The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1926 Page: 2 of 4
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SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN”- <$mhe
Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets, you are not
getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by mil-
lions and prescribed by physicians over 25 years for
, Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago
Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
Accept only “Bayer” package
which contains proven directions.
Handy "Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets.
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists.'
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"I’ll tell you why
they wouldn’t insure you—
“You allowed constipation to become chronic — until finally
it resulted in organic disease.
* People don’t realize how insidious constipation is. Its first
effects are hardly more than annoyances—headaches, loss
of appetite, sleeplessness and the like. But in time, as the
body is subjected iO .continued intestinal poisoning, it may
lead to hign blood pressure, rheumatism, diabetes or even
Bright’s disease.
•Stop constipation if you wish to live long. ^Take a little
Nujol every day—that will keep you regular.”
Nujol relieves constipation in Nature*s way
Constipation is dangerous for any- testinal muscles.
Nu'
body. 'Nujol is safe for everybody.
It does not affect the stomach and
is not absorbed by the body. Medical
puthoritiesapproveNujol because it is
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temporary or chronic in the supply
ofnaturallubricant in the intestines.
It softens the waste matter and thus
permits thorough and regular elimi-
nation without overtaxing the irt-
Nujol can be taken for any length of
time without ill effects. To insure
internal cleanliness, it should be
taken regularly in accordance with
the directions on each bottle. Unlike
laxatives, it does not form a h«bit
and can lie discontinued at any time.
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anil begin to enjoy the perfect health
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For Constipation
Mother! It’s
Cruel to “Physic’’
Your Child
DR. W. B. CALDWELL
AT THE AGE OF 83
To Dr. \V. IV UaldwHl, of Month-olio
III , 8 practicing physician f r IT years.
It MWmptl cruel that so many can.ti-
jmtod infants ami children h ul to be
kept constantly ‘‘si in ml up" apil half
nick by Inking enthnrflc pills, tablets,
Halts, calomel and nasty oil <.
While be knew that constipation vats
tho cHtisi- <«r nearly of] rhHdrofl’Rllffto
111m, tie did not believe that it sickening
“puree” or "physio" was nee ssary.
In Dr. Caldwell's Syrttfi IVp-ln be
'discovered a hi.Mitive whieli helps t<»
Cstnldisli naturid I towel ‘‘re whir ty"
even If ttie child Is Uironleully eon-
BtlpatetL l)r. CiililtVell'i Swtip p»p-
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□ I Xltli POWDER
FARM A; J PROGRAM
DHKG iVOHKEIt OUT
Revised Fhns Will Be Laid
Before the House
Committee Soon
Washington Farm relief leaders of
the Middle Weat have agreed to Im-
portant changes In their legislative
program, which will bo laid before
the house agricultural committee in
a completed Dill within a few days.
Although the delegation, from 11
states, have not reached an accord on
' all points, yet it is known that the
membership. I hill will contain a certain clausa
Out of the rural aid fund the state placing an embargo on Importation
board of edaration has apportioned °? corn for a year.
$314,340 to 844 rural schools. Ap- i The measure will retain a federal
proximately $150,000 worth of school farm hoard, with authority to contract
IEXAS NEWS
First cars of Willacy County’s rec-
ord onion crop are expected to move
to the market in a week or so.
Ccnstriiction of concrete-lined can-
als to water 15,000 acres of land in
the Rio Grande Valley is contemplated
by developers.
The cantaloupe and watermelon
i crops in the vicinity of Mission are
now well under way to the making of
a good return to Hidalgo County
farmers.
i For the purpose of developing the
poultry business, the Anderson Coun-
ty Poultry Association has been or-
ganized at Palestine with a large
bonds were bought for benefit of the
permanent school fund.
With over $15,000,000 in the state
reserve depositories and in excess of
for exporting surplus crops, any losses
to bs borne by a revolving fund. This
fuud would be initiated by an appro-
priation of $250,000,000 and promu-
$6,000,000 to the credit of general I nently financed through an equaliza-
revenue, the State of Texas is now on j tion fee, paid by manufacturers pro-
a permanent cash basis, W. Gregory cessing agricultural commodities.
Hatcher announced Saturday. It i8 expected, however, that the
More than 600 railroad and indus- equalization fee, to be deducted from
trial traffic men from five states of the price received from the farmer,
the Southwest and all parts of the re- wui apply only to four commodltlee—
public of Mexico will gather in an wheat, cotton, hogs and cattle.
intern.tion.l conference on ahippin* 1 Corn rerelv(. ,ara. bon.-
at Brownsville on March 10-20.
From $300 to $1000 a month from a
flock of 2000 chickens is the income
realized by W. L. Bradbury, manag-
ing the experimental farm of thd
American Rio Grande Land and Irri-
; gation Company, near Mercedes.
An apportionment, of $5 per capita
of the available school fund, based
on 1,345,000 scholastics, and exceed-
j ing $6,000,000, was’ made Friday by
Professor S. M. N. Marrs. state super-
: intendent of public Instruction.
Cost of administering the govern-
I nient of San Antonio for the city’s
; fiscal year ending May 31, 11426, will
total $2,51)8,840, an increase of $308,-
503.67 over the previous year, when
‘ the final budget was $2,200,330.33.
! Trackage and station equipment of
i the old Dallas, Cleburne Southwestern
Corn would receive
fit in a different form. One provision
under consideration would hav* the
board buy directly a certain quantity
of corn, but there Is considerable sen-
timent among the delegates to main-
tain the contract method of disposing
of all crops, with the farmers' co-oper-
ative organizations utilized whenever
possible.
Another change In the bill would fix
the maximum price to be paid for the
surplus of products classed as basic
commodities. This price would be the
world market quotations, plus the im-
port tariff on the crop affected and
the cost of transportation.
The Middle Westerners did not ap-
pear before the committee Friday but
gave way to Carl Vrooman of Illinois,
a former assistant secretary of agri-
culture. He Indorsed the Roblnson-
tap railway, formerly operated by thf 0ldf,eld ,)lllt to establish a farmers'
i bowel movement, but, best of all, II
t never gripes, sickens nr upsets the
most delicate system. Besides, It is «b-
snlutely harmless, and so pleasant that
--yen a 'toss, feverish, bilious, sick
'child gladly takes It.
Buy a large 00-eent bottle Rt njjj
; “lore that sells medicine aud Just see
for yourself.
Dr. Caldwell's
SYRUP
PEPSIN
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, was
sold at auction at Cleburne lust week
to Sam J. McFarland of Dallas fox
$20,000.
Manufacturing industries of Texas
are turning out products valued at
more than $1,000,000,000 annually, ac-
cording to George Knebel, executive
vice president and general manager
of the Texas State Manufacturers As;
■ociatlon.
Eleven hundred men and seven
ditching machines are at work on the
gas pipe line of the Houston Gulf
Gas Company, between the South
Texas fields and Houston, in order
to complete the main to the city as
soon as possible.
On January 1, 1927, Texas life in-
surance companies will have in force
more than a billion dollars of insur-
ance, more than a hundred million
dollars of assets, and an annual in-
come of approximately $40,000,000,
R. L. Daniel, insurance commissioner,
predicted this week.
State banks and trust companies
operating under the bond security
system do not have the right to sub-
stitute one class of securities for an-
other within the 12 months for which
the original securities were filed with
the banking commissioner, the at-
torney general’s department ruled
Friday.
Bids for construction of 17 miles
of grading and draining structures
on Highway No. 45 from Huntsville to
the Grimes County line will be open-
ed March 30 by the Walker County
commissioners’ court, the state high-
way department announced this week.
The ‘‘fruit that made Italy famous”
is gaining a foothold in the Rio
Grande Valley. Olives gradually are
coming to be one of the products of
the “magic Valley” and it is expect-
ed that within a few years olive or-
chards may he established in many
parts of South Central Texas.
Strict enforcement of the stream
pollution laws of Texas will be had,
says Turner E. Hubby, game, fish and
oyster commissioner. A campaign will
be started at once and investigations
will be made of streams where oil
companies are reported to hav: per-
mitted petroleum to float on the
water and kill the fish.
The Victoria Chamber of Com-
mi rce, backed by a large numlier of
business men, have petitioned tho
county commissioners’ court to ex-
tend the Keeran road, in the eastern
part of the county, to Placedo, so as to
place Victoria in touch with a thriv-
ing new farming community, in tho
vicinity of Vanderbilt, Jackson
County.___
Farm conditions In Bastrop County
are In excellent shape.
Plans for creation of a special levee
district to widen and straighten the
Trinity River for a distance of seven
miles upstream from Dallas, at a cost
of between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000,
have Is en completed, und the district
probably will be created within a few
weeks.
Two issues of City of Tuliu bonds,
one for $65,000 street improvement,
hearing 5per cent, and the other
$3M,500 funding, bearing 53 4 per
cent interest and maturing serially,
have been approved by the attorney
general's department
export corporation, with authority to
lend money to European purchasers oj
-urplus American crops.
Cattle Raisers Select El Paso.
Ft. Worth, Tex.—Thursday brought
to a close the golden anniversary con-
vention of the Texas and Southwest-
ern Cattle Raisers’ Association, or-
ganized at the county court house at
Graham, Texas, in February, 1877. R.
11. Kleberg of Kingsville, was elect-
ed president, El Paso waa named
next meeting place, and Dayton Moaea
was re-elected attorney, chief execu-
tive business consisting in the adop-
tion of a resolution favoring immedi-
ate consummation of a treaty be-
tween Mexico, the United State and
Canada, barring international ship-
ment of infected cattle.
To Hold Educational Conferences.
Austin, Tex.—A series of regional
conferences on public education has
been scheduled for this year, begin-
ning April 12 at Sweetwater, it was
announced Friday by State Superin-
tendent S. M. N Marrs. "All per-
sons interested in the administration
of the public schools are Invited to
attend these conferences,” said Marrs.
Dates and places of these conferences
are: Sweetwater, April 12-13; Ama-
rillo, 14-15; Wichita Falls. 16-17;
Waco, 19-20; Commerce, 21-22; Jack-
sonville, 23 24. and Kingsville, 27-28.
Lower Rates Favored.
Dallas. Tex.—Texas carriers gave
the final token of their earnestness
In support of differential freight rates
for Texas ports undor New Orleans
Friday at the concluding session be-
fore Examiner I. L. Koch. They de-
clared their willingness to accept low-
er export rates to Galveston, Houston
and other Texas ports than now ex-
ist. provided the Interstate commerce
commission will not allow the same
rates to be applicable to New Orleans.
Welfare Workers Choose Houston.
San Antonio, Tex.—Tho venerable
Harry Lee Virden, archdeacon of the
Dallas diocese of the Episcopal
church, will head the Texas Confer-
ence of Social Welfare for the ensuing
year, and the next convention will be
held in Houston in March, 1927. He
succeeds Mrs. Elizabeth Forrest of
San Antonio.
Druses Defeated By French.
Beirut, Syria.—The Druse tribes-
men have suffered serious losses in
an engagement with French troops in
the environs of Damascus.
Jews Farm Million Acres.
New York -Seventy-five thousand
lews in tho United Stales are farm-
ing 1,000.000 acres of land, and their
real estate holdings and pursoLal
property ure valued at more than
$100,000,000, says the aunuAl report
Friday of the Jewish Agricultural So-
ciety, Inc.
Bryan Postmaster Named.
Washington. -Charles F. Myers
has been appointed acting postmaster
at Bryan, Texas
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Grundy, John. The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1926, newspaper, March 18, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894006/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .