Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1930 Page: 2 of 10
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Published Every Thursday
J. W. DISMUKE8 Publisher
One Year, $1.50 Six Months, $1.00
Entered at the Palacios Post Office as
second class mail matter under Act
of Congress.
"KNOCKING!
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The world is full of people who try
to blame their own unsuccess, unhap-
piness or incompetence upon some-
body else. Everybody knows some-
body like that. They are the same sort
of people who are always "agin the
government." The market for crops h
good or bad because the government
at Washington is Republican or Demo-
cratic, Business is slow because th
president did this or didn't do that.
Let a few banks fail and immediatel
some of the chronic kickers rush t;i
the fi'ont with the explanation that th j
federal reserve system is a failure.
Fair criticism of the government is
entirely proper and within the inghts
of every citizen. The tendency to hold
the government responsible for every-
thing unpleasant without ever giving
credit when conditions ai-e satisfac-
tory is, however, just another mani-
festation of the childish impulse to
shift the blame from one's own shoul-
ders to that of somebody else.
The very few people who make the
most fuss about the government's
"failure" when things are not going to
please them, would be the first to pro-
test if the federal government should
undertake to actually run the business
of the nation. The last thing that the
vast majority of Americans want is a
parental government. We as a people
firmly believe in the dictum, attribu-
ted to Thomas Jefferson, that govern-
ment is best which governs the least.
It is probably true that most of the
loose criticism of the government is
merely a form of "letting off steam"
It doesn't hurt the government any
and it relieves the emotional strain of
the person doing the criticising.
This year every body is going to
hear a great deal of criticism and de-
fense of the government. We are elect-
ing all the members of next congress,
one-third of the senators, and gover-
nors and other officials of more than
half of the states. Candidates and
their friends are going to tell us how
different things would be if they were
in instead of the ones who are in, or
how foolish it would be to put the
other fellow in when they had made
such good records. All that signifies,
for the greater part, is the desire of
the "Ins" to stay in and of the "Outs"
to get in.
The only persons who will be fool-
ed are the simple-minded ones who
really think that the government can
change economic conditions over night
and at will. All any government at
Washington can do, all it ought to try
to do, is to remove any obstancles that
exist in the free flow of business and
industry, to the right of every Ameri-
can citizen to work out his own indi-
vidual salvation, ecomonically and
otherwise, in his own way, so long as
he does not infringe upon the right of
any other citizens to do the same
t.hing.—Beev\lle Bee-Picayune.
KNOW TEXAS
Texas University has 2,100,000 acres
of land in its endowment, a million
acres being set aside by the Constitu-
tional Convention of 1875 and a sec-
ond million by legislative enactment
in 1883.
Texas ports in 1929 handled 9,954,-
922 tons of exports and 1,421,699 tons
of imports, valued respectively at
$1)99,384,268 and $32,003,268. PetroT
leum products supplied 56.3 per cent
of the exports and cotton 13.7 per cent.
The first "teach.^rage" in Texas
was built in Gaudalupe County, and
Texas now leads all the states in their
number and 37 for negro teachers.
The one at McAllen, costing $40,000,
is the costliest, but the average cost
% $1,160 for whites and $1,560 for
negroes.
CRIME RAMPANT
Houston, with a population* of 290,-
000, in one month chalks up as nanny
murders as London, with its millions
of people, can count in the course of
an entire year.
London police, by the way, are fair-
ly successful in solving their so-called
"murder-mysteries," but Houston of-
ficers as yet haven't acquired that
knack. Police of other cities, more-
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"Simple to prepare, easy to serve, A boiled shoulder of lamb, roasted,
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Interesting Facts
Sea going taxicabs are a new wrin-
kle, plying Long Island Sound out of
Now London, Conn.
Bell Telephone Co. is spending $2.-
360,000 a day on operating expenses
and $1,950,000 a day on new construc-
tion.
It might be expected that law en-
forcement officials so widely sepai at-
ed would evidence widely different
talents, and they do. Texas police may
not solve a lot of murder mysteries,
but they do tag a lot of automobiles.
Probably they are the world's most
efficient and prolific "ticket" writers.
Seldom indeed does a lady shopper
overstay the sixty minute parting
limit but she is hailed into police
court and relieved of a dollor or two
of her husband's hard earned money.
Twelve million miles of telephone
wire are used for toll and long dis-
tance sei'vice alone in the United
States.
One of the largest hydro-electric
generators in the world is to be in-
stalled this year at Spier Falls on the
Hudson River. It will be capable of
producing 57,000 horsepower of ener-
gy.
The new building of the National
City Bank of New York, which with
its subsidiaries, will occupy on com-
pletion, will be provided with 7,000
telephones connections and almost an
entire floor will be required to house
the exchange and its equipment.
Betsy Ross House in Philadedelphia,
"Birthplace of Old Glory," will be
more comfortable to winter visitors.
Its custodians have decided that the
quaint open fire places were an un-
necessary fii'e hazard to the historic
shrine and have insalled gas radia-
tors.
An unexpected result from night
baseball in the Des Moines (Western
League) ball park was the hearty ap-
proval given it by nearby poultrymen.
As a result of the brilliant night il-
lumination hens on adjacent dairy
farms were fooled by the lights and
inspired to work overtime. Poultry-
men agree that extending daylight
hours by electric lights will increase
egg production.
RAPID TRANSPORTATION
St. Peter (to arrival in Heaven)—
"Now did you get here?"
Arrival—"Flu."
The slow turn-over of capital'in the
electric industry is one of its prob-
lems. That it is getting slower as in-
creased capital investments are re-
quired is shown by the fact that where
' in 1922 the rate was once every four
and three-fourths years, in 1926 it
J had gone to five and a half years and
in 1930 is expected to fall to less than
once in six years, figures for 1928
I having been five years and eight
1 months.
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WILL DO FOR YOU!
The man who starts an account with
his home bank, no matter how small his
start, will not only accumulate money and
increase his credit, but will also build up
in force of character, in energy, in inspir-
ation and ability to accomplish what he
sets out to do, in capacity to earn money
and command a place with the leaders of
his community.
We invite you to open an account with
us. We shall be pleased to extend to you
all the courtesies and help consistent with
safe, sound banking.
It's quite a different story, how-
ever, when some victim is "taken for
a ride.,, a helpless girl is raped, or
the body of an unarmed man is pump-
ed full of lead ejected from a felon's
sixshooter. Texas policc ai"'; so busy
writing up traffic violations they
haven't a lot of time to devote to the
hunting of robbers and murders.
Obviously the police should enfnrce
the traffic laws of state and city, but
not so much at the expense of other
and more serious infractions of the
legal code.
The Wichita Falls Times relates an
interesting story of one of the old-
time Texas rangers:
A mob had gathered and the sheriff
appealed to the governor to rurh a
company of Texas rangers to the
scene. In due time one lone- ranker
reported to the sheriff
"Where are the rest of your force?
Where are the others?" demanded the
sheriff.
"Others?" returned the ranger, sur-
prised. "Shucks, there ain't but one
mob, is there?"
Then, by way of contrast, the Times
comments upon the recent instance
when not one but several rangers per-
mitted a mob to roast their prisoner
alive and drag his corpse through the
streets of a populous Texas city. Tex-
as rangers, once the pride of the whole
Southwest, also have lost prestige
and mention of their name no lc nger
"chills the marrow" in the bones of
bad and vicious men.
The crime problem in Texas is more
serious than many people think—so
serious, in fact, that move than one
editor has urged the public to forsake
politics long enough to devise some
effective remedy for a situation which
has become admittedly hurtful to
Texas' reputation.
Respect for courts is at low ebb and
contempt for jury verdicts is every-
where expressed. Our criminal code
is antiquated and cumbersome, and
justice is not only blind, but dilatory.
some ideas for using cold cuts as a with bruised clove or garlic before
means of easy meal preparation.
WEATHER WSIDOM
Sudden heat brings thunder.
A storm that comes against the wind
is always a thunderstorm.
Bats flying late in the evening in-
dicate fair weather.
When the dew is on the grass, rain
will never come to pass.
Chickens oiling their feathers indi-
cate wet weather.
putting in the pan. Cut the cold lamb
in thin slices and serve it on a bed of
cool, crisp watercress or lettuce. Gar-
nish with slices of cucumber, stuffed
olives, and radish roses. Cubes of mint
jelly will add to this attractive platter.
Arrange slices of cor nod beef—you
will find the canned very <rcod for this
purpose —between rows of sliced beets
which have been dripped in finely
minced parsley. At each end of the
platter put a cupped lettuce leaf, fill-
ed with Tartare sauce.
Slices of cold tongue may be alter-
nated with slices of ripe tomatoes and
When grass is dry at morning light, slices of green peppers stuffed with
look for rain before night, I creamed cheese.
A circle, around the moon means
storm. As many stars as are in the
circle, so many days before it will
rain.
When the scent of your pipe is re-
tained longer than usual, is ulten fore-
bodes a storm.
A deep, clear sky of fleekless blue,
breeds storms within a day or two.
If metal plates and dishes sweat,
look out for bad weather.
Blue sky in the northwest is a sign
of approaching clear weather.
If the horns of the new moon are
tipped so that the shape of the moon
will not hold water, dry weather will
follow.
When the new moon holds water,
look out for wet weather.
The low, sponge-shaped cloud gen-
erally is absorbed by the air and is
not an indicator or rain.
If the early morning is cloudy, but
the clouds soon break up, a fine day
will follow.
A shrinking ring around the moon
indicates rain.
Bright and unusual colors at sun-
set and hard, sharply outlined clouds
bring l-ain and often wind.
Red sky at night, is the shepherd's
delight.
If the sun goes down cloudy Fri-
day, sure a clear Sunday.
If a rooster crows standing on a
fence or high place, it will cleai1. If
on the ground, it doesn't count.
If the full moon rises clear, expect
fine weather.
When the sky seems very full of
bright stars—expect rain or frost in
winter.
Unusual twinkling of the stars—ex-
pect heavy dew, rain or snow or
stormy weather.
Between eleven and two, you' can
tell what the weather is going to do.
Mackerel scales and mares' tails
make lofty ships carry low sails.
Place a mound of potatoes salad in
the center of a round servi ig dish.
Mark off sections of the mound with
thin strips of white hard cooked eggs,
cut lengthwise. Sprinkle alternate
sections with yolks of the eggs, put
through a sieve. The other sections
decorate with finely chopped beets.
Place thin slices of cold roast pork
around the base of the mound.
To give added flavor and color to
slices or cold beef, serve it with let-
tuce cups filled with finely diced
spiced beets.
Creamed Ham and Cauliflower.
Cook a head of cauliflower whole. In
the meantime, make a cream sauce
and add one tablespoon minced par-
sley. When the cream sauce is smooth,
add a can of deviled ham, or one cup
minced left over ham, and stir until
smooth and very hot. Pour ovv cauli-
flower and serve at once.
Baked Stuffed Tomato. Select toma-
toes that are firm and of uniform
size. Remove the center and prepare
the stuffing. Add to the pul j of the
tomatoes two tablespoons finely
minced onion, one cup cold cooked ham
or tongue, finely chopped, and one
cup bread crumbs. Moisten with melt-
ed butter and season with salt; and
pepper. Bake for about thirty minutes
at 300 degrees F.
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Texas jurors too often forget the sol-
emnity of their obligations, and too
easily are swayed by the eloquence of
lawyers whose arguments are as in-
competent, irrelevant and immaterial
as many of the questions they pro-
pound to squirming witneses.
One newspaper goes so far as to con-
tend that to fire upon a man an 1 kill
him, while in the heat of passion, is
comparatively inconsequential a ;d is
punishable by five year imprison*
nient.; but to fire upon a man and miss
him is serious enough to involve atone-
ment to the extent of fifteen years
in the penitentiary.
The editor distinguishes, of ccurse,
betwen the crime of man-slaught r, to
some extent justified by an i > iane
and temporary passion, and th • of-
fense of assault with intent to mur-
der.
Even with this explanation, the fact
remains that Texas laws are archaic,
and that Texas courts are hamstrung
by rules of procedure applicable only
All in all, Texas needs a legal house-
cleaning and renovating. It is improb-
able that the legal structure either
will be cleaned or renovated, however,
until a loud, presistent and insistent
demand to that effect is voiced by the
people. This job accomplished, at-
tention should bo turned to the more
efficient organization of the police.
When these two tasks have been
competed, perhaps the peace and dig-
nity of the state will be trampled upon
less frequently, the rights of law abid-
ing citizens will be respected more
generally, and the sacredness of life
and inviolability of person will be rec-
ognized more widely.
Until then, the rule in Texas seems
to be for every man to look out for
himself and "the devil take the hind-
to another day and age. Moreover, most."
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The money you spend for Electricity
buys service worth far more than it costs.
No one will deny that the comforts and
conveniences of Electricity would be
cheap at twice present rates.
With this knowledge clearly in mind
your utility company is constantly seeking
to further decrease rates, for its policy is
not "all the rate the traffic will bear" but
"all the service possible to give" so that
Electric Service may play its full part in
community and sectional development.
During the coming year the company
will invest large sums in additional gen-
erating facilities, and in new transmission
and service lines. Many existing lines will
be improved and extended. These invest-
ments are made to provide better service
and to carry out our policy of furnishing
adequate Power and Light at lowest
possible rates.
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Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1930, newspaper, July 17, 1930; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth411902/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.