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TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM, TEMPLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 19X9.
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HAI1.Y TELEGRAM Katsbllehod TSO
DAILY TRIBUNE EstablliUed 1»»4
(Consolidated January, 1910 )
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Published <w» morning by tho Telegram
Publishing Co, ( [do.), E. K. Wllllama,
president.
NrBSCRIPTION PRICE.
tfcHlvered by Carrier* Inalde City Limit, of
Tempi*.
Dally and Sunday, one year f7.B0
D»lly and Sunday, one month 71
By Mall Ontelde City Limit* f» Temple
Dally and Sunday, one year ( (H)
Pally and Knndiiy, »li month* I It
Dally and Sunday, three month* 1 75
Dally and ftundajr, one month 70
Prlr* nn street*. on train* and at news-
Hand*, per copy «t
Telephone (all dfpnrtmente)..
Ill
INTERURBANS ARE PROFITABLE
The sverage net earnings of 201 electric lines in the United
vicinity. The city council alio has or-
dered enlargement of the water and
newer system* of the city. More oil
prosperity.
Aaaa/wwwna-/v>w/wvaaaaa/vs/n^
by
Wo cannot keep trouble down
going up in the air.
Retter take care of yourself these
days. Msny very important men are
fa ling HI.
About the most cheering news now-
adays is news to the effect that things
•re looking gloomy for the bolshe-
vik I.
The Industrial conference probably
appreciates by now Premier Clem-
enceau'g statement that it is harder
to make peace than war.
The headline writer who. In the lat-
ter days of the war. used to proclaim
that Peace is Near, now realizes what
i aort of a chump he was.
AUTOS AMI Cu, ATY FAIRS.
Mourning over the fact that the old
flavor of county fairs has departed.
Homer Croy, in a recent Issue of Les-
lie's Weekly, laments:
"Xbings are not the way they used
to be. The old county fair Is about
gone. Why, lt"» getting so now that
a man who comes in and ties his
horses so that they can eat out of the
back end of the wagon Is laughed at.
You never see anybody any more out
by the side of the road throwing
, stones to make the dog go back. There
p. . . .. t n< o _ . _ . , " " , """71 Tim# was when the anouncement
States in the jwir 1918 was 47 per cent. It is stated that J that there waa a federal job to hand
there is not an electric line in the United States that has not
increased its earnings since that time.
It is reported, for example, that the North Texas Electric
company, operating between Dallas and Ft. Worth, earned
over 1,000. per cent during the year 1918. The company Is
said to have financed rather extensive improvements in the
road with these earnings and to have paid stockholders about
52 per cent on money invested. It is practically impossible
to buy stock in this company today—at any price.
Even the Temple-Belton interurban has been earning
money lately. Examination of the books will show this to be
true, according to information.given to us.
You can readily see why northern capital is being invested
n Texas interurbans.
The Central Texas Electric Railway company Is planning
to connect Temple and Waco with an electric interurban and
s offering stock to the people of central Texas. It is promised
that road will not be bonded, but will belong exclusively to
the stockholders. The only way anyone can acquire an in-
terest in the road is by buying stock. This insures protec-
tion for the small stockholder—and is one of the main rea-
sons why the stock should appeal to both big and little in-
vestors. The guarantee against a freeze-out is attractive.
And the average annual earnings of electric railways is
nearly 50 per cent on the amount invested.
er cities are being ravaged by uncon-
fined and raging waters that Temple
sits untouched upon her highland
prairie homestead; that is, not In re-
joicing over the terrible assaults that
are made upon other cities through
the overflowing of turbulent waters
and the disasters that come to them
as a result thereof, but rather a quiet
satisfaction that in her location far
removed from such danger the citizen
may enjoy the benefits provided for
him by the builders of Temple who
builded better than they knew.
M VUK10TIXG COTTON-.
As a means of providing a better
market for the south's cotton crop, a
committee from the world conference
no* in session In New Orleans has
come forward with the favorite sug-
gestion of eliminating the middle men.
British spinners are urged, under the
proposed plan, to send buyers out Into
the cotton patches, negotiate for the
staple and then gin It, bale It and ship
it as they desire.
The Kentucky tobacco crop is
handled along linea similar to this,
but whether or not eliminating the
middle man In marketing cotton
would remedy the situation materially
Is at least a debatable question. Par-
lan't anybody any more who has to tlclllarly ,H thIg true when lnnsrH at
•top ana get tho colt out from under ,
the traces because he thinks It is 'en'Pt to send their n.en Into the fields
meal time. You never gee buggies)and barter with the farmer for his
backed up any more with their staple. There may be a better way
tongues over each other and their |arounj
numbers chalked on the dashboard. I
lt'» yetting so that you woudn't know I " we do not over Suess the number
the county fair if it wasn't for the big- of cotton patches In the south it would
rest pumpkin. There aren't prize take an army of agents to visit all the
colta at the fair these days, and the ... . . .
man with a pair of matched Clyde*- 0r eVen half of thpm' and bar'
dales would attract more attention ffa'n *or '^e yearly yield. It would
now than Bela Kun. It's all because I cost money to keep these agients on
of the automobile.' the Job and, as usual, the farmer
All thia may be true, but still the would havo t0 foot the bj]I Many
automobile hag its advantages and farmers would not be satisfied with
the county fair is none the loser. We Luch an arrangement and they would
can admire particular lines about a 1)0 ,eft at the puny of g(reet hnyen
touring car or limousine as much or wh|ch thelp neighbon, ha(J attempted
more than we can admire beautiful t0 outjaw_
features about a horse, and when It CoUon mny paRa ^ ^
come, to getting to the fair in a hur- hands from th<j Ume u ,eaves the farm
ry even an automobile that isn't much untll u gets to the gin, but we do not
on looks can leave the fastest buggy beil#v# eondiiions would be improved
horse far behind. by a!I cotton dealers out of
The automobile, therefore, makes th# way Rnd th# ^ ^
target attendances possible for fair*
° " come upon the barnyard fence and buy
and when the farmer parks his car he th„ „ . 4.
the crop. Uelng at the mercy of well
does not have to worry about whether 1 .
' „ I organized spinners might be worse
or not the motive power of his ve- _ . . ..
K than being at the mercy of well or-
hlcle will get its foot over the rope or I .. . ,
" , ^ ganlzed cotton dealers, who perhaps
mia*I> 1nn«A nn J null Attr Trtw hnma I "
are more interested in making the
spinner pay a big price for the staple
than they are in purchasing from the
farmer at as low prices as possible.
The only solution lies in a little ef-
ft^tive organising on the part of the
cotton growers themselves. Plans to
this end arc not lacking. A cotton ex
port corporation, with farmers owning
the stock, is the latest proposal—and
one well worthy of the consideration
The city of Tempie, Texas, Is not on I of all agricultural and Industrial ln-
a river. This is a talking point for all teresta of the south.
thoso who would make of this location Under this plan, briefly, the cotton
* metropolis for a territory extending growers will have their agents ne
toward the western sun as far as the gotiate with the spinnera— thus plac-
Imagination cares to Journty. "Not ing themselves in a far more Inde
on a river" mhfht well be the slogan pendent position than they would be
for every crusade launched In the in- if they had to entertain the agents of
terest of the industrial development the spinners.
•f this fortune favored city. For a
CENTRAL TEXAS PRESS
break loose and pull out for home.
It Is well enough to be sentimental
toward Dobbin, but we can imagine
nothing more kind and beautiful than
to turn him out to graze while the
, owner makes a quick trip to town
If the pocketbook can stand It, cer-
I tainly memories and conscience should
i «utfer no pangs.
NOT ON A HIVKH.
That profitable results follow plant-
ing and cultivating high grade cotton
is shown in the experience of a Wil-
liamson county farmer who sold at
Georgetown Tuesday fifty bales of
Lone Star cotton at 50 cents a pound.
This means at least $250 for each ball
of 500 pounds, not counting the price
of the Koed, which also is proportion-
ately higher than that of ordinary cot-
ton. This farmer realized about $13,-
000 from this sale. Others can do as
well, if thpy will try.
With an a"ute shortage of sugar
over the state and the cane crop of
tho Texas prison system threatened
with $200,000 damage unless moved
quickly, an appeal has been made to
the railroad administration for cars
and Regional Director Bush has prom-
ised cars to take care of the cane.
Fort Worth's new two million dollar
hotel, the Wiofield. will be completed
by Dec. 1, 1920. If the oil boom con-
tinues thero will be ne'ed of another
hotel even of large size by the time
the Wlnfield is completed.
The duck season opened in Texas
yesterday and hunters were almost as
plentiful as the ducks. Local sports-
men have not reported substantial
game bags from the first day's shoot-
ing, but they hope for lots of game
before the season closes. There was
some controversy between Oklahoma
and Texas as to the date of the season
opening, the game wardens In Okla-
homa holding the opening date to be
Oct. 18, but Texas decided' the 16th
was, the proper date and eo It was or-
dered.
The Williamson County Boys' Pig
clubs are coming into more fame and
profit. They have sold at top prices
thirteen pigs of the big bone Poland
China breed to start McCulloch county
boys pigs clubs on their way.
The desperate situation of the cot-
ton growers in the upper part of the
state Is indicated by the fact that
Denton county farmers are offering
$3 and $4 per hundred pounds for cot-
toir pickers and at that not getting
enough help to clean up their fields.
Paris, Tex., swelling with Import-
ance greater even than that of the
famous French capital, where the
League of Nations was "brought forth
In concrete form, will have a celebra-
tion Monday evening in honor of Dick
Kerr, the White Sox hurler, who
pitched tho Chicago American, league
champions to victory in two fif the
three games they won In the world
championship battle with the Red-
legged warriors from Cincinnati. The
celebration and dinner in honor of
the Texas twirler is under the auspices
of the Paris Chamber of Comn. rn
and the programs will be in the na-
ture of a home toming for the Sox
pitcher. Kerr lives at Paris and the
commercial organization is deter-
mined to show its appreciation of the
valuable advertising the little h'uiier
gave their city when he gave the Red
stockings a taste of defeat after they
had humbled two of the White Sox
club's star pitchers. Paris is entitled
to feel proud.
out there would b« a rush of tens and
hundreds for the place. Now the
spectacles |« witnessed. In Texas at
least, of hundreds of federal Jobs go-
ing begging for persons to come fill
them. All of the supervisors of the
new census in every district in the
state complain that they have not
enough applications to fill the require'
ments for enumerators and they are
railing loudly through the papers for
those who want Jobs to'come forward
and make application so that the
work can be got under way by the
first of the year. In the Twelfth con-
gressional district the census super-
visor has requested the federal Judge
to issue a call for 175 enumerators for
work In the counties of Parker, John-
son. Krath, Hood, Somerville and Tar-
rant.
^The Judges of the third court of
civil appeals at Austin have certified
to the governor their disqualification
to hear the case of RepresentaUve
King, a member of the legislature,
against Terrell, state comptroller, to
restrain the payment of the Increased
salaries of the Julges of the higher
•ourts. They hold that the fact that
their salaries are affected by the legis-
lation disqualifies them and the gover-
nor is asked to appoint special Judges
to sit in the case.
co«t of being Presented at Court In
England. -But tho averag* cost in this
country fa about «5 and coots.
/ Why la It that thoro Isn't nearly as
much pleasure In spreading tho good
we know of a man as- there Is In
spreading tho.<bad we know of him?
If a man had to wear a pair of shoes
with-stilt* for heels ho'would make
an exhibition of himself and get a ride-
In the patrol wagon. But a woman
can Ket away with It
RIPPLING RHYMES
Br Walt
BITS OP RVPI/AY
(By Lake Mcl.akr.)
* Keep ut Itl
Keep on trying, son, don't lost your
punch,
And do not get sore:
It's often the last key in the bunch
That opens the door.
A ltcal Optimist.
"Smith is an optimist, isn't he?"
said Brown.
"Yes," agreed Jones. "11a is a real
optimist. Kvery Saturday when he
pets paid he imagines that he wi\l
have \ few dollars left at the end ot
the week."
Advice.
Take this advice, it isn't con:
Save part of what you earn;
You can't collect insurance on
The money that you burn.
what?
And what has become of the little
girl who used to have her ear lobes
pierced for earrings?
Nothing to Worry Over.
The Church of England has refused
to strike out the word "obey" in the
marriage ssrvice. Oh, well, It won't
make much difference. Whether It Is
In or out, a husband is going to have
a fat chance of making his wife obey
hlip.
Oh, Joy!
Let's go up to Batavfa, Ohio, and
seo Cecelia Waggal.
Lucky Thirteen. '
Is thirteen an unlucky number?
There are Just thirteen letters in Oar-
ry Hermann and just thirteen in Pat-
rick J. Moran.
Police!
Ed Cox opines that the High Cost
of Loafing is what is worrying the
strikers in this country.
Flrc!
Helen Burnett has been Indicted for
arson in Eell County, Kentucky.
You Know Hint.
When playing poker, Oswald Blare
Sure is a busy duck;
He has to walk around his chair
So he can change his luck.
—Luke McLuke.
And when he loses he will howl
If someone wants to go.
But when he wins he says "'Cuse me,
I've got to go, you know."
—Hasting (Neb.) Tribune.
Our Dally Special.
The Host Abused Thing In
World Is The Power Of Speech.
The
Contract for a $250,000 hotel has
been let at Ranger? Score another
step in the onward inarch of substan-
tial commercial development of the
bustling oil city. Contracts also havo
been let for Btreet paving and other
building improvements and Ranger
soon will be out of the mud and .ready
to Join the metropolitan class.
Mains are being laid for tho purpose
o'f suplying Stephenville with natural
gas from the gushing gas wells in that
Luke McLuko Says
The reason why the man with the
new auto is in such a hurry when he
Is driving is because he isn't going
anywhere In particular.
A lot of women are up to date In
everything in the world except their
birthdays.
You often realize what a chump you
were ten years ago, don't you? And
ten years from now you will realize
what a chump you tfere ten years ago.
Every girl knows that other girls
think she Is moi'e attractive than they
pretend to think she Is. —
There may be Infallible men. But
we never knew one who was so much
that way that he changed his shoe-
strings before they busted.
When -a woman isn't talking about
her neighbors she Is talking about her
health.
Most wives are smart enough to
make Friend Husband think he Is hav-
ing his own way when he isn't
A thousand dollars is the average
Texas city to be located "not on a
Tlver" Is for it to possess among iU
aasets one which can never be lost,
algned away, expended or squandered;
It Is an asset like unt-j the colors of
the paint manufacturer who adver-
tised that they are permanent and will
remain permanent.
If it were valuable in the presenta-
tion of n claim of this kind to add to
the suggestion the weight of evident*
one would not have far to go to find
an Illuminative example of the reverse
aide of the claim; as for Instance, the
jatatement In the news dispatches of
yesterday that reports from the Brazos
river bottom Indicated there wajs grave
danrer that the river would leave its
tanks.
Wherever you find a large river,
especially In the lower reachea of the
watershed, you find grave danger of
river leaving its banks. It la not
, subject for rejolclnr that while oth-
m 1
The Dork Day.
When the day of alcknesa cornea,
to every gent, and you sit with folded
thumbs, far too weak tp earn a cent,
will you have your Uttie roll, to de-
fray the beastly bills, to procure the
grub and coal, and to buy the needed
pills? Feelinr well, men do not think,
do not k«ep that day in view, when
their health Is on the blink, when they
have the itch o* flu; and they blow
In all they make, blow It with their
hearts serene, for glad raga and angel
cake, blazing gems and gasoline. Each
one thinks he is immune, alckness i«rlll
not come his way, and he blows the
round doubloon In hia large and
princely way. But some morning
there's congestion of his gall, and he's
hourly growing worse. And he lies
around In bad. Just a weak and futile
wreck, with a poultice on hla hand,
and a plaster on hla neck. And hla
wife has pawned har duds, and she's
washing by the day. In a cloud of
ateam and auda, Just to keep the wolf
away. And he hates himself so bad!
and he sighs, "When I am well I will
grip the useful scad untu I make the
eagle yell."
QUESTION BOX
Q. How many m*n did Ui« Union states
h»v« during the civil warT (1) How mnny
did the Confederate dates have f (t) What
waa the total number that each side lo»t ?
—Yankee.
A. According to a itatement prepared
by Use adjutant general's office, there were
1.77t,4«» United Statea troop# engaged (I)
and TdMtX1 Confederate troop* engaged.
(I) The United 8tatea casualties were as
follows: Killed In battle, «7,<II| died
wouuds, 41,011; died of dlaeaae, 1 If.710;
other causes, audi a* accidents, murder,
Confederate prisons, etc., 44,114; total died,
141,144. The t)uinber of Confederate sol-
diers who died of wounds or disease (par-
tial statement) 111,Ml.
Q. Has there been a moving picture pro-
duced during the pert y«r In 'which some-
one didn't steal valuables from a safeT—
ran.
A. Not as far as ws remember.
Q. How much did the peace conference
at Paris coet the United 8tales?—O. K.
. - It Is estimated that the total costs
will be ll.ooo.oeo. President Wilson asked
for an appropriation of »M7,5f7 for the ex-
pense* of the peace delegates and their
staffs
DAILY HOI
—
r, Oct. 11, Mi^
(Copyrighted.)
Contrary forcee will hold sway today ao.-
cording to astrology. Early la the morning
Mercury Is In bcneflc aspect and late at
night Jupltsr Is friendly, but Saturn and'
Nsptune are threatening. *
Uncertain and changeable conditions mar
dominate writers and editors during this
positing of ths stsrs. Many may veer In
their political opinions, and there will bs1
unusually bitter newspaper controversies.
There Is a propitious sway for banqusts
tonight, which !%held to be especially fe.
vorable to the wining of good opinions from
foreigner*
Whatever has to da with ths Manning of'
commercial or business expansion ahould
benefit greatly after sundown. Earlier la
the day Neptune makes deceit easy.
Saturn la In an aspsct believed to en-
courage whatever Is seditious or antago-
nistic to ths eetAbllehed order ot thing*.
There Is a sinister direction for rsllwara
which will focus national attsntloa owing to
some great accident or calamity.
■ducatlonal affairs will How oorae ranch
to ths frout, and there may be establlshsd
a new bureau or department to deal with
the aspects of Intellectual and vocational
training.
Supreme honor is foreehadowsd for a wo-
—an vast middle life. Me will take part
In the councils of ths nation.
Mars on ths cusp of ths fourth houss Is
rend as a warning against fires and torna-
does
Volcanic eruptions are denoted far 8<nth
America.
Persons whose blrthdat* It Is Have the
augury of a fortunate year, but they jK^uld
safeguard the health.
Children born on this day are llfcely to be
kind and generoua These subjects of Llbrt
usually resent control, but thsy are generally
successful In llfa . 1
A raan'i
best pal
is his smoke
"Nothing goes with me like a good story"
—Ches. Field
EVERY Chesterfield you light begins and
'ends with satisfy. For Chesterfields
set no Hmit on your smoking enjoyment.
Their smooth, rich, even flavor keeps right'
on pleasing your taste down to the last
half-inch*
And no wonder.
The great buying organization we main*
tain in the Orient makes it possible for us
to obtain the pick of the finest Turkish
leaf. Experts blend these tobaccos with the
best Domestic leaf; not in any hit-or-miss
fashion, but by our own exclusive process!
that never varies. «,
And actually this process brings out hid-
den flavors and new delights that give to
this cigarette a satisfying quality all its
own. We don't care what cigarette you've
been smoking, you'll like Chesterfields
better.
le
hoars waa
—and the blend
can't be copied
BRINGING UP FATHER
■le.
By GEORGE McMANUS
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