretch to walk to
service at St. John's Chapel and fur-
ther the Bay Shore Drive is to go on
cast to Gulf and to Freeport. When
this is done will be time to shout com-
pletion.
1 estimate that in the last twenty
years 72000 trips have been made be-
tween Collegeport and Palacios or
about 1,080,000 miles of travel. This
cost at least $54,000. Had the viaduct
been built twenty years ago the mile-
age would have been reduced to 14,-
400 and the cost to our people only
$7,200. The difference would have
liquidated the cost of the viaduct and
kept it in repair. Of course we did
not feel this cost for we live our daily
life under an anaesthetic. Some day
we will arouse from our slumbers and
the viaduct will be built.
the fall garden is extremely important
Get the soil in first-class condition and
give the fall vegetable a chance to
take their rightful place in our food
programs.
Insect pests are one of the limiting
factors in fall gardening, especially
is this true in South Texas. Cabbage
worms, plant lice, and a few other in-
sects are troublesotne throughout the
State.
For insects which eat the foliage of
the plant it will be necessary to dust
or spray the plants with poison ma-
terial, calcium arsenate or arsenate
of lead dusted over the plants will
control the plant eating insects.
For lice a spray materiol is Nica-
trol, 1 part to 400 parts of water.
If there are any farmers who think
they will run short" of feed for any
reason and can get in a few acres
right away we would urge that they
plant an emergency crop of Ilegari,
Darso, or Sagrain, within the next
few days; preferable the last namec|—
Darso or Sagrain as they mature ear-
ly, are not so much relished by the
birds and will cure more easily than
does Hegari,
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Just in that connection this is a
mighty fine time to get in a good patch
of fall vegetables that can be used
for fresh eating thereby amply pro-
viding for the dinner table and also
canning the surplus for winter and
future use. We know of a few men
who set aside an acre in the early
summer and have kept It plowed and
harrowed until moRt of the weed and
grass have been destroyed and the soil
put in fine tilth for the small delicate
vegetable seeds and plants. As a re-
»uU lliey are going to have just oodles
of fresh vegetables all the fall and
winter which is a real item in keeping
the family well supplied with fresh,
healthy foods.
The following list" can be planttj or
set out right now and will soon be
ready for the table:—Pinto beans,
Irish potatoes, cabbage, radish, car-
rotB, bush beans, beets, spinach, tur-
nips, radiches (white,) kale, mustard
and onions.
The value of the fall garden can't
be overestimated. As a factor in re-
ducing the grocery bill and as a ne-
cessity for obtaining that type of food
needed by people at a season of the
year when meat and bread comprises
too large a portion of the daily ration,
We are planning on a field day to be
held iri Matagorda County on Thurs-
day, September 15th, that should be
of special interest to all stockmen in
this section. It will be a meeting deal-
ing primarily with better pastures,
better herd management, creep feeding
of calves on pasture, a burdizzo dem-
onstration (bloodless castration) nnd
other features that will be of impor-
tance to the cow man. The feature of
the day will be a post mortem demon-
stration on internal parasites by Dr.
Hubert Schmidt, the outstanding au-
thority on this subject in the entire
United States. It is not often we have
a chance to get a man like Dr. Schmidt
to come into our own "bailiwick" and
spend enough time to really be of
some benefit to us.
We will have the meeting out in the
open, centrally located in the county,
near the Highway so that you can get
to the meeting (out under the live-
oaks) though the roads be muddy. Re"
member the date and plan to be there,
you stockmen by all means. We will
notify you further at a later date with
all necessary details. Watch for it!
Within the next few days mining op-
erations of the Texas Gull' Sulphur
Company at Gulf, in this county, will
be discontinued temporarily, accord-
ing to information received here today.
Large accumulations of sulphur stocks,
with greatly reduced sales, due to ex-
isting conditions, are said to be re-
sponsible.
Plant equipment and facilities will
be maintained in prime condition, it is
stated, in the hope that improved con-
ditions will permit resumption of min-
ing operations in the not far distant
future. While definite figures are not
available, it is understood that the
company has a large supply of mined
sulphur above the ground at Gulf.
Large stocks also exist, it is stated, at
the company's plant in Wharton coun-
ty and also in the Freeport area, where
the Freeport Sulphur Company has
been operaing for many years. The
annual consumpion of sulphur in the
United States is said to have amount-
ed to as much as 1,500,000 tons. Both
domestic and foreign consumption has
been greatly curtailed during the past
two years.
This immense industry has been in
continuous operaion since the summer
of 1917, employing in those years
thousands of men, paying them splen-
did salaries and affording them the
highest possible class of living com-
forts. The company has paid into
the county's treasury in taxes, hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars, in ad-
dition to being a bulwark to every
business enterprise in the county. It
has been a custom with the Texas
Gulf Sulphur Company to patronize
local concerns whenever and where-
ever possible and the practice has
proved to be most wholesome to the
general business circles and affairs of
this entire county and section.
A deep appreciation of the wonder-
ful part the sulphur company has per-
formed in the social, educational and
business life of the community is here
expressed upon the behalf of the pub-
lic, for there has never been an under-
taking for the general good but that
the company responded most gener-
ously in a substantial way.
The.' existence and operation of the
mines at Gulf caused Gulf and Mata-
gorda to become educational centers
and to be able to boast of the' weal-
thiest school district in Texas. Teach-
ers in both schools received aboVe the
average salaries and high class fa-
cilities were maintained at all times.
The company shared heavily in the
county roads, through taxation, to be
sure, but spent abundantly on the
roads in the immediate vicinity of the
mines.
This temporary shut down doesn't,
by any means, mean abandonment.
The company's holdings are large and
operaions will be resumed as soon as
a goodly portions of the stocks on
hands can be disposed of sufficiently
to justify the reopening of the mines.
The step, however, which the com-
pany has found necessary to take will
be keenly felt, because of the fact that
a lively business at the mines meant
good business for all. Besides that,
some strong friendships and social at-
tachments have been formed between
the people of Gulf and those in other
parts of the county which, if, and
when broken, will add considerable to
the regret expressed because of the
temporary closing of the mines.—Bay
City Tribune.
Closed Season on
Prairie Chickens
T. R. Brandon
L. Bruse
J. H. Brotemarkle
Buffaloe Grocery
Bay Side Beauty Shoppe
A. B. Cairnes
P. F. Campbell
Crawford Packing Co.
. C. E. Chamblee
M. I. Cox
I Geo. Wright Curtis
[ Guy Claybourn
j J. A. Cunningham
, Mrs. A. E. Duffy
j Dr. T. F. Driskill
' C. P. Douglas
Percy Ellis
Mrs. Ben Ehlers
W. O. Frosch
Fields Tailor Shop
M. K. Feather
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FERGUSON PREPARES "BATTLE'
BY ASKING CERTIFIED
It ESII LTS
E. F. Wehmeyer, game warden, call-
ed at the Beacon office Tuesday after-
noon and requested us to announce
that the season on prairie chickens is
closed for five years in Brazoria and
Matagorda counties. Mr. Wehmeyer
said he understood quite a number
were getting their guns ready to go
out for a hunt and he issues this
statement in the interest of sports-
men of this section.
WAYSIDE CLUB
The Wayside Club met at the home
of Mrs. J. F. McGlothlin with Mrs.
McGlothlln and Mrs. Abel Pierce as
hostesses.
The program was under the lead-
ership of Mrs. P. A. Riehman and Mrs
C. B. Viets.
22 members and 7 visiors were pres-
ent. Miss Belle McGlothlin ussisted
with hostess duties.
Those of you who are in need of rat
poison can get barium carbonate from
this office in one pound packages at
8c per pound.. You mix V* pound of
poison to a poUfwL.of the bait to be
used, fresh fish, grmStwi meat, etc,
R. C. Huddleston's car was taken
from where it was parked on the bay
i shore Tuesday night while the dance
was in progress and was found Wed-
nesday afternoon west of town on the
old Turtle Bay road. No damage had
! been done, except to drain all the gas-
oline from the tank and it is supposed
: the party or parties who took it, were
in need of gas and took this way of
filling up their own car.
J. B. Feather 75
E. G. Frame 75
T. S. Forehand .75
W. C. Gray 1.50
C. L. Gass .75
Frank Gillespie
M. Glaros
Claire Hansen
Austin, Texas, Aug. 29. (UP)—An-
other of the stormy battles over Ma
'rjg and Pa Ferguson and their attempts
to fill the Texas Governor's chair was
imminent today.
The closest primary election for
Governor ever held in the State gave
promise that there will be a contest
.75 and perhaps a legislative investigation
.75 [ whether Ma Ferguson or Gov. Ross
.25 Sterling is declared the winner.
•751 The Fergusons began preparation
•75 for such a contest, in case of announc-
1.50! ed defeat, by sending out a call to
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Hawkinsville
Collegeport -
Markham - -
Pledger
Cuncy - - ■
Wadsworth
Citrus Grove
Ashby - - •
Prairie Center
Midfield - -
Clemville - •
Buckeye
Gulf - - -
Cedar Lane -
Prim.
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STERLING CARRIES PALACIOS
AND MATAGORDA COUNTY
IN HEATED CONTEST
TOTALS - 855 1428 808
Hot Check Artists Get
Bay City Merchants
^Ferguson As the latest election returns come
Bun- in it looks as though Mrs. Miriam A.
Prim, oft Ferguson has won the governor's race
143 212 by a very small majority. So close is
the race that the final result will not
be known until the official count is
made and given out.
With 951,102 votes tabulated from
254 counties in the state, 251 of which
were complete, the Texas Election Bu-
„.,: reau gave the following for Ferguson
1476,750, Sterling 474,352.
Palacios and Matagorda County
gave Sterling a majority vote.
I While the Governor's race drew the
greatest attention the run-off for Con-
gressman on place one, two and threo
were of interest and Terrill won first
place, Bailey second, and Strong third.
Judge Wm. Pierson won a close race
from Jude J. E. Hickman, for asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme Court.
C. V. Terrill defeated Lee Satter-
white for a six-year term on the Tex-
as railroad commission and Ernest O.
Thompson won over Gregory Hatcher
for a four-year term.
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105
73
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49
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precinct chairmen for a certified copy
of the election results.
STOLEN CHECKS FROM GULF HI-
B. L. Holmes
Chas. Hansen
G. A. Harrison
J F. Huitt
f. W. Jones
J. L. Koerber
Mrs. M. C. Kneberg
Annie Luther
M. Lipscomb
G. G. Lawson
Josephine Lehane
T. A. McFarland
Patricia Martyn
Walter Milam
Frank Morgan
Gladys McGlothlin ,
Muriel's Novelty Shoppe
Mrs. M. M. Miller
F. J. McCall
R. L. Price
J. L. Pybus
J. A. Partain
D, D. Paulk
II. W. Prescott
J. R. Pitman
Mrs. S. J. Pybus
Queen Theatre
M. E. Rogers
Ruthven Grocery
J. E. Robinson
O. M. Robinson
Mrs. Loraine Richards
O. E. Sailor
A M. Stadig
Ai G. Smith
Tom Slone
Mrs. G. A. Salsbury
Elmore Schier
R. J. Sisson
F. A. Sisson
J. R Wagner
C. F. Wellborn
Circle #2 Presbyterian Church
53 tickets sold at Pavilion but
no record kept of names
TOTAL CASH
Expenses were as follows:—
Dance tickets, window cards,
Dance Wax and advertising
Gate Man
Musicians
election. They charged excessive vot-1
•" 1 ing. Saturday's vote was still heavier.1
| The Austin American today proposed '
a legislative canvass of the election.
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7K | Ferguson forces were investigating
100 particularly the vote in Bexar County. h.IIVZTL11 rl "VT
iSiBsj {to- " * r00 f
■75 ^ibnnt Voo'n" Rnnnrt fWvn(P h,16' who huve been arrested in Houston
.75 about 3,000. Reports of vote buying for the nassin„ f checks in this sec-
5.001 and employment of large road forces tj In B ^ Early.Hurley and
•75 ^\ube^l:!.fecU0n..We.r?.mUde freely Oshman's Dry Goods Company were
touched for over a hundred dollars.
TULITHIC CO. ARE FORGED
AND CASHED THERE
Mr. Maynard Earyl of the Early-
in
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.751 Ma and Pa Ferguson are the first
.75 man and wife both to have been Gov-
.75 ; ernor of a State while both were liv-
. .75 ing. The first political fight in which
.75: James E. Ferguson was elected was a
.75 I spirited one. His advocacy of a bill
.75 .for relief of tenant farmers swept him
.75! into office. A veto of University of
.75 Texas appropriations, which he main-
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tained should not be made in lump
amounts, brought a storm of indigna-
tion. Students paraded beneath his
office windows. Impeachment pro-
ceedings were begun during the early
part of his second term. Ten of nine-
teen charges were sustained by the
Senate. Though the sentence prevent-
ed him "ever after" holding a State
office of emolument, he defied it and
announced as a candidate in the next
election. His name was permitted to
.75 | go on the ballot despite the sentence.
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39.75
$117.75
9.40
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25.00
$35.90
Balance cash on hand to be
turned over to storm sufferers $81,85
You will notice from the above that
we do not list the amounts as tickets
sold as some people gave us $1.00 for
the tickets and others simply gave a
$1.00 and did not accept the tickets,
and others sent money in by friends
as a donation. A portion of the sales
of the dance tickets amounting to
$35.43 was turned over to the Amer-
ican Legion for their part of the tick-
ets and they In turn are sending it di-
rect to Maj. Edwin H. Rackley, Ex.
Com. of the 9th district American Le-
gion, Alvin, Texas, in charge of the
relief work at that point, the remain-
ing $46.42 will be sent direct to the
Houston Chronicle with the cheek
made payable to the Red Cross, with
instructions to them to turn it over
to W. A. Paddock in charge of this
work. The total benefits arrived from
dance tickets and donations above ex-
penses amounts to $81.85.
Wharton County's
Part of Highway 60
Women were given suffrage and the
first of their numerous campaigns
against the Fergusons helped defeat
him.—Dallas Farm News,
T. J. Davis Garage
Destroyed by Fire
About ten o'clock Monday morning
neighboi i noticed smoke pouring out
of the garage at the T. J. Davis home
in the east part of town. The alarm
was immediately turned in, and the
fire boys made a record run and hook-
up, ready to fight the blaze, and soon
had it under control. For a few min-
utes it looked as though the Waters
cottage, occupied by G. W. Walker
and family was doomed as it was so
near the burning garage, but quick
and efficient work was done and the
damage to it.was not so much.
The garage was practically all burn-
ed also a set of carpenter tools Mr.
Davis had there. Three bales of last
year's cotton was stored in the garage
but this was rolled out and not much
damaged. The fire which originated
in the garage, made rapid progress,
and if it had not been for the splen-
did work done by our volunteer fire
department we probably would be
chronicling another disastrous fire in
Palacios, as other buildings and resi-
dences were nearby and could so eas-
ily have caught on fire.
Interest Runs High
In Stoddard Well
It is understood that contracts for
the building of Wharton County's 12
miles of Highway 60 will be let on
Sept. 15.
Matagorda County's ten miles huve
been finished and the stretch is onen
to traffic. It is quite a road, and when
Wharton connects up with it to in-
tersect the Houston-Victoria pike in
Wharton, it will prove a very popular
highway.-—Bay City Tribune.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sartwell and
children came down from Houston
Wednesday night for a two weeks va-
cation and are now loeated in the B.
Y. P. U. Grounds, where Mrs. Sart-
well and the "kiddies" will enjoy camp
life, bathing and fishing. Mr. Sart-
well returned to Houston to attend to
business, but will be down for thp weejt
end or probably ofteney.
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Considerable interest in the Stod-
dard well at Buckeye was manifest
last week.
Several months have been used in
drilling this hole to almost 8000 feet,
and a lot of money and time have been
spent there. Perhaps $100,000 will not
be too much to place as the cost of the
well.
Last week, we learn, packer and
screen were successfully placed to take
care of the flow from 120 feet of good
sand.
The oil in the well is of high grade
and perhaps would fire an automobile
engine just as it comes from the well.
It is thought it will take 30 days for
the well to clean itself out to permit
the flow. It is not publishing any
secret to say a well of large produc-
tion is anticipated.—Bay City Tribune.
There are three men in jail in Hous
ton charged with cashing checks that
they stole from Gulf Bitulithic Com-
pany in pad form. The company is a
road construction company working
in Brazoria County. The checks are
printed "Payroll Checks^" and the
name "Wm. Fonstin," is forged.
Early-Hurley cashed two checks to
the amount of $62.20. Oshman cashed
checks to the amount of $40. It is
reported that these men have forged
many of these checks in this section.
—Bay City Tribune.
WHY?
Miss Lucile Bowden, who has been
in Austin the past two weeks visit-
ing friends, writes her father, John
D. Bowden, that she has secured a sec-
retarial position in that city. Her
many Palaoios friends are pleased
to learn of her good fortune and wish
for her a most happy and successful
sojourn in th« state's capitol.
There have been several Why's en-
tering into the minds of the Palacios
people during the past weeks. Some
of them have occurred before but had
died low in their memory only to be
refreshed during the Texas National
Guard Encampment at Palacios this
year. Those Why's may be listed as
follows:—(1) Why has Palacios a fire
zone? (2) Why was a carnival allowed
to place fire hazards in this zone dur-
ing the period of camp in 1931? (3)
Why was the First Baptist Church re-
fused the same privilege a month lat-
er? (4) Why was the carnival again
allowed to place fire hazards in this
zone in 1932?
It it understood by the majority of
the people that laws are made for the
protection of their lives and property
and are not or should not be made for
show or selfish reasons. The fire zone
was created, as we see it, for the pro-
tection of the people and their inter-
ests within this zone. Should a fire
resulting from fire hazards occur in
this zone, it would raise the rate of
insurance to a level that might prove
burdensome to the insured. It would
not only raise the rate of insurance
but would probably do much damage
to property and ruin the appearance
of our city.
In the summer of 1931 a carnival
was allowed to place a fire hazard
within this zone. The fire hazard was
great because the structures were
made of wood and canvas that fur-
nished cover for entertainment for
people who were habitual smokers, and
smoking was not prohibited for those
who desired to do so.
A month later the First Baptist
Church asked permission to pitch a
tent on the opposite side of the fire
zone. They were refused. WHY' ?
Because it was a fire hazard within
the fire zone and the council under no
conditions could give permission for
such a structure because we had a law
of good purpose to prohibit it. The
Church gladly moved out of the zone
to the most convenient spot.
The following summer, this summer
of 1932, a carnival was given permis-
sion to pitch its tents within the fire
zone and nearly in the same place as
was refused the First Baptist Church.
WHY ? Has our fire zone been re-
pealed ? Was the insurance raised
to offset the dangers of fire or does the
insurance company consider religious
services more hazardous to fire than
a carnival?
The thing that we are trying to get
at is this:—What was the purpose of
the tire zone when it was created by
the people of Palacios? Was it made
to govern only certain classes of peo-
ple or entertainments. Was the law
made to be in effect at all times or
was it made to be set aside at the
will of the City Council? Is a law
that is w jrth the trouble to create
worth the trouble to enforce? These
questions and others are in the minds
of Palacios people and would appre.
ciate an explanation. If we have good
laws why not enforce them!
Elliott Curtis.
Acid and Soda Method
Of Determining Sex
Described by German
Ithaca, N. Y.~Aug. 30.—(AP.)—
A method by which parents may con-
trol sex of their children before birth,
described as successful in 77 out of 78
trials, was reported today at the In-
ternational Congress of Genetivs.
It involves the use of lactic acid to
insure that the expected baby will be
a girl, and bicarbonate of soda, an al-
kaline, to produce a boy. The method
was worked out by Dr. F. Unterber-
ger of Koenigsberg, East Prussia, and
was described here by Dr. Jacob San-
ders of Rotterdam, Holland.
Boy babies were born to 77 out of
78 German women who used bicarbon-
ate of soda, according to Dr. Unter-
berger's dti'ceticRS. T>r-
Many of them already had'o^Br more
girl babies, and expressed a'Tiesire for
a male child. The woman who used
the method unsuccessfully was believ-
ed to have failed to follow directions.
Testing the same methods on rab-
bits, the use of lactic acid produced
litters with twice as many females as
males, and bicarbonate of soda re-
versed the proportion. Supersaturat-
ed solutions of lactic acid and soda
produced respectively three females to
one male and three males to one fe-
male.
Use of lactic acid on six cows pro-
duced 100 per cent female calve§L,i
County Federation to
Meet Sat., Sept. 10
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The Matagorda County Federation
of Women's Clubs, which was sched-
uled to meet on Friday, September 2,
has been postponed to Saturday, Sep-
tember 10th, with the Collegeport
Women's Club as hostess.
Luncheon guests of honor will be
the State President of Women's Clubs,
Mrs. J. W. Fincher and State Parlia-
mentarian, Mrs. A. K. Newby, both
of whom will have prominent parts on
the program which promises to be un-
usually interesting. Mrs. Newby, a
noted Parliamentarian, versed in the
science of law and a brilliant speaker,
will have the principal address of the
afternoon and she asks that club wo-
men or those attending the Federation
who care to prepare as many ques-
tions, unsigned, as they wish to and~
she will be pleased to devote a large
part of her hour to answering them.
It is further requested that those pre-
paring questions or problems dealing
with parliamentary rules or the well
ordered conduct of a business meeting,
send them, if possible before the meet-
ing, or bring them to the meeting and
deliver them to the Chairman of Pro-
gram Committee, Mrs. Burton D. Hurd
of Collegeport, so they may be placed
in order for the speaker's convenience?'^-
Mrs. Newby places no limit to the
number of questions or problems our
culb women may offer, and in view of
the rare opportunity to confer, per-
sonally, with Mrs Newby, this prom-
ises to be one of the most interesting
and beneficial subjects of the year
Club members and visitors wishing
to attend the luncheon will confer a
favor on the committee in charge il
they will write to Mrs. L. E. Liggett,
Sec. Woman's Club, Collegeport, Tex- ,
as, in advance of the date, giving her
the names of delegates and the num-
ber of guests attending the luncheon.
The meeting date is September 10,
10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
FIRST AID WORK
The Palacios Adult Health Club is
to have First Aid for the lesson for
study Friday afternoon, when the class
meets at the high school at 2:30 for
the regular meeting. All members
are urged to be present and it is hopeu
many visitors will be there as this is
a subject of interest and helpful to
everyone.
The Adult Health Work all over
the county is growing in interest as its
helpfulness is becoming better known
and few people in Matagorda County
are not now acquainted with the
County Health Nurse and her work.
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