The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1923 Page: 3 of 10
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LETTER FROM REP. FINLAY
Austin, March 14.—As the regular
session of the 38th Legislature draws
to a close, I do not think it would be
amiss to give the people of the dis-
trict a summary of the most important
laws enacted during the session,. Be-
fore going into this I will say that
the session in my estimation has failed
to do what it should have done and
much of its work amounts to a loss of
time. For this I do not blame any one.
I leave it to the people to place the
blame. I have voted on almost every
roll call and my vote is on record so
that anyone who wants to can read it.
I have tried to represent the people
of the 93rd District as nearly as I
could and if I have made mistakes I
have made them unintentionally and
on account of being wrongly inform-
ed. I am grateful to the people for
sending me toAuistin to represent them
I take it as a great honor, and will al-
ways maintain that I represent the
best people in the best state of the
best country in the world. I feel that
I have made many friends down here,
friends who will stay and who will be
able to help me and the 93rd district
to get anything we want, and if I
have made any enemies I do not know
it.
The regular session has passed the
school appropriation measure carry-
ing a $3,000,000 appropriation, which
I am sure every one interested in
schools and education will be pleased
with.
We have passed a bill creating an
educational survey commission which
will be composed of residents of Tex-
as and other States, to try to reform
our sehool system and get a system
that will give every child a chance
for an education. Let us hope it suc-
ceeds. The county unit school system
was passed, so as to apply to coun-
ties of 100,000 population. This bill
is in the nature of a trial of this sys-
tem, and an effort was made to
amend it to include many counties in
the State, leaving it up to them to
vote upon the question locally but
this failed. If it works well in the
counties affected it wrill be adopted
later in the state as a whole.
Most of the tax measures have fail-
ed of final passage and unless passed
in the special session, the state will
be in worse shape than ever. We hope
however to get the intangible tax, the
inheritance tax and other tax meas-
ures by in the special session, thereby
raising the money to meet the increas-
ed expenditures of the state from some
one else besides the land owners.
A number of important bills passed
by the house have died on the Senate
calendar, among them the primary
election bill, the Bell prohibition bill,
the Lackey game bill and about 400
others. The Senate has killed the quo-
warranto bill, which was intended to
make for a better enforcement of the
prohibition law by removing officers
who would not enforce the law.
We are to adjourn Thursday to go
home and rest until about May 1st,
to come back and pass the appropria-
tion measures, the revenue measures
hnd any others the governor may see
fit to recommend to us.
I hape the people of my district
will keep themselves posted on these
revenue raising measures so that if
you are asked for advice on any of
them you may be in position to give
your ideas.
JAMES FINLAY.
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SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE /
CONTESTS ARE TO BE
HELD MARCH 30-31
As director general of the Lampasas
County Interscholastic League, Sup-
erintendent O. L. Davis, of Lometa,
this week gives out the. following pro-
gram for the annual literary and ath-
letic events to be staged at Lampasas
on the last Friday and Saturday in
this month:
Friday, March 30.
1 p. m.—Tennis contests; boys dou-
bles; girls’ doubles; boys’ singles;
girls’ singles.
3 p. m.—Preliminaries in girls de-
bate and boys’ debate.
4 p. m.—All contests in spelling.
All contests in essay writing.
7:15 p. m.—Finals in debates, boys
and girls—Auditorium.
Senior boys’ declamation.
Senior girls’ declamation.
Rural schools declamation contests.
High school junior boys and girls
declamation contests.
Contests in singing.
Saturday, March 31st.
2 p. m.—Senior boys track events.
(1) 120 yard high hurdle; (2) 100
yard dash; (3) 1 mile run; (4) 50
yard dash; (5) 440 yard dash; (6)
220 yard dash; (7) 880 yard dash; (8)
1 mile relay.
^ Junior boys track events, class A
and class B together:
(1) 50 yard dash; (2) 700 yard
dash; (3) 440 yard relay.
NOTE: The meet will be held on
the date set unless the weather ab-
solutely forbids, and in case the weath
er does not permit, the meet will be
held the following Friday and Satur-
day in spite of bad weather condi-
tions, in order to get out of the way
for the district meet.
Please mail to me not later than
March 23rd a list of all your entries
in all events, so that I can mail them
out to the various directors Saturday,
the 24th. This is most important—it
must be done if we are to have a suc-
cessful meet.
If you ahve not paid your fee, send
it to E. D. Shurter, University of
Texas , immediately.
From all indications, we shall have
a great meet. Get on the band
wagon” and let’s go.
O. L. DAVIS,
Director General.
not in justice be called upon to pool
the ships' seized during the war and
apply their value against the army
costs, particularly since the Allied
governments had not seen fit to do
likewise.
The proposal still was under con-
sideration Tuesday night by State De-
partment officials and no reply had
gone forward to Eliot Wadsworth,
American representative, for present-
ation tc the allied representatives at
Wednesday’s meeting in Paris. Neith-
er was there any intimation as to when
the American reply would be cabled.
quarrel her parents had was when
mamma gave papa three dollars to
buy him a spring hat, and they
brought him home in a hack bare-
headed.—Dallas News.
U. S. WILL REFUSE RHINE CLAIM
CUT SAYS WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C», March 13.
Plain intimations that the Washing-
ton Government would be unwilling
to accept any reduction in the amount
of its claims growing out of the Rhine
occupation, totaling about $250,000,-
000, were given Tuesday by Adminis-
tration spokesmen.
While the amount of the deduction
in the American claims which a pro-
posal submitted by Allied representa-
tives in Paris suggested should be
made by allowing for German ships
sold and retained by the United
States, would not exceed $16,000,000,
according to the belief of officials here,
it was made clear that this country
had never entered claims for general
reparations by Germany and should
WETS LOSE FIGHT IN
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
Albany, N. Y., March 13.—After
hours of debate the long heralded vote
on the merits and demerits of prohibi-
tion was taken and the “wets” lost.
The vote came on a motion to dis-
charge the committee on excise from
further consideration of bills designed
to repeal the Mullan-Gage enforce-
ment statutes. It was defeated 74
to 70.
Defeat of the motion is accepted to
mean the end of the effort to repeal
the laws, for this year at least. After
the session “wet” leaders admitted de-
feat.
SNAP SHOTS
Our guess is that when a young man
gives a girl a ring he spends a good
deal of time taking it off and putting
it on again.
And the fact that Tut-Ankh-Amen
didn’t advertise accounts for his stock
of goods being three thousand years
old.
April Fool Day wil soon be here,
and some drivers are already practic-
ing.
A Cornell professor says he can
make it rain, but he doesn’t say when
or what.
There are said to be 7,000 widows in
Pasadena, but Hollywood’s thousand
flappers get more publicity.
Little Pansy Peavish says the last
IZORO ITEMS
By Sister Kate.
As this is corn planting weather
everybody is very busy planting. Ev-
eryone has enjoyed the good rains
and are very glad to see “ farming
weather again. The sand storm Sun-
day was very disagreeable.
Rev. James L. Smart filled his reg-
ular appointment at the Baptist
church Saturday riight and Sunday.
Glad to report a good crowd in spite
of the sand storm.
Mrs. Nellie Damus and children
spent Saturday night and Sunday in
the home of H. M. Gilbert.
There was a play at Unity school
house Friday night and was enjoyed
by all who attended.
Mrs. Nettie Hammock and a num-
ber of others from Peabody attended
church here Sunday.
Dr. Pierce, Jim Pierce and Ralph
Howard attended the fat stock show
at Fort Worth last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Damus spent Sat-
urday night and Sunday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. Carroll.
J. H. Upton, E. J. Healer, A. T.
Reese made a business trip to Lam-
pasas Monday.
BERRY’S S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
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production and show; Ferris strain.
Eggs -$1.50 for fifteen, special prices
for fifty and one hundred lots.
H. T. BERRY,
(wtf) Lampasas, Texas.
The latest reports from Rev. J. F.
Lawlis, who is in the sanitarium at
Temple recovering from having his
limb amputated, is to the effect that
he is doing splendidly and there is now
hope of health being restored.
Mrs. Kyle Oliver returned home
Sunday evening from Iredell, where
she has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Ralph Wingren.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis and two
brothers who started to Dalhart Sat-
urday, received a message when they
reached Lometa stating that they had
decided to bring Mrs. Davis’ brother,
Ed Faubion, to Temple for treatment,
and consequently the party enroute
turned back to await further infor-
mation. John Faubion left on the
Saturday night train for Dalhart,
but others of the relatives will defer
the visit until a later time.
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Paul Sheridan, one of the owners
of the mines in Burnet county, was
in Lampasas the first of the week
looking after business interests.
NOTICE
Don’t fail to see “Home Ties”
which will be presented at Adamsviile
Friday night, March 16, 7:45 p. m.
This play is given by the Antelope
home talent for the benefit of the
Antelope school. Come and bring
your friends, and come prepared to
laugh, as well as cry. Admission 25c
cents. (wadv)
W. C. Miller camfe in from Temple
Tuesday morning, where ha had been
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McGee have
begun work on their new home which
is to be located on the lot south of
Ed Hocker’s home, facing east. The
plan calls for a seven-room house,
colonial bungalow style, and will have
all of the modern conveniences when
completed. Excavation is being made
for the foundation and the work will
be pushed forward as rapidly as pos-
sible. This is a beautiful location,
and Mr. and Mrs. McGee will have
an ideal home place when all of the
improvements are completed. .
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The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1923, newspaper, March 16, 1923; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890799/m1/3/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.