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The
Tribu ne.
TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. SEPT. 13, 1918 No. 37
IMPORTANT ROAD MEET-
ING HELD SATURDAY.
At the court house Saturday a
number of Stephenville people
met in an informal conference
with Hilton Brooks and Engineer
W. E. Dickerson, and discussed
the question of building a great
highway through Erath county
from the Hood county line to the
Dublin precinct under the super-
vision of United States engineers,
the government paying a certain
prorata share of the cost. Mr.
Dickerson stated that roads could
not be built and kept in condi-
tion unless the right of way was
sixty feet wide, which is necessary
to provide against erosion from
water, and he stated also that this
road would be made of crushed
rock and sharp sand, and all the
bridges and culverts would be of
concrete, and when finished it
would be first class. To raise suf-
ficient money a zone bond
issue would be necessary, and peo-
ple living four miles each side
would be eligible to vote when the
question was submitted. There
were a number of farmers pres-
ent at the meeting, and all voted
in favor of the zone system, and
a committee was appointed to pre-
pare a zone map. Sinpe the dis-
covery of oil west of Lingleville
and the possibility of oil being
discovered near that and other lo-
calities in the county it is abso-
lutely necessary to provide good
road systems, and the sooner the
better, for very largely the pros-
perity of the county depends on oil
Thousands of oil operators have
their eyes on Erath county as an
oil field, and they must be given
opportunity to develop it. More-
over the days of narrow provinc-
ealism is gone. We are a broader
minded people than we were thir-
CJTPttir* ago during the days of the
ox-cart regime. This is an era of
education and development, and
good roads are essential, abso-
lutely vital. The Indian was sat-
isfied with a trail, because he had
.no commerce, Bridal paths suited'
well the activities of the cow man.
But the inventive genius of man
has developed the auto into such
a high degree of perfection that it
is supplanting all other means of
travel. It hauls us to our schools
and churches and to our trading
places, and our big trucks are
going everywhere in search of car-
goes to carry to market, and their
use today has just begun. And
we must have decent roads for
them and also for the beasts that
are still used. On narrow-crown-
ed roads the wheels daily on the
lower sides push the crown to the
ditch. Roads must be wide enough
so that when two vehicles pass
they can pass on a level pull. Nar-
row roads are costly to maintain.
Some farmers ruin roads by cut-
ting the water from their farms
into them. This is notable on the
Lingleville road where a large
action has already been ruined,
but prosecutions will prevent fu-
ture recurrence of this. And some
land owners object to giving suf-
ficient right of way. They had
rather have a right arm pulled
from the socket. To such, at the
Celestial gates old St. Peter may
aay: I know ye not. "Ye caused
thousands of my people and my
beasts to suffer because of your
harrow - minded, parsimonious
ideas of life."
/ ■ ■" Pay the Prceijent———
f E. A. Funkhouser of Rock Is-
l land, Texas, who will have charge
\Pf the manual training department
at John Tarleton Agricultural col-
lege, came in this week with his
family, and for the piesent will
be domiciled at the girls’ dormi-
tory. They will locate in a home
as soon as a .suitable residence
can be found. ’ Mr. Funkhouser
already has purchased quite a lot
of equipment for his department
and will add more as soon as the
room can be made for it, which
likely will not be before the new
agricultural building is complet-
ed. He looks for a great attend-
ance at Tarleton this year. '
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For Iced Drinks of-
Quality
COME TO OUR FOUNTAIN
Delicious and Refreshing Sodas, Ice Cream, etc.
made from the purest of fruit juices and syrups.
Clean and perfect sanitary.
Your Patronage will be Appreciated
PERRY BROTHERS
MRti. DAISY E. DIPPER
DIES SUDDENLY.
DRUGS AND JEWELRY
Mrs, H. A. Mothershead left on
Monday for Carlsbad, New Mex-
ico, where she will be in a sani-
tarium.
Charlie Ward, who was oper-
ated on for appendicitis at Fort
Worth, has returned home and is
doing nicely.
/ DeArman Dunn, U. Z. Jones,
moth of Dublin, and Geo. H. Gilder
of Thurber were sent to Camp
Travis Sunday by the local board.
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FACTS CONCERNING THE JOHN TARLETON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
' SIODENI AON! TRAINING COOPS
The Government has recognized John Tarleton Agricultural college as a
branch of the Agricultural and Mechanical college of Texas for military pur-
poses, and it will, therefore, maintain a Student Army Training Corps. Dur-
ing the scholastic year 1918-19 two classes of students will be admitted to John ,
Tarleton Agricultural college: 1. Students eligible for the Students Army-
Training Corps. 2. Students not eligible for the Students Army Training
Corps. i
According to our present information any young man who is required
to register on September 12, and who has completed 8 units of high school work
classified by the State Department of Education as “A" may be admitted to the
Student Army Training Corps. Students who have done approximately the
same work in a school not classified as “A” by the State Department will be re-
quired to stand an examination to show that they have done this amount of
work. To complete 8 units of high school work requires approximately two
years, that is one should have finished the ninth grade at a standard high
school. Students of the second class will he divided into two classes as fol-
lows: Special students and regular students. Special students are those boys
and girls who are not qualified to be regular students, but who are eighteen
and seventeen years old respectively, and are able to carry forward with profit
some of the special courses outlined in our catalog. Regular students are those
who are able to carry forward with profit to themselves and credit to the insti-
tution the regular Freshman, Sophomore, Junior or Senior course outlined in
our catalog. Student Army Training Corps students will receive from date of
their enlistment, October 1, $30.00 per month, their uniforms, equipment, and
board. They will be required to pay their college fees amounting to $10.50 for
the entire nine months. They will not pursue a regular course of study, but
will be required to take a course outlined in 'Washington by the Committee on ,
Education and Special Training which will include eleven hours per week of
military science and tactics, including physical training. Military drill will
be given each morning from 7:30 to 9:30, and the balance of the day until 4:30
will be devoted to courses including English, French, German, Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Sanitation, Drawing, History, Econ-
omics, and Government. It should be clearly understood that members of the
Student Army Training Corps will not pursue any* regular course, but merely
those courses which best adapt them for some branch of the army. Members
of the Student Army Training Corps will be required to board in barracks oil
the campus furnished by the government. These will be equipped with large
heaters, ventilators, and made quite comfortable. Until these barracks are
prepared by the government these young men will be expected to board in pri-
vate homes in Stephenville. Students who are not members of the Student
Army Training Corps will pursue their regular course of study as outlined in
the catalog. All young men will be required to take military drill, and will
probably have their uniforms furnished by the government. They will be re-
quired, of course, to pay their own board and other college expenses. All stu-
dents will be required to appear in uniform at all times.
It should be generally understood that the purpose of the Student Army
Training; Corps is to better fit younjf men for the army service, and especially
to discover men for leadership and technical service in the army. It is not in-
tended to keep men out of the army nor to keep them from going to the front,
but to better prepare them to serve their country faithfully. It is my under-
standing that when a young man’s draft number is reached he will be called
up for examination and assignment by the government, it matters not where he
is nor what he is doing.—Very Respectfully, JAS. F. COX, Dean, John Tarleton
Agricultural College, Stephenville, Texas.
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For a long period of years Mrs.
Daisy E. Dipper had been assist-
ant post master at Stephenville,
beginning her business activities
under her father, W. H. Christian,
and When Mr. Knight was appoint-
ed she remained in the service un-
der him. For several months Mrs.
Dipper complained of not feeling
well and took a thirty-day lay-off.
Monday morning, September 9,
she reported for service, and be-
gan her usual routine work. A-
bout 9 a.m. Mr. Knight observed
her head drooping over the type-,
writer, and when he went to her
she exclaimed that she felt quite
ill. In a few minutes she went to
her home, three blocks east, and
thirty minutes later died from
acute indigestion.
Rebecca lodge, being a member
ber and leader in lie L O. O. F.
Rebacca lodge, being a member
o fthe degree team, and often ex-
pressed the wish that in the event
of her death that she be buried un-
der the ceremonies of her lodge,
and her wishes were .carried out
at the grave Tuesday afternoon at
V^est End.
Deceased was born in Chicago
in 1870, and married P. D. Dipper
at Gray’s Point, Missouri. The
couple lived on Alarm creek for a
number of years, and when the
husband became afflicted he re-
turned to his old home and died
there. Deceased was assistant
post master here about fifteen
years. Her mother, Mrs." W. H.
Christian, and her sister, Mrs. N.
C. Wilson, and a brother, R. H.
Christian survive her. Howard
King, a half bi*other, lives at Se-
attle, Washington.
-Pay the President-
TO DRILL FOR OIL
NEAR STEPHENVILLE
* The Cage interests in Stephen-
ville signed up a contract a few
days ago with Robinson & Har-
rington of Joplin, Mo., leasing to
them a considerable block of land
northwest of Stephenville/onwhich
a well is to be drilled for oil and
gas, and operations are to begin
by October 1. I The Jop.lin firm
placed in bank the sum of $7,500
as a guaranty that the contract
will be faithfully observed. The
well will be located about three
miles northwest of Stephenville,
and is to be drilled to a depth of
3500 feet if necessary. There will
not be much delay in locating this
well because already geologists
have visited the section and pas^
ed on it geologically, and quite
likely a drilling spot has already
been chosen.
-Pay the President-
\
NEW OIL WELL STARTED
ON THE DAVIS FARM.
Finding it impossible to recov-
er the tools lost in the Davis well
east of Stephenville the Erdman
Drilling Co., had the derrick mov-
ed about fifteen feet, and a new
hole was started Saturday, and it
is predicted that within forty-five
or fifty days at least the people of
that section will know whether
they are going to wear diamonds
or continue their pathway through
life without them. If there Is an
oil pool in that section the Erd-
man people will tap it—if not in
the Davis well, then in some other
near-by tract.
——Pay the President-
THE BRITTON OIL WELL
Capt. Otto Winter is very op-
tomistic over oil prospects in the
Lingleville country, and asserts
that if he had not believed oil
would be found he would never
have become interested./ He is in
charge of the proposed well on the
Britton tract, and the derrick has
been completed and two strings of
tools are now enroute. This well
is on a line between the Duke and
the Allen which' recently were
brought in and greatly enlarged
the Ranger field.
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1918, newspaper, September 13, 1918; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015873/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.