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THE SCHULENBURG STICKER
Vol. XXXVII
ScbuIenbDrg, Fayette County,Texas, Friday, February 6, 1931
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No. 23
Around Town
^By The Editor;
It just seems as though Old
Mah Winter has forgotten that
he is past due and intends to
pass as by this year. Old timers
say they cannot remember a win
ter as mild as this one, that it
bids fair to be a bad crop year,
unless we get some very severe
freezes. They state that corn
weevils, bugs of every kind and
description, cotton pests of every
sort, will give the farmers plenty
of trouble this year and it will be
very hard to make a good crop.
Our City streets still get aw-
fully badrevery time it rains, we
have no solution of the problem.
The School Loop has almost en-
tirely dissappeared, once it was
the pi'ide of the town, it was a
loop everyone could use for a
drive, even in bad weather. A
former City Administration pro-
mised our tax payers to main-
tain this loop, and a lot of people
had faith in our cityr thinking
future administrations would
live up to.agreements, but they
have sadly found out better, It's
true some property owners cfid
not pay their share, but a num-
ber of them did. Those whom
paid have not been given a square
deal. We do not think it will ever
ba possible to build roads in our
city by a property owner paying
his share in-the future, because
of what we have already learned
on this; School- Loop. That what
we do built may be covered with
black mud by city machines un-
til travel becomes next to an im-
possibility. More cars travel that
loop at the noon hour daily and
during the early hours of morn-
ing than travel our highway dur-
ing th€ same period, if you don't
believe it count them. They are
all tax payers, taking their chil-
dren to school, going after them
for lunch, etc. We believe the
City Dads should keep the faith
and do something besides drag
mud on this road.We spend mon-
ey buying road machinery, trac-
tors, graders, men to operate
them. Why not a few cars of
gravel bo mend a street on which
property owners paid out their
good money with the agreement
that it would be maintained.
Some one may say because we
have recently bought property
there we make this statement.
Every reader knows that for
years and years, we have, from
time to time, brought this ques-
tion up. We intend to keep doing
so. The people are entitled to
this. Eight is right,even though
we are against a thing,if the true
course is right, do it. Even the
most humble negro is due con-
sideration. Senator Russek re-
cently stated, when questioned
by the Editor about this road,
that he had agreed,when Mayor,
to main tain these roads, that if
he had remained in the Mayor's
office he would have kept them
up to keep faith with those pro-
perty owners who kept faith
with the City. True there are
those who did not, but why make
those who were faithful suffer.It
is wrong. The American people
always believe in fair play, let's
fix this loop and not have it on
our conscience that we broke the
faith because of personal preju-
dice, Forget the little anomosi-
ties, the little spites, be big and
We wonder how much cotton
acreage will be cut in this sec-
tion. We know it will be cut con
siderably, some farmers plant-
ing practically no cotton. It has
been urged by authorities that
we cut the acreage at least 20
per cent in order to get a fair
price for cotton. We wonder how
much good seed has been order-
ed to increase the staple of the
cotton that we do grow. If things
keep going the way they have for
the past few years, with the
price lower each and every year,
we will just have to quit raising
cotton entirely .The United States
at one time raised nearly all the
cotton in the world. Today we
have been cut until we only raise
about half of the world's supply.
At the rate we are slipping we
soon will be raising only a quar-
ter of the world's supply. We
have come to the point where we
can no longer depend on cotton
to make a living for us. We must
raise our own living on our own
farms,living off of what we raise,
if we can't do this we are doom-
ed to go under. The world never
stands still, it changes constant-
ly, we too must change constant-
ly to meet the ever changing
conditions or we go broke. Every
farmer should have one or more
good sows with a good register-
ed boar, tor have one nearby
whose services he can secure,
he should have a garden to pro-
duce fresh vegetables for his
family and have enough more to
jJut up so that all winter long he
can eat out of jars the vegetables
he raised in the spring. Fruits
and berries should likewise be
put up. Plenty of milk and eggs
and chickens. Then a farmer can
live like a king, regardless of
whether he makes a bale of cot-
ton or.not. He can raise plenty
of feedstuff to feed his stock,pigs,
chickens, etc. He can put in a
permanent pasture to cut the
feed cost.You show me a farmer
who is doing these things ' now
and I wlll\show you a farmer who
has money and who is putting
money away in the banks each
year, right now they are getting
ahead.
Joe Kleckar Shoots
At Thief Friday
We had one good farmer in our
office last week, who, upon being
questioned, stated that he lives
off of his farm, that about the
only thing he buys is flour, he
is John Veselka of Route seven
John stated that he sold milk to
the Carnation Plant, that this
money was a mighty fine income.
He stated he had a number of
good sows and that he bought a
boar from down State,paying$15
for him when he was a tiny pig,
some farmers laughed at him
for paying so much for a baby
pig, but John knew what he was
doing. He raises hogs, not runts
from some old scrub stock. He
has one more hog to kill if the
weather gets cold, you can bet
he is not a runt from scrub stock,
this hog weighs between 800 and
900 pounds, he. is of registered
pedigreed stock, the kind you
Some chicken thief has been
very active in the Southeastern
part of town Burgers, Roeders
and others lost chickens.
At 2:30 Friday morning Mrs.
Joe Kleckar heard noises and
awnkened her husband, they
looked out of the window and
shortly saw some one moving
around in the alley near Joe
Va3ut's place.
Mr. Kleckar dressed, took his
45 and started after him. Joe
said he got within 20 steps of
the man and could easily have
killed him but did not want to do
this. He shot at the ground near
him several times and the man
dropped a sack, which contained
nine of Joe Vasut'sfine chickens,
and made his escape. Joe said
he could not state whether it
was a white man or a negro.
Short Horn Items
The Schulenburg High School
Basket Ball Team completes its
schedule this week by playing
Flatonia there Tuesday night and
LaGrange at LaGrange Friday
night. Coach White is working
his boys hard for these crucial
games.
The Short Horn record has
not been so impressive from the
stand point of games won but,
nevertheless, have played some
bang-up basket ball. The boys
are young and inexperienced
and we can not expect too much
of them. As long as they play
the game fair and give their best
the two factors which are recog-
nized as the out-standing achieve-
ments of athletics in moulding
character and making men who
stand gaff, we should be satis lied
and place secondary emphasis on
the winning, even though we all
like to win.
Schulenburg will lose three
versatile athletes this year by
graduation; Leon Herzik, Olan
Curington and Captain Ira Bla-
huta, who have been the back
bone around which this year's
athletic teams have been built.
We are very grateful to Moravia
for sending us such a student as
Blahuta. It is very seldom yon
see a student come in from a ru-
ral section and make'the record
Ira is making this year.
At present it looks as though
the County Championship will
be decided between LaGrange
and Ellinger. May the best team
win and represent our County at
the District Meet. Cor.
Little Boy Dies
New Superintendent
For Our School
Culling Out the Loafers
Pays These Farmers
Big Dividens
First, let us state, the Stieker
has no axe to grind, nor is it un-
der obligation to any aspirant
for the position of Superinten-
dent.
We have some fine men from
Wm E. Meyer of the Rutters-
ville Community had his hens
culled and found that he had
■ been feeding thirty-five hens
that were not laying an egg. Mr.
Meyer kept these culls for four
Leslie, the little three year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Hohensee of Engle, passed quiet-
ly away last Thursday after an
illness of only two days duration.
This entire countryside ex-
tends it's sincere symputhy to
the bereaved parents, a boy at
this age is the happiness and
sunshine of the home, for him to
be taken away seems a very cruel
blow, but we must content our-
selves that God, who does all
things perfectly, did this for a
purpose which we will never
can make money out of raising.
He has this new Big Bone Poland ! know. Perhaps some horrible
China Boar for service now, you ! future events which would have
farmers who only have a scrub ' been worse than death now,
boar would do well to feed him would have been his lot, which
to the buzzards, if necessary to he was spared in returning to
j get rid of him, and use a boar, his Heavenly Father now.
broadminded and keep the faith, i like Mr. Veselka has, next yearl The little body was laid to rest
Sevtral of our aldermen have you will have some hogs instead in the St. John Cemetery Satur-
gone on record as favoring runts. There are just plenty day morning. Father Heintze of -
the fixing of this street. At good farmers in and around ficating.
the next Council Meeting let's ! Schulenburg who are making j The Sticker joins the family's
see who else will get right, or money and who are not com- other friends in extending its
make it unanimous and all agree plaining of hard times even most siifcere sympathy.
to fix it, We hope at the next though prices are low. Let's fol. — -—
Council Meeting to be able to low in the foot steps of these i j^rs. R. Linnartz and daugh-
state that the City will fix this men and see if we can't do bet- ter, Miss Irma, of Cuero were
<ter* brief visitors here Saturday.
from near and far reaches jdays and a11 of them together
of the State applying for the po-
sition of Superintendent of our
School.
We understand that among the
men who have filed their appli-
cations is |Ernest Powers, now
Principal of our School.We think
this young man has demonstrat-
ed to each of us that he is a good,
clean cut, oonsciencious gentle-
man of the highest type.He wins
friends fast and holds them. He
has real ability or he would not
now be Principal of this school.
We think >the School Board
would use good judgment if^they
would employ him as Superin-
tendent.We know this man. Per-
haps some applicants have had
more 'experience, or other fea-
tures which deserve serious con-
sideration land they should $be
considered. The Board should
hire the very best man it can get
for the money whether it be Mr.
Powers or someone else What
^*5 like about Mr. Powers is that
he is so honest and upright in
his conduct and statements.
Every man in this School Dis
trict will get justice and he will
be fair and impartial.
These lines are prompted by
any number of business men
asking our opinion. We give it
gladly. It is not our intention to
butt into" the School Board's
business, or say to them whom
to elect. We hope these men take
this item in the spirit in which it
is intended. To help them to de
cide, to eret the best man for the
money, a man who has the abili
ty to make friends and >build up
our school and school spirit. It
takes a man who is a born diplo-
mat. A man you can't help but
ike. He can win a following and
make progress. We know Mr.
Powers is that kind of a man,any
other kind would do more harm
than good. That's why we say
weigh the situation from every
angl^.Upon your judgment rests
the future progress of our school,
which in a large measure deter-
mines the progress of our fair
city.
laid just one egg.
These hens were eating an
average of three pounds of mash
per month and three pounds of
grain per month. Figuring this
feed at two cents per pound, he
is saving $4 20 per month by
selling his loafers. The other
hens in the flock are laying more
eggs than before the culling,
for they have more room, range
and green feed.
Louis Giese of the Warda Com-
munity, had his hen^ culled too,
and found that he had seventy-
six hens in his flock that were
not laying. He is saving $9.12
per month by selling off his loaf-
ers and his main flock is picking
up in their egg production, His
average for some 200 birds wil
be 17 eggs per bird for January
Every day on the farm is cull
ing day. Weed out the loafers or
non layers and either eat them
or sell them. Do not work for the
loafer. Make your hens earn
their own way and pay you diyi
dens. Egg are cheap right how
and it will take a mighty gooc.
flock of hens to make much mon
ey on the present market But
stay with your good hens. There
are a lot of commercial flocks as
well as farm flocks being sole,
out on account of the low prices
This will finally stop tho over
production and the market will
again go back to normal. How
long this will be no one seems to
know. But there is one thing
certain; the farmer with plenty
of feed in his barn that has been
home raised can continue in the
poultry business long after the
man can who buys all of his feed
that the hens consume.
W. H. DuPuy,
Co. Agent.
New Gas 4nd Electrical
Contractors Here
Building Improvements
Oil News Items
The Floranic No. 1 is down be
low 1,000 feet. Numerous gas
sands have been hit, one about
15 feet thick, but nothing of any
significance as yet. The best
thing so far is that the present
structure is different from that
just across the branch below the
test well. Across the branch ar-
tesian wells are found, but on
this side there is no well. ,This
oil test did not pick up this sand
which indicates a fault along the
branch. I 'rilling.is going on.
The Humble Oil Company has
a crew of ten men in the field
south of* Hallettsville working
that section with a Tortion Bal-
ance to see if something like a
salt dome can be located.
The Lee County Field near
Lexington, which was thought to
be a sure oil well, broke through
with salt water Monday night at
a depth of around 2000 feet,which
caused a great many folks, who
bad based their hopes on a great
oil field, to have the blues.
C. and G. Sengelmann have
engaged Contractor Frank Bohl
mann to erect a ware house for
the "M" System Store. The
warehouse will be constructed
of brick and will be built on to
the rear end of the present store
building. The building next door
to the "M" System, now being
used by them for a warehouse,
has been leased to the United
Gas Company for their store and
office.
C. and G.Sengelmann have en-
gaged Contractor Chris. Burger
to erect another room onto their
house occupied by W. D. Cowan.
Building operations are already
underway.
H. N. Schwartz, who is attend-
ing State U., at Austin, was here
for the week end visiting his pa.
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Sch-
wartz.
Rud. Tofel, Jr., Dies
Rudolph, Tofel, Jr., aged
about 18 years, passed quietly
away at the home of his parents
in the Ammannsville section at
noon Monday. He had been ill
about four months.
Deceased was a fine younz
Christian gentleman, and his
early passing is deplored by
everyone.
The remains were laid to rest
in the Ammannsville Catholic
Cemetery Tuesday morning.Rev.
Father Raska officiated.
Deceased is survived by his
grief stricken parents, several
brothers and sisters. To them
the Sticker, in common with it's
many readers, tenders its most
profound sympathy in this their
great sorrow.
R. B. Curry and Associates
have leased part of the building
next door to the Sticker Office
for headquarters for the"Plumb-
mg |Electric Co." Contractors
are bu«y this week preparing the
building for them.
These folks come to Schulen-
burg from Abilene, they are ex-
perts in gas and electrical work.
They wire houses, office build-
ings and do all kinds of repair
work, they also install gas con-
nections and do all kinds of gas
work.
Mr. Curry is moving his fami-
ly to Schulenburg. He has a wife
and four children, two of his
daughters, who are in the Senicr
Class at Abilene, will nok come
down until after Commencement.
The Sticker, in behalf of our
City, bids these people a hearty
welcome to Schulenburg We
hope they grow prosperous and
find happiness and contentment
in our midst.
Turkey Thief Proves
Long List Of Crimes
The negro arrested recently in
Weimar for stealing Ernst Rus
sek's turkeys,was fingerprinted
and these revealed the fact that
he is an escaped convict from the
Oklahoma Penitentiary, further
that he is wanted in Austin and
Houston. The fine overcoat he
had was finally found to be the
property of CarlHuser, our good
Carnation Fieldman.Other things
may yet be found with which he
is connected.
Another Close Shave
Herlinda Casas, a Mexican anc
his children enroute to their
home in Houston were coming in
on the Sallettsrille road
As they neared the railroac.
crossing at the S. P. Depot here
a freight train was coming by
The Mexican tried t© put en the
brakes but had no brakes, ac
cording to eye witnesses, so they
both came forward and the car
crashed into the side of the loco
motive, the car had almost stop-
ped when they met. The car was
damaged considerably. One gir
received a bruised arm near the
elbow, the others escaped unin
jured. A wrecker carried the
car away.
Card Of Thanks
We take this means of showing
our most sincere appreciation
and grateful thanks to those of
our friends and neighbors, who
so kindly and consideartely re-
membered. visited and helped us
by many deeds of kindness and
sympathy expressed in many
ways, in the time of grief and
sorrow which recently came to
us by having to give up our dear
loving son, Leslie James, who
meant so much to us. We also
thank Rev. Heintze and those
who brought the many pretty
flowers that adorned his last
resting place. May God bless
you all is our sincere prayer.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hohensee
And Daughter.
DANCE
Will be given at
Sengelmann's Hall
SCHULENBURG
SUNDAY, FEB. 15th.
Music by
Sirocka's Orchestra
Given By Lieder kraoz
Singing Between Dances
Gents 50c. Ladies 25c
Everybody Invited.
23 2tc
Lutheran Congregation
to Build Parsonage
The members of the Schulen-
burg Lutheran Church have de-
cided to build a parsonage on
their lots adjoining the church
here. Contractors placed their
bids for an eight room house,the
parsonage to be a duplicate of
the one in Hallettsville. When all
the bids had been opened Henry
Borchers was found to be the
lowest bidder and was awarded
the contract. We understand he
will start work this week.
We understand no definite ar-
rangements have as yet been
made about a Pastor, but know
who ever comes here will be
mighty proud of this fine new
eight room house.
The Lutheran Church has a
splendid membership, including
the wealthiest men of our city,
who are easily able to secure
what they wish.
The Sticker wants to congrat-
ulate the members on this great
step forward. We need to give
more attention to spiritual things,
the building of this parsonage
and the securing of a Pastor to
look after this congregation is a
great step in the right direction,
the members have every reason
to feel proud.
DR. FRANK KENT
Tonsils and Pterygiums removed
by new method. No operation
No bleeding or paio. No
detention from business.
LaGranare Feb.
Weimar
Hallettsville
Schulenburg
Ofd Time
DANCE
AT
MORAVIA
Sunday, Feb. 8tli.
Music by
Ed. Kainer
Admission - 80c
Everybody Invited.
23 1tc.
Last Masquerade
DANCE
Of^The Season
AT
Ermis's Dance Hall
One Mile West Of Schulenburg
Tuesday, Feb 10th
Three Prizes Given
Dancing From 9 Until 1 A. M.
Strip Down Your Ribs and Come
Out For A Good Laugh.
Admission:
Gents 50c. Ladies 25c.
Music by
Winkler's Orchestra
The Band That's Known For Old '
Time Music in the South.
23 ltc.
Strictly Old Time
DANCE
AT
City Auditorium
SCHULENBURG, TEXAS
Thursday, Feb. 5
Music Furnished By
Baca's Famous Dance
Orchestra
S/ven Carnation City Club
Rip Roaring Good Time
Assured.
ADMISSION;
Gents 50c - - Ladies 25
22-ltc
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