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I The clean-up movement started
by Houston insurance men la get-
t'ns" under war
. savery Houston citlxen should com
operate to dean the town of lira
hasarda. " -. '
- flow about that old cloaet undet
; the atalraT lAny. traah In it Any
; papera accumulated there over a
perlodNot tnonthat ;..-.?
; ... Itata aoma loose matches and a
paper cloaet under ? a- etalr-caea
- make a fiery combination.
' - And that penny in the tote box?
Vrife Marshal Smith aaya that a
penny in a fuse box is first cousin
k. to a. Or. .
' It is up to Houston to do aome-
thing to hold oi get back the good
lira credit which a good Ore record
' fare na. Thia credit Is hanging in
v . the Dalafic-lt may be too late to
Jeare It but it lent too late to start
" work 'to: regain. It '? 1 ' -.
Reduced (ire Insurance ratea af
fect eTery . home owner and in
fact eTery person living in Houa-
ton Rates can .be reduced by re-
ducing loaaes by fire and loaaea
by fire can be reduced through
cutting down fire haxarda. -
Juit take a little look around the
nremisea today and see it there
isnt something you can do to cut4
down fire hazard;.
Announcement that the honor
system will be put into effect at
the Imperial .state farm a lew
.miles from Houston ia going to
i arouse much interest among olfl-
gens In this part ot the State. '
- i Oorernor Neft- aaya - that 160
.'picked coarlcta will be put at the
.i Imperial farm. Noguards will be
t -employed the frpririatataa
;Thts ;. is an InnoTaUon In the
handling of prisoners1 but-
The idea of putting in one place
ISO men who have been convicted
- of 'Violating a penal statute and
who era serving sentence with nol
.guards looks like stepping Into
' Utopia rather rapidly. Especially
-' Is this true when it is realised that
rnow-a-days the mild offenders
. 'usually get off with suspended
sentences and never get to prison.
Maybe it will work. Certainly
; the-experiment at the Imperial
State farm will be watched with
intereat
V We're all glad that the city and
. county has gotten together on pav
ing the section of Washington ave-
' cue that portion running between
the Southern Paclflo tracks and
Houston avenue.
r The widening of the street too
- -will help.
.. Houston Heights and the west-
' . era part of Houston have suffered
materially through the poor eondi-
Y Uon ot 'Waahington avenue and
nor LnflT musL laai uii wa mu-
f lleneum la about arrived with Waugh
. ' Drive completed and a well paved.
widened washlncton avenue in lm
V ) mediate prospect. .
V TUUM change and newspaper
ireulatloas change with time; tor
v Instanoe the last ABO report of
A '.the Poet and the present circula
tion figures which will be the basis
'.of. the next report to the Audit
- Bureau ot Circulations on Septem-
: bertO. There has already been a
;. big change due to the conaollda-
. .tlon ot the circulation of the Poat
'with that jit the Dispatch and the
..f change Is growing greater day by
...tday" "- . - ..
; v." We're not telling about our eir-
V 'eolation to get Into an argument'
-) but because we are proud ot the
t tact that nearly every home In the
. ' city of Houston receives the Post-
Dispatch 'every day and pays tor
1 Since the first ot September the
: Poet-Diapatch has averaged a paid
'' an-tM- ilallraMd . circulation . in
! Houston of approximately 1800.
; than that ' Street aalea and dealer
1 circulation In HOUSTON has javer
aged orer 00v paid- each day
- And 'during the same period: ot
Wtime the Poet-Dispatch had an ever
' . age ot S700 daily paid In what is
.'considered by all Houston papers
j aa "auburbanfc territory. Of course
! S.this 'Waant all of our dtculatlon
not by any means for the total ran
' ; around 68000 per day paid. '.
l- Now as - newspaper circulations
go 6J.O0O is not a record breaker
' nor- a record approacher. But the
'.. Post-Dispatch ia hanging arqund n
- record when its city carrier and
;aurburbaa circulation reaches and
. passes the point mentioned above.
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.' -:.' -; '.r:v0UR MISTAKE.
' Ssaaay la easesselsi the remeval
ef Ualted Meter Ce freer CI4 Li
Msaa stmt te their asw Islldlsf at
6400 Harrltfesm aeatevardt tha aaaie
sf uales Metera ce. waa srroneoasly
..' i ee uaies jweiore ceaipaay
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OFFICIALS IN
BACK OF PLAN
ConvicU With Good
Recprdt rWill Be
1 T r a n tfe rred to
Camp Near Here.
The honor intern this fall will be
given its first serious test in Texas'
penal system when' 100 convicts are
lacea at the Imperial State farm at
lutar Land without auards. accord
ing to informatloa received here Mon-
day from Huntsville.
Deasion to ioancurate the honor
system at Sugar Land on a lane scale
was reached at a conference neld in
Huntsville Mooda and attended br
Governor Pat M. Neff and all mem-
bers of the State prison commission
and the prison advisory board.
it is planned to transfer convicti
who have made food records to the
Imperial farm some tune in .October
or early In November. The men will
adopt their own governing code .sub-
ject to the approval of prison author-
ities and administer their own pun
ishments. .
Governor Neff declared Monday
that the scheme will mark a new era
in Texas prison history' and that it
is in line with humanitarian prac-
tices which hate been proven suc-
cessful in other Steles notabl in
ArisonaT where Governor Q. w. Pi
Hunt has extended it to include all
State nenal institutions. The Ari-
sona .honor system has attracted na
tional attention.
Details of the Rucar Tjatul vntnr
have ndt been- worked out the gov-
ernor aaicU. V . -'.'.. .
Th Bugar wntf tsrm Is located 22
miles from HwiatotuJUt is beea the
scene of tt rontlrt deliveries in the
teat few months. tmlyHexicans fcre
employed -en. the farm at present
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ugntningiurns
Oil Storage Tank
IntotBig Torch
' WILMINGTON. N. C Sept 8.
Mere thsa a atJIIloa gallons sf
kereaeae were aestreyea here ts-
day wkea Usbtalai straok tka
kaae storsis taak ef the StaaS-
are Oil oesjaaay.'
Speadlag fiasjss salokty trsss-
f armed the- 70 feet taak lata a
Isaatle hlewterck which blew a
tele tfcraash . the darkaess aad
shot a wall ef flame skyward
fsly JO feet above the tosaieat
rlsi ef the taak.
S. P. PASSENGER
TRAIN WRECKED
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PHOENIX Aril. Sept C
Seatkera Paeiflo passeager train
Ne. .102 east kesad waa wreaked
tealaht aaar Maiieepa Aria ae
eersiai - to . ateagre details ra
esived la railroad alreles ' here.
Tka looeasttvs avertaraed aad
several - eeaohea- were ' derailed
aeeerdlai te rs parts whleh did
aet reveal whether aay aasseaiera
were lajsred.
.TUC80N Arte; Seat t Dee
te brakea eeataisslcatlea betweea
Tsesee aad. Marhwpa railroad ef.
fklaJa ef the Seathera Paorflo here
state that ae laferwatlea la eetsle-
able aa .te the aerlaaeaeea af tka
wreck of the Goldea SUte Llairtsd
sear that point A wreoklag craw
frea tae akepa here ta taavlaf at
eaoe for the eeeae ef the aeeldeat
- - Flreetaa Geerge Ward ef Tsosea
was killed Is the wreck.
j los Angeles seat t-The
QoMea State Limited Seathera Pa.
erfle trala reserted wrecked soar
Marnepa: Arts tealaht left Lee
Aseslee at t a. at. today .heavily
leaied' an extra aleeaer belao pre.
vlded te aeosatatedsU the aaesa
ally largo asaiser ef aaaiers
earrled. It waa daa ta arrive at
Marleeta at :4fl a. si.--.
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? 'BELOVED VAGABOND!
Emerging from under the Influence) of an anaeethetlo after having
been brought to 8L Joseph's Infirmary lata Monday afternoon fol-
lowing an automobile accident four miles aouth of Dickinson Frances
Brown I smiled and started to hug the man who had aavad her life.
.tom a pnaaled look earns orr her facey- One ot her arma waa
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; 4n little) girl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. t. J. Brown ot 1920 Ham '
llton street was reeeuad from an overturned aedan by W.'M. Nash
who last week removed tour members ot the Harry T. Kendall auto
mobile peJty1 from the wreckage of their car beside the Navaaota
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'.:'''Frencen smiled again after that first ahocked realization that:
she would go through life with one arm and Nash a vagabond atood
wttn tears rolling down hia cheek. i
Nash was on hid way from north Texaa. Hli home la at Deport
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Los Angelean
Sues 'Heiress9;
Broke Promise
- (United News.)
LOS ANGELES Sept Is
Reversing the steal areoedare
Alex Castrlotos Monday filed a
$50000 knack ef promise salt
agalast Miss Margaret' Cam
mlaga alee kaowa as Bealah
CammlBg-s. aad aald to be a
wealthy New York heiress.
Castrietee save that Mlsa
Csmmlags premised te marry
kirn la 1020. He thea gave
her jewels valasd at $1760
; wearlaf apparel worth 11500
aad $7500 la eash ko alleges.
- After this display ef geaer-
eslty ea wis part Castrlotea
oialma Miss Cammtags reruaed I
te keep her marriage troth.
3; IS KILLED
(Post-Dispatch Special)
WACO Texas Sept 8. John
Higbtower negro Is dead; O. B Got
ton and Pink Reed white men are in
a local hospital suffering from bullet
wounds and Hlghtower's wife ts at
the point of death ft her home aa the
result of a shooting affray which took
place ia the Prairie Hill community
m. Limestone county near here Mon-
day morning. Attendants at the hoe
rital declare Cotton's wounds are se
rious part of his left Jaw having been
torn away when he wes shot at dose
range by the negro. He waa also shot
In the neck.
The shooting atarted at 10 SO
O'clock Monday morning when High
tower la said to have shot his wife fol
lowine a nnarrel at their home.
Hearina of the shooting. Cotton a
farmer residing in the community
went to the Higbtower home where
tj (Cont'd on P. 2 Col 2.)
NEGRO SHOOTS
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MAINE RACE
t I uili nnui mvii u.bv. s n
tores from 580 arsclaots aet ef 633
BABTI A tin U a )-
is tae note gave:
. Far foveraer: Brewster npshll-
oaal26J35; Pattaagell demeerat
93 av93e r ' 1
Per' toaster: JFeruM. rapuhlloaa
125360; Redman demeerat 3258.
Except far the cities of Ptrtlasd
aad Eastport the mlssiag prtoitcU
are mostly la vary small to was.
PORTLAND. Tlalne. Bept 0.
Maine ' republicans won a sweeping
victory in the . elections of Monday
according to incomplete returns avail
able -eerly Tuesday.
At 12:30 republican State head-
anarters claimed that State Senator
Ralph O. Brewster had defeated
William R. Pat! email anti-klan dem
ocratic candidate by at least 80000
votes. .
The count fn 200 nredncts out of
133 In the State thea stood:
Brewster G1.8P2. i
Pattengsfl 86278. .
Brewster'a lead was .18411.
Two hundred and n netv-aaven nre-
eincta gave Senator Bert M.' Fern-Id.
repubucan seeking re-election 48234
against 9532 for Fulton J. Redman
democrat All four republican con-
gressmen up for re-election appear
have been suecessral although Car-
roll U Beedy First district was hard
pressed by William A. Ina rahsm. The
Incomplete; vote: Beedy 8808; Ingra-
ham 827a. Wallace M. White Second
district waa leading Bertrend Mela-
tyre democrat 19.851 to 12804.
John . Nelson Third district .was
leading Leosj O. Tlbbetta Wslerrllle
10.22 te 8120. - V ?
In the strongly republican. Fourth
district Concreesmsn Ira O. Herses
has almest a S to 1 lead over Clinton
Stevens Bangor. One hundred and
seventy-three preeieeta gave Hersey
8040 te 1287 for Stevens! '
AUGUSTA Malta.' Sept' 1-William
R. Pattaaaall gemeerat teglght
aammee aeieex m tteay a atatae go
aeraaterlal eleetlea la which hi wae
eppetee by naiph O. Brewtter re
paklleaa. Brewster who ' wu ao-
eerded KB Klex Kma laawrsemsat la
the repebUoee prNarlae had a wide
leaa ia aarry oaanioiai reraraa.
stated Monday without rancor that he did not have the price ot a
meaL . ;.'v . ' '
Naah walked from Houston to Harrmburg about I p. m. Monday.
At Harrlaburg he hailed aa automobile .and got a "lift" to Webater
where ha mndea hasty tfanifer Into a large automobile truck bound
for CWvaaton V
Fearing thaT something waa the matter with the engine of the
truck the1 nagro driver halted hia machine about four miles aouth
of Dlcklnaoa t t n. m- to give the motor an Inspection. While the
driver waa tinkering with the motor another automobile drove by J
After going about J00 yarda beyond the place where the track
was standing the car which was a new aedan' careened to the left
of the road.-and turned oa lta right aide without warning. Nash
leaped from the seat of the truck and dashed down the road to where
the overturned automobile lay.
Mars
Takes Car to
Paint; Faces I
Theft Charge
J. K. Driver aocerdlaa te the
aHegatleas took a ear ht.'tsg
lag ta eaa ef the Hesstoa Mar-
phvt eeatraetlag te palat It.
Whea the Marphy who ewaed
the has Jadged that the palat
ea kls machine skeuld ka akeat
dry he called areaad te get bla
chalot
Beth palater as ' palstee
were aeaa Marphy alleges.
Lafkla ernes rt Friday arrest-
ed Driver ea a warrant charg-
ing feloay theft Tka Harris
eeaaty graad jary retaraed an
ladlofmeat agalast the maa
I Monday. Deputy Sheriff A. J.
( MoCollam left Moaday sight te
( kriag the priseasr here for
j trial
PAVING JOB
IS
Following discussion by the city and
county commissioners Which has last-
ed for weeks contracts for the par-
ing -of Waahington avenue were
awarded' in' a Joint meeting' of the two
bodies Monday.
Valient Toomey. a Fort Worth
concern received the contaact for
paving the thoroughfare from Houston
avenue to the G. H. A 8 A. railroad
tracks a distance of 15 blocks. The
work will coat about $131430.
The present street which has
? reran inadequate to handle the traf-
Ic passing over It will be made 15
feet wider. Three-lnrh vertical fibre
brick laid on a three-quarter tneh
layer of sand with s six inch concrete
bse wl)l be ased in the pavement.
Smith Brothers Inc. were low bid-
ders en that section ot the paving
running from the tracks to Tale
street . The contract was swarded to
them at $33700.50. Asphaltic concrete
will be used on the second section of
SAVES
AWARDED
TAKE DP POST
ATBOUNDARY
NEARBATTLE
Chinese Civil War En-
velops All of East-
ern Country; Refu-
gees on Move.
(United News.)
8HANQHAI 8tpt. 9. With troops
fighting bat eight miles dlitaat the al-
lied aaval military eoarmaaaers have
proclaimed martial law ia tka forslga
tettiomeat la SkaaghaL
SHANGHAI. Sept 0. With civil
war enveloping all Eastern China and
with hundreds of thousands of refu-
gees pouring into Shanghai American
marines and other foreicn troops hsve
been tended here to protect foreign
life and property.
The American marines are on the
Woo-Sung boundary of the city near-
est the fighting end the snny of Chi
Haleh Yuan drivlnf back the defend
ing troops of Ln Tung Helens are
nearing the woo-eung rorta an im-
portant barrier separating them from
tne city.
Foreign detachments are now guard
in the entire border of Sbanthai.
Meanwhile the other war chiefs of
China are ao believed to be on the
march. Ghana Tso-Lin. military die
tator of Manchuria la reported ad-
vancina toward Pekln. with the an
nounced intention of killing President
Taao Kun and General Wu Pei-Fu
leader of the Chihli party. Wu him-
self Is said to be directing Chi's at-
tack on Hhanahal. - and Sen Tat Sen
It reported marching front the tar
south toward '. the Bhanibal battle
gronad to Jd &u Tung.Haiang. - 1
- Wu Pel?Fu! leader of the Chlhtl
irexin) party la reported to hsve sr
(Uonte on fg. uol q.i
Judge Caverly Reads
Sentence on -Boys
Wednesday
CHICAGO Sept. 8. fhe fate of
Nathan P. Leopold Jr. and Kit-hard
Loeb. scions of old Chicago million-
aire familea who kidnaped and mur-
dered Robert Franks last May 21
has been sesled.
Three sheets of ruled msnila peper
containing approximately 1000 words
is the decision of Judge Caverly writ-
ten Sunday after under escort ot a
police guard he had attended church.
A short terae review of the csh
the record of which reached into the
thouannda of pagea and hia dfrinion
with the official form to bs added as
he pronounces sentence was the re-
sult of the judge's afternoon of labor
sn effort sriired at solely Although
he bss stated that after his responsi-
bility In the case has become a mat-
ter of record he will fight for at least
three Judges to alt In canltal caaea
where . a jury trial has been waived
through a plea of guilty.
Wrlttea la PsacIL
Using an ordinary lead pencil and
a few sheet of paper Judge Caverly
sat at the desk In hia library and
wrote out the comment which will go
down according to legal men as one
of the Important detiaiona of modern
criminal juriaprudence.
Monday the rough draft waa turned
over to a stenographer sworn to
secrecy to be typewritten.
The world will know what the tired
little man wrote soon after 0:80
o'clock central daylight ssvlng time
Wednesday morning.
At that time in a courtroom de-
void ot visitors and with only the de-
fendants guards attorneys relatives
of the defendanta and of fheir 14-rear-old
victim and reporters present
Judge Caverly will mount the bench
pronounce sentence llaten to what
pleas the attorneys may offer and
( Cont'd on Pa. 2 Col. 6.)
SLAYERS HEAR
DES1WS00N
GIRL'S LIFE
climb through one of the windows aa had Terry Sheley a nephew
living in California Louise 16 Haiel 14 Frances and Marlon Brown
the latter I were stitl entangled In the machine. Nash crashed one
of the wlndowa with a well-placed kick and pulled .Louisa Hiiel and
Marlon out . ; u
When the accident took placd Francea who was standing on tha
front aeat between her mother and a sister" waa thrown against tha
right hand window. The top 'of the car struck the pavement and
Francea' arm waa pinned between it and the road and out almost in
two.
Naah called for the driver of tbe truck. ' The negro came run-
ning. Nash and the negro put their shoulders to tha overturned
aedan and lifted it far enough from tha road to extricate tha little
girl. . '"
The child's arm waa bleeding profusely and Nash realising that
death waa inevitable unless the
Commission Holds
Secret Probe Into
Despite Refusal of Governor to Admit If Fecl-
ing Is That Shakeup Is Impending; Irresi:-
larities in Certain Accounts Hinted m Infor
mation Obtained on
(Post-Dispatck Special) . 1 r
HUNTSVILLE Texas Sept. 8.-&eports of an exhaustive
probe into conditions in the State penitentiary and on the
prison farms were heard and debated in two long and heated
sessions of the State prison commission and the prison advjsGry
boardmeeting behind locked doors here Monday with Governor
Pat M: Neff.- ' v':
The first-session convened at 2 p. m. and lasted until f:w
p. m. The second started shortly after 7 o'clock and lasted
until after 10. "
A third meeting is to be held at 10 a. m. Tuesday when
action regarding ..the charges brought at Monday'g sessions
may be taken.
In spite of the refusal of Governor Neff to admit even that
a probe is under way the feeling is general in Huntsville that
a shakeup is impending. - V
It was learned in reliable sources here that the investiga-
tion which has been under way for several weeks has been
directed at alleged irregularities connected with the handling
of overtime accounts on one or more of the prison farms; in-
ELECTION SET
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Morris Rosenthal to
!imWimDerlyV-
Place
Houston's next municipal primary
election will be held February 14
1925 it waa decided Monday night at
a called meeting of the Houston dem-
ocratic executive committee.
Morris Rosenthal waa elected tern
porary chairman after the resignation
of W. J. Wimberly bad been accepted.
Colonel John 8. Hoover waa elected
permanent chairman. Other officers
of the permanent committee elected
at the meeting are O. L. Dare secre-
tary and Morris Roatothal treasurer.
At the meeting Monday which ws
attended by C. C. Crocker and J. 0.
Bradburn beside Mr. Rosenthal' and
Mr. Dare it was dtcided that sll can-
didates in the city campaign will be
assessed on the basis of the salaries
of. the offices to which they sapire. In
order to defray expenaes of the elec-
tion. The amount assessed must be
paid into the treasury 15 days before
the dste of election t hese sses-
ments will be given out after candi-
datea have filed for poaitlons. Cundl-
dntes mny file their sppllcationa for
office with Colonel Hoover 022 First
National bank building.
A copy of Mr. Wlmberly's resigns-
tion which was handed to Mr. Dare
In 1023. follows:
"I wss elected by the voters of this
city as chairman ot tne city demo-
cratic execuUre committee at the pri
mary held In December 1022. Will
rrfii nleaae accent thia ai mv realrnn
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rtion from this committee. Inasmuch as
I feal that I can not aerve In thia ca
padty seeing that I am employed by
the city under the civil serrice com
mission."
Man Charged With
Threatening Prince
(Associated Press.)
WILLI AM8TOWN N. XM Sept. &
Marcus J. Ueroy was arrested in hia
home here Monday charged with
sending the Prince of Wales an at
leged threatening letter last Tburs
day. Sheriff Vincent who made the
arrest said Oeroy admitted writing
the letter.
The sheriff said that Oeroy denied
threatening the royal visitor but said
he had no use for the British empire
end would Just es soon see it "wiped
.flow ot blood waa checked) wound
FEBRUARY U
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Condition
s
Investigation
(V"-'4
f sanitary condition on the farms
neglect of prisoner; and alleged
brutalities. Other phases of the
prison system also are being ex
amined into. -r : v
Oovernor Jfeft 1 accompanied ly
orison officials arrived here at noon
Monday by automobile from Houston
wheee.be took breakfast. -All mem.
berg e tka prison board and of t a
advisory board are Huouville f
lira. J. Jfl. KJng of Sad Antonio.
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County Auditor Rule
Commissioners Ex
ceed Allotment
County commissioners are exceed-
Ins their budreta and will have to
cancel several roed contracts for the
remainder of the year. County monitor
H. L. Washburn notified them '"'-
dar ln a anecial conference 1 . -
auditor explained to the commissi' -
era that they must use tne prun
knife and that certain contracts er
dally in precincts 2 and 8 wilt b-
to be canceled In order to keep mhu
the budget allowed by law.
Another special meeting has be? i
celled for Wednesday at which tin e
commissioners will determine un
the contrsots to be canceled thia
Not only the 'Commissioners b
county offldsls are exceeding tin' .-
budgets it developed Monday morn-
ing when Auditor Washburn aeor i
County Tax Assessor Fred W. Wi '
for attempting to "go over hie heai
In the matter of departmental s-
penaes. Uxhaustlng his budget '
being refused further funds by tl
auditor Witt sought an increase fro ;
the county commisslonera Mr Ws.
burn cbsrged. . ''';'
It a letter addressed te the com-
miasioners. Auditor Washburn senr" I
Mr. Witt for being "arbitrary m con-
curring expenaee which be waa boun J
to know would cause the budget t
be exceeded if paid" and attemptir
to "go over the bead" of the eoun
auditor after he had ruled on I
matter. At the same time he point'
out to the court that it does not I
within the province ot commissioner
stter budgets have been prepared '
exceed the allowance "either at I'
request of officers or for themselves
"The budget fixed by the tax s
seasor's o flics represents the hie!
budget which baa ever been made t
thst department In the history ot t
county. Mr. Washburn's letter to t
commlaeoners court points eat.
Running expenses for the eo'
during the Month of August
t8&17ft.3. Mr. WashbWe rer
tiled Monday showed. Expend.;
for ferries boys' school end the j
nlle department were sJ te high i
auditor declared. ' -i '.
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Bailey, George M. Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 158, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 9, 1924, newspaper, September 9, 1924; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth607842/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .