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THE WEST NEWS MARCH 4, 1*32
THE WEST NEWS
t. M. Ripley
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Thought for Today:
BETTER SLIP WITH FOOT
THAN TONGUE
And TJTiat’s That
A three-judge federal court has
ruled tha* martial law in the East
Texas oil field is illegal and that the
governor exceeded his authority in
the proclamation which sent national
guardsmen into the field to close
down wells. Thus the governor learns
what nearly everyone rise knew the
moment he issued the martial law
edict.
However, the troops, under com-
mand of Brig. Gen. Jacob Wolters,
remain in camp while attorneys for
the governor appeal the case to the
Supreme Court.
Some threats and some predictions
have been made that trouble will fol-
low if oil proration is taken out of
the hands of the military and placed
under control of the railroad com-
mission. Undoubtedly some of this
unrest has been caused by those who
know better. It is unreasonable to
believe that the people of East Texas
will fail to respect the constitution
and laws of this state once they hav,-
been clarified by the courts.
take a seat on the Garner “band-
wagon.” The seats are going fast,
but the former cabinet officer is en-
titled to a place in the first row by
reason of his prominence and past
record of service to the party. He
might not have been “the greatest
secretary of the treasury since Alex-
ander Hamilton,” but he served his
country well and faithfully just the
same.
During his official life, Mr. Mc-
Adoo came into close contact with
Mr. Gamer, who was then a member
of the important ways and means
committee, and had the opportunity
to judge him is to ability and quality
of mind.
Says Mr. McAdbo: “Mr. Gamer Has
unusual knowledge, acquired by hard
work and experience, of the problems
of government. He would bring to
the presidency just the equipment
that is sorely needed to direct the
affairs of the people of the United
States in these extraordinary times."
Every day in every way people are
finding out what those closely ac-
quainted with the Speaker of the
House have known for a long time—
that John Gamer is a statesman in
the full meaning of the word.
Mr. McAdoo says that the speaker
is a man of the people, who under-
stands their problems and ia in sym-
pathy with them “because he does
undcr.tind them.” He is one of the
people himself. He does not take
part in sectional or factional fights
within the party and, as Mr. MeAdoo
points out, is one man under whom
all elements of the party can unite.
If they do, and Gamer is nominat-
ed, it will mean that the “full dinner
pail" and Republican corruption and
favoritism will be gone for a long,
long time.
Political
Announcements
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Rates:
State Offices ..............................*25.00
County Offices ............................ 15.00
Commissioner .............................. 10.00
Other precinct offices ................ 7.50
The fee for formal announcement for
office in this column carries the can-
didate to the July primary election.
All announcements are due in ad-
vance.
The News is authorised to make the
following announcements, subject to
the action of the Democratic Primary,
July, 1932:
For Congress, 11 District Texas:
O. H. CROSS (re-election)
For District Judge,
19th Judicial District:
R. B. (DICK) STANFORD.
SAM R. SCOTT.
For Sheriff:
W. B. MOBLEY
For County Clerk:
SETH REED
MRS JNO. W. BAKER
For County Judge:
W. S. (BILL) FOSTER.
For County Commissioner Precinct 3:
M. J. (MIKE) MAZANKC
Sports Review
Appetizing Asparagus
Maybe there it something in
■t"A this “ancient lineage and
nobla stock” stuff after all. Take
those two old aristocrats, pine-
apple among fruits and asparagus
among vegetables. They are dif-
ferent from the rank and file of
their kind, there Is a certain
subtlety, delicacy, refinement about
them that on# doesn't find in other
fruits and vegetables.
Rome Liked Asparagus
Asparagus was a great favorite
In ancient Rome-it still Is a
great favorite. Onlv, then, II waa
just for the wealthy and noble.
Now anybody can have It at It*
delicious beet at any time of veer,
for even that ary, unemotional
authority the Encyclopedia of
Food, says that the canned a»
paragus Is fully aa popular aa the
fresh vegetable.
Asparagus comes canned In a
number of ways—-stalks or tips.
In ordinary or giant slses. Take
your choice—they are all good.
And as a climax here's an extra
rood asparagus recipe 1
Anxsnipei au Graf in: Heat one
can asparagus lips; drain. Boll
four eggs hard. Arrange In but-
tered casserole alternate layers of
asparagus and sliced eggs. Make
a cheese sauce of four table-
spoons butter, four tablespoons
flour, the asparagus juice, milk
to make two cups, one-fourth cup
grated cheese, one-halt teaspoon
salt and one-eighth teaspoon pep-
per Four over asparagus snd
cover with buttered crumbs.
Brown In hot oven, 400" -ten to
fifteen minutes. Serves six.*
The Lost Sock
Quite a commotion was caused on
the west aide of the business district
lust week over a sock. A prominent
doctor, who makes his headquarters
over the National Bank, was very
much concerned about this particular
lost sock. He was doing about, ask-
ing here and there and everywhere
if anyone had seen a sock with a
supporter attached. He even posted
• large sign on the News offici
window, which attracted much at-
tention, and the doctor was ready
and willing to run a paid ad in the
News for said sock.
This well known doctor came in
to explain to the editor his loss, say-
ing that when he changed clothes to
play golf he gathered up his belong-
ings and took them to the car and in
the scramble to get down to Spring
Lake he lost his sock. At first the
editor didn’t think the golfer was
aerioos, because no one now days
has two pairs of socks—a? least the
editor doesn’t—but after seeing that
he was so set on finding the lost
article began to believe he might
really have two pairs and began to
lend his assistance. After about a
day's search here and there and every
where the lost sock was found and
everybody concerned is happy.
Prisons to the Front
On Top of the Heap
“It’s an ill wind that blows no
good"—is an old axiom, but appar-
ently as true today as ever.
Whoever would have thought we
should be rejoicing over any pha«.’
of this depression business ? Yet, that
Is exactly what Dr. Harold J. Knapp.
Health Commissioner of Cleveland,
is doing; because he finds in tha:
city considerable decline in disease
with the genera] health of the peo-
ple there greatly improved. His the-
ory is that people eat less in times
like these, that their diet contains
fewer luxuries and that health ia im-
proved by plain food.
Carefully planned meals cost less
money. The less one spends for food,
the more important milk becomes.
Milk is all food, no waste. The least
amount of food which can be used
with safety are—Every Meal: milk
for children, bread and butter for
all; Every Day: cereal, potatoes,
green or yellow vegetables, fruit, to-
matoes or oranges for children; Two
to Four Times a Week: Tomatoes for
all, dried beans, peas or peanuts,
eggs—especially for children—lean
meat, fish, poultry, cheese. Amounts
to suit the site of family.
Simple, plain foods these—but
they offer protection and bring
health at a coat in keeping with a
decreased food ailowaace.
Prison problems have vexed the
people of this state almost since the
first penal institution was establish-
ed nearly n century ago. Antiquated
and outgrown, the prison system of
late years has served as a sort of
political football for scheming poli-
ticians. Much political capital has
been made at the expense of both
taxpayers and incarcerated.
Two years ago the legislature
wrangled over re.oration, centralis*
tion and rehabilitation of the system,
and adjourned without accomplishing
much in the way of corrective legis-
lation. Appropriations were made
for a few structural and other minor
improvements, but the surface was
hardly scratched as far as the main
problem was concerned. The system
as a whole was in a deplorable con-
dition. Prison population had almost
doubled; housing was bad; sanitary
conditions were unhealthful, and
wholesale escapes were frequent.
Prison dormitories on the state
farms were classed as fire traps; the
cells in the penitentiary at Hunts-
ville as dungeons. There was much
idleness, little: discipline, and less
morale. The situation was intoler-
able.
Then came Lee Simmons, a success-
ful business man and farmer, and a
former sheriff, to take the reins as
general manager of the prison sys-
tem. He was given a free hand to
employ his own ideas about prison-
ers and prison management. His
program — industrialization, modern-
ization and reformation—was in-
augurated. The idle were put to
work cleaning up the grounds and
building and planting truck gardens;
discipline and morale showed signs
of improvement. Mr. Simmons was
getting results.
Now comes the annual report of
the prison board. A saving of *165,-
000 over 1930, and $360,000 over
1929, in the operation of the system
is shown. And this despite the fact
that the prison population has in- j
creased over 500 during 1031. Mr,
Simmons is getting results.
Since he assumed the managership
the system has been raising its, awn
Unless S M U springs one of the
most sensational upsets in the his-
tory of the conference tomorrow
night, the conference basketball race
will end in a tie.
With Baylor and T C U deadlocked
for the titie if the Frogs win tomor-
row night, a playoff will be nece*
sary.
And a three-game playoff would
bring both schools out of the red in
the athletic department.
Fort Worth has already assented
to a three-game finale, one game in
Waco, one in Cowtown and one in
Dallas.
Waco has not yet said anything,
•but there is little doubt that they
will be willing to play It off.
Alt-conference fives are already
making their apuearance, and we
think we will avoid the rush by mak-
ing our pick this week. Aii set?
FIRST TEAM: Sumner TCU and
Alford Baylor, forwards; Dietxel T
C U, center; Strickland Baylor and
Murphy Arkansas, guards.
SECOND TEAM: Dixon Rice and
Veltman A A M, forwards; Sexton
Arkansas, center; Barnett Baylor
and Brannon TCU, guards.
Good, bad or indifferent ? Aw,
cut out the raxzberries.
Our home-grown North McLenna.i
County League has entered the final
playoff series this week.
Three game series’ are scheduled
between Tokio and the National
Guards, Ross and the Thugs, tnd
Leroy and the Scouts.
Two games were unreeled Monday
night on the local court, with the
Guards smothering the weakened
Tokio team by a 40 to 13 count, and
Die Thugs nosing out Ross 28 to 23.
Nelson, Guard forward, led the
scorers in the first game with 17
points, followed by Plunkett with 9.
Williams led the Tokio marksmen
with 4 points.
Hap Counts was high in the second
game, marking up 14 points for the
Thugs. L. Crabb of Ross was sec-
ond with 11 markers.
At least three games will be play-
ed on the City Hall court tonight,
Friday, March 4th, and a good show
is promised all.
Individual scoring honors are be-
ing more closely contested than at
any time in the past.
L. Crabb of Ross still holds the
“THIS AND THAT”
By JIMMINY
LET’S BE FAIR
With Japan and China fighting for
supremacy of the Orient, the milk
producers and milk distributors in
Houston battling for supremacy of
the "bacteria count,” and attorneys
fur 15 major oil compui ies contend-
ing for supremacy of the “oil code,”
wt are not lacking in “war” in Texas.
"The Battle of Definitions” being
waged in Austin is a rather hum-
drum affair. The pen is mightier
han the -gird, it is true, out the
excitement is not as great. The All-
red forces are outnumbered snore
than 3 to 1. However, the attorney
general has youth and stamina and
that ought to be worth something,
even in a court room.
• • * e
There is some talk that the oil
companies will leave the state if they
lose. Nobody seems to be thinking
correspondent it seems that the pro-
ducers occupy the most advantage-
ous position by having the cows on
their side. At leaBt they control the
“ammunition base." And ammuni-
tion is the big thing in any war.
The producers have also enlisted
the attorney general to investigate
alleged anti-trust law violations. Be
tween oil trust and milk trusts, At
ON EVERY TRIP THIS YEAR
GO BY GREYHOUND
It is surprising how much money
you esn uw during the year, when
you tskr ill your trips by Greyhound
bus. Thousands have found ii to be
the most convenient and minuting
way. loo. Cal! on your Greyhound
agent lor complete information re-
garding low fares, convenient sched-
ules. and scenic highwsy routes
LOW Rot'ND TRIPS
San Antonio .......... ,v., .......
Fort Worth..............
Houston _________________
Austin _________________________
*7.5*
2.7*
7-39
4.30
*28.50
15.00
One Way Fares
Lot Angeles ...............-
Kansas City ......
Terminal
GARRISON BROS.
Phone 77
SOUTHLJ
GRE^O
LAND
OVND
torney General Allred Is having a
strenuous year of It. But he doesn’t
seem to mind; he was in the "big
war,” and a little thing like having
gasoline poured down his back or be-
ing slapped in the face with a gallon
of buttermilk it not likely to stop
him from trying to do right by hit
constituents.
e e e e
What
things
feed, food snd livestock. A canning .... .
plant erected at Sugarland will oper-1 *“ w,th 71 m*rker*‘ but nt
ate full time during the vegeabie sea.
son. The new packing plant will be
gin operations shortly, which is’ ex-
pected to eliminate the bacon bill, a
large expense in the past. Other
economies have been effected. There
is more efficiency and less deficiency.
Sanitary conditions are greatly im-
proved, the prisoners are being given
wholesome food, and escapes are few.
McAdoo On the “Band-
wagon
And now comes William Gibbs Me-
Adoo. secretary of the treasury under
he will
Mr. Simmons ia gradually raising
the prison system out of the morass
into which it,had fallen through neg-
lect and inertia. What will the poli-
tician* say?
in Houston recently a young wo-
man was fined *250 and given 90
the Guards is creeping closer with
60 points. Hap Counts of the Thugs
is third with 53 counters.
Other high men follow in order:
Donnelly, Thugs. 41; Hixson, Guards,
83; Harrison. Tokio, 20; A. Har-
grove, Guards. *7; Plunkett, Guards,
25; A. Crabb, Rost, 23; Beseda,
Scouts, 23; Sullins. Tokio, 22; Jones,
Ross. 18; Barber, Tokio, 16; H.
15; Sparks, Tokio, 12i
E. Vrba, Le-
B. Devers, Scouts, 12;
roy, 10.
days in jail for drunken driving. She
was speeding down a main thorough-
fare at 65 miles an hour, and stop-
ped only when officers shot at her
tire*, "j wasn’t drunk," she said. "I
had two glasses of wine, howevdr. I
had been playing bridge." So now
the aid adage will r-*d, "Gasoline
w“*‘“ “* “1
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching in English every second
Sunday, and in Bohemian language
on fourth Sunday in each month at
the Presbyterian Church. Everybody
Is invited to attend.
Rev. H. E. Beseda. Pastor.
Texas produced 92,400,000 n’miruU
of peanuts in 1931, but relatively
small part of the peanut oil, pei
butter and other product* from the
.... R. T—
about poor "Jimmie” Allred,
will he have to do? The way
are going now, he’ll have to leave—
win or lose. “Jimmie” has been
blamed for everything but trying to
uphold the constitution and law* of
the state, and “By Jiminny” that's
not right. Certainly he deserves
credit for doing something worth
while—if it’s on more than helping
his brother lawyers get “over the
depression” through fat fees they
are sure to receive for their mental
agony.
e e • e
Some people say he ia radical.
Maybe he ia—at least he’s “All Red.”
But even so, it doesn't make a great
deal of difference—some of the great,
est men the world has ever known
were at one time or another branded
ss being radical.
* * • *
And how many people really be-
lieve the oil companies will leave the
state if they lose their case? A man
owning an equity of *9,000 in a *10,-
000 home will do a lot of thing* be-
fore he will give it up. It's just as
reasonable to believe the oil compan-
ies wil go a long ways before they
will "boycott” the state. We have
mineral resources in this state worth
many millions of dollars If Eastern
capitalists want to develop these re-
sources, they should he welcome to
do it. But they should be granted no
privileges the ordinary citizen can
not obtain Let’s be fair to the oil
companies; let's be fair to all in-
dustry—and, above all, let’s he fair
with ourselves.
* e e •
The Chinese-Japanese dispute con-
tinue*, with the Japs showing some
progress and the Chinese a great
deal of determination. Last week
the bombarding was a little more
terrific than usual and as a result
the casualties were heavier. Evident-
ly the Ja^s have found another place
besides Wall Street to borrow money.
Otherwise, why all the shooting?
, see*
In the United States where battle*
for economic existence are being
waged in all sections, it is interesting
to watch the milk “war” now in pro-
gress in Houston. So .far neither
side has made any notable gain*, but
public opinion and the cow* are on
the producer**, and it i*
Maybe that would be a good way
to settle all wars—even better than
the League of Nation*, if it worked.
Every time a war ia started let the
attorney general act at referee, and
whenever too many generals get
their heads together penalise that
side for violation of the anti-trust
statute*. When three or more sec-
ond lieutenant* are seen huddled to-
gether whispering to each other—
eend an investigator to look into the
matter. Whenever one ia found “over
the top”—stop the war, by all means.
Nobody wants to tee a second lieut-
enant get his suit messed up.
see*
Seriously, however, it’* hard to find
logic in the position taken by the
distributors. Surely, the distributor*
don’t object to the producer* organ-
izing for their own welfare and pro-
tection—the distributors have done
the same thing. And if they don’t
there isn’t much reason for the con-
troversy. We must all go up the lad-
der together if we hope to make any
permanent progress.
Eastern capital ia reported to be
definitely committed to the establish-
ment of a paper mill in Marion Coon,
ty, near Jefferson. Recent experi-
ments have proved that young slash
pine—which can be very easily and
quickly grow to the proper age for
paper making—furnishes a new raw
material that could be produced In
moat of the piney woods sections of
East Texas. Lufkin citizens, who
recently shipped a carload of timber
to the University of Wisconsin wood
laboratory, for experimental paper
making purposes, have been advised
that the timber has been turned into
a very good grade of white news-
print, and that a supply will shortly
be available for the printing of the
Lufkin newspaper* on It, to show
what Texas timber can do in news-
print manufacture.
’Ifing” A Popular
Pastime
Farmers in the Denison trade ter-
ritory were paid more than *200,000
for milk by the Krafl-Phenix cheese
factory, bringing in 13,000,000 pounds
of milk. This was an increase of 88
per cent over the 1980 total, which
was a big gain in turn over that of
1929.
In periods of economic retrench-
ment we often find It necessary to
forego many of the things we lib* to
do best. We sometimes have to cut
down on our golf, the number of
show* we go to see, Ashing and hunt-
ing trips, baseball games and other
forms of amusement. But there ia
on* pastime that goes on—depres-
sion or no depression. It i* the popu-
lar game of “Ifing.’’ It doesn’t coat
anything to play the game, and
therefore is not subject to curtail-
ment. So lets “IT1 a while.
If all the railroads were to cloaa
up tomorrow lock, stock and barrel—
if such a thing were to happen, what
would be the result?
State Press in the Dallas New*
says: "In consequence of this situa-
tion, the government would have to
become the railroader. Always, since
the first locomotive iocomoted, there
has been an undercurrent of demand
for government ownership of rail-
roads. The owners today would be
glad to sell out to the government
at half price. This being so. the de-
mand for government ownership has
faded out of sight and hearing. No-
body wants Uncle Sam to go into •
losing business, the toss to he re-
flected inevitably in higher tores.
But if the railway people should
give up, having no longer a sustain-
ing credit and no profit in the busi-
ness, then the government might
have to take over the rail lines and
operate them. The people can not do
without them. We hear much of
truck competition. But the truck
lines haul less than 10 per cent
the Nation’s freight. If they w
suddenly to increase their ratio to
20 per cent they would occupy all the
road*, to the exclusion of ordinary
traffic. The railroads will be saved
somehow. If the job should fall to
Uncle Sam, he will raise rate* in a
hurry, and the people will pay."
State Press it right. If the govern-
ment takes over the railroads, we
will all have to dig down in our
“jeans" to pay for their operation.
And if the trucks increase their
freight business another 10 per cent,
we will all have to double our acci-
dent insurance policies—and that
coats money, too. We may lose— we
can’t win, it teems.
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Sam R. Scott, District Judge
the 19th Judicial District, was
West visitor Tuesday aftei
While here he paid the New*
a call and authorised hit
ment for reelectlon.
Value of Texas industries to others
than themselves is indicated by the
annual expenditure by Texas indus-
trial plants of *41.489.860 for fuel
and for rlectric energy flone. Their
pay rolls aggregate nearly *160,000,-
000 a year and their tax payment*
are a major contributor to the public
•'tot*, county and muni-
GEORGEE. KACIR
LAWYER
Office Over Adams Grocery
PHONE 116
West, Texas
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