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UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
SWEETWATER, TlSXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER j, 10‘10-
VOLUME X NUMBER 210
AS K PAVING BO N D
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Work
As the World
Series Opened
i %
Gov. Moody Refuses To Call
Legislators On Cotton Bill
tin 10 CEPE
II IN OIK
Only Little Work Remains
to be Done Within
Next Few Weeks
TO START KIP-HAPPING
All Gaps in Dam Closed
and it is Ready to
Impound Water
Sweetwater’s new half-mil-
lion dollar reservoir on Bitter
Creek will be ready to turn
over to the city sometime in
December.
Announcement to this effect
was made this morning follow-
ing an inspection of the project
made yesterday by Marvin C.
Nichols, of Fort Worth, consult-
ing engineer, in company with
city officials.
Work remaining to be done on
the lake is principally in heighten-
ing the dam, rip-rapping it on the
■water side, and completing the
spillway, it was said. A full crow
of men is at work In rushing these
details to completion.
Kip-rapping lots not actually
been started but will bo next week,
contractors indicated.
All gaps in the dam have been
closed and it is ready to impound
water as noon as rain falls on the
watershed. The darn is about 20 or
or 25 feet high at present.
Contract for the dam was aw
arded Inst October to the Womack-
Jleaning Constructing company on
a bid of $345,8G6.70. It was to be
completed in 350 working days.
Gets Life For Small Theft
OLATHE, Kas., Oct. 3.UJ.R) —
Theft of a cet of horse harness
valued at less than $50 sent Ern-
est Miler, 28, of Dallas, Texas, to
the Kansas state penitentiary
today to serve a life term.
Miller was convicted under
the habitual criminal law.
I
Lauro Izzaguirrc Returns^,
With Family io Make '
Home in Sweetwater
Consulate offices of the Mexican
government were re-opened hero
Friday morning by Lauro Izza-
guirre, who is to be in charge after
being closed for about a month on
orders from Mexico City. The con-
Cliieajfo Juiijfe Issues State-
ment Today After Bonds
Are Set at $50,000
CHICAGO, Oct. 3. (U.P.)—Judge
John IT. Lyle, whose announced
and practiced policy is to put
known gunmen and racketeers in
jail first and find charges ngaiust
them afterwards, believes that
gang rule in Chicago has been
broken.
“I think the people are at last
so aroused that the gangster is
through in this city,” dot iaivd Lvl ■
in demanding bonds of $50,090 from
James “Fill” Sammons, who lias a
criminal record that extends back
to 1900 and is listed by the crime
commission as one of 2G "public
enemies.”
OPENED TODAY
Committee Meets
Executive Today
Says Texas Farmers Mould
Be Opposed to Bill Reduc-
ing Acreage
AUSTIN. Oct. 3. (U.R)—Governor
Dan Moody today declined to call a
I special session of tho Texas lcgis-
] lature to enact a hill requiring cot-
! ton acreage reduction.
| Possibility of submitting a cot-
I ton acreage reduction bill in case a
| session is called for drouth relief
I was also vetoed by Governor Moo-
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START J NOV.
$50,^00 Bonds to he Sold ]
For Work as Soon as
Possilde
SEEK COOPERATION
Plan is to l 98 Per Cent
Local Labor On
All Work
Speeding up its paving pro-
Igrarn to provide employment
! through the winter months,
: the eity commission this
| morning asked for bids on its
i$60,000 paving bond i- u ■
! voted in April, 102!). The bids
Forward
with
Sweetwater
Things Every Citizen
Should hnote About The
Proposed Charter
Amendment
( hooks and balances are essen-
tial in the structure of any gov-
ernment to secure the first proper
allocation of authority and second-
ly to promote efficiency. An exam-
ination of the present charter will
reveal that this id‘a was carefully
carried into its provisions. The
voters at all time have power to
e commission; tho
has power to
city manager: and the
■r has the cc
ive function
eont rol
commissii
control tt
city maim
administr
employee!
aihlf
fr
j 13, it was announced.
Contract for the proposed
construction will also be let as
|quickly as possible, it was stated,[that insures to the tax payers that
effort to begin work on the jail money spent, will he spent In
>1 of the
of other
is respon-
their de-
rtain oth-
s require
of the
ed bv tho
iller who has
anting depart-
3 appointed by
Die commission and not the city
manager. The comptroller is ans-
werable alone to the commission
and this serves to hold a balance
partm»*n
er ot t ic i
ts except 1
als whose
them to
i check th'
city mai
ntager are i
commit
don.
The c
iLy compt
cliarge <
Df the acc
meat ol
the City
Above—Taylor Douthit, St. Louis
center fielder, who was tho fir t
man up in the opening Kan?*’ of the
1930 world serlos between the Car*
“If a drouth relief session is call-
ell, It will lie for that ptirpoHe t National L-n;;uo champions,
aluno, Governor Moody told the]"" ........
committee which asked for a cot
ton session. "I will ask the mem-
ber.-; of the legislature to serve
without pay for such a session It it
is held.”
The committee calling on the
governor included J. L McDonald
of Waxahuchie, Democratic nomi-
nee for slate agricultural eommls-
isiouc r and author of a cotton acre-
I ago reduction law which did not
| pass the last legislature. Ropre-
I Bcutatlvo Hay Holder of Lancaster
was also on the committee which
represented proposals advanced by
the Kills county agricultural club.
Governor Moody told the counnit-
. t»o ( hat while h- would not say
that most of tile farmers of Texas
are now opposed to a state law re-
!quiring eottno reduction that if lex
I as passed such il law and other <ol-
|ton states did not, Texas farmers
(would bo opposed to it. He advis*
!(3d iiii> committee that the most ad-
visable course is to call on the fed-
eral farm board to take the lead
in recommending concerted action
upon the cotton states.
Grand jury to
and the Philadelphia Athletics,
American League title holders and!
ilefc-nde.r.; of the world title. Dm-1
pire Mortality and Catcher Mickey i
Cochrane, Athletic1!, are also j
shown. Cochrane was one of the,
••hi;; gun " in the first two games I
of tile scries. He has Hit two home I
runs.
Below—This picture shown Pros- j
blent Herbert. Hoover throwing the,
first hall that opened tho 1930 ge-
rlos. President Hoover and mem
hers of liis cabinet attended the
opening gume at Shibe Park,
Philadelphia. The Athletics arc
two up oil tho Cardinals as they;
switch playing fields.
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ifiS
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$ W*®
ill ail
| project in November.
Companies Matt
j will lie forced to bid
■ city to get Ihe job. The corainis-
I sioners are to enter a bid through
I some local man and unless ot her
! contractors enter a lower iiid, the
Tile cit
(Continued on pagf
if HERE FOP.
, ,,,. atorney is also appoin-
tin' contract! charter. The comptroller also may
against the | he discharged at tho will of the
commission.
The city attorney is also ap-
ted iiy the Commission and not by
the city manager. Thus he is also in
a position of Independence of the
manager, to whom he is required to
give advice. He may also be dis-
charged at the will of the commis-
iion.
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LAURO IZZAGUIRRE
sulatc was ordered closed by offi-
cials of (lie Mexican government in
a general program of eliminating
offices over the world, but upon so-
licitation of prominent Sweetwater
citizens, Governor Dan Moody,
Congressman Thor, L. Blanton ami [
others, t he office was ordered re-1
opened.
Mr. lzzaguirre, who has been in
Mexico visiting since the death of
his mother several weeks ago, re-
turned here this week with his
family and is to remain here.
I appreciate very much Ihe ef-
at Liberty Under $5,000
Bond
Grand jury investigation of the
fatal shooting at Van, Iasi week,
of Kelly Murphy, Pure Oil Com-
pany employee, is scheduled to
commence next Thursday according
to word roci ived here Friday by
friends of Dick Taylor, form t
Sweetwater cafe man, who is un-
der $5,0(10 bond in connection with
the shooting.
Murphy was killed last week at
. an oil field camp near Van and
forts of Sweetwater people who Taylor gave himself up after the
aided in securing the re-opening of shooting.
tlic office," Mr. Izzaguine said Frl-[ Taylor is at liberty under bai .
day, “and i am glad to he back
mo hu m
si os sim
50-Gallon Apparatus an<!
and I I Gallons Liquor
Taken in Raid
YV. I,, lilaekstock and T. W.!
Moore, both of Itoscoe, were being|
____ iheld under $1,000 bonds here today!
Former Sweetwater Cafe Man[;„ ,tion with i mid by lor.iL
officers north of Roscnc
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135 Best Animals
Area IF
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Probe Slaving
LARGEST HffiFI!
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. „ Bradford Sells 20 Head for !:
i 50-gallon still and 14 r, i . « - >
whiskey were seized. Ranchman Ihi* Weel-
Fcw Hours Grace Left
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (U.R)—Tam-
many leaders ordered by Mayor
.las. J. Walker to waive immunity
and testify in tho graft inquiry or
lose their jobs with the city null
still had a few hours of grace to-
day because the original ultimatum
expired oil Yom Kippur, Jewish hol-
iday.
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Heart Ailment Is Fatal
STAMFORD, Oct. 3.0J.R) James
C. Downey, 52, West Texas relire
sentative for a farm machinery
company since 1918, died at his
homo here today of a heart all
mnnt. Burial rites will lie conduct-
ed at Frost 111 Navarro county Sun-
day.
THC WEATHER
Air Pascnger Leaps to Death
here to make this my home. 1 am
greatly interested in the future de-
velopment of commercial relations
between Sweetwater, West Texas
and my country, and I hope to be ()[ ull, 1:lt,,, iu„,
of as much service to Ihe citizens j Goatli loday while the ship was
of this area us I am to Mexico,” J flying between Ilarburg and Roth-
BERUN, Oct. 3. (U.R) —A passen-
ger on an air liner en route from
Hamburg to Hanover opened the
door of the craft and leaped to
Mr1. Izzagulrre has about SGI
counties in his division of Texas.
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Hyde Gets Appointment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (U.R)—
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde has
been nominated by President Hoo-
ver to defend the administration's
farm program in a pre-election tour j
of the middle west.
etihurg.
in which
gallons of
Charges of possession of intoxi- j
eating liquor for (iio purpose of I
sale and possession of equipment
for manufacture of liquor were t'il-j
ed against the men this morning.]
Both waived < xamlnlng l rial before
Justice of the Peace 1. W. Bra-
shear.
The still was less than 100 yards
from the road, officers declared
(hi: morning. It was an cll-coppcr
nd one of the b .
Stills scan recently, they said. It
was not in operation when found.
Sheriff Jess Lambert, Deputy
Sheriff John Parks and John Heed,
member of tho police force, were in
the raiding party.
Charges against lilaekstock and
Mi i,i. ..ill he taki n up by tin d;
triet court grand jury which meets
Oct. 13.
Plans Long Flight
1’AP.iS. Oct. 3. (U.R)— Paul Codos,
Mu (Ip Io Fort W
i«H) Each io Fort Wo
—Shipment to be
rth Momluv
A XXOUNVE.MKST of II) • 1 ■ " 2"
Aheifi
night by G. U. Bradford, president <••' '!
pony, and one < f tlic most, prominent
the Southwest.
The sale price was $8,099, nil av
This is one of tho best sales ov
ors declare lbat this is not den'.1
t' regiatorod liereft
: made hern Tliursi
Bank ami Trost Ct
of Hereford cattle
ft i n
She.?
est Texas:
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Partly cloudy,
E).
Dirigible to Begin Fl;ght
LONDON, Oct. 3 (U.R)—Tlic R-100,
largest dirigible in the world, will
start on a flight to India tomorrow
night, the air ministry announced
today.
Killed as Car
Crashes Freight
probably showers
southeast portion
tonight and Sat-
urday.
East Texas:
Partly cloudy,
probably showers
southwest por-
tion and West
p coast tonight and
Saturday. ( train at a grade crossing near
Woutliui v» nnj
Five Young People Were Re-
turning Rome from Dance
—Two Hurt
FAHMINGTON’7in . Oct. 3.(U.R)—
An mitninoliilc. in vvliicli five yount?
IHTHoiis were reluming home from
it (Isiinv, era shod into a 1 might
Ilium early today killing three and
cu,ud>r Flying ............
Texas and Oklahoma: Partly) seriously Injuring the other two.
cloudy to cloudy: llglil to moderate, Tl, Were Hliinclie and Earl
ci\Ht to southerly winds at stir-. Kirkpatrick. 17, and 19, brother and
face’ light to strong southerly slsicr, and Edna Flynn. 18, all ot
xvlnds in* (o 5.900 feet and modcr-i ( union. The Injured wi$o Uu'li-
:id' snutherly Io westerly winds at | aid Weller, 28, and George Wag-
higher levels. I S°llul > l®-
Plaintiff Found Guilty of
“Contrihulnry Neg-
ligence’’
Verdict of a jury in distric t court
this afternoon awarded M. M.
Koddnm $1,990 In his suit against
tlic T and P. railroad but a mom-
cut, later nullified this grant by
finding him guilty of conlrilmtary |
negligence, paniully leading to tin- j
collision in which ho was Injured
Dec. 29, 1929.
The accident was unavoidable,
tho jury found in answer to the 39
special issues given by Judge Fritz
K. Smith in bis charge. A special
hearing will lie held heforo Judge
Smith Monday to give judgement In
tho case.
A jury drawn to try R. O. Winn
on a charge of possessing iutoxi-
( atlng liquor and a si 111 was given
the case at 2:39 after each side had
presented an array or evidence lit
tlic case. Among tho evidence
ferect by tho state was n 10-gallon
keg of whiskey alleged to have
been in Winn’s possession when
lie was arrested In April seven
miles east of town.
I HURT B
CRAIS FENCE
Rising Star Man Confined
To Sweetwater Hospi-
tal After Ueidenl
j m. E. Crosley, of Rising Star,
French aviator who accompanied was in the hospital here today re j
Dlcudonne Coste and Maurice Bel-1 rupcraltng from injuries sa tallied |
lolito on an attempted long-distance w|1(,u tunicd over seven |
[light to French-Indo China which] ..
ended in a crash an hour after th( ................. •' .
takeoff, is planning a flight from j Although painful, ins injuries arc
Nusv York to Handful in Costu’s ll()j suriou;5. aUunitaiits said.
400 per head.
n West Texas and brood- j
once in ton years/’ Tho |
> to bo delivered next j
Mr. Lupton’s ranch, 20 j
miios south of Fort Worth.
“This car of stock represents !
one of the inost valuable shipments j
of livestock ever made from Sweet- ]
water,” Mr. Bradford declared. “It. 1
is worth almost as much as 10 car:1, j
of ordinary range stock which goes ;
to show that it pays to raise regis* 1 *a
tered stock/’ !
Tho shipment represents the1
last half of Mr. Bradford’s 1930 calf j
crop.
All the animals of the shipment!151
were sired by Superior, Jr. tho S ^*
I Bradford herd bull out of the
I Gudgel and Simpson bred cows.
Mr. Bradford breeds straight
Anxiety 1th Herefords.
Illg
Auclictii Today
JOI5N^4* auctioneer
! Officers of 3 Hereford
Bodies Arc' Mori- For
Annual Sale
Some of the best Herefords
ever raised in West Texas are
I being sold this afternoon at
, the Pair park barns in the an-
nual fall auction sale of the
I Sweetwater Hereford Associa-
i tion, with N. L. Johnson, San
Angelo as auctioneer. The sale
| rtarted at 1 o’clock with sev-
eral ocore of buyers in atten-
dance and making bids cn the
animals.
Thirty-five head— 26 bulls
and 9 cows—were listed for
the sale and it was predicted
this morning that all of the
animals would be sold.
Walter L. Boothe, sales manager
and J. X. Dulaney, secretary, were
in charge at the sale arena.
At 10 o’clock this morning the
animals were judged for places in
the sale and alter this was done
they were arrangt d for tin sale.
Barbecue at Noon
At noon, a barbecue luncheon
was served the vi
men and prospecti
of the huge barns
K. .!. Kinser, Kc
I The Judge
of
the Corporation
Court also is
nam
ed by the Com*
mission instead of
the (Hty Mana-
j ger, making
him
independent of
any Influe nce
othei
r tlian tlie city’s
1 charter and
ordin
antes, lie may
also be remo
ved a
it the discretion
i of the commi
is sion
| From tliis
and
proceeding arti-
cles, it will
readi!
ly be seen that
1 the city man
ager
lias no czaristic
1 powers. He hi
is no
contract for any
period of timi
• and
may be removed
when his services an
lory* ft w*m thus be
I not necessary to amen
! to remove tho c ity
proper method vvuold
I any complaint agai
manager to the comm
I commission gives t
I relief, then the vote
light to recall comm
j These and other p
I the charter make fo
governmental
promote effh
ifact-
TS
ion.
visions of
» for balance in
ganization, and
y by a wide
l of every muui-
iut the charter
e presented from
HIC'IINUtl
m
,200
.it:
? T
sum top mi
■\ *
I'd r r * liH!Ay
ni
EllLL ii . biin s
Gather In
Annual Set
\bilenc for
sion of
liv
Hv odfi-s’ Asociatton; I!. T. Ale:
ar.rtor, Canadian, president of tl
Panhandle Hereford Breeders’ A
sedation and John M. Gist. Odcss
president of the Texas Herefoi
Breeders’ Association, are here a
tending tht‘ sale together with
Bndei
K. W(
Plane Crash Kills One
1
rgor number of otht
r livestock! ATT
ICA, Ohio, (
Dct. 3. (U.R)—A
Ell.
plane
crashing into
a fence after
Others he
urn for tlie
sale are, • uu.
successful alt
empt to take
m Dennis
, ltotan; P.
K. Dennis, ] OI-f flo:
pi a small fie
id had resulted
spot r.iunt:
J. A. I'uee
q ami Son. t0(]av
4t.., (Innili
of Franklin
g Lake;
J. D. Join s,
Dora; W. ,, 0 ,
n, 21, who wi
th Lloyd Kauf-
I .argent.
Merkel; H
;!rry wins- L.,,;;
as sitting as’
tride tlie fence
ii. Snyder
; Alton Wa
liter, Amer . . , •
ng the plane’i
s departure.
an Herd
ford Journt
il, Kansas j
______—•—
”JW!Litt]e ^
trans-AtlanUc alrplano, Question
Mark, Le Journal said'today.
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Trio Is FrQpd
By Dallas Jury
Thcatn
Play Is Tonidit
The car in which Crosley and a
companion were ridii ■ turned over ^
three times after colliding with a. “ e
ranee guarding den ditelie^ on f’Kst Performance for
uii .jac of tho high way. The lop | Season lo Be Presented at
of the ear was torn into shreds j g 1*. JJ.
and tlie entire machine was badly ----—
damaged. | ' The Family Upstairs,” u three-
__ , Crosley suffered severe hrm<esj.,f.( comedy, the initial production!
Uarf Bun Held in Connection > bad cuts about the face
head. His companion bad on‘>’ 11 Lvnter x.Ittlo Theatre is to bo pro-:
few scratches anil bruises. lie
continued on to Abilene, Where rented tonight at the Municipal au-
thor were going, to bring back 1 ilitorium at 8 o’clock.
Final dress rehearsal was held
City; Mr. Urashear. CvaUle; It. A
Elliott, Moran; G. (’. Flint, Sltrliiq
.City; Dr. Hoint'r Wimhurly, San
! Angelo; R. \v. Tipton, Lusk; O. it.:
Moon, Rotan; H. F. and W. S. j
I Hendrix, Nolan.
Frank Reeves, Fort Worth Star-
Telegram' J. K. Madden. Color-]
ado; J. I’. Maddox. Maryneal and
i Sweetwater; I’. G. Dabney, G. E. !
1930'Ran* •>', Ft: nk Maherry, McCnulej .
IB. M. Anderson, American Here-!
j ford Breeders Association, Kansas ]
City, and many others.
Not Guilty of Wife's Death
PITTSBURGH, Oct. S.(U.R) — A
district court jury deliberating tho
case of Virgil R. Nelson, charged
with murder in tho poison death of
wife, today returned a verdict of
not guilty.
Capone Gangster Held
l y
With the Death of Two
Persons
JTA *udMrs."l/mces nitlnm.|fHemta or Jho inn,, d »> ;;;•
37, 1 *ot li charged with murder, and An .......
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CHICAGO, Oct. 3.
I ho Capono gangsters, wlu
mysteriously divmppeared
I police .aiTost order after
| was fouml In the hands
1 gang, was arrested todu;
last night at tho auditorium and ] cireyhound rule, ti nortlvw
the hospital. j !• wla
charge
-One of
>e name f
from a I
a copy
of the
in the
est side
of the police l
hunt down the!
UusKcll, director, in j voadhouse, by one
the play, declared tb® | squade detailed to
"public enemies."
Suicide Verdict Returned
R.'j”''Majure.'51.'charged with drlv caiTi-d Cr..«l.-> (•■
ing while intoxicated in connection Bandits Tie Up Watchman
with an automobile accident m | ' | q,,. pres, illation,
which two persons were killed, | miles, Oct. 3. (U.P) —Obliging T’.iu ts may ho parclia^od at the!
were exenerated by the O®”8* jobbers gave n night watcliiuun ton io lit. Tht tv ar I
comity grand jury in Its report to • t|u.ir „Wn unloaded revolver ilf r\ joo-mld seats in the rear of BROWNSVILLE. Oil. : 'U..J •
day. change for hi ■ m t they held ti„ auditorium that are lo be Bold The county coroner Investigating
m Hilliard was charged with the , , , Til,., blind-1 „ ,, ,q Ii is cxpecusl. itm death of \\ J. Nidmlson, 59.
of- fatal shooting of Carl Cochran on ] ; "" '
blind-
folded their victim, took him to an-
crowd will attend the lot Nashville, Tenn., rendered a
! verdict of sulclcl©. Ho was found j
I , I from the nr The store bv which!' Romo intern: I ing bet.ween-act j dead In his room at a local.hotelI]
oped when Cochran re nrn.Hl to; ®» th • 1(H)U.a features have a'so fminged j today, lie had been shot in the
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