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PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY
VOI I Ne. 29.
BRECKENRIDGE. STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS MONDAY AUGUST 2 192.
TOM L. BAXTER Owncr-Kditor
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6000 BARREL GUSHER RIGHT IN TOWN
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EQUALIZATION
BOARD BUSY
THIS IS APPEARANCE DAY
F0K PROPERTY OWNERS
NEW OPERATORS IN FIELD.
$BMrd Km PrMm ef Raising 66
MtKh Mtwy-Either Hfcke r Vat-
v H44n er Rated.
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TM court house aad steps anom
IhefleorH an; occupied today wltlf
HutRy autos and other vehicles stand-
ing 'araiim! over town. It In the oeea-
slew f h visit frow tin old-timer
Htmttly and Ihoy are surely intorostist.
What brliifc them together on tills
occHHtmt Is that tho oommlsslonnrs
A. C lnngnn Hnd George Anderson
nrrhed from Kort Worth this morning
nntl will m Identified with develop-
ment work In Breckonrldgc. Those
gentloui"n wltti other associates will
put down a well ou block 53 tho Y. M.
C. A. property. Active work will bo
started as soon an preliminary pio-
codure In completed. A number of
other drilling rights will lie handUxl
by theo gentlemen.
tle had rent out notices to thos
wto tax renditions had Hot appcnrol
te bo Unto enough or In proportion to
wellborn. Monday was set as the dy
lor hearing explanations tin! Hotloos
reading. to hew cauw?f If any why
year rHdltlea should not be change I."
The eemmbwieBers have been busy
far. weokn gem ever the rolls and
the Jeb ef providing for a certain
amount of meBey necewwry for county
expense. If the original renditions
of preperly value should not produce
"tJ-amount required at old rate then
tb up to them to Increase the ralu-
athMM er the rate as the course
cbeH Imn Wmh is adjust the valna-
liens where ceeWored too )evr
There K a Wk preblem RfcsoHtod.
Or the hJhaad there-af ft lands worth
te up la fUhhoumndii of dollar per
ere. aiMMIHlr H08C WOrtll lOSS
than imMt-acre reBdemlouageBorHl
baata ef ihlfciwr acre. On the ntlwr
MM the mud. eVvner of property not
preduclag reveRH. claim that lnas-
Mtvvh UR. their land k not producing
Otafe Rt W I" l lt
The eaart w Ib to .provide rove-
Rueter iHirtyiexeR i peRJ way.
DEATH ENTERS
TWO HOMES
Two funerals were conducted In
leurt silting as Hoard of Euuallzi-' Hreekenridge Sunday and two fnili
uioitHds are In the cemetery today In' the
ever-going race between the City of the
Dead and the City of the Quick. Two
eHtpty place in hoairfi. And In the
Duality tho cemetery city will guthr
to it all who now so busily tread Mi"
Mreots in enjoyment of life and hcutlli.
Into the family of H. V. Caldwell the
death angel enU-red and took the )"
year-old daughter MIj Inez. Account
of hor death. In New Mexico was given
In the American of Saturday. The fuU-
eral party chdic In on the evening
rain and the body wan taken direct to
the iTiulery. Service at the gravele
were condtK'led by Rev. A. J. Morgici
Iiantor of the doccaMd. Many friends
SMthere.l to witness the laying away of
tin lovely girl In sorrow to tni.i' Inst
parting and In -.vmwIliy with the 1m-
roavwl family.
Karller In the afternoon the -lx
irionths-idd baby !oy of Mr. and Mrs.
.lei Alcorn was laid to rent. Jtcv. Jlor
gan conducting the service at the Itap
tlst talKTHHclc. The parents rcsld on
the South Hide and their baby Jiad
heen'ali&ftHrj&c tHc. iVMiWWMH-
(er 6f'frIcdtHd fl'stMRVe.whh
syuimthellc union -with the strlclien
hearts of the young iw rents had cow
)t the hind ewtwrs talk them out pf-to be of what itrtofort they could w cm
iMf rmdltleR values theu up will at IP rvu.
! 'rate taxalles.
t. wmr
4MMLMICAL mr ON
THE BKXA1II. FIELDS
By The Aieclted i'rej.
AUKTIN Aug. 2. 'Thre of the oil
jlM la Bexar ceunty. nawoly the.
AH vitrta Mission and Sewervt
Mi are m placed with respect io
preraUla structural lines la this
ay aa te aest they are pewdl.lv
laaated w the mbbc structure" sejs
DrJ K. HvBvllards geologist of the Jlu-
teauef Kceweiak: Oeolegy ad Tech-
ueWcV f the University ef T"exa In u
hUetla hv him entitled 'The Oeologv
u4 M4aeil KeseHrces of hswr Couh
ty; which Is Jt eT tho University
JWSr J
."If thht l trwe'he centlnuefi "thtr;
lr a ttfttiaet sHthwest pJiiagc In th
fwBMithHi. The. heavy oils of tho Alt
Ywta aad Mhwhrn iehlti are ebUincd
fpem the AustlH forwatlea at tho ao
tM4 kvelV frew A74 te 0 feet helow
iea level. la the Somerset flald the
Iaa4r H are eh ta I cd from either
the TayhM' er Navarre formations at
fte actnal level ef from 400 te 709 fee:'
ttttow the sea level. Te the nerth-ast
ef ;M4e creek. If we rely oh the
ralfcer IkeUed well reeerds avaHilU
tiuwi mere le the aerth refemhIhMC 1
thm resfect the Cwlehea strectwre. U
teem alee te he Interrupted aeUr the
ftejmla reed cretslac. hy a fault. On
thie bewerer the well reeerds avail.
uMe are limited aad the Hwptls of
thkt break U frevlsleal."
"QUIET SUNDAY"
SAY OFFICERS
Whctl er It was just too hot for stai t-
Ing anything Sunday or whether Mio
warnings issued by the city poll :e
toce to observe the Sunday elo-dng
laws ha 1 something to do with It may
Pot be known yet It whs a very quiet
Sunday us gauged by the courts of fie
city.
The imuhI number of Sunday drunt:H
was absent no light rcortcd and no
disturbances of the peaei. Only thnv
arrests for Rumbling. No urrcsts for
keeping oton stores for sale of pro-
hibited articles.
" Extension of the city limit' lnclud-I
the many places In outskirts which .id
leeu freely selling gasoline drink.'.
cigars etc. Warning was conveyed to
theie dealers that the Sunday luw
governing .sales would be strictly en-
forced. There wenr probably some
stores which did not oWy the law but
In general It seems that the vendors of
forlddcn merchandise did not cure to
monkey with the city court
UKIDGE TRAFFIC OFFICER.
The railroad comiwny Is mo In tain-
ing a crossing man near the bridge. It
is ono congested spot and the bridge
nnd approaches are Inadequate to ac-
commodate the enormous trnfllce which
iwsses that way. If the old bridges
holds up until the new one replaces It
It will bo a wonder.
An 80-foot wide bridge- Is needed nt
this point.
COTTON YIELD
SHOWS BETTER
INCREASE OF MILLION IIALKS
OVER ESTIMATE OF JUNK
Gonzoles Well Four Blocks From
Street 3outh Blowing Oil
Faster Than It Can Be
Taken Care Of
Texas Condition Improved and Ucttcr
Tlmn Last Year Total Ksll.
mates l'i.oia.Wft Dales.
iEERAY WILL
HAVE SCHOOL
DOKK HOUSES GOOD ENOU42II
Uy The Associated Pros.
DENVER. Aug. U.-Adolio. houws
may sotn be sin In Denver. l!uu
slmrUgc and the high cost of bulldiu
material recently restdled In a change
of the city regulation permitting rd!
construction. R'veral requests for
Itormlts .have already been Sled.
"HonCB of adoho (in bo made diir-
ale and attractive; F. M. Ladd. city
building Inspector declared In com-
menting on the changes. "If they nro
ronstruetiHb pn)p'rly we will not oj-
pose their construct loiu"
Thrcj'coadltlons were nawMl In tut
issuance of permits. They will ho
permitted In frame resideneo dlstrlcM
Ndvlcc of the city building Inspectors
ur. to making adotw brlckH and vn.
stnietlou Riust ho followed and tho
bulldlBgs when iNmpleted must Im
given ceaU of staeco.
The new town of I.ccray on border
of Stephens and Eastland counties ou
the Cisco railroad it up against I
hard for a free school.
From US' scholastics transferred to
the new district under emergency tie-
linn th'To will lie Jtat revenue of
514.no each. Then rtier are 51 .schol-
astics from .out of the state Maine to
California who were uot enumerated.
Thw hrlng no state money with thviu
to -this dihtiOVlR-addUlpH Iq.thve
J two clate? there .are other children
not trausrirnltle and many to conic ny
oiM.'Hlug of school.
The 1ooray fioople are determined
to -have a school any way and a tern-
IHirary building will be erected mid
from "Homowhero-Soiuehow" the funds
will bo found to ojrate until a spe-
cial tax can be voted and collected.
CITY SITTING IN REAL POOL
HANDLES FOUR CARS OF
PRODUCE EACH WEEK
lty The Associated 1're.ss.
WASHINGTON Aug. 2. Increase
of over a million bales prospective
production f cotton over Indicated
yield of a month ago Is the forecast
of department of agriculture today
A total of 12.510000 bales Is estimated
from the condition report of Jul- 2."
while U4i"(O.O0O bales was the fore-
cast from condition on June 25.
Condition rcisirt of Texas cotton
on July 25 was 70.4 per cent of nor
mal and Arkansas 1H per cent. Good
growing weather during July caitbeJ
much improvement In the prospects oC
the crop tho condition advancing
from 70.7 June .2.1 to 71.1 July 2.1.
This U seven point higher titan a
your ago and slightly below that of
ten years ago.
The Hunger Fruit and Produce Co..
who have tt house here have Increased
their shipments another car u week.
They now have four cars ht week ind
ind unnounce that licforc the month Is
out they will lie lutndllng a car a day.
Saturday a car was unloaded and oil
the shipments sold before evening.
Mr CliHtfield and Ids wife returned
from El Paso Saturday.
COTTON PICKING JOBS
ON Tins TEXAS COASf
PANTS STOLEN
WITH THE PANTS WENT
U4 IIARD-EARNKU CASH
ANOTHER WAR
IN PROSPECT
RUMANIA SENDS KUSSLVNS
TUREE-DAY ULTIMATUM
itlock Drilling Will He Stimulated
and Many More Gushers May
Re Expected Soon.
Ry The Associated Press.
VIENNA Aug. ILIluuuiula has
served uu ultimatum uou Soviet Huh.
sla giving the so v lots three days In
which to withdraw troops from Tu-
iMnlaii territory' aceenllug 'to u JU-1-grale
dispatch. Kulfure to comply
will bring about general ItumHiil"
ch.r;se wijli gamble.
Kohshrs Enter Room ef John Hallos
of Garden Cafe aad Make
a Clcaa-Up.
MY CHMWD TO BHATH
'WY A TOY BALLBON
DUTKOIT. Mleh. Awf.. .-0I-hMt&e
the hkWmy ef a fewaaaajen
34 children were suddenly turned to
trievla whea ee ef their amher
Jaeh O. PraH yearn 4d eaetced te
death r the teetttafdoee ef h My hal:
kU. The bailee were glvea in
havers ut the farty
'PhymekiM were ealled hb the boy
aweft far breath bat Jaek tfled he-
fere they arrived.
OcrtC HOT SUNDAY IN OIL FIMLD6
GAS AND MEHO.UITK AN
ANSWER TO AIJ THIS
t a
DALIES Aug. 2.-The price of coal
to the eoHMUHtcr Is duo for another ad-
vance effective teday.
The present price hv $14 to $Ut u Mb
for the different grades ef real ami the
proposed Increase will bring the maxi-
mum price to $lft.2.1 with the state-
ment of coal dealers that n hike rung-
Ing from ."0 coats to $1 will lie made
necessary withkt the next 36 days.
There are mny reaaeas advaaed for
the Increase!-amoRg tbew tlve new
freight rate wlhch will seen go Into
effect; the eeamtmer will pay the dif-
ference. Mines row Idle wh the bo--
CORPUS OnRISTI. Texas Aug. Jt.
C!otton pickers aro arriving In the
Gulf (Toast district In large number.
from all juris of the Southwest par-
ticularly northern eastern and cen-
tral Tcaxs to help gather the laret
crop In 20. years. The prellHilnary
Hurry created In each community ly
the arrival of the "llrst hale" was
quickly ended nnd the season Is now
well under way. Among the picker
were a number of exiHjrts who follow
the season all over the state. Thu
champion of Uieso who arrived re-
cently from Waco with thn other
men. and W now employed op a farm
nea'r Clurkwood Nueces county claims
a record of 934 pounds In n day.
Four hundred and twenty-six dol-
lars gone from one pair of pants and
$18 gone from another pair of pants
w the story investigated by the county
attorney's detriment today In sus-
picion that one man might have rob-
bed the other.
.lohp. Hallos proprietor of tho Gar-
den cafe wa tho loser of the $12'l
His rooui-mate name uot learned wul
tho losm- of the smaller amount.
About nil there wn sto tho story was
that the M)llco found a couple of pairs
of unt.s at the back of a rooming
house and in hunting the owners
found these two men minus scub gar-
ments and with the pants went the
money. No eluo to the roblier as yet.
l.()S ANGELES Aug. 2. A raid
conducted .by 00 policemen burst on
Chinatown with tho suddeunes of a
summer thunderstorm yesterday oft
ernoon and when tho tempest hud
iacd 100 men Chinese whites uud
negroes were booked at the central
station for conducting or playing lot
teries and about $1.1000 in bail money
reposed in jwllco custody. Twenty-
two lotteries were raided.
The mid slopH.d over to Include
various gambling games outsldo of
Chinatown uud numerous sum II
Itroups of white citizens were caught
A 0000-barrel estimated wqll Is to-
day pouring oil Into tanks through
plpo lines uud over into earthen pits
right In the city of llreckenidge.
Tho Gonzales well drilled by th'-
Gonzales company on a blocic tract four
blocks south of Walker stnjet and near
llrcckeurldgc avenue "Haw been per-
forming on oil-tlowlnii I stunt since
about 'I o'clock this mornujg coming In
natural. Down at the scene of activi-
ties gangs of men were today erecting
new steel tanks rushing the laying of
pipe-lino connections building earth
tanks nnd in all the ways known to oil
men when they have something big-
ooiue in ou them they aro taking enru
of the fluid.
The flow .Is steady with consider-
able gns yet continuous and of uni-
form stream. No gauge coijld be taken
as the ow came so strong from the
stnrt that all efforts were required to
direct It into tanks but the well peo-
ple estimated that there was a good
(1.000-harrel gusher with tho drill sitlll
In the hole.
A very dean Job was made of It lit
the derrick. The oil and gas were dl-
vcrtcdliito'taliks -with hardly u spot ou
the rig.
It is ubout -100 feet from the Cas-
tlemun uud on the creek bank effect-
ually "proves" the town-site. Had luek
attended the earlier attempts to bring
It In the rig having to lie skidded
(when within CO feet of production.
A tl000-barrel well In town Is some
thing extraordinary. Block drilling
will be stimulated and several oth"r
wells clustered in that locality will
look forward to gushers beyond thel"
wildest hopes when their holes wero
spudded In. It Is wholly probable tb&t
when tho guguc Is applied the Gnu-
vales will prove to be the equal of any
well lu the Ilreckeurldge district ex-
cepting probably the Stoker. The pipe
in the net for such offenses us shoo..-1 line available fs not suffldentt to carry
FINDING REASONS FOR
RAISING INTERSTATE RATES
iking of hot days suwday v.a
Fof them. What breeae there was.
in.Jwt blasts from the north width
i8 Itoaaea are built to aumit noittn
ami to shut ewt those from Utu
uarth. A hot Night is of tne rarities
and Sunday Right eawe near
"dtdlitles for normal ptedttcttoa
greater than ever before.
Is
1IRD MAN NACAPM
WMfet GAME M RAIUIfO
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Whert a mr jwafc from a seeod-
story wimiew I fel like lettiaif him
fte" whs the reason the policeman
iiave 1r the mayor's eMco thw mornl.H:.
for BQtj bringing Ih the fourth man he
tutu owMseu tne nignc neiare. 'Xhc ot-fict-rs
raided a poker ama la oae M
the hotels ad three of the qurjcr
caaght Ih the act mwkly RnbtnltUsI
HRd pnU tftelr Hros while tho fiWirUi
took a cImrcc oa the alley beaeafl) tin)
Rwstalrs wlHdw He mut Imye lRded
safe for Uie oMcers dkl not find his
tfhMtetc-d WaW wr dW they evca.at
Uy The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Aug. U.'The rca-
soils for requiring Increase Intersta o
rates am very jHsrsuaslve of necsl for
Increaso In Intrastate rates" declares
the report sent the Interstate commis-
sion by the three representatives of
those commlsMMtM which sat with the
Interstate commerce eemmiatdoH In its
public hearing of the rate case. The
statement said that hwr eased rates
under the ruling woH'd probably b
effective Hcptomber J
DAMSON'S BIG SLICE.
POIJJS AND SOVIET MAY
NOT AGREE FOR ARMISTICE
lty Tho Associated Press.
WARSAW Aug. 2. Doubt I e-
pressed in diplomatic circles whether
the agreement for an armistice will
result in negotiations Hictwcen Poles
nnd the Soviet It is thought that
tho Soviet will Insist upon tint severe
terms for tho Poles. The Poles car-
ried a wireless outfit for communica-
tion with the war department but they
have not been heard from yet.
Ing crups and playing iioker. Ono 25-
ccnl pitch guuit) landed seven men ut
he jwllco sUitlon where they had to
dciiosit $10 bail each.
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MAGNOLLl COMPANY
HORDED OF ITS SAFE
off the (low and new line Is being laid
to connection with larger muln.
NEW LUMBER YARD.
lty Tho Associated Press
KORT WORTn Aug. 2. Thieves
stole the safe of thq Magnolia Petro-
leum cbuiimuy Sunday nlght-'and tho
jwllee aro still looking for iL lf-
llcials say that tlte safe contained a
large sum of money. .
MANAGER OF 8NOWDEN-
" M'SWEENY UP FROM N. Y.
lty The Associated Pros.
DKNISON Texas Au. 2. Ab'jnt
JMS.eeo la back pay will be paid o'lt
to &e 8800 railroad employes ef this
city HRder the revest adjustment of
the Called StatM labor Beard. The
pew wage sealae were made retroactive
to May 1. It will require a force or
100 clerks and time-keepers te compute
the back time aad It Is hardly prov-
ide they will cemhtn their task be-
fore tlte Augwt 1T pay-lay.
GMOKGU'fi PAPULATION.
llj'The ABseclatl Pres-
WA8H1NGTON Aag. 2. The stafi
&. of- Mr? tmL p01 ig!ssa
MARRIED HKFOKE' LARGE
CttOAVD AT PARKS (5AU
iMto last night Mildred Crosley and'
Sam Hogan were jnarrlvd nt "Our
Tljeatro" la Parks Texas before th"
largest crowd ever assembled In owe
place in tho tewn before ltcv. .Sparks
ifllchttlHK In tho ring' ceremony.. Ml&s
rmidaje asd lUr. Earl Sparks su. a
duet and Joe CoHer rendered sevcril
selectloHH oB.the piano.
General Manager Iluldwln of the
Snowdea-McSweeny Co. U here from
tho Ne.w York ofllce looking .over the
company's holdings. He said "Tim
prospects look excellent" and that
he was proud of the Breckcuridge field.
Mr. Suowden Is also expected In soon.
HAPPILY MARRIED.
Mum Viola Stafford and Mr. B. L.
Cffey were Joined in wedlock at tho
Christian church parsonage Sunday
morning Pastor Ilutton taking their
vows Mr. Coffey operates tho drill
stair dat the Stephens hotel and his
I ride has been his assistant. Tins bos'-
wishes of friends for their kng Imp-
I ; ami stmuay RigHt came war UHMtWil u or M taey evea. aff Unaagla. jMycw ywi pomua- plRese. pMbllcatloiiQ of what Ncff said ubout
WHITE HOUSE CAFE HAS
HAS CHANGED HANDS
Charles Rogers of Desdemona whose
cufe burned 1b that city recently has
purchased the widtc House cafe fsvui
Dan Maxlch. Mr. Rogers tool poses-
rUmi last night
Chus. A. Burtlctt ami his associate:'
who have u yard at Wichita Falls and
itlso have several yards iu Missouri
Oklahoma uud Kansas are putting lu
our a yard under tho name of Steph-
ens County Lumber Cm. Wo aro In-
formed by these gentlemen that they
an1 going to bo a permanent llxture n
they aro buying prosrty outright lu-
eated 11 ye blocks liorth of Walker
street on Breckenrldge avenue. Also
buying lots tributary to the -railroad
nod putting in their own Hiding to Ikt
need in the handling of rig timbers for
oil wells.
These people also- stated that they
un not ufruld now to put ihelr money
into their opening stock as lumb' r
now Is selling wholesale as near the
cost of production as It dare to.
This might be u point of interest to
I he purchaser iu a retull way. No use
to wait longer to build thinking that
there will be more declines iu lumber
because there will not
The new Arm has made application
for membership iu our Chamber of
Commerce.
(Nofe by Secretary: Application
favorably received.)
COSTA RICA RECOGNIZED.
By The Associated Press
WA0HINOTON Aug. 2 The r.tat.i
department announces tho rjicognltion
of Costa Riai by the United States.
If Bailey la k fortunate iu his suit
against tho Fort Worth record as rer
guson was successful in getting money
from other big Texas dallies he can
go back home wipi money In his
iKK'ket even if defeated iu hu race
The complaints of libel consist iu
publications of wlutt Ncff said ubout
PERSONAL.
Chief of Police Deason and Deputv
Shannon aro not on duty the former
off on a month's vacation and tho lat-
ter sick
Prof J. Bj Hayes of John Turleloii
college Stepheuvllle is assisting in tho
offlco of County Auditor Coulee who is
expecting" to take u lay-off from work
lifter Wednesday. x
Mrs. Brlggs hostess of tho Fauilli
jyle restaurant on South .Baylor v-
eiuio Is eoalTHcd. IA lierroom 'froMtht 'ihyj
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