The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 266, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1919 Page: 2 of 6
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IDLE UNLE88 GOVERNMi*f?;
ft •' . L»ND8 A88ISTANCE. V - *
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bacco store,
to the world
iJfMhington, Dec. « ~ Declaring
that “for lank of intelligent govern,
meat assistance the tfuly great re
sources of Alaska must perforce lie
IS idleness," Governor Thotnp Riggs,
Jr., in his annual report toa*y, iplced
a plea for th* adoption by tfea gov-
ernment of a more liberal Alaskan
RAISED sM
IONS MEXICO.
BOUNTIFUL CROI
|N ALL 81
, Iiberal Alaskan lng ld, ivtm Ragaz, * Swi|smining
pollfey. The report said lawlessness, engineer in charge qf extensive prop-
“particularly that fomented -by-pro* ej.tles in Sierra „Mojada, Coahhlla.
Germans, I. W. W. and Bolshevik! ele- “The crops* this season are bounti-
was becoming a menace. * - jn almost all parts of the repablfe”
^ItpptopriaUO&s afe placed *1 such Mr Ragaz, diwlng a recpt lrlstt’
a lour fiooira a a tn nraoliulo affooti irn ... , » , JUk&r-, ■ *> ‘-vA _ ^al?
to the border. ^Aben the harvest Is
made, Mexico will be one of the cheaJL
est places '.cm. the globe, in
, A \f ' ft- *-»
| Mr. Ragaz reports considerable raJL
road building daring the Inst three
years. One line from .Cnatro Cienegas
to Sierra Mojada, Coahulla, 120 miles
long, has alrectdy bpen built; another
from Canitas *to Durango, J&0 miles
long, 'has just been completed; still
lan^per from euermyram, Moretos,
to Puerto Diamente, Guerrero, 200
miles long, is being planned between
and Taifepico,
ness, rich mining regions are made un-
available for lack of transportation
facilities; fisheries are threatened
with exhaustion for lack of protec-
? tint; natives, In time of ej^rinics are
allowed to fife eft disease and starva-
tion and, as A result of laws and regu-
lations, at every turn appears the big
Teutonic sign, ‘Verboten,* the gov-
* riiMMpdd. !
“The people of Alaska,” he added,
“ijoid out their hands t<> Washington,
not as aupplicants for bounty, but in
petition to be allowed to develop; as
were the Western territories, now the
great Western states;” I c?
Referring to the menace of Increas-
ing radicalism In Alaska the report
said: " 8 ■ A
¥ "Indications point to a continued
iq^pigration as the result of army de-
mobilisation and the closing of
Our.Cut
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THE DAILY HERAL
*-*uWt*hs<J every day except Sunday by
THE HERALp PUBLISHING CQ.
; !v"_■ 121 York
A program Of Weatherford’S best
talent wfR be given at the Methodist
ladies’ tea tomorrow afternoon. Nuff
Everlasting Brilliai
Exclusive Designs
Newest
Lowest Prices I
KntnSfed a’t the Postoffice at fatthri
turd, Texas, as second-class matter.
Panchucha, Hidalgp,
Tamaulipas. ' uU
mayWard is ordered to
* Telephones A
Southwestern 350. Independent 280-B
pi ’IW^OPT TO GEN.. MENpHER
, Hr Amihuswu p*w»i
v> .:i'.!tirigton Dec IS Ueift. Belvln
W. Maynard wad ordered today, to re-
FRENCH TROOPS.CLASH WITH
FOLLOWERS OF D'ANNUNZIO
Sj By Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. 11.—French troops have
clashed with, D’Annunzio’s volunteers
at Flume and many wer^ydlled and
wounded on both sides, adcdfdtagj to
a Genets, dispatch printed by the Petit
Parisien, with the reservation, it is
said, fhat D’Annunzio’s troops had
pillaged the French depots at Flume,
TTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1»t9
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port Monday to Major General* Menp-
her, director ofmilitary aeronautics,
to explain the .statements attributed-
to him by the Anti-Saloon League of
tied to the use for re- M America with reference to the use of
iLpf all news dispatch, ♦ alcoholic liquor by army air service
Ttoit or not Otherwise'4 pilots. The.Statement attributed to
a thfe, paper and also.4. Maynard wa^: ,vIf ali of them had been
ftews fcdjWished herp&t -P as sober as myself, I probably would
V ♦ -♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ not have been the winner, he added,
■Bsyw--.. ■! ■ 11. ^ Although he declared he was “preju-
>n* - .dlced a»aillat Btrt*ng drink,” ne fiy-
JimrtSxi iD* ParS°n admitted there aiX a few
DEAD At GALVESTON, instances when a pilot might be justi
-•%: ■ - . fflod in: using it.” HU J . “§1
........., Texas/ pec. ,11—S. Ms t .>.v *......~.'r f®
Ejesesne of Edna, Texas, a staff cor- J- M. Howell, nursery, one tnile east
respondent for The Dallas-Galveston court house on Fort Worth pike. It
-News, died suddenly here last night, will pgy you to g«t the best varieties
Mr. Leseane was In Galveston attend-. and best grown trees and vines. See
tag his wife, who is ill. ’ iHoWell or telephone 311-R. Expert
Born In WiHiamaburg,. 8. C., Feb. Plai»tlag and pruning. •
3t, 1849, Mr. Lesesne caine to Texas i -■ .-
M hia early youth. He fought for a CYCLONjE OOE8 HEAVY DAM-
«hort time in the Civil War and then AGE IN ARGENETINE REPUBLIC
returned to Texas. He served as ■ - «*■**'' ;*•«,
bounty clerk at Georgetown, Williams- T , Aw«*a*e<»
on county, for several years, and later A“'e8/ DeC pU“A CyC,ane
ior a tirinp practiced law and was op- yes^ 8jWept TZ ™*™' C&f&l
orating T drug aYore. He assumed °f, h® f°;“ce of M^^e8- and ft is
other occupations and Jan. L 1903, ^e- that more than a score of
came associated With The New* as Pushed when a vessel sank
traveling agent. Appreciative of the § T ^ tOWn'
romantic htet°ry of Texas and Tex- ^any Princlpai buildings in
xms, he Accumulated, during his trips ***?** ^ ^ th,an, two hundred
overj^rpixkM a vflat einn> Ai wtininii rfsJdtBcSs were wrecked. *
wai‘
tim# ijadustrles. Alaska Is receiving
the extremes of the social scales. On
the one hand the tine'young men of
the type who develeoped the great
Western states are becoming evident
in increasing numbers and, the
t+t |*|
other hantl, the L W. W., alien eflemy
and Bolshevik, knowing the unpro-
tected condition of the territory, mre
■arriving in force and making their
DR, A. S. GARRETT
tj General :<
Office at Alexander's Drug 8*nre
North Main Strew .
Weatherford, Texas
presence known. The gfeat numbers,
of forelgh^rs in Alaska who can hard-
ly speak the English language fall
PEANUT MILL ^OW RUN
NING FULL TIME
A ■■
W. Have - room for' 15 or -
K 20 addiitonal wotneti
Weatherford Peanut Mill
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The Yoemen Rhtee are fully adequate,
tested by" statutory requirements.
They -will never be increased and a
policy is worth Its face value the day
It m.delivered. * • *'*' VV
TABLE OF MONTHLY PAYMEbitS.
Whole Life Certifiicate.
easy victims to the insidious propa-
ganda of the seditious agitator, i It
does not seem right that the decent,
honest law abiding majority should
not receive full, protection at all
times.”
A The Governor’s report deplored the
action of Congress in failing to appro-
priate mbney for the relief of the
native population during the recent
seVere outbreaks of influenza in the
far north. There were morif than 1,-
500 deaths chiefly among the natives,
Mm
»n.oo
'i 1.00
1.05
1.05
1.10
1.15
Is 115
A; 4.20..
1.20
dreds of children starved or succumb-
Despite this serious situation, said
Governor Riggs, *’a bill introduced in
the ^Senate appropriating 3100,000 for
Alaskan relief passed that body but
failed in the House “although at the
same time Congress was considering
appropriations of 3100,000^00 for the
We carry a (ail
line of this pop-! j
uiardesignSil‘|
verware, .guar-
teed for 50 years I
relief of the destitute m Europe and !
11,000 000 for fighting influenza inA!
^ the United. States.
'Great credit was glveh the Ameri- ;
can'navy ant-’fhe Red Crime for vol-1
i untjgty assistance during %&&&jj| j
| The report incot
recommendation!
- Consolation of
tbority possible
the Interior.
uens and accuracy —1
measurements' naeaH?
We have every
la reputation |or doir
»re repairing we cout
Mmm
ivernmental aU-
Department of
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ions Mpri
public^lands. -]
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