Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 169, Ed. 1 Monday, October 19, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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YOAKUM DAILY KLRALD
Give us Better Roads
and Better Streets
FOUR PAGES
A Better Paper Event Bap
VOLUME XXIX
YOAKUM. TEXAS, AFTEHNOON OF MONDAY, OUT. 10, 102’»
A Better Yoakum
a Bimrer Yoakum
r»c A COPY—NO. lfiO
Build Yoakum
A Column of Comment
FORMER YOAKUM PASTOR
ELECTED MODERATOR
Aro Alligators Poultry?
' ■ j Rov. (i. R. Rtrickier of Shu Antonio
KINGDOM 1H WITHIN: Neither shall , . . ____. , „ . „T ,
llisv nay. lo here: or, In there! for. l*ehoftl I ^ as elected moderatoi (if the West-
tlie kl.'K.lom Of «!...! i> within J«u. Luke ] ertl Tesas Presbytery .at the session
IUUVKn:- -Mi»y we tlijj liny enUirone jrp^ntiy held in Brownsville. Rev.
Thee,, O Cod, most. Merciful and Mighty, '
lie in our liven, taut the Kingiluin
PKAYKIi
hoe,, (> C
supreme in on
Cod mi. v In* i
and iiliound.
Mr. Rtrickler is pastor of the Highland
Park Presbyterian Church. Hammond
The eyes of Texas are on Yoa-,™‘l Severs .and has been in Kan An ;
kum now, and we must keep 1 ‘™io the past three years. He is a,
faith. With the recent bond elec' native of Illinois, but lived in Kansas!
tion covering’ the highway from am* Nebraska, coming to Texas 12
Yoakum to Hochheim, and the jnars ago. Prior to coming here we |
pending project of Voting bonds j was pastor at Alice and Yoakum, serv* ]
for the Yoakum-Concrete high- I in* at the latter place six years. He ;
way, and with the extensive \ succeed:s Rev. E. II. Day of Browns-;
street paving now under way,! Vllle. as moderator or the presbytery. I
Yoakum is very much in the j Thirty-three ministers and 1« ruling j
limelight. j elders were in attendance upon thei
But Nov. 21st will tell the story i Presbytery in its fall session held in ,
of whether or not Yoakum is go- j Brownsville in connection With the dia j
ing to stay in the lime light. Pro- 'mond jubilee celebration promoted by
moters are working hard on this ! the local congregation under the leader
proposition, and they know that! «hiP of Rev. E. n. Day, pastor there for
it is going to be a hard fight to 10 years.
put over. If you are called on to j An adjourned session of the presby-
lend your aid, give as freely of t*»ry was ordered, to be held at Edin-
your time as other men of Yoa- burg November «. tor the purpose of
kum have done in the past. If’ receiving a minister. Rev. G. A. Hud-
you will the success of the road’8™. who com*s *«>"» North Arkansas,
is assured. and will be pastor of the church at
Once Yoakum gets the high-' Pharr. The next regular session of
ways, and the streets ,then the j the presbytery will be held at Victoria
light will be perpetual, it will be : the second Tuesday in April,
just the question then of taking j Express,
care of those who arc coming! ♦
from the north where the ^ TflMATOES PRAISED AS
mate is a little more ngid in the
winter. They are however, ac-
customed to good roads, and they j --
are not going to come to a place Once They Were Called Poison, Notri-
where good roads afe not to be] tion Specialists Recall
had. j -
| Though a generation or so Hgo to-
Jimmy Dime last Thuisdaj jma.toes were considered poisonous and
pleaded for a good attendance at .unfit for human food, today they stand
the Y oakum-Gonzales football a-s on(, ()f |]U, sources of vit
game, but we regret to say after jamins
a careful check-up we noticed] *{*|iat jK more than can be said, nutri
very few of OU1 business ^^Utiou extension specialists at the (). S.
DEWITT COUNTY
IN ROAD MUDDLE
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VITAMIN SOURCE
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DeWitt county is included among 33
counties in Texas in which Attorney)
General Dan Moody is demanding that
road maintenance coni no is made with
the slate highway department be can-
celled “for tin* best interests of the
people,” according to press reports
Saturday.
i ’l'lie Attorney General in a letter to!
tin* highway commission asking that!
tile contracts be cancelled declared |
that approximately $101,000 was lost
i by tin* taxpayers of the state by action !
of the state highway commission in j
| awarding contracts to other con-j
! tractors than the lowest bidders and
j gave innumerable specific examples of
, such indiscretions, in some cases giv- i
' ing instances of bids amounting to as
; much as $20,000 more than tlie low bid
■ being accepted.
| In DeWitt county, the Attorney Gen-1
j eral pointed out, the contract was
awarded to latke Robertson on his hid
i of $21,SOO w hiles Charles Peavy’s bid I
NOTHING BBT NEWS j
Big Topic* in Few Word* j
AUSTIN in her first official state
meat concerning the proposal to call
a special session of the Thirtj-ninth
legislature, Governor Miriam A. For-
i guson announced Saturday afternoon
that she does not propose to call an
|extra ordinary session.
i AUSTIN The state highway com
mission was acting “within irs propel
discretion vv lien ii accepted w hut It be
lieved to he tile lowest bid and best
bid or tin* most advantageous bid for
i the state was the answer of Frank V’.
I Lanhnm, chairman of the state high
| way commission ,to Attorney General
I Dan Moody, Saturday afternoon to thi-
i
j latter’s request that contracts for high
way maintenance in S3 counties be*
cancelled.
AUSTIN Within two hours after"
chairman I .an ham of the Highway-
Commission had sent his letter to the*
Attorney General, an answer was
was given as $23,875. The attorney
I forthcoming from the latter. In this
answ er Saturday night. General Moody-
j told Chairman Dunham that, “notwith-
standing your letter the question re-
general also points out that, the com-
mission awarded contracts without ad-
vertising for l>iiis. No action in the
matter had been taken by the commis-
sion Saturday, so far as could be as-
certained lien*. Uu.to Record.
mains” there were instances where-
tin* lowest bidder for highway con
tracts did not get the contracts.
SALAZAR WINS GUN
MEDAL SECOND TIME
Here's the evolution of on alligator apd the pictures show that this reptile
Is born exactly like a chicken. Above the l-nby “gator” has just started to
force Its way out of the egg, vkUs-iKior it is defying zoologists to ««pOyn
how so much alligator can be contained in such a small tear.
EDNA SUPPORTING I BUFFALO GRASS MAY BE
FOOTBALL ELEVEN j LIFE SAVER FOR STOCK
The Edna people as a whole are to! Farmers in Voakum territory w ho
be commended for the loyal manner have been fighting buffalo glass for
in which they support the high school * the past twenty some odd years, and
present. The boys put up a good j lT believe, of many of the foods com j football team. This moral and finaii- J who often made some rather uncompli
tfame, and would have been i monly listed as good Sources of vita-jcial support not only encourages the menlary remarks about said grass, this
worthwhile for anyone to have
seen the game.
, mins.
| Vitamins, they explain, are hard to
! pin down or to hold in a food. Heat
|
; of cooking, exposure to air ,or even ag-
members of the team and coaches, but year are welcoming it with open arms,
shows they arc deeply interested in) The land on which corn was planted, *
the school sport. A communication but the unprecedented drought dried i
What has become ot the old cooking, exposure to air ,or even ag-^Dom a citizen, published in the \jetor* it. up anti l.he hot winds swept ti to the
fashioned man who used to slip inf, ot a tu(xl nmy |esson jt,s vitamin ia Advocate, urges the Virctoria peo-1 ground, leaving a dark and bare land,
the Ye Editor some fresh pork I conteilt Tomatoes l-ank high because! pie to give their football team better Then came tin* showers, followed by
chops from the first hojf of the ! t^iey r(.tajn tilejr vitamins under many | support, stating that when Edna and good soaking rains, here came tin* old
season killed when the fiist j ^omlitions. j Victoria played at Victoria a week or stand by, buffalo grass. This time
norther blew’ across the country Federal Department of Agvicul- so ago that there were so many more however it was greeted as a life saver.
Oh, now we WGl e not hinting foi suggests some ways of using t.o-' Edna people at the game than Victoria as it will be cut and cured like hay,,
a thing, hut weie meicly asking I matoes: I people that the crowds could not be ■ and be fed to the stock during the!
The Yoakum Gun Club held its tegu-
lar weekly shoot. Friday afternoon at
the Lakeside traps with the following
results.
Shot At 25
H. F. Rnnpp, (Bryan) ___________
.1. J. Salazar---------------
Dr. Roger Ledbetter ___________
0 .P. Whittington ______________
Victor Strunk __________________
Carl ltiemensehneider_______
1*. J. Davis _________________________
S. S. Vick __________________ ..
DOUBLES
Shot at 21
H. F. Snapp ---------------
C. I*. Whittington _________
Dr. Roger Ledbetter________ ..
P. .1. Davis ___________________ _
Jno. W. Neill __________
HOUSTON Id. Marvin Goodwin,
former manager of the Houston Balt
Club was injured seriously and Set-*
geiuit W. H. McMathof, Gu., was pain
fully cut and brill ed Sunday when an
airplane in which they were riding felt
at Ellington Field.
()^ j NEW YORK—The stock brokers Sun
(day wen* still working in their offices.
21
I'd
JS i
ill
I I
to catch up with the tremendous trail
) fng transactions on rhe stock exchangs
Satunluy - morning when 1,730,Oho
| shares changed hands, a record for alt
time for tin* Saturday session.
I’.MONTOWN. F’a Engine irouble
YOAKUM BAPTISTS GIVE
ORGANIST REMEMBRANCE
for information.
Tlie Floresville Chronicli* winter
“Red ripe, sliced raw, and accom- j compared.
I panied with salad dressing, vinegar, or ) states »hat. their team, w hich by the
Say, isn t it a grand and g’loi'- ^ jUst l)lltn js many tastes the j way is in tin* same district as Edna, is
10US feeling to lide up and down ; keRt possible way of eating tomatoes, j being poorly supported, citing tin* fact
W. Grand Avenue and Last Gon- , U11|RSS 5,, t0 pick one in the garden j that at the last game played in Fiores-
and eat it out of hand with the warm i ville there was only one teacher and
zales street? Folks who had
never ridden on the above streets \
sun or the dew still on It. Or, for few school children and town people
A. & M. FiSH DON'T
LIKE JIMMY DIME'S
PREDICTION
befoie the piesent paving PI®- jraoj*e elaborate salads, tomatoes can be lout. The Edna football team is being
ject will Bevel appieciate sliced or quartered and combined with iW'ell supported this season, and w<* in-
paved sheets like the folks who ypj|rp(ables, chopped meat, poul-ilieve this support is having more tell
have lived here and have sea f00tj ]inp influence than the mere presenc*
bounced up and down, and I “Rroiletl or fried tomatoes on toast: of the people at the game.--Edna lb i
around while riding' on a f,nv rashers of bacon is sub-!ald.
above mentioned streets. stantial enough to be the main dish at! We wish we could say the same thing uee who came out on top. So we, the
lunch or slipper. Further tomatoes j about, the Yoakum citizens, but we are \oakum Tisli ot A. A* M.College wish
are the easiest of ail vegetables to be J sorry to report that we can not. At that you would say a kind word for A.)
canned at home. They can be handled ; the game Friday we noticed that three & M. in your Sport. Sparks once in a
like fruit.” the school board members were while anyway.
Mr. Jimmie Dime.
Dear Sir:
We see by yesterday's Herald that
you figured that S. M. U. would beat
us. Well it was a hard game but. you
The members of ihe Yoakum Fii. t
: Baptist chuveh last night pi-esentfl
a set of silver ware lo Mrs. S. S. Stahl
iwho recently resigned as organist of
I tin* church after serving three years.
J. W. Cook made tin* presentation
'speech in which lie set forth the es-
teem in which she was held by th»* con
igregatlon ,and also for her faithful
i service as organist, for the past three
years, having missed very few -ervices
during tills time.
| was responsible * for the crash of the
i “Honeymoon" Express" that caused
i
i ilie death of the three men at New
| Salem, Friday afternoon according t<»
! the verdict of a coroner's jury li*-1•
Saturday.
i LEBANON. Did.- Tills quiet lovvrt
paid tribute Saturday to its most di>-
iiinguisbed son Samuel Ralston, v.ftose*
1 body was brought hero foi burial.
I __
j WASHINGTON The court martial
of Colonel William Mitchell ,on ♦ harg
1 es of conduct prejudical to good orde r
ami discipline, probably will b< formal-
ly ordered early this week by the See-
ire tary of War. Dwight Davis.
Within# the precincts of Yoa-
kum Is at least one unsung hero,
whose deed deserves mentioning
during the recent cut in the
shops. A young man with a fam
ily was cut off the force, this
necessitated a lay-off that was
embarrassing until increased busi
ness would call for an increased j
force. A bachelor without a
family or any dependents gave
up his job in order that the'
WEATHER FORECAST
, BEAUMONT-It wan reported lost
| night, t.utt thw K. K meeting to
' have been staged in Beaumont Satur-
i day waa call off not on account of rail*
but because of the division in th*
i ranks.
--- f NASHVILLE, Term.—The MetluxffBl
East Texas—Tonight and Tuesday,) Episcopal Church South frowns upou
fair, colder in east and gomh Frost the unification with (he Northern
- -♦ i present., but only Severnl of the fatul-
Mrs. W. J. Williams left today 'for I ^ members, anu only a.porlion of the
Kenedy w here she will visit with! bigh school students, the larger por-
frlends for a few days.
Mrs. J. W. Freemau anil daughter
Lucile, and IiOUise Schwab returned
last night from San Antonio after a
young man with reapoMibilities '*» <1“)s vl8lt " lth Mra' R8>' 8t"’r-
tion of them being the girls.
It was also obvious that it was (lie
i girls who did most of the rooting.
HOUSTON MAN BURIED
AT HEBRON SUNDAY
Sincerely
yours,
“Fish’’
Salazar.
“Fish’’
Burch
"Fish”
Heliums
“Fish"
Brian
"Fish"
Hill
“Fish"
Oliver
"Fish"
Johnson
"Fish”
Ayers.
Met hodists, according to a total voter
19 Southern conferences.
might continue work here.
Those who claim that the land
away from Yoakum.
He sends
is going to tlie eternal bow-wows' his regards to his Yoakum
please note this. The above is friends and says he likes Yoa-
NEW HIGHWAY TO VALLEY
not street comer hearsay, but
actual facts that can be verified.
In a letter received from C. P.
Evans of BrownavHle, he makes
it clear that he is net weaned
kum as well as ever, and maybe
so a little better than he did be-
only moved his headquarters be-
cause of business convenience.
the **|f*otlon h**ld h( Rnymond-
, In Willacy Co.. Saturday |daughter I^ucille lot (hla morning foi
Geo. Atchl»*y. aged 39, died at Hous-
ton Saturday, the remains were
brought, to Yoakum on the 1:30 train *
Sunday, and were taken lo Hebron VM®
cemetery for interment. Rev. Brown electors voted to bond this county to | Cuero on a short visit with relatives,
fore he moved away. He Still Of the Hebron Baptist church conduct construct a highway thru that county
has utmost faith in our city and ®d the service*. to connect with the highway at Kings
Mr. Atchley was a former resident of ville on the north and Harlingen on
Hebron, having been raised there. tlie south.
• in North and West portion.
West Texa.s—Tonight ami Tuesday by
i party cloudy, with colder weather, prob — . .....
| ably frost. Will get warmer Tuesday] WASHINGTON - - Dodging govertt-
* afternoon. ment tax collectors lias become a new
| i
| Louisiana Tonight general fair, national sport fur one out of every T£
I colder. Probably fond in north por (taxable persons in the country it was
i t ion. Tuesday generally fair with rIs- j learned at the treasury department
] ing temperature. 1 Saturday night.
Oklahoma — Freezing temperature j--o ----—
! tonight, part cloudy. Warmer Tues-j Mrs. H. F. Wether and sou Hal of
! (jUy | Nixon arrived last week to spend aev-
- - -___^ j oral weeks with her sister, Miiw
' Mr. and Mrs. Wr. P Bourk** and Glenna Brown.
1 Mr. and Mrs Otis Dubose returneifl
— to their home In Luting Sunday. Mr*.
Ernest Valent A of Sweet Home left Dubose has been visiting her sister
today for New Orleans, I.a where he Mrs. ^'oodronm Carroll who ia ill at
ill
will attend u Dental Be boo I then*
tb<* Hath Memorial Hospital.
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Richter, T. H. Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 169, Ed. 1 Monday, October 19, 1925, newspaper, October 19, 1925; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757769/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.