Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1931 Page: 2 of 12
twelve pages : ill. ; page 26 x 20 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
BfeOWNWOOD BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY. JUNE H$9St:
•tiers m New jg
Friithfull Mystery
function OI 287 mite* of new Uaes
tn the Panhandle. woo* be Died- He
■aid exception* could be registered
•Whin a time limit of JO day*. .
Tt» report favored comUuctton
of a line from Bt« Spring to Brown -
liekl and tram Lubbock Junction to
Lubbock, entailing about 1JI mile*
of construction i Construction of
JOT mile*, from Brownfield to a
point two miles beyond Vega end
front Dimmitt to Amarillo, was not
recommended.
The recommendations were baaed
on a hearing at Lubbock last De-
cember before Haskell 0. Darla, ex*
' ■ ■ -t*' i
City Manager H; V. Hennen.
Alderman T. Oultten, HHtoo-Burta.
andrMddent engineer Leo Shllnger
r-turned late yesterday from Aue-
Un where they went to elk ted from
the stale highway commigRon. IW
paring of a portion of the highway
But It's mere than I can cope with.
hare become meaning!***. These la
nothing I can do but what t am
going to do. 4
-I shall nave* see you again. That
la extraordinary.
“Although 1 cant ,-omprehend it
r>ny more than I can comprehend
i
barrel for Eastern Texas crude oil,
abandon mg Itt graetty prtoe sched-
ule at from J8 to 17 cents a barrel.
psndlture of the city ta getung the The pr
right-of-way for the highway In Iff oomm
Brown wood He pointed out to W. «"•!
R. By. chairman of the commla- therewa
•ion. and the other member Inter- fire otlw
viewed that the city had a pared pigjWn.
street along West Broadway to use | in bulk,
for a park of the highway, but that! <fhe in
in an effort to shorten the mute hemp eo
and aid traffic the city had P«r- bicycles i
chased right-of-way for the high- the do
way from Beil Ptalne, Arenue to rumitttre
Main Street. J pip*' org£
By getting a right-of-way here the dr
the distance was shortened, the fMin t|,
road straightened and some at the
tton. After gettteg tlR» flgwm^Mr 70 ^
my fold M*. Hennen and the date-
gallon that the department would ™
conUnue the paving Into Brown-
wood te Main Street instead of
Wopping at Bell Plain Arenue as ^
^ThTdtetanee la practically 780
feet and the right-of-way war pwr- •r^ P*rt
chased for sllghUy lees tbgp MO.-
District Attorney pun N.t*dwante
of Jfassau county, will declare hot
•he words •always' or time.* They
produce a very merciful numbness. J
“Starr.” . , /
Second Letter
The second letter wee written on {
the stationary of r Plftrr Avenue
hotel. It was undated and bore a
postmark of June J. It read:
“l am going (definitely now. I
hare been thinking of it for a long
(CONTINUED rnOM ^AOC ONI)
□reseed belief the dfaapprored ex-
tensions wire not necessary.
He mid the route of the proposed
line appeared to bane been wed-
chosen to get maximum business
and at the same time aid In tne
further development of the country
He said that part from Big Spring
to Brownfield would be tha most
useful to the public, as much ol
the country served was far from
existing railroads.
He said the proposed line from
Big Spring to Brown Held would
give the southern part of the tar-
rltory a mote economical and **-
peditious rail service to the markets
of the southeast wnd, with a beaach
from Lubbock Junction to Utohork
would give its direct connection with
fCONTINUED FROM PAOEONEl
th^ takeoff.
port 28 minutes before
Their plane was being warmed up
aa they rode onto the field and a
few minor details wfcre taken care
of while they waited for daybreak
and the freshening wind.
Both seemed confident and HllllJ
apparently had suffered no HI ef-
fects from a cold he contracted yes-
terday while aiding the crew of the
Winnie Mae. which preceded the
Liberty across the ocean.
Hll)If add Hoirlia were about to
climb Into the plane and the crowd
had already begun to wave good
bye, but the start sms delayed sev-
eral minutes while a taxicab wott
dispatched to the fliers* hotel for a
forgotten paehag*.
Everything finally peeked safely
In the monoplane's cabin, the two
aboard and, leaning out a
window, waved a cheery farewell to
May JO and the thne of her dlaap-
pcaranae, June l *4
one of the totters was made pub-
.lc several days aga It was an apol-
ogy lor being intoxicated on the
FranegnJa May J*. She was put off
the ship. i l
Other Tww Letters
•n» cam no.
sir f* >-/*.»]
but it Is of no use. I am mad pad
insane amp you. I hold my breath
to try to stand It. take drugs In the
hope of waking happier, but that
homesick feeling never leaven me.
I have, strangely enough, mere of
a feeling of peoce-whatever you
call It—new that I know It will scon
be over. /
I “If I don't aee you again, good-
bye. Barry to lore all aanse of humor.
But I am suffering so th¥ all r_________ _
■ want la to hare It over with. If* on Jons 6th. Dr. Carr'believed his evidence would
become a hall such as I couldn't full's movement* during the loot seventy-two hoi
have Imagined. * found on a Long Island beach,
j “If you eome to me me when you ■- -—
the legislators who would have voted waste are not adequate to meet the
for the Howsley bin If that bill had situation and that any one may
"My Dear . r come to a vote at the last session circumvent proration order* by the
^•terr. But he dogs not believe an eatra injunction route."
session would accomplish anything Further In his letter he states:
In behalf of the oil industry unless The restoration of reasonable
them was agreement beforehand on prices under the sound economic
lurayiirrn to b» adopted. , plan of taking ratably only the
Writing Judge Davis under date amnunt q[ qjj needed for current
<*■*” “•-!£.Sq£i!»agT K, b. U»
dependent all producer I am very for the elate te avoid the ocficii
much Interested In your position which it is now facing TJ*?
Lubbock and Aaaarlllo. traffic ceo
taca of the panhandle to IU atv
t their advantage.
The importance of Lubbnnk. par
■icuiarly oo the oontor of the eottui
traffic, would make assess there*
Of great value to the Texas am
pacific, ha mid. and such aeeeo
also would enhance the hnportano
cf that dtr^ge jmM dooo^no
to mSrualMnlOf that part clth
proposed line north of Brownftee
and Lubbock. Bxtonsig railroad
provide convenient access to mo*
“ iDr. O. Jameson Carr, ship's surgeon of the liner Franconia, an aoquain-
» ance of Miss SUrr FaithfUll. here Is pictured aa ha arrived in Boston
from Europe m rout* to New Tort to deliver wha; was expected to be
• important evidence in the myetery at the Ommwlch Village beauty's
r. death. He carried three letters from Starr, one of which was the* hut the
I Is known to ham dispatched before leaving her heme far the last tgpy
~ " “ scoDont for MU* FtfTh-
irx before her bogy eras
GUARANTEED
Davis States-
Guaranteed far Three Months
All makes all sizes—all types —
Thoroughly inspected—All prices.
Comet in and see these tires before
you buy.
' . ir i
FRANK U SMITH A. C. WINKLE*
500.000 and at one dollar per barrel
is MAX) 000 The ooudum and|rtBi
•chools also Wimthrougb vsaiahmg
values for oil properties on their
ad valorem taxes. Undoubtedly
hundreds of lndopendeM opr raiors
and small compands will succumb
unless effective preration M soon
secured and a reasonable price for
oU restored thereby."
. Kri% By Da via
Judge Davie steted hie position on
oil legislation te his rrp.,r to Mr
Cheney * tetter a# foBewai- « *
June If, IMi
Mr. M. O. Cheney T
Petroteum Oeotogist. [
03 2c man. Texas.
Dear Sir: \
I am in receipt of your letter of
June Uth. wherein you urge me to
ilv- careful thought and considera-
tion Jta the Idea of adequate prors-
Uoa laws. Jn rep^r I beg to sdvU*
that, it has be:a my idea all alon>
that we should strengthen o r pro-
raUcn laws on oU. and I had that
idea during the regular seastm of
,);e 42nd legislatuiw, when I «t-
pressed myself as favorable to the
Hovuley bill. Strange to say. though.
I find the independent oil awn in
Br;wn county almost united In ©p-
I position to any kind of preration
laws. I helped to put over tec bill
. which protects pumping we Is te
, this vicinity against unreasonable
proration, and it eras a complete
! surprise to me that the ind-pendent
! operators m thte section have united
; to eppos-* legislation which would
Dimmitt to AmarlUo. about 6* mites
Mte dimpprovod The section from
a point M mile* north of Big Spring,
which was referred to os from Lub-
bock Junction te Looocx, e distance
of 40 miles, was approved.
without even
rumors 'uch
for him' and
-Carl Ben. 24. of Ida. La., was
free today after a Jury yesterday
acquitted him on a charge of dyne-
ml Ung the MOO DM highway bridge
across Red river at Oar land oitjh
Frank L Smith Tim Store
f ' Uigginbotham Bros. & Co
NEW FORD
THE
TOBURNI
hazard by in*
■tailing Metalock Sheet-
rock, the fireproof vrmli-
boerd, over present walla
or in new houses. 4
DON’T
a commission for <-o;were*bon of
all natural rr*oureea end tint tin*
commission ui-jid be appsfrted by
th> Oorernor cr some othfr appoin-
Uvc body, and hold office for six
STANDARD SEDAN
years, appointing one of the three
gpnuniasiooers each two yean, and
then pass laws giving them rather
nunfSuary powers to control and
eonsirve oil. gab and thj other'1
natural resources. These somite*-,
rloners would then be picked- ter
thetr special aptitude along th s
Stood *trli2port*Snrprvbr^^ot
are Jute good fellows with a big
petit leal following.
Until the independent oil men ate
led to aee the necessity of MrtAUb
ment of production, and particular!^,
those who are my constituents, X ate
rather reluctant to join te asking
for a special semlon of the legis-
lature.
I may be ah wrong, but R Is aRT
i Judgment that the effective way to
‘ prorate and curtail oil production 1st
,to give a cotnmLssion authority to
stop the drilling of aay and all od-
ditlonoJ wells, except such offset
well* as are required to protect ad-
Joining property owners. It Is *b-
, surd to mo to put the oU wells in
Brown and Cotemsn counties that
have been (Hilled from four to ten
years, under the pneratten law, andt
at the sam* time permit East Texas
i to go on drilling new well*, where
< the flush produr ion te taunens*. I
repeat, to my Judgment, the rffec-
d to Resist Fire
• •* ' < * - .
well as for beauty i
l’| build to burn! Follow
FIRE TEST
give semeon.’ autpcoHy to lotted
the drlUUR of more wells in all
Helds until the surplus of oU la
materially feduced. Certainly It te
mere rconomlcpl to store oil In the
ground thaii tt te to Mare oU show
^ GS^oLs your tetter, and sen-
timents thereto contained. I have
faith Jn >our judgment and wlB
welcome suggestions from you at
isLOCK* SHEETSOCK
m m
L44
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1931, newspaper, June 24, 1931; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987352/m1/2/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.