Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 146, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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Working together in close har-
mony, eliminating all petty
jealousies, and pulling in uni-
f°r t'le greatest city in the
Tanhandle plains should be
our goal.
OFFICIAL I'FHLICATIOX CITY OF lIOIU.FIi. TKXAK
Phone 13
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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VOL. 2—NO. 14G.
ASSOCIATED PRKSS
BORGER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1928.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BIGGEST RAIN IN YEARS FALLS IN PANHANDLE
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Largest Gasoline Plant In World Is Under Construction Here
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN ARRIVE IN BORGER FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY
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MISS BliHCAN
SAYS CHILDREN
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Triumph of Surgery Seen i
Release of Children
From Hospital
HAPPY FACES
Donations of Local Lions
Made Possible Treatment
For Crippled Children
At a banquet of the Lions club to,
lie held next Friday night those nt - |
tending v. ill have :i 11 opportunity to
sec :(omc of Ilic seven crippled ctoll- j
i' i>n sent to Oklahoma City seven
\vV<lis ago lo receive ovthropeclie
t real ment.
Secretary I .M. Smiscr said today
that Miss i\tedora Duncan. crippled
< - )i i I < I r< ■ i ■ nurse. luid infornitd the
dub that It. Lee Mara. Sybil Irene
Scale and a few others had recov-
suffieiently to warrant their
sal from St. Anthony and 1'ni
hospitals in Oklahoma City
tliey underwent operations lo
■ the effects of infantile par-;
aiid other afflict ions. Wit hin a
uonlhs these children will have
'ere(I almost complefely front
]irfjvions afflictions and lie as-
a normal lite.
I.ions dull of Horger is di-
i .-sponsilile- for the treatment
HEADS REVOLT IN
RUMANIA
ere.I
disntb
versa 1
vbi re
rolievi
a lysis
1 %
v\t
t licit
The
re"I ly
of tin
0-
COMPLETION
WITHIN A FEW
DAYS THOUGHT
Tc Have Capacity of 600,000,-
000 Cubit Feet of Gas
Daily
ONE OF THREE
Others in Panhandle Field
Will Utilize Gas For Com-
mercial Purposes
GEN. NOBILE'S ROUTE TO THE NORTH POLE
AMUNDSEN'S
DIRIGIBLE. NORGE,
FLEW FROM
SPITZ BERGEN
TO AL/VSKA.,
CROSSING POLE
MAY 12. 1926
16 MEN A&OARD
INCLUDING
MOBILE.
na
What
ral
! is nearing
i of Horner.
Maternal
; oil I lie Hl i
const rill
! wa\ foi sc
s helieved to he the
asoliiie plant in thi
•omplet ion
largest
world
le west
lor
plant was placed
sever,il weeks ago and
work has been under
vera I days. The plant is
BYRD AND BENNETT
FLEW FROM SPITSBERGEN
TO POLE AND RETURN
MAY 9, 19?.6 16 HOUr* 1RIP
CAPT WILKINS
AND LIEUT. EIEL50N
FLEW FROM ALASKA
TO SPITSBERGEN
APRIL 19Z8
BUT DID NOT
CROSS POLE
NORTH
POLE
iB'RGEN
i
BARROW
TEUW«5 <J
PE.ARY
REACHED
POLE
Dot
AFTER
IN
APRIL
6. I9C9.
hildrcn. At
met
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Herald Force Will Be
Entertained Mother's
Day at 1 ulsa Cafe
Premier Mr.
as tyrannical
Rumanian
Hie regency
planned a march on
to enforce their wishes.
Ma :i i u < a hove i. their - JM>k
!• r vi m
in ni
on linn
11111 s
:isa ins
i s in i
li a resi
f uliu
ilia u
war
ol
t Ik
.More
lh raid
.Mmt lier's
ip tlirir
i*i
('. C
memhers nl\
than 20 memhers of the
stall will* he .micsis at a
s Day luncheon to he
honor in the Huh room of
i. Tulsa cafe Sunday h> 1
11. proprictor of the caI •
Speeches hy several
the staff v ill feature the program
well as a speech hv Mr. Carroll
in which lie will express h * appre
(•tation and that of the community
rdr the wonderful co-operation oi tjie
city's oiil> newspaper in oin.'MtirajfitiK
constrtiet i\ e development of the curn-
mtiiiit> and ; poiisorinR everything
that, will eontrihute lo the hesi in-
terests ol Horner.
The Tulsa Cafe Huh room is oik
ol the most beautiful in 'he city and
i an ideal place for 1> iliquet. lunch
con. bridge parties and for
oceasions when friends wish t
t'(^*k!iusiim'Ss or pleasure amid
-in i-oundiuns and eat
wholesome food
•sen
p«-a
to hand
wants' as1
regency
tlk
j owned an(l will be operated by the
j Phillips Petroleum company, one of
tin major operators and pioneers in
>h« Panhandle field.
I'por completion, which is expect-
ed within the next two months the
plant will have a capacity of Co,-
iHin.unu cubic feet of Kas per day. It
I probably will produce upwards of
_'u.(mmi gallons of gasoline daily.
The plant will operate under well
pressure system which does away
with engine power for pulling vacu-
um compression and eliminates both
• apital investment and the operating
cost to a great extent. It is necessary
to have a large volume of gas, for a
plant ol this nature, and by taking
the gas from a large area, the util-1 General
i/.ation of ibis method is possible!
and economical. If several smaller |
plant.s were erected in the area. they.
would have to operate in a much
les economical fashion and would;
^NSLCCESSFUL ATTEMPT-,
1092.. .90"' A*, r
The heavy black line on the above may shows the ro.ite cho.en by (Jeneral Xobile for his (light to the Xort.h !
Pole and return from Spitzbergen. in his giant dirigible Italia. The other line shows how 111f pole lias been
reached by three former expeditions -Peary, by dog sled; Byrd and Bennett in a plane and ('apt Amundsen in
«• dirigible in times past. The recent Alaska-Spitzhergen flight of ('apt. W'iJkins and Lieut. Kielson is also
shown. Press dispatches from Spitzbergen sa> that (Jen. Xobile took off this morning for bis first voyage inio
the polar regions.
ESTIMATE MORE
THAN 2 INCHES
FALLS IN CITY
Mail Fell Hard for a Few
Minutes But no Damage
Reported t
STORM GENERAL
Borger Streets Flooded f*s
Storm Sewers Prove
Insufficient
PJndiuK a typical sumnicr day. the
heavens opened aliout six o'clock
yesterday afternoon to let most of
the water in the world loose in one
crand and clorious flood upon llie
streets of Burger to create a ragina
river over the entire city.
Shortly after the rain began to fall
| hail stepped ni the spotlight and
held it long enough to cover tb«
ground, hut doing no serious damage
j within the confines of
"ITALIA" ON
WAY ACROSS
TOP OF WORLD
neral Nobile and Crew
Take Off For Forty Hour
Tour in Arctic
American Missionary
Killed bv Chinese, A
Recent Letter Reveal
SHANGII \l. May
\\ illiam Ilobart
Mission at Taiau-1'
was killed April
through a small wi
J J.
of tl
i .
\Pi Mrs
Met hod ist
u. near Tainan,
by a bullet fired
idow in her hed-
ot her
meet
pleas-
good
Presbyterians Buy
New Lots for Church
One oi the
transactions i-
terian church
three lil t \ too
or Sout b (hi k
recent reaI est ate
that of the Presbv-,
when tliev purchased
I lots in the ttUO block
street iroln the Pan-
room from an opposite wall during
fighting between Nationalists and
Nori lierue, lietails of her death
wire received at local headquarters
of the mission today in a letter from
Kiatain-Fu. written M.iy :' . by Miss
Melon Stumley. a memher of the
mission.
mm, ELECTION
NOTICE IELLS
SCHOOL NEEDS
$30,000 Set Aside for Retir-
ing Obligations Accumu-
lated During Past Year
handle 1.umber
liloeli north ol
During I lie l
organi/.at ioll of
gre
;• t e:i cl i I >
N'otii
for an
iniprovi
wli tell
calling
line the ti
qtia'te and
could hnild an adenuale, | children it
church plant some time in district
company located olle
the Masonic temple
v,' mouths since tile
this church the eon-
and Sunday i
i itcreHSed il 111 i 1
hool have
he congre-
j.ntion found itself handicapped for
room and an oppurl unity was sought
where tin
ti p-t o-da I (
the near
The congregation will hold its first .
I'ervices Mother's day. Sunday, in
their new home home which Is just
one block west of I he I'umsylvania
hotel
Wilson-Carver Adds
New Equipment For
Emergency Service
Til, Wilson-Carver Kuneral honn
lni add-'d to tlie equipment a new
improved comhination lungnioloi
oxvgen dispenser, according to
ftrc Carver, nienihcr of the firm.
Mi Cnrver also stated that the addi-
tion of t li is emergency equipment
will make them without a peer la
the Panhandle.
expel
ini-n t
I he
a bond election tailing
1(111lire of $127,111 for
s in Horger schools.
' posted Tuesday night
lection for Jutie 2. out-
•ded facilities for ade-
I'l'icieiit instruction of
the independent school
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SECOND OLDEST
CITY HOSPITAL
TO CLOSE SOON
Within a few days tin- Horger (ren-
eral hospital will He closed forever
hospila ligation (|iiarters. The
building was condemned several
weeks ago as a fire hazard by Fire
j ('bief ('. A. I'Mke
Only a few patients remain ill the
buildiim and when they are ready ter
dismissal the pioneer hospital build-
in?. will be closed until properly re-
constructed for some other use. N>
ut bet pat ieii' s are beiiiK accepted at
the former hosnitai.
The linrirer (Jeneral follows sever-
al others which did a flourishing
business during the boom days when
hospitalization was almost impos-
sible becalift < ! tli
an idfiits which o«
fields at that time.
All patients must be taken to the
Malone hospital or the (Mutter-
Drai* hospital hereafter. The Ma
lone is a county institution and
every physician and surgeon in the
city is permitted to send his patients
there, while the (Mutter-Draper hos-
pital is privately owned and operat-
KINftK li \ Y, Spit/hei Ken, May
II. ( VP) — The Italian dirigible.
Italia, started on its first voyage of
discovery into the Polar region*
tlib morning. TIm* airship is ex-
pect rtl ba<k here in ahoiil forty
Iiomis. It was l>elie\«Ml ttiat (ii'lieinl
( niheilo Nobile intnnh'H f« ex-
plore surroundings of the north
pole first.
I I ( W) ■
and Lieut,
across the
K.W. Spitzbrrgeii, >1h>
— t'apt. <M*orge Wilkins
t 'arl Dielson. w ho flew
top of tlie worlrt several
Production Increased
In Well Near Stinnett
After Big Nitro Shot
Dominion Oil company's No. 1
■fasper. section 2.1. block M-23. lo-
f ca.ted about one-half mile southwest
I of Stinnett was shot with 130 quarts
of nitro-glyeerine yesterday and is
, making approximate!* 200 barrels of
; oil daily, according to reports last
i night.
The well had previously been drill-
ed in as a producer, making about 90
| barrels, but, had been shut down dur-
; ing the last several months. The llo-
| million Oil company is mostly an
Aniarillo concern.
The Skelly flil company's N'o. 2,
, Armstrong-Byrd. in the llellows sui-
I ve> five miles east of liorger. is drill-
■ ing at 3.505 feet.
| N'o oil or water
'est. but the gas
creased to nearly
feet daily.
FATHER LEAVES
FAMILY AFTER
GIVING DISEASE
the
continued throughout the
intermittent showers thro
cloud-darkened day break-
Mother and Oldest Daughter
Infected; Seek Aid for
Family
city. Rain
night am!
ughout a
all re-
cent records for precipitation
It is estimated that 2 inches of
rain has fallen since six o'clock last
I night.
| Reports from other parts of the
i Panhandle and plains indicate that
] the lain is general, varying from
less than an inch to from Iwo to
' three: inches.
has shown in the
pressure has in-
ft, 000. M00 cubic
weeks ago. left Spit/.bergcn toda.i
aboard the sailing vessel Hobby,
bound for Tronsoe, Norway.
Late News
1
1
Sa nilwicli,
K'cti Weill til*
large
•urred
number of
in the oil 1
Kng., — Walter llii-
llrilisb open golf
Ioiiriiiuncnt today. Il is the third
time lie lias won the title.
Kings Uaj — The dirigible
Itcilia which left here tbi>, morning
tin a flight over the I'olur regions
retiicneil after seven hours because
of bad weather.
>IOKi: .1 VI'S TO < 'HI N A
TOICIO. May 11. lAP) Railroad
authorities have been ordered to pre-
pare for transportation «'0,00H men
and 5.U00 horses to Shantung be-
tween next Sunday and end of
month. This will bring the total of
Japanese forces in Shantung to about
28.0011 men.
NEW ROAD IS
NOW COMPLETE
Good Progress Was Made
And Will Accomodate
Large Territory
Will Not Be Permitted
In Downtown District
Lend women or prostitutes
not be permitted
will
to solicit on the
down town streets. Constable R. T.
Macy said last night following the
arrest of nine women allegedly pil-
ing their trade in the business dis-
trict, most of whom plead guilty In
Justice 1-1. M. Hood's court and were
fined $ 1 n and costs.
"Although it is impossible tn keep
j these women out of the city, I do not
: intend to permit them to associate
among the better clas.s of people
i They must remain ill their section of
j town where our wives and daughters
will not be offended by tlieni. Macv
i declared.
An effort has been under way for
several weeks to prevent these wom-
en from living in downtown lioteln
er
H. K
OW tie
The list of improvements set out
ill the proposed bond election by
Sitpt. .1 A Dickson several weeks
ago and approved by the hoard are as
follows: $3ii.uoii to $10,00(1 for high
school 11ui 1 <1 ii:^v and equipment :
$15,11110 I n- the grade school; $15,-
(mio for a home economies depart-
ment; > I 5,0(10 for a inununI train-
ing departmeni; other expenses.
$12,000: a school library $5,000;
playground equipment $5,00li and
other expenses $30,000.
The .$3(1,(100 stipulated as other
■ expenses will be uso(| in retiring a
few obligation:- which bale accrued
during the past school year and for
incidental improvements which will
arise from time to time.
and
Clutter and Ilr. I,. M. I>rap-I
s and operators of this in-J
treat their own patients ex-
clusively
The Merger (leneral hospital build-i
Ing Is owned by 0. <'■ Hewitt of Ros-1
well, N. M.
It is believed by medical men that I
the Malone building has adequate!
equipment and facilities to accom-
modate the entire field and that ad-1
dftional quarters will not • be ncces-
sa ry
The Horger (leneral became the!
second oldest hospital in Horger
when i he Dixon t'reelc hospital sus-)
pended business.
A ( <>lil!i:< HON
Itallas — Itecoiiuiicinlation bj
i In liciplisl relocation committer
here laNl night tlint llnylor oni-
vei'sil.t not be moved from Waco
as recommended earlier b> com-
mission i-, e\pect.'il to be enclors<*<!
bj the executive board of tin-
Itaptist < Jeneral convention of
Texas this afternoon.
Wichita falls — Woody TarU-
e it I on and Alxin Slewart of Wich-
ita Falls have hevn charged with
murder at Seymour in connection
with the drowning at i,ake Keinp
Sal li ri la .1 of I!. O. Irvine, brick
layer, was disclosed here.
Chinese Member of
League of Nations
Protests Violation
About 1 (Mi
plying lit I,
hansom cabs are still
In the ad of the K (' Store which
appeared in yesterday's Herald.
coats mill suits were offered at one-
hall' price. The ad should have stip-
ulated that women's coats and suits
would be sold at half price. The man-
agement states that numerous peo-
ple en inn In lo buy men's suits. The
Herald Is glad lo make Ibis correc- violated
Hon, jiendelice
C.KNKVA Max II. iAI'i
1.oh. Chinese member of the
of the league of nations, declared to
an Associated Press correspondent
today: "1 believe there is every hope
of direct negotiations betxveen Chi-
nese and Japanese governments. I
protest to ihe league that Japan has
China's integrity and inde
The grading and drainage work !
on the H u tehinsoii-Moore county
road leading west Irom Stinnett to
the Moore county line will be com- \
pleted ibis week and traffic will lie
turned over the new highway Sat-
urday according to Commissioner j
ff C. Womble through whose dis-
i trix-t the road runs
Theer were 23.1! feet of bridges
j to he built on this road and tliev
I have all been completed and the
j ciubanklnents will be finished by
! Saturday night. K. I!. Heath was
i in charge of the construction work
j on ibis road and the big grader
was brought into town yesterday.
Commissioner Womble stated that
lie believed this to be the best road
ever built in the county for the
' amount of money spent and that
1 real progress had been made right
Cheng ! from I he beginning.
oiincil I H is understood thai Moore coun-
ty is soon to have her road that
links us with tills road completed.
When this road is completed II will
shorten the distance to market for
farmers and stockmen ill Moore
county several miles and it opens
up a large trade territory for Slln-
lli" r.
Steinberg Flooded
The fire department pumpers were
...._ lied out last night to pump water
Four little children, dressed in
rags, without shoes, played about on' (Continued on page live l
the watersoaked floor of a tent to-j
day without sufficient food to stim-| Social Undesirables
Ulate warmth in their undernourish-
ed bodies. The mother is the victim
of a venereal disease and the father
! has left them.
When the rain came up lasl night
I the tent leaked like a sieve and soak-
ed their worn and dirty bedding. The
I ntoiher and two of the children were
soaked to the skin while more than
an inch of water accumulated on the
' board floor. Today they hovered
about a small gas hotplate, which
j did not circulate enough heat to dry
the floor and barely enough to warm
j their water soaked clothing.
Several weeks ago the father con-
tracted a venereal disease and un-
j wittingly transferred it to his wife
and seven year old (laughter. The dis-
; ease may spread to other members
of the family Dr. Jack Rutherford.
i ftx health officer is doing i very-
thing In his power to counteract the
j disease and save them from what
max prove a fatal tnaladj
j The case was called to the atten-
. tion of Dan I- Colin of Coliti s cale
and through his generousness food
| has been supplied. Colin ill turn re-
ported the incident lo the Loyal ()■
'der of Moose, who have started an
investigation and are endeavoring to
secure admission of the children
! into a charitable home
In an interview with a Herald man
this morning the mother expressed I
j the desire that she and her, children
! lie sent lo her father in Oklahoma
until such time as she max receive
money from her husband who left
here iwo weeks ago and is believed
to be In Sen Antonio Owing to con-
dition of the destitute tamily those
who have Visited the lent home de-
clare that such n request is unfeas-
ible and that immediate steps should
he laken to treat the affected child
and mother and place the children
in a good home.
A member of the Moose said Ibis
afternoon (hat upon return of coiiu
Ix attorney C I). Works, that In
would try lo secure assistance in
sending the children to a charitable
institution.
and to
been si
xx omen
resided
a great extent officers
ecessf u 1 in removing
to Dixon street, where
during the boom days
have
the
i hey
Thousand Dollar
Contribution From
Unknown to Hoover
WASHINGTON. May II (ATI
•lames Good, directing head of the
Hoover organization, told the senate
i ampaign funds committee today al
its Washington headquarters, that
tin commerce secretary had receiv-
ed contributions totaling $50,150.
and had spent > 12,032 of the amount
received
Good said ,i
come in curr
envelope and
deposited in ,i
I elided
thousand dollars had
em v in an nnmarked
thi; sum had been
bank to remain tines
Hi' identity of Hie
donor had been established Good al
so stated thai in his opinion Hie ag-
gregate expenditures of the various
state Hoover eluhs w hich he inr i-
tioued would be less than $250,000
He said that $3.2(11 had been ex-
pended in Texas
STOMA ( \l! ISKl 'OV F.liFH
RF \IFOR FLIGHT
CLKVELAND. May 11. iaTi —
model. Carrie Bellett. Cleveland girl, au-
from a noil need today that she xwts read)
'' from for her flight across the Atlantic
was re- from Cleveland to Paris She reveal
covered yesterday afternoon by meni- e,| that for the past two years she
hers of the police force abandoned has been qqietlx preparing for (lie
in a canyon north ol Horgei AH tlreslhop Her co-pilot has not been se-
alid accessories on the machine had lected She snys she wants to make
the I'linht in July or August,
\ Chevrolet coupe, I !< 2 7
! stolen more than a xveek ago
' parking space on Main strei
I the Acme Lumber company
been removed
il
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