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THE BONHAM HERALD
VOLUME III
BONHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930
NUMBER 36
COMMISSIONERS COURT ISSUES
STATEMENT ON COURT HOUSE
World’s Highest Paid Radio Personality
The Commissioners Com", last themselves ^ the masters fciuib the
Monday took mindeir consideration seivants of the people, and desire
ins .plans of rebuilding- the county to serve them Therefore they sub-
court house, and while wishing to mltted a bond lssue is such amount
emphasize that the court was not as ,wjd be adequate to build and
taking any partisan view on the 'e?pi'p the new builiding. they de-
issues that might arise in the fmng to act on the will of the ma-
j emises t.b.er toan to rot for J011ty and not on their own wishes
what they'felt was the ibesit inter- °i judgment only,
ests of the county. But in view of tt being necessary to build a new
w lat th.ev naturally diver- house or ha've no court house, it is
g-ent of views would cause more UP to th« People to say whether
or less agitation, they gave out they want a court house. If the
the following statement for the bonds are authorized, the court
public!- • i will build a modern fire-proof
When the old court house burn- building of sufficient capacity ^ind
od on Dtc. 31. .he Commissioners one that will be a credit to the
Court, had adjourner a session call- county and its citizenship,
edl to ido.se up the business of the | If the voters do not want a.
yeair. Blefore the fire was. extin- court house, then the court is and
guished the members of the court still will be the servants of the
were at work arranging quarters people and will try to do the best
for the officers and for the courts, that can be done in the people’s
and the nent d!ay we;ie considering interest under the circumstances
and studying the question of the just now, the court is not able to
rebuilding of the old ar building of figure out anything else, but, as
a new house, as might be found stated, will continue their efforts
most advantageous to the people, to serve the best interests of the
A careful investigation showed county and it? citizenship1,
considerable damage to the walls . °rd'er to meet the contotu1-
left standing, both from the fire tional requirement as to the
and from a giving way of the amount of sinking fund, the tax on
fi-undlation. An expert engineer tfe'e proposed bonds will be ten and
advised that the house cou’d not
be repaired! without more cost
than it would be worth, and that
the foundation would not support a
fire proof reconstruction. The
Court then privately called in the
State Inspector, and after a most
careful investigation from top to
boltorn and all around both inside
and out. of the old building be con-
demned; the present structure as
unfit for use in a future building1.
Ths court did not and do not think
it advisable to build again with a
fire trap roof, like the one which
caused so much disaster. To repair
and use any part, of 'the old struc-
ture would entail a cost of about
two thirds aS much as the propos-
ed new structure, and then we
on a half cent s, on the one hundred
dollars valuation of taxable prop-
erty as rendered, thus on one
thousand dolla: s. rendition the total
tax for the first year will be one
dollar and five cents, for the bonds,
and after the first year the levy
doubtless can be reduced as it will
be necessary to levy only enough
to meet the interest and the matur
intr bonds ''hat year. All the tends
will be paid in not more than
twenty-eight years, and! very prob-
ably 'several years sooner with a
levy above mentioned. The usual
term for bonds is forty years.
At present the best that can be
done and the lowest rent obtain-
able, the officers are scattered1
over town, and in addition to ex-
it is costing- the county $185.00
per month rent.
MODEL GAS KITCHEN ON
WHEELS
would have a patched up building, j tra light, heat, water and 'Sewerage
It. being the duty of the court to'
act, they employed the most com-
petent architects to be found, and
and decided on a plan for a build-
ing which they deemed the best,
and most convenient., and at the
same time one worthy of the good Tbs Lone Star Gae Company
cit-'dlenship, of '‘.his great county, has recently introduced a novel
the same to be strictly fireproof I method of demosltrating compress-
throughou’t, it will be large enough ed natural gas delivered in poi't-
foir> the present use and room for j able steel cylinders to homes not
increased record's. The present having pipe line gas service,
use and room for increased rec- j A model kitchen, has been espec
crdis. The present clerk’s offices ially designed and constructed an
are full to the limit now, and in a a truck chassis. This traveling
short time in the old building kitchen' tours the suburban eom-
wouid require expense of more munities of Texas giving special
room. . demctaistration wit:.; compressed
The court could have ordered1, the gas. z
issuance of warrants and built the , The interior of the truck is
house without submitting a bond j equipped with standard Sas aP!-
issuance of warrants and built the pliane.es, including a cook stove
house without, submitting a bond water heater, refrigator, lights,
issue, bull; that would be more ex- small water heater and iron,
pensive, and the court do not, deem These appliances receive a supply
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SATURDAY
FEB. 15
Ends Our February
Clearance Sale
) TEXAS SENATE URGES FARMERS
TO REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE
1 Hugh Barrett Dobbs accepting his new contract with the Shell Oil Company from
Advertising and Sales Promotion Manager. 2. Dobbs, at left, in the broadcasting stud:
with his wife and daughter. 4. “Dobbsie” with the smile you can b.nr Hn his voice.
E. H.
Sanders,
At home
HP HE meteoric rise of Hugh Barrett
Dobbs, ‘‘Dobbsie,” conductor of
the Shell Happytime, from the Pa-
cific Coast stations of the N. B. C.
network every morning 8:00 to 9 :Q0
o’clock, Pacific time, reads like a
chapter from “Aladdin’s Wonderful
Lamp.”
Four and a half years ago, Dobbs,
an unknown and unheralded re:senal-
ity, walked into the stu.aio t+ KPO
and applied for an audition. The re-
sult was an immediate “clicking” and
Dobbs began a broadcast known as
the Health Exercises period.
Success was so outstanding that he
evolved the idea of conducting my-
thical cubing to the ports of the
weary, the shut-ins, the convalescents
—car.ying to them a shipload of hap-
piiitrs and gloom chasers.
His work attracted the attention
of ii. II. Sanders, an executive of the
i'1.,7/ Oil Company and one of the
v.'uc’s greatest visioners. He engaged
T . Eds to broadcast for the Shell
rmnoeny.
What he has accomplished with that
r egram needs no special mention
5 ; soon earned the recognition of his
dialers as the West’s greatest radio
personality—attesting to this fact over
1,000,000 "letters—letters of sincerity
—letters, of wholehearted app~e/al
from the fans of radioland are avr il-
tble to prove this assertion.
The result has brought about Dobbs
being signed by tbe Shell Oil C m-
pany to a three-year contract at a
yearlj- figure far exceeding the salary
of (he President of the United Stales.
From now on Dobbs will devote bus
entire time to work of the Shell Com-
pany, the work which will net lent
over a quarter of a million dollars,
and will give him the distinction of
being the world’s highest paid ra' io
personality.
And now for the man Dobbs on
whom the eyes of the entire, radio
world are focused. He was born in
Kentucky, 1885. Throughout his boy-
hood life on his father's plantation he
learned from the negroes their secret
of music. Hand him almost any in-
strument' and “Dobbsie” will extract
some kind of tuir: from it—his is a
perfect car and those wise in tlic arL
of music wonder at lus ability.
.From early childhood he has had a
leaning 1.wa~d good '-red, whole-
some firs, a fact th:.' caused his dis ■
charge from the United States' N.»-- a’
Academy at Annapolis. But 1 > ! o»
ycuth soon reconciled him to the - if.-
ure of his Naval career—h\ b c
of vision and character wou‘«l r»o*. al-
low him to be downed.
He entered Johns Hopkins Mcdica.
School at Dublin ore a:.d fitted himself
to -become an instructor of physica.
culture, leav'ng the naval glory of th
family to h:s cousin, 'Richmond Fear-
son Hobson, hero of , the Merun.it
sinking in Santiago Harbor dura*
the Spanish-American War. Kb
father, then a Congressman from th*
State of Kentucky, aided him by seivl
ing him on a world tour.
It is Dobbs who is responsible
for the creation of Outdoor Play-
grounds for children. After butio
ing several of them in New Yoffc
City, he was called by Judge Pe*
Lindsay, to supervise the building
of Denver’s playgrounds. This itv
terest in children reveals the yd#
of the man which appeals so strong-
ly to all of us, no matter what ouf
age may be. Laughter, merry too.
and the gift of radiating light-hoari-
edness—that’s “DOBBSI E1'.
mm
fir FRANK- PARKER STOCKBR1EX5E
COMMUNISTS gether to control prcd.etion and so who was at that patty. He has a
A group of Communists agi'tat- .make farming a profitable busi-! few intimate friends know that he
,or® tried to hold a public meeting ness for all engaged in it. ' had a high tit!® and’ a great estate
on the stops of New York’s City Mlr. Hayde is right in saying ( in his native Hungary. Like the
Hail the other day. They had neg- that the farmers of America face rest, he lost all, but he does- not
complain. The Archduchess was
right. They are taking their medi-
cine and smiling at the dose. That
is true nobility.
THRIFT
Savings deposits throughout the
nation are showing an upward
trend! again. They were conoider-
leicted to obtain a permit for a in the coming years as stern a
permit for a, public meeting and tost as ever faced our forefathers.
(the police dispersed them. They dyji jz ATION
fought the police and' some of them
got broken heads. Many half-baked
Human progress consists in the
thinkers see in that episode an ex- muitipication cf human wants and
ample of tyranny.
Outstanding Values are of-
fered on dependable, long-
wearing merchandise. You
will be pleased with price
and quality.
of the means to supply the new
I ffibf iLLrrlpi
™ ■ Xo fsiwe of ceL which we caii Jvilization con- j £>-.“• “ '
is more tyrannic*! than the w„f "ito ” £ ^ was nght when he
z* a “ to he" 5 exchange his labor said that most men should not de-
zen has the right, t«o agitate tor a prive themselves under forty in or-
'change in this laws or the Gonstitu- A L, , . , , , . tov . C,Q,.„ Tr i , -j..
j.: . • i. -m mi. • l. • Tfhip npyf o.tpn is tn .teach him tn to save. 1 hv old idea tnat
thrift means living a stunted life
in youth in order to eke out nar-
row and bare existence; in old age
has gone the way of the twelve-
hour day and! the ox-team. Every
worker today has a surplus above
normal living- costs out of which a
small precentage of savings will
insure comfort in later years. In
tion itself. There is no place in ^be next, step is to teach him to
America for those who teach dis- want things so1 badly that he is
obedience to law.
OVERPRODUCTION
The best short phrase descrip-
willing to live under th§ rules of
the community, where they are to
be had.
The trouble with many folks in
tive of farming conditions was America today is that they want
coined by the Secretary of Agricuil- things without being willing to
ture in a, radio talk the other day. pay the price, either in labor or in
demand,” were Mlr. Hayde’s words. The old law of the Pilgrim Fathers
Every farmer has experienced the “H who does not work shall not
evils of overproduction. The pendu- eat” is not sufficently enforced,
lum swings to.o far each way. One Too many parents are letting
year a slhort crop brings high pric- their boys and girls “haave a. good
es; the next year every farmer time” instead of going to work
produce® more of that commodity when they have finished school. It
and the market® are glutted at jg. fr0m this irresponsible leisure
low prices.
cli:i3s that, most of the criminals
F.or the first time in history, in- develop', according to the Police
telligent steps are being taken by Commissioner of New York,
our Government to keep farmers
from competing with each other NOBILI1Y
and to compel them to work to-
tunate in being able to enjoy a
.wide range of luxuries while still
laying- something by.
EDISON WRITER ON
PROHIBITION LAW
Emphatic opinion® on prohibition
disarmament negotiations, science
and invention were scribbled with
a stubby pencil at F'ort Mayers
Fla., Tuesday by Thomas A. Edi-
In 1913, when the unrest in the son, the electrical wizard', celebrat-
Balkans was already threatning ing- bi® eighty-third bilOhday _an-
: ------------------ Central Europe with vague mut- niversary and answering questions
of gas from a standard installa- | tarings of the Great War which ; from newspaper men.
tion mounted os the rear in a , began the next year, Fredric C. : Mr. Edison believe® that abso-
s'leel cabinet exactly the same' as Pen-field American Ambassador to lute prohibition eventual y will be
the 'installation for service in the Austria-Hlungiary, attended a tea- enforced in the United States and
home. party in Buda-Pest, given by the that manufacture of light wine?
Two cylinders are1 included1 in Archduchess M|aria Theresa and and beer in the home, through
the installation. As one cylinder attended by many of the highest j modification cf the Volstead1 act,
becomes empty it can be cut off of the Hungar ian nobi ity . | would not aid temperance. The in-
and the other turned on; the I “If you were all to be deprived ventor said that the age of fully
empty cylinder can be replaced of your titles, estates and fortunes automatic machinery would find
without interrupting service.
what would you- do?” Mr. Penfield tbe laborer with a heme and many
B m If f'*
Max riermer Lo
The Community Natural Gas | a.tord. . new things, providing alcohol does
Cio. of Bonham, the distributor of j There was silence for a minute not intervene.
STARGAS in this- territory,'will 'or two. Then the archduchess an- Belief that the* London disarma-
bring this kitchen to this district swered. ment conference wi!(“arrive at a
for public inspection Wednesday I “I do not know what we would sane compact to limit future trou-
afternoon 2-19-30, the car will be do but 'I can -tell you one thing we He®,’! was expressed by Mr. Edison
in. Bells, Savoy and Ector, Thurs- j would not do,” she replied. “We He cautioned, however, “that de-
rbiv it willl visit Randolph, Blailey, would not complain.” | velopments; in electrical and poi-
Gober, land1 Mbore® C'happel; Fry-j The man who told; me .cf the in-. sionous destructive elements have
day, Ivanhoe, Oakland, Telephone good iob in New York and only a ' not made a future world war inl-
and! Ravenna. ci'dent was one of the noblemen possible or improbable.”
The Texas Senate Tuesday ad:_ 'IIDOC
opted the following resolution by llslllf I AKlWiFlf*!
Senator Thomas B. Love: j WIlMk I flllJTIklUl
“Whereas, Texia® is the leading! _ _ _ __ _ _ ..
cotton producing State of t.he T |j SI S# i™ II 1 # ST
Union and also the leading' wool | y vilMnliil.L
and mohair producing S.ialte and
has a large and rapidly growing' __
dairy products industry. j
i “Wfherei.'is, the agricultural mar- To the Bonham Herald:
keting act passed by the present Farm relief' is the great issue
Congress of the United States pio- „+■ tv, ao, „ , „
vides that the Federal Farm Board ' “* "* d“y '* seems here ol
shall invite the co-operative mar- late mo&t everybody has come to
keting associations handling any the conclusion that the condition
agricultural commodity committees ' of the farmer is something terri-
for such commodity, and. ble a;nd an seem t0 want to ive
I “Whereas we are advised1
through the mere that such advi- he a remedy «, m to bet-
'sory commodity committees have.,he„r h f “"ftion, regardless of
now been established cotton f* “'.‘T of
and for wheat and for wool and wkat he ** rK,lly
mohair and dairying products ,and. e ,W1 '
“Wheieas, the agriculturing mar-' dbey talk and write of the de-
keting act provides for the recog- 1 pIorab,e condition of the farmer
ition by the Federal Farm Boiard,, as th'QU8:h we didn’t realize .the
on the application of the approp-! s^abs w€ are ™ s,,nd it seems
riate advisory commodity commit-1 ^bat they feel they are warning
tee, of any corporation complying us *n ‘^b'e form of a lot of free ad-
with the conditions prescribed in vice- In thi& connection I will say,
the act, a® a stabilizing corpora- we harve had °luite a lot of
tion for any agricultural commo- stuff called‘ free advice from
dity, and. many sources which 'I fear has
done no more than, to help us to
wdare now 1 f %
an agricultural commodity, in adz 1 ° s'Ve sdvKe dOT ‘
dition to acting as a marketing LW° ‘T* ol respon-
'agency for its stockholders «,***ty « tt* «dnce
members may, for the purpose ofn 1 Now suppose the farmers of
coni'irobing any surplus in a com- this 8reot countiy of our® would
modify in furtherance of the de- , up an a,venue of advice to
dared policy of the act, prepare! '^he business and professional
purchase handle, store process and world. What do you suppose they
merchandise, otherwise than, for;WOul;d! 'thln.k of us or ”ur advice?
tbe account of its stockholders or j iealize the condition of the
members any quantity of the com- !smad business man and the coun-
modity or its- food products, whetih- j banker is almost as bad as
er or not such commodity or pro- With the combinations of
due*s are acquired from its stock- , capital and activities and the
holders or members, 'and. ! mergering of all large capital, it
“Whereas, the Federal Farm ls pi'obable in my mind that they
Board! is authorized to make loans are &CIng lo need them a Mosee
to stabilization corporation® from before a great while to lead them
its revolving fund of $500,000,000 0lut of their wilderness,
provided for in said act, sufficient! We have had advice galore and
in amount to enable it to perform to refresh the farmer’s memory,
its functions, and. j I might mention some; of it.
“Whereas, it is our belief that' Wie> were toLd; to staY a,t home
through these provision's', the Fed- andl work, quit running- up and
eria;l Farm Board can provide am- down the roads in our cars. §'et
pie funds to suippcirt the market Us a -_ow, sow and hen; sell cream
for agricultural eommcdlitie® and dve at home, no l spend a
against the conceited depr-essing- without you really need some
forces, voluntary and involuntary, i ^bing1.
which ;aire inhjsrcnt in existing A this advice na® all been
marketing conditions and' which 9.'ken . ard what has happened ?
unopposed by organized resistance d'iie fanners all broke and now
on behalf of the producer, which some more advice from the same
the Government alone can lade- 0 ice’ telling u® to reduce our
quately furnish, must result in the a\rea8'e 6,000,000 acres. Don t.
future as in the past in redlucing radse so much cotton,, if you do
and holding the price of such com- are blowed1 up. Cull your
modifies below the cost of pro dec dailY cows, send several thousand
tion. and! below the price which sup y°ur heifers ^ to the slaughter
ply and demand would normally as there is no market for
pnoduce or justify, and which must cream a,nd ^bat it is pro able that
deprive the farmer of a fair wage there is enoug.fi' butter in coid
for his labor, and' must prec’ude storage to vun toe world asother
him from any opportunity to flairv ,Year- B,lowed up again,
ly share the benefits of govern-j Now, if the distinguished gen-
ment with those enjoyed in other tlem-en tha; have been giving us
industries, and th's .'.’ rice wi 1 permit it, and not
“Wlbeteas, we believe that a thi'nk 1 am meddling where I have
square de'ail for the American far- np husinest I will proceed to give
m,er and the avowed high perpose ^bem a small bit of ad/ice; but
of the agricultural and' marketing before I do I want to ask them to
act, to pi sice the industiy of agri- ipaid<>n ,as ^ k”°Y 1S V'°t be“
c.lturt on a basis of economic ‘Coming of an old homey-handed
equality with other industries can farmer advice to busi-
be reasonably assured in. no other n'esf world. He rs supposed to take
way than through the constant, advlce not to give it.
active and: vigilant functioning of | Feeling I have made the proper
the stabilization corporations wise apologies, I proceed: knocking the
ly provided for in the act, and in F• L. U. of A., am organization
the manner provided in' the act, you know is founded on the princi-
and* their indispensaable continued pto of right, and! is the only salva-
support. ,of the market for its de- tion of us farmers and possibly
femse ayainst the continued' power- ! yours. ,es. Tel! the farmer when
ful voluntary and involuntary in- you come in contact with him to
fluences operating to depress it; join it and1 stay right in there and
now, therefore, be it pitch) until he is sufficiently or-
“Resolved by the Senate the ganized to price his products at
House of Representatives concur- cost plus profit, and then business
ling therein. and bank failures will not fee
“(L)That we assure the Fedeval known and all will be happy, and
Farm Board and all it® advisory ^ °'’d farmer and his wife and
commodify committees and' mar- obddien will be able to wear
j keting- associations and other agen- and have a few things in
dies of our hearty sympathy and Jis life that has bean deprived
! appreciation® of'the steps 'being them on amount of not receiving
j taken to sieeure a wise and reason- Ius't P’rlf:es ^ol tne 'producth> 0
able reduction of acreage arid to tbeir .abor.
improve tbe qualify of agriculture b1* ROBIESON,
products and to promote the wid- Uober, Texas.
I eat nossible• cooperation in the
marketing of farm produce; and'
A sc,off law declares that Vol-
we; "’eto-R them our hearty co- ! stead made mor® lawbreakers;
operation and support in the per- than any other man in hi?toi\ ex-
formance of the colossal task they cept Mioses.
have in hand; I —
“(2) That we respectfully and ‘ . . . ,,
earnestly urge the view that it is an .no^ ^ad be harmful to the
indispensaible to the substantial iin Nation s welfare and he most
provemeniai of conditions in agri- harmful to the farmer nnse ,
culture, that the stabilizing func- that we believe it is ti e highest
'Hone of our system be pua: in full duty of the Federal Farm Board
and efficient 'operation, and that th® best practical service it
the saabiHzation corporations nec- can render the unnatural deflation
essary for. the purpose be created oi the pnce3' of farm products. Be
equippeidi and' financed with the it f.i. ex
least, delay possible; we are oppos- “Resolved, That the secretary of
ed to the promotion of any un- the Senate end the chief clerk of
natural inflation in the price of the House are instructed jointly to
farm product® through the opera- , communicaiaie this resolution by
tion of the agricultural marketing wire to the chairman of the Fed-
act; we believe that such inflation eral Farm B’oard.”
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