The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1940 Page: 1 of 6

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VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 43
CALDWELL, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940
The weekly miction Hale of cattle,
horses, and mules at the fail
grounds one mile south of Caldwell
in attracting buyers and owners of
stock from an increasingly greater
distance, and Caldwell should wake
up to the importance of the event.
The snappy, business-like way in
which the auction is conducted, and
wUh the clement of suspicion and
under-cover stuff entirely eliminat-
ed, the local .sale event, with the
coming of spring, bids fair to be
the big event of the week for stock-
men and farmers of the Caldwell
trade area.
♦ * * •
Why not a Trades Day event at
, l«f*t once a month in connection
' tilth the auction sale ?
It is not often a town stumbles
int<> a good thing, such as this auc-
tion sale is proving to be, and il
the merchants fail to take ad
vantage of the opportunity it offers
to bring trade from a wider arcR,
it «ill be surprising indeed.
If Wednesday can be made a good
I>u.s4mjj>.s day, why not? At the same
time, a Trades Day event, with real
savings offered on certain items,
would prove an add d incentive fot
stockmen and farmers and then
wives to come to Caldwell on that
:¿y, and while here, likely as not
they will shop for nierchandis in
addition to the specials the nv r-
| rhants offer on that day.
The Trades Day idea as a ti -in
with the Auction Sale has real
possibilities, we believe.
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About Town: J. A. Fuchs. M. i',.
Perkins. C. ('. Nelms, and liud
I'arker, leaving at ."I o'clock Tues-
day morning for an East Texas
Chamber of Commerce meeting al
sulphur Springs . . . Ray Harvey,
the John De- re and Chevrolet man,
i boasting about selling three trac-
tors in January, but admitting the
[ automobile business is a little off .
Mi*< Isabelle* Fould . county
j home demonstration agent, refusing
to tell wh'. hpr If ft ey«. i.s band-
aged W. F. F'oehl, whose varie-
ty «-tore went up in moke several
wp^k> airo, offering slightly dam-
aged merchandise at real fire sale
prices in th building adjoining
Parkhili's stnre. . , . Joe Toupal.
I filling station operator, reporting
int.* of traffic anil good business
k*n on the "Y." . . . Miss Wilma
ISchultz, of Clifton, a graduate of
J North Texas State Teacher's Col-
Itege, is th^' new first grade t achet
|ln th< '"aldwell Public School
• •
Ti protect yourself and others
Iff .i contracting influenza or colds
Ihere are precautions to be followed,
la* set forth by Dr. Geo. W. Cox.
Kta|e health officer.
influenza is highly infectious
iPrn tieally everyone is susceptible
"to it. N'o matter how many time you
ma; have had influenza, you may
|contact it again. Therefore, keep
wa from people who arc sneezing,
roughing or sniffling, or who are
ictively ill with colds, influenza ot
mcumonia.
«p away from crowded places,
er use towels, glasses, or
icMonal articles other than yout
3wn to which the cold germs might
idhere, and always wash your hand^
before eating.
Keep yourself as fit as possible,
f^rtnk plenty of water, eat simple
nourishing food, exercise out of
Joors every day, dress according to
the weather, and get plenty of sleep
[n a well ventilated room.
{# you feel an nttack of flu, ot
^ven what you may think is an or-
iinary cold, coming on. go to bed
|f the cold becomes worse, send for
four physician and follow his direc-
tions. A cold can to.' easily develop
Into a fatal mistake.
• * • *
More than a million American
Joy Scouts are celebrating the 30th
Anniversary of Scouting in the
Jni'od States this week.
The name Boy Scout was chosen
ly l,ord Baten-Powell because the
fam * training was given to the boys
Is that which had previously been
Imployed in training Soldier Scouts,
j The word Scout means one who
— Escouter, from Ecouter,
French word to listen. This of
ume was the war-time Scout. In
lr oarly days in America a scout
a man who always was on the
olJput to protect others from pos-
ihljtdanger and he used his knowl-
Jge about nature and his out-of-
nors skill to help him in his work.
Scouting was planned on tho
|rin'iple of being an educative
imt ; a recreation in which the
y would insensibly he led to edu-
te himself.
There are five essential elements
¿he Scout program of character
Baylor University Golden Wave Band To Play Free Corcert Here Sunday at Three o'clock
PRICE fl.50 A YEAR—4
Local Junior Chamber of
To Stage Drive for 100 New Members
\
The 100-piece Baylor University (¡olden Wave Band, above, under the direction of Prof. Everett McCrackcn. will play a conowrt here
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of the First Baptist Church, according to announcement of the Caldwell Band Mothers Club.
No charge will be made for the concert, it was stated, and an invitation has been extended to the public to attend.
McCrackcn has been director of the iia>lor liund since 1927. Under his directior the band has progressed from a pep unit with 35
member to a concert band of 100 members with complete instrumentation. The band is a minutely detailed organization which develops its
material in a systematic manner Rehearsals are daily. and each section, including the iwloists, practice several times during the week in addi-
tion, it as said.
Three former members of the Caldwell high school band will appear here with the Baylor organization Sunday. They are Sarah
Elizabeth Parkhill. James Cobb and Allen Oliver.
Htm CONGRATULATES
Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Mercer on
the birth of a daughter, February 1.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Herman Jr.
on the birth of a son, February 5.
Stone Says State
To Improve New
Highway No. 230
Lyons-Snook-College Sta-
tion Koad Discussed St
Somcrville Meeting
SOMERVILLE The highlight
of th Boost r Club meeting last
Friday night was the announcement
by Senator Albert Stone that he
had definite assurance from th
Statu Highway Department tha;
Highway 2o0 would be improved
from v'olleg Station to the Brazo-.
This road is known locally as the
College Station to Lyons Highway.
Senator Stone read a letter from
Julian Montgomery, State High-
way Engineer, which stated that he
liad been instruct d to obtain an
accurate cost of this part ol the
.tighway.
To quote I rom Mr. Montgomery's
letter "Just a-> soon as we obtain
the estimate of co.-t of the section
if Highway No. between Col-
I ge Station and the river, an in-
i.nm order making the necessary
appropriation will be prepared for
the Commissioners' signatures. At
the lust meeting of the Commission
it whs decided to make such itn-
provem nts on Highway 230, and it
is because the Commission has al-
ready taken action on this matter
I feel at lilwrty to give you this
information."
Those presi nt were all gratified
to learn of this proposed work, as
this meeting was devoted largely
to the discussion of this College
Station to Lyons Highway.
o
TWELVE YEARS AGO
Middling c >tton
18.75 cents.
was bringing
Joe Vykukal purchased the WhiU
Hotel property from the I). O. Cox
estate.
District Clerk F. A. Ellis and Tax
Collector C. H. Barnctt announced
for re-election.
Burleson county highways, made
rough by heavy rains, were
dragged from one end of the
county to the other by the state
highway department.
S. H. Smyre, graduate of Bayloi
University, took over the work
as bead of the Caldwell high
school science department, suc-
ceeding Mr. Johnson, who re-
signed to accept n position at
Abilene.
Work Starts On
Business Building
Work on rebuilding the business
house which was occupied by Poehl's
Variety Store when it was practic-
ally destroyed by fire laft month,
started this week uncjpr the direc-
tion of Contractor Hqjpert Fitzger-
ald.
The building, which is being
erected by J. Earl Poatei^ill he of «laughters, Mrs. Walter Coufal and
Earliest Lenten
Season In Years
Opened Wednesday
Wednesday was th,' first day of
the Lenten season, observed by
communicants of the Catholic, Epis-
copal and Lutheran churches, as a
time of mortification and self-
denial.
Incidentally, Ash Wednesday,
up ning day of the penit titial
period, came earlier this year than
it any time within the last 27 years.
It continues for 40 days, exclusive
of the Sundays. Easter comes this
year on March 24, earlier than at
any tinu- in 27 years.
For the first time since 1799, St.
Patrick's day, March 17. comes on
Palm Sunday. There i« a prophecy
which readr.: "In the year in wHch
palm meets the shamrock, Ireland
shall be unit d and free." This has
been interpreted by some comment-
ators to mean that the six coun-
tries in northern Ireland may soon
be united with the remainder of
that nation. St. Patrick's day and
Palm Sunday will not fall on the
same day again, authorities say,
until 2231.
Wolz Awarded
First Place In
Cotton Contest
( aldwcll F. F. A. Hoy One
Of Five Texans To Receive
$100 Scholarships
Ander.-on, Clayton & Company,
Houston cotton firm, announced
Wednesday that Laneiet Wolz.
Caldwell high school vocational
agriculture student, is one of the
five first place winners in a state-
wide cotton improvement contest
which they recently conducted for
the purpose of promoting the gen-
eral application of more effective
farming methods through agricul-
tural education. Wolz and th other
four Texans. all of whom are mem-
bers of the Future Farmers of
America organization, will receive
one hundred dohar scholarships for
agriculutril courses at Texas A. &
M. College.
The contest, in which every F.
F. A. boy in Texas was eligible to
compete, was based primarily on
the production of three acres of
improved cotton. Wolz averaged
i.'W pounds of lint cotton per acre,
ill of which classed better than
itrict middling with more than an
inch *aple.
Wolz, 17, is a -enior student, and
has been a member of the vocation-
al agriculture class, of which W. W.
Mellroy is instructor, two years.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H
Wolz, Route 1, Caldwell.
Rites Held For
Charles Matejka
Funeral services were held Fri-
day, February 2, for Charles Matej-
ka, S;5, who died at Ins home in the
N w Tabor community Thursday,
February 1. H had been ill with
a heart ailment about six months
Biter, were conducted by Rev. H
E. Beseda and Rev. F. J. Kostoh-
ryz, and burial was made in the
Slovak cemetery under the direc-
tion of Harvey-Schiller.
The deceased was Iwrn in Bo-
hemia, Cííecho-Slovakia. and had
been a resident of Burleson county
49 years. He was a charter member
of the New Tabor Czech-Moravian
Church.
Survivors include his wife; two
im to No. 1, column 3, last page*
modern architecture, with a black
nnd white structural finas front.
It will be completed in about 30
Mrs. Ludwik (Jinzel, Inith of Cald-
well; three svns, Rudolph Matejka
of Hcarne, and Joseph and William
days, and will be occupied by Matejka of Caldwell, and twenty
Poehl's Variety Store. | grand-children.
Influenza Has
Hundreds In
Bed In County
Had ('olds and "Flu" Come
On Heels of Most Severe
Weather In Recent Years
Schools Finding
Attendance Slack
(>o To Bed, Is Advice of
Doctors; Less Pneumonia
Is Noted Than In Past
On the heels of the most severe
weather most residents of Burleson
county can remember, bad colds and
"flu" have hundreds of persons to
bed, according Caldwell doctors.
Most of those who have gone
down with the "flu" have been ab-
sent from their jobs or school for
a week. Doctors report they have
noticed th ir patients have been
running a bit higher temperature
than has been usual with "flu" of
the past few years.
Superintendent A W. Adams re-
ported there had been a sharp re-
duction in daily school attendance
because of the recent siege of past
cold-wave illness. Adams said 224
students wer out of school Wed-
nesday. Total enrollment at the
Caldwell school is f>(50. One doctor
estimated that there are at least
1 SO eases of "flu" in Burle-on
county.
Som* pn umonia has been re-
ported, but it hadn't l« en a result of
the "flu," it was said. Ix?ss pneu-
monia than during previous winters
is reported.
The 1940 type of "flu" has been
coming on with raw throats, burn-
ing chests, and th? characteristic
ache, it was stated.
What to do nbout it ? Doctors say.
go to bed.
Protest Is Made
On 1940 Acreage
Allotted Texas
The Texas Council on Agricultur-
al Allotments is pushing its study
of the recent cotton acreage allot-
ment reduction for Texas, which
seems to be too much reduction
when compared with other states,
according to officers of the organi-
zation.
Burris C. Jackson of Hillsboro,
who called the recent meeting in
Dallas to consider plans for the Al-
lotment council, is in Washington
now conferring with officials of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and members of Texas delegation
in Congress about remedy for the
situation.
The Dallas meeting of Texas
cotton men representing all inter-
ests voiced a strong conviction that
Texas cotton farmers were being
penalized through the present cot-
ton allotments, which was asserted
¡.o be inequitable and discrimina-
tory to Texas and certain other
Turn to No. 7, column 4, last page)
COURT HOUSE IEWS
Marriage License
Georp.e B. Mauk mid Milady E.
Pi vcn!.a.
Land Matters
Ludwig junck and wife to J. L.
Kuchera. 159.5 acre- James Buch-
anan league mar Birch. $769.50.
Otto Berndt to Otto Prieve. Re-
newal of $¡100 note on 50 acres F.
Kuiz league north of Caldwell.
Heirs of Daniel Da' ney to Frank
Dalmey and others. Partition of
lands near Dabncy Hill and Snook.
Frank Janac and wife to Chas
Lednick. 41 acres Sam Lawrence
league near Snook; $200.
C. Vr. Welch and others to Ben
and Mrs. Alliene Rosenbaum. Lot
I Alford Addition to Somcrville;
love and affection.
Houston Sports
Scribe To Lecture
Here February 12
Persons Interested In Fish-
ing I r;?ed To Hear Andy
Anderson Monday Niifhi
Something new in educational
¡programs will be attempted by the
• aldwell and Burl, son County Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce next
Monday evening when Andy An-
derson. Houston Press sports edit-
or, will lecture on fishing in the
district courtrrom at 7:.'50.
Hi< lecture will be the same as
part of his fishing class instructions
at Rice Institute in Houston. An-
derson, one of the southwest's best
authorities on fishing, will actually
demonstrate casting, showing the
proper technique of handling the
rod and reel. He will also explain
how to build and stock artificial
lakes in this section of Texas, and
ivill answer questions pertaining to
fishing.
Anderson will arrive here in tim?
to inspect the artificial lakes around
Caldwell before his lecture at 7:30.
His lecture is free and the public
has been extended an invitation by
the Jaycees to attend.
0
Postmasters Of
Three Counties
Have Meeting
Do You Know
TEXAS?
A reader of this newspaper can
get the answer to any Question of
Fact by writing to A. Garland
Adair, Curator of Patriotic Ex-
hibits, Texas Memorial Museum
Box 1770 University Station, Aus
tin, Texas.
Q. How many National Parks are
there in the United States? A. T.
A. There are 150 National Parks
and National Monuments in the U
S., with the Big Bend National
Park included, which is the only
one in Texas and is yet listed as a
project.
Q. What are the key industries
of Texas? O. S.
A. Oil, natural gas, cotton and
livestock raising; but corn, wheat,
rice and other farm products claim
much attention.
Q. What year is known as the
coldest year that Texas has had?
P. G.
A. Within the memory of men
Campaign To Bo Launched
Friday and WiU Continue
For One Week
Following a meeting of the hoard
of directors of the Caldwell and
Burleson County Junior Chamber
of Commerce, called Monday night
by President G. A. Smith, a drive
for new members will be launched
Friday and will continue for one
(Turn to No. 3, column 5, last page)
Members of the Yegua Associa-
tion of Postmasters, comprised of
postmasters of Lee, Burleson and
Washington counties, held their
monthly meeting Sunday at Lyons.
Postmasters Woods of Lyons and
Sebes ta of Snook were hosts, and
. supervised th" serving of a barl>e-
Kstate ot G. VV (iiant to W. D.'cue dinner following the business
Boyd and M. M. Kanes. 109 acres meeting.
on Davidson creek NW of Chries-I The topic for discussion was
man; $1250. >"Rural Delivery." A majority of
T. II. Brewer to W C. Carrington the rural carriers of the three
and children; part blk. 6 between counties were present, as well as!
Muatang and Buffalo streets; $300 practically every postmaster. Ways,
in Caldwell, Texas. 0f improving rural delivery service
Following oil leases for 10 years Were discussed.
each have been taken by Victoria A.l These meetings are held monthly
Danceek of Houston, Texas, at SI j in groups with the purpose of im-
per acre cash, and 50 cents per proving mail service throughout the
State Per Capita
School Fund Is $6
At This Time
Indications Are That Total
Amount of $22 Will Be In
By September
Per capita state school apportion-
ment funds are coming in well this
year with $6 of the $22 allotted
being paid up to date, County Su-
perintendent J. Malvin Hare said
today.
The common and independent
schools of the county are to receive
the allotted per capita amount fot
5103 scholastics, Mr. Hare pointed
out.
"It is predicted that the remain-
der of the $22 per capita will be
paid steadily during the year with
the entire amount remitted by Sep-
tember 1," Mr. Hare said.
Of interest to taxpayers is the
following list of sources from
which the S22 per capita comes:
From 28c ad valorem tax, Texas
ichools receive $12,500,000; from
the gas tax, $10,500,000; from the
gross receipts tax, $10,200,000;
from the cigaret stamp tax, $2,-
200,000; from the poll tax, $1.200.-
000; from the insurance company
occupational tax, $850.000; from the
chain store tax. $500,000; from the
note stamp tax, $100,000; from
cigaret permits, $50,000; in addi-
tion to $2,500,000 interest on in-
vested funds.
If the apportionment continues to
be paid as it has been this year,
it is expected that the $4 deficit
will be wiped out and the entire
$22 received by all schools, Mr.
Hare said.
In order for the organisation to
accomplish its objectives this year,
at least 100 new members will have
to be added together with a large
increase in the revenues for 1940,
Smith pointed out.
A membership committee, com-
posed of Jake Schweda, Joe Siptak,
Babe Dowell, G. A. Smith, Bud
Parker, Neddie Cade, M. G. Perkins,
Horace Dowell, John Mrnustik,
Monroe Berndt, Dink Vance, Ed
Drescher and Joe Slavik, was named
to stage the drive.
It is the purpose of the commit-
tee, according to plans determined
Monday night, to seek new mem-
bers, rather than to request an in-
crease in dues from those already
affiliated with the organisation.
There are many men and women
in the community, in the opinion
of the board of directors, who stand
to benefit by the work of the or-
ganisation who are not members
and who do not contribute anything
toward this work, which is of coun-
ty-wide value.
Every resident of Burleson coun-
ty over 21 years of age is eligible
for membership and everyone has
the privilege of fixing the amount
of his monthly dues. According to
the constitution and by-laws of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
members are divided into two
classes—active and associate.
Active members include persons
between 21 and 35, inclusive.
Associate members include those
over 35. Associate members are
not eligible to serve as directors
or officers and cannot vote in elec-
tions of officers and directors, but
have the right to attend all meet-
ings and vote in business.
acre for renewals. All in and near
Chriesman: L. H. Geick and wlf ,
263 acres J. M. Sanches survey.
Mrs. S. A. Boyd and other*, <54
acres J. M. Sanches survey. J. A.
Love, 86 acres A. Thompson survey.
Will Spcckman and wife, 125 acres
J. M. Sanche survey. F. H. Hitch-
(Turu to No. I, column 5, last page)
10th Congressional district.
Th" next meeting of the Yegua
association will be held here, Po.-t-
master George Kocurck said.
In ten large Texas cities with
total population of 1,430.000, ther.
are 600.000 persons or 42 per cent
who dep nd for their living up n
the oil industry.
H. D. NOTES
lly ISABELLE FOULDS
Home Demonstration Agent
for Burleson County
Buying a Washing Machine?
Durability of structure, capacity,
cost, and quick operation are among
the points to investigate when pur-
chasing a washing machine, ac-
cording to Mrs. Bernice Claytor,
specialist in home improvement for
the A. and M. College Extension
Service.
A motor-driven pump for empt-
ing the tub of used water and a
centrifugal drier or extractor are
two of the best labor-saving de-
vices now available on the modern
washing machines. The specialist
says that although either or both
of these devices add something to
the cost of the machine they may
be well worth the price in con-
venience.
She lists the three principles of
the operation generally shown as
the cylinder type, the agitator type,
and the vacuum-cup type. Selection
of the one type or the other is the
matter of personal preference, the
specialist says, but whichever type
is chosen, "it pays to follow the
manufacturer's directions for oper-
ation and car.."
Double Planting System
A sy tern of double planting is
davocated for rural people who ar
in a hurry for shade about th.ir
homes but do not admire any of
the rapid growing trees. This sug-
gestion is made by Sadie Hatfield,
j (Turn lo No. G, column 2, last page)
NOBODY'S
BUSINESS
% lailán Capers, Jr.
AUSTIN—A considerable differ-
ence of opinion has followed the
issuance by Big Tom King, the
State auditor, of his annual report,
in which he blasts away with un-
usual vigor at the governmental
setup of the State of Texas, de-
plores the Governor's lack of pow-
er and influence, and mourns the
system of administering State de-
partments by administrative loards,
with overlapping terms for the
board members. Curiously enough,
while King deplores the board sys-
tem, he also lambasts the spoils
system. The board system was in-
vented in an effort to take impor-
tant state departments out of
politics, and prevent, to some ex-
tent, the wholesale firing of em
ployes with every change of ad-
ministration. The system has
worked, in some departments, with
considerable success. A notable ex-
ample has been the Highway De-
partment, which has attracted to its
administrative board men of high
character and excellent administra
ti ve ability. The Department has
not been free from politics, but it
has been much less ridden with
politics than many other depart-
ments, and it has enjoyed a high
(Turn to No. 2, col. 3, page 2)
Farmers Market
(Prices subject to chance)
"otton, strict middling .„$10.7B
Cottonseed, a ton $27.00
Cottonseed Meal, a sack ... $1,95
Cottonseed Meal, a ton _..$36.00
Hulls, per ton
Hogs, per pound
FItdes, per pound
Eggs, per dozen
Butter, per lb.
Henj. per pound
Fryers, per pound
9akers, per pound
Roosters
Turkeys, No. 1 hens
Turkey.1, No. 2
Old Toms
Toms, No. I
Ducks and Geese
Butt-! rfat, N'o, l
$10.00
4c-4ttc
_Je
16c-17c
40e in trade
8c-10c
.I0c-14c
8c
5c
. 9c
Be
6c
8c
7c
28c