The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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the Rockdale reporter
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ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JULY
IS, 1922
KotImUI* KfpwUr KaUMiafced ItM
NO. 20
mm evidenced in county
IIHiftRS Or ROAD CONSTRUCTION
SIP HIGHWAY HAS BEEN COMPLETED
nncrete bridge over the
,he Sap Highway five
^ontbesap u ^ ^
5°uth !°e last 0f the concrete
®pIe:ed; The bridge will be
f;rUr>l davs to allow the con-
^ly set and will then be
T Engineer Mitchell, in con-
y th The Reporter editor
«stated that this was the best
V Milam county—bar none.
^ it was the most expensive
I the county, considering size,
seen built strictly according to
specifications and under both
n(j Federal supervision. It is
,. all-Concrete bridge in the
'and the only one with con-
ooring.
letion of this bridge welds the
E in the chain of the Sap High-
rough the county, extending
lriington on the north to Hicks
;outh. There is one bad stretch
1 River bottom, caused by the
floods, but this will soon be
are of in the construction of
Milam Highway, which trav-
e Sap Highway from Cameron
McCown bridge. That section
ap Highway leading south out
dale is the best nine miles of
Milam county, according to
sioner Phillips and Engineer
, and this opinion is shared in
who have traversed the new
e old iron bridge which this
c replaces, will be removed by
missioner Phillips and used on
erroad where a bridge is needed,
e Commissioners Court last week
'ved a petition and ordered an
ion to be held on August 11 in
Gause good roads district on the
osition of issuing bonds in the
of $35,000 for the building of the
e link ih the “B.V.D.” Highway,
h parallels the I. &. G. N. through
m county. This particular link
connect the Milano good roads,
to be built, with the new Brazos
Ige, to be constructed with State
Federal aid, and plans for which
been finally accepted both in
tin and Washington. Commission-
hillips informs us that matters
ining to this bridge are being
n into proper shape, and that it
be built in due time. The Gause
ict will have about eight miles
did on this highway.
the 25th of this month, July, the
t will receive and consider bids
he construction of 18 miles of the
Milam Highway, paralleling the
4 Fe- f™m Cameron through Mi-
to the county line. The bonds
this road, together with state aid,
long been sold and the money in
• Delay has been experienced by
n of the slate engineers insisting
r eliminatioa of certain grade
iiingnear Milano. The route pro-
. throuSh Milano will entail the
'ng of an overhead ern<5«ing over
; Santa £ tracks in Milano and
a also chwnw the bio-Wo*.
O** •• M »» W j
■ ■ pr'.-sent route through the
, 8 8ectlon °f the town. The mat-
s been temporarily settled by
; g for bids on either end and de-
f a mi.e or such a ma^er
dau^ ^ °f Milan° until a
r°ads district *•*
5 " fl5°>000 to spend and is
ne.°rt;r::me r°ads
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■'ERNMENT faces +
A heavy deficit +
F0R FISCAL YEAR +
Ju]y 11—The +
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jqM, ’ 1 for the current +
Ma! Pr'. lent Harding +
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‘resident said +
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GOV. NEFF PROMISES
LEGISLATIVE REIEF
FOR SCHOOL PROBLEM
SAYS REGULAR SESSION NEXT
JANUARY WILL MAKE NEC-
ESSARY PROVISIONS
Austin, July 10.—Relief for the ru-
ral schools of the state, was the sub-
ject of a conference held Monday by
about 30 county school superintend-
ents and principals of the country
schools with Governor Neff. After
the conference those who attended ex-
pressed themselves as being in sympa-
thetic and active eo-operation with the
ideas expressed by the Governor as
lo the best method for giving final re-
lief to the schools situation, for the
coming school year.
Governor Neff assured the delega-
tion that when the Legislature con-
venes next January he will ask the
law makers to appropriate at once a
sufficient sum of money to run the
schools the coming school year, the
usual length of term, such as has been
maintained in the state for the last
several years. It was made plain by
the Governor that there was really no
occasion for a called session of the
Legislature, as the Legislature that
convenes next January in regular ses-
sion can provide all necessary relief
for the maintainance of the public
schools for the coming year.
In addition to this, the Governor
assured the delegation that he was in
favor of the next Legislature writing
into the life of Texas a sure-enough
progressive, constructive educational
program, such a program, as outlined
by the Governor, not only as to the
coming year but for the future, was
heartily concurred in bv the delega-
tion. Governor Neff explained that it
would cost approximately $100,000 to
have a special session of the Legisla-
ture and that there was no money at
this time in the state treasury to be
appropriated for any purpose, and
that there would be no money in the
treasury to be appropriated for any
purpose before January of next year,
and that the Legislature that con-
venes at that time can take care of
the school situation.
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS
SEWER EXTENSION FOR
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
PLANS UNDER CONSIDERATION
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF DA-
VILLA ST. TO COLLEGE
The City Council met Monday and
transacted quite a lot of routine busi-
ness, such as hearing officers’ reports,
allowing accounts, etc.
Probably the most important action
taken was the order passed instruct-
ing Mayor Meyer to place an order for
the necessary sewer pipe for the ex-
tension of the sewer system up to the
new High School building. The plans
as contemplated, call for the city to
pay one-third of the cost of the new
extension, the school board one-third
and the citizens along the route the
other third. The money paid by the
citizens, however, to be considered as
advance sewer rentals, the sewer ser-
vice to be free to them until rental
charges equal the amounts advanced.
Another important matter discussed
was the improvement of Davilla
street, west. This is the street which
has recently been widened and which
the new school building faces. It is
planned to make this one of the lead-
ing thoroughfares of the city, and the
council Monday ordered the Street and
Alley Committee to proceed at once
with the construction of a suitable
concrete dip across Ham branch on
this street. The matter of grading
and surfacing will be taken up later.
The Park Committee reported hav-
ing had a new roof placed on the big
pavilion at Tourist Park, otherwise
known as Fair Park.
The Cemetery Committee reported
the completion of the new fence
around the new cemetery.
The glectric fire siren recently in-
MILANO ROAD DISTRICT
IS TO HAVE TWO GRADE
CROSSINGS ELIMINATED
OVERPASS o\ SANTA FE AND
UNDERPASS ON LAG. N. IV
SIs I F.l) ON BY STATE
It was announced Monday evening
by County Judge Kemp of Cameron,
that the i tract would be let* to build
the Cam-run Caldwell highway. This
contract w !] be let at the courthouse
at 2 p.m a July 25th. The highway
has been pending the investigation of
an overp;. across the Santa Fe track !
in the crater of Milano and an under- i
puss om mile east of here on the
I. & G. \. Railroad. It has been,
stated that they are to build the high-
way from (’ameron to the Santa Fe
track at Milano and from the 1. <fc. (I.
N. Railway south to the Burleson
county line., leaving about one mile to
be determined later. It is thought
that they will come to a decision con-
cerning this overpass and underpass!
before the ocmpletion of the two ends. |
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FLOOD PREVENTION
THEME DISCUSSED AT
CAMERON LAST FRIDAY
MEETING \ IT ENDED BY NOTED
ENGINEERS, A .AM. OFFICIALS
AND PUBLIC MEN
Cameron, Texas, July S.—Noah did
his best toward the people. He was
the first flood preventiat on reconi,
but the best he could do was to get
his own family and some dumb beasts
into the Ark. The rest of the popu-
lace drowned. Since that time human
nature has changed litttle, according
to Colonel Tom S. Henderson, Sr., of
Cameron, in the opening address of a
remarkable meeting here lust night
The $150,000 in bonds that were j held to spread the gospel of flood con-
voted and sold some time ago have
been drawing a good interest, since!
the time of the sale. There have been
five thou and dollars of this money
used on ho roads east of Cameron,
trol in the Brazos River watershed.
Flood after flood in the Brazos Val-
ley has failed lo convince the average
farmer that he can do anything to pre-
vent another and that it is high time
which was very much needed How- h<? wftg doinj? it| but the Brazos River
ever, after the using of that $5,000, Baclamatio|, Association formed at
there is today between $156,000 and, Rryan a few wWtks aifo is spnfttdillg
$157,000 m the treasury to be used itg onranization Up the river a county
on this highway. This is due to the ftt Q tJme> and win or)?anize the whole
fact that the money has been drawing Brazog waterahed| eight hundred miles
the full amount of interest since the
sale of the bonds.
Operations are expected to start
by September 1.—Milano Gazette.
long, for a comprehensive scheme of
flood prevention. Last night’s meet-
ing was held with the Cameron Com-
mercial Club. Eight experts, most of
them engineers, addressed the meet-
stalled was declared satisfactory and The remarks of each of them
the city > lerk was instructed^to issue wou)d b(J we]j w(*rth printing in full
but the meeting lasted until nearly
warrant to pay for same,
of this siren is about $400.
The cost
A Word From School Board
CAMERON PAPER ESTIMATES
JULY FOURTH CROWD AT 5,000
—0.000;
bavin
^Penditures at $3>77l’oOO-
Tj 'l' an apparent ex-
N to j. - Jros am°unt-
** bal-
« *2K,Mo.ooo in the
J °n June 30
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(Cameron Enterprise)
The Fourth of July picnic given un-
der the auspices of the American Le-
gion at Rockdale Tuesday attracted a
crowd of approximately 5,000 people.
There was an entertaining program,
fine barbecue dinner, speaking by dis-
trict committeeman of the Legion and
state and county candidates, also a
ball game between the Legion teams
of Rockda*ie anu Cameron.
• The address of welcome was deliv-
ered by Hon. E. a. Camp, who ulau
acted as master of ceremonies. Judge
W. G. Gillis responded for the Edwin
Hardy Post No. 9 of Cameron. Dis-
trict Committeeman Baggett made a
splendid patriotic address, stressing
the high value which should be placed
upon the voting privilege and urging
everybody to express their true con-
victions at the polls.
Jefferson B. Smith, candidate for
State Superintendent of Public In-
struction, presented his claims, and
was followed by the candidates for
county office.
The picnic was held in the fair
grounds, and everybody voted it a suc-
cess. '■
To The Patrons of Rockdale Public School and the Tax Payers of Rockdale
Independent School District:
In a recent communication to you through The Reporter wc called your
attention to the financial situation confronting your school, pointing out the
facts and difficulties as plain as figures would make them. You will remem-
ber that that statement showed the school to be requiring each year more
money than was available.
At that time, you will remember, wo showed by figures that we could
continue to run the school one more term on the basis of present tax rate,
present -valuations and present state apportionment; in other words, that
our surplus fund would stand a drain just one more term—and no longer.
Since that statement was published we have been confronted with a
new problem, to-wit:
On Aprii 10, last, Supervisor Susan Miles, from the State Department J jobnson, unopposed candidate for
of Education, visited our school, and filed with her chief a report which , c.onjrr(?Ss jn this district, Garrett K.
King of Taylor and Judge Henderson.
Position of Farmer
midnight from 8 o'clock.
A. D. Jackson of the experiment
station at A. & M. College, secretary
of the Brazos River Reclamation Asso-
ciation, presided after the chair was
turned over to him by President Rob-
ert McLane of the Commercial Club.
He spoke first and was followed by
Lee J. Rountree, publisher and legis
lator, of Bryan, and one of the organi-
zers of the association gave a history
of the werk to the present time. . Ar-
thur A. Stiles, state reclamation en-
gineer, A. S. Dunlup of the state
board of water engineers, C. C. Ells-
Distrirt Court
The c»>*- of Millie Gjedde vs J. W.
Wilson, foreclosure i>f vendor’* lieu
and reformation of d»vd, required
three days last week for trial and re-
sulted in partial recovery by plaintiff.
K» parte Wm. 1 Clark Jr., removal
of disabilities of minor, petition
granted as prayed for.
In the case of Frank P. Smith v».
John E. Lee and Chun. II. l*ee, for
dissolution of partnership and tres-
pass to try title, resulted in judgment
for plaintiff dissolving the partner-
ship property, and ordering same to
be sold for the purpose of partition.
Giles L. Averitt was appointed receiv
er to sell and directed to inventory
the partnership property and audit the
books and accounts of partnership and
report same to the Court. Ordered to
offer the partnership property for
sale at private sale as soon as inven-
toried; minimum price to be $76,000,
ami to report the offers to tills Court
for approval »ml if nil acceptable of-
fer is received by Sept, 4th, to adver-
tise same for sale as provided for sale*
of real estate under execution, the
first Tuesday in October, 1922, ami to
sell same at such sale oil said date,
and report same to this Court for ap-
proval. Receiver’s bond fixed at $1,-
000. The defendant's Clin H. Lee’s
debts against the partnership fixed in
tiie sum of $28,841, and aid defend-
ant's debts against plaintiff Smith
fixed at $4,444.65, and payment or
dared to be made out of proceeds of
the sale us per decree. Partnership
property continued under the manage-
ment of John E. Lee, salary of $200
per month, and said defendant direct
t d to complete and put on pump well
No. 10, to properly care for and keep
clean all wells and to incur the custo-
mary expenses therefor, but to incur
no other indebtedness ami make no
payments of unj indebtedness except
as approved by the Court. Said de-
fendant, John K. Lee, is to receive and
deposit it into the Citizens National
bunk all revenue for oil or otherwfine
due the partnership, to be disbursed
ns dire< ted by the Court, and all as in
accordance with decree filed.
solutely by levees. Taking off that
surplus cari be done by terracing farm
land in the hills and by building dams
worth of the United States geologi- an<^ reservoirs to impound the run-
cal survey, S. C. Hoyle, editor of pub-
lications for the extension service of
A. & M. College, Mr. J. D. Tinsley of
I the Santa Fe Railroad, Luther A.
brought from the Department the following recommendations;
In order that your school may be properly certified it is
essential that the minimum requirement as outlined in Bulletin
132 be met. To that end, the supervisor who recently visited your
school makes the following recommendations:
1 —That the school and community be congratulated on hav-
ing under construction a building designed to meet the many
needs of the school.
2— That in equipping the new building attention be partic-
ularly directed toward standard dictionaries and encyclopedias.
3- That for the school yea. 1922-23 ADEQUATE TEACH-
ING FORCE BE PROCURED FOR EVERY FORTY, preferably
THIRTY, pupils in the grades. (Two or three ol the elementary
grades now have an attendance of approximately fifty pupils).
4_q'Uof or, urWninte sunnlv of maps, globes and charts and
a suitable'library, b,-purcha: f foi the elementary grades.
(The committee on classified and accredited high schools
makes prerequisite to classification satisfactory ccn„:.:or.£
the el^^ntai^grade^).t l)e standardized and multiple
copie^f classics adf^D artni,,nt BE INFORMED BY THE
ROARD OF TRUSTEES WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN
?0 COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING KECOMMENDA-
TI° 7.?_Tha^The'sAoo/be commended on having the support of
an active Parent-Teacher association.
“The farmer will tell you flatly that
the floods can never be controlled,"
Mr. Jackson said. “His is the only
opposition to the project, but if it can
be proved to him that a profit can be
made by a reclamation and control
system, he can be enlisted. It is our
purpose to convince him. Severity-
four counties are drained by the Braz-
os. The water i.* a valuable asset, as
valuable in a!! the state as its oi! re-
sources. For forty years people have
off from heavy rains. That is no wild
dream, he stated. The land owner in
the hills is as much interested as the
farmer further down who is flooded,
for the first is watching bis best soil
wash down to the Gulf of Mexico.
First get. your topographical survey,
then lay your plans, he concluded.
Co-Operation Needed
Flood control so far has not been
much of a success, declared Mr. Dun-
lap, because of lack of adequate in-
formation and of proper co-operation.
It baa been treated as a local affair
whereas it is really a watershed af-
fair extending clear across the state.
He cited figures warning that they
are only rough estimates to show that
1,000,000 to 1,500,000 acres of rich
land between Waco and the Gulf is
stood idly by while their crepe, e."'1 >,Ij!,j''('t to flood, and would be in-
livestock have been washed away and ; created in value by at least $50 an
hundreds of lives lost." Lee J. Roun- r
tree declared jn his speech.
History of the Association
Mr. Rountree told of going to Guv.
Neff with Mr. King, Mr. E. II. Ast.;ri
and Mr. Henderson after the last Sep-
acre if insured against overflow. The
water board has been able with the
nwager da’u available to locate reser-
voirs to impound 7,000,000 a< re feet of
water in the upper Brazos. If it
could hold back only 3,000,000-acre
feet the channel arid levees would hold
tiie rest of the water. The average
cost 1,f these reservoirs, he estimated
at $10 an acre foot of water contained.
To impound 3,000,00-acre feet would
cost only $30,000,000. The people
BARBECUE AND PICNIC AT
FOREST GROVE TOMORROW
The people of the Forest Grove-
Oak Hill oemmunities will pull a big
basket picnic and barbecue at the
Grove tomorrow, to which the genera!
public is invited, and to which candi-
dates are especially invited. All can-
didates will be given an opportunity to
announce. The grave yard working
that was originally spoken of in con-
nection will not be held. Those folks
have already cleaned off the grave-
yard and the day will be spent in true
picnic style.
par.phc.rn.lta and^mpmantjh^a^ ^ ^ ^ of „araer!1„h tcmpl-tod. The G<.v.r„„r ... favor-
1 will lose its stan g able. Then came the two floods of
I 4 abYmir Board feels that you should be kept informed, and we desire to say this spring The Governor now states j wouJ(1 Ket hark Bomt, $50,000,000 in
V, sooner or later a greater maintainance tax will have to be provided, that one of his chief concerns if re- jncrea»ed land values, $50,000,000 in
(here that sooner or later a PTe ^ ^ ^ ^ agk for this increaged tax j elected, will be flood control meas-
, We have been hop g jr1 t0 try and get along without it as long ures. Mr. Rountree, a member of the
until next year, an ' Kcted\xpf.nditures may call for quicker action , appropriation committee of the legb-
| as possible but th e -V J tflX r&te is r)0c on the $100. The law lature, suggested that all interested
i than we had anticipa • JPaximum 0f $1 on the $100. When the time j combine to lay the matter before that
| allows this to be -i^^^^Ust, next year or sooner-we are committee and get an appropriation
comes to ask for an incr - ..... >„,t we had all iust as well for a topographical survey of th<-
his would
| going to be as mode*t;1TJ‘ going^ have to i'ncreasej our school whole Brazos watershed.
I understand now as later that wc arc going xo na ^ immensely valuable id
| maintainance tax. „____, vntir 8chool affairs you have ways besides flood conf
and it is our earn- be the first essential a workabh
water power created, and perhaps
$10,000,000 in irrigation water. The
statu; in increased taxes would get
$50,000 a year, he estimated and in
less than three years this would re-
pay the cost of th** topographical sur-
vey of the whole Brazos ystern.
Use Minerva gas; more miles per
gallon; home industry. tf
! on as economical a ^ continue to ask us to serve. At the same time. “Engineers say levees adequate to
tinue to do so as ong ^ ^ (>Very problem that may arise, and control floods are not wholly feasible
we know that you arc e^' 7that tbe school shall not suffer. It is our con- at many points on the Brazos,” said
! to meet in sUch mar\ situation is one that will demand soon a larger tax yfr. Stiles, “and Milam county hap-
«wait you win not deny your rchoo, the incrcure when we
ask for it. Respectfully,
ROCKDALE SCHOOL BOARD.
pen* to be one of them." He said that
by taking 10 to 12 feet off the top of
the terriffic rises, he believes the
whole lower river can h* orotected ab-
, Judge Henderson, summing up the
ny other rn<.^ingf termed it extraordinary in
ar/l wou.d array of expert opinion brought
together and predicted it would bear
much fruit. He paid high tribute to
the News group of newspapers partic-
ularly* and others in the 1 ate which
are urging upon the people a concert-
ed move that will remove the flood
menace and mak< an asset of what is
now a heavy liability.
Use Minerva gas; more miles per
gallon; home industry. tf
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