Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1924 Page: 2 of 10
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SHINER GAZETTE, SHINER, TEXAS
ake of Ruin
Continual rainfall for weeks in
Switzerland was the cause of a disas-
trous lhndslide which occurred at
Borneo, the romantic and picturesque
village in the Val Maggia near Lo-
.carno, Canton Tessin. Large masses
of rocks, mud and water came down
from the mountains above the village
from a height of 2,500 feet, causing
great damage to life and property.
HE GETS THEM ALL
John W. Whitam, operator at the
Arlington wireless station, for whom
such places as London and Guam are
mere suburbs. He has picked up mes-
sages from places 8,000 miles re-,
moved, which comes close to being the
ultimate in DX reception. Of course
you know that DX is radioese for dis-
tance. • v,
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TO ERECT MODEL TOWN
Mrs. Elizabeth Ollefar, for forty
years a resident and-recluse of Irving-
ton, N. J., and eighty-five years of age.
went before the townspeople and the
commissioners with plans for the con-
struction of a street, the line of which
cuts straight through the 100 acres In
the center of the town which Mrs.
Ollefar owns. It is her intention to
erect within Irvington a model town as
an object lesson to the town itself.
COTTON SHOW PRINCESS
Beautiful Betty Byrne, daughter of
Mrs. Stanton J. Peelle of Washington,
has been designated by President Cool-
idge to represent Washington at the
annual Texas Cotton Palace exposi-
tion to be held at Waco the first week
In November. Miss Byrne, universally
declared the capital’s most beautiful
society girl, will be a princess in the
court of King Cotton.
Prince at Stock Yards in Chicago
The prince of Wales spent a day in Chicago as-the guest of Louis E.
Swift, the packer, and about the first thing lie, did Was tb inspect the great
stock yards. He rode a cow pony through the cattle ^alleys, accompanied ;vy.?
his host. - -- 1 .!-• £.%&■*¥***% sMiv
Brave Deed" of Airplane Mechanic
INCREASE SHOWN IN
INTANGIBLE TAXES
The G. H. & S. A. Heads the
List; Holdings Placed
at $13,326,000.
Austin, Tex.—Intangible tax values
-for 1924 in Texas totaled $74,930,922,
an-increase over last year of $1,799,-
.406, according to the annual report of
John G. Willacy, state tax commission-
er, released Monday.
This, increase will add $26,991 to the
revenues of the state, and counties,
which is double the increase recorded
for 1923 over 1922. •
By law the tax is confined4to rail-
way, bridge and ferry companies oper-
ating in Texas. Intangible values are
calculated upon tangible, earnings of
these activities and pay in proportion
as they earn, contrary to the ad valor-
em tax on land, which pays taxes
whether it earns money for its owner
or not.
The- • Galveston;; : Harrisburg & San
Antonio Railway, ,a part ..of the South-
ern Pacific system, stand's .at the head
of. the list in '.valuation of intangible
holdoings. For tax purposes this
road’s intangible choldings are placed
at $13,326,000. Next comes the Texas
& Pacific Railway Company with $10,-
057,941, and third is the.Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe with $10,000,000.
The intangible valuations on the
thirty-nine companies jvhieh’ are taxed,
with the increases or decreases as
compared with last year, follow:
Galveston, Harrisburg & San An-
tonio, $13,326,000; Texas & Pacific,
$10,057,944; Missouri-Kansas- Texas
Railway Company of Texas, $8,-
860,000; Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
$10,000,000; Houston & Texas Cent-
ral, $6,000,000; Houston East & West
Texas, $1,000,000; Texas & New Or-
leans, $4,100,000; St. Louis South-
western, $1,500,000 (increase $186,-
435); Fort Worth & Denver City, $8,-
050,793; Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf,
$1,843,156; Panhandle & Santa Fe, $1,-
478,889; Pecos & Northern Texas, $1,-
500,000; Texarkana & Fort Smith, $2,-
000,000 (increase, $500,000); Paris
& Great Northern, $100,000; St. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico, $1,600,000 (in-
crease, $600,000): Beaumont, Sour
Lake & Western, $600,000 (increase,
$100:000); Stephenville North & South
Texas, $71,412; Shreveport, Houston.&
Gulf, $^,368 (decrease, $5,5.48); Sug-
arland Railway, $100,000; Texas Mid-
land Railway, $20;0y000 (increase, $100,-
,000); Roscoe, Sn der -Pacific, $58,-
: 8006 (increase, $221,683 j ; -Rio-Grande &
Eagle Pass, $37,664 (decrease, $24,?
183); Weatherford,; Mineral-. Wells &
No^thw;es.tt3^r..^7?iS.65i-.ff.^ffchaia •• Val-.
ley ' LinesV; v$545,879 " (increase, $Il,-
,038); Abilene & Southern, $100,000 (in-
crease, $20,000); Cisco & Northeast-
ern, $80,000 , (jncreaa.e, $31^3-0); Day-
4pn-^oI>se^!^^;^14C<M^ (increase,
$4.5,650)'; jSh-’Paso'.i.^rthpastern,
$100,000; El. Paso; Southwestern,
$500,000; Rio Grande,,Eagle. Pass &
San Francisco, $1'|90,§!■;;; GalvMton,
Houston & Henderson, $227,545 (in-
crease, $27,545); Quanah, Acme & Pa-
cific, $128,372 (increase, $34,829);
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf,. $<23,265;,
Wichita Fails & Southern, $75,000;
Texas Mexicon Railway,’$100,000 (in-
crease, $40,000); Brownsville Ferry,
$16,892; Eagle Pass and Piedras Ne-
gras, Bridge Company, $25,000 (in-
crease, $25,000); Laredo Bridge Com-
pany, $113,708 (increase, $6'4',883).
Survey Shows Small
Schools Do Poor Work
Austin, Tex.—Reading, spelling,
arithmetic and geography are behind
the times in Texas schools as com-
pared with general standards of the
country, according to reports of the
Texas educational survey, released
Friday.
When age is taken into account,
said the latest report of the survey
staff, Texas schools show achieve-
ment in these lines about one year be-
low the standards of the country. •
On these, questions the r.eport said:
“Small rural schools show results
in the fifth and seventh grades dis-
tinctly below .that of the large- rural
schools. The }arge rural schools are
in turn inferior in spelling .to the city
schools. The difference between these
two groups is not nearly1, so great as
it is between small and large rural
schools.
• “The city ■ schools" were ' the only
ones that -approximate' closely the
DETROIT WOMAN
RECOVERS
standards of the test. In the seventh'.' say they are sick 1 tell them to take
gfade they were slightly above the,- Pinkham’s medicines.^ I'give
. . /- . me'little book and your medicines the
s anaa a. best b'f thaiiks. ’’—Mrs. Hamerink,3765-
25th.Street, Detroit, Michigan.
. BjL newspapers and booklets we are
vconstantly. publishing letters from wo-
men, who explain how they were helped
by taking; Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta-
ble Cpmpound.
These letters should guide you. If
you are troubled with pains and ner-
vousness, or my feminine disorder, bear
in mind that the Vegetable Compound
has helped other women and should
help you. For sale by druggists every-
where.
OKLAHOMA'S BAN ON
TEXAS IS MODIFIED
,,M. Richard, mechanic on the Farman “Goliath” which plies between Lon'
don and Paris, displayed courage that deserves a page in the history of avia-
tion. Soon after the plane with eight passengers left the Croydon fieftf in Eng-
land a leak developed in the gas feed line. Richard crawled out onl-'tWe wing
of the plane and traveled along until he reached the front near th.e -motor.
Then for 45 minutes he held his hand over the leak, avoiding a forced landing.
Harry New Receives Hoosier Flag
Oklahoma City.—A new quarantine
line which further diminished the ter-
ritory in Texas from which livestock
and packing products are barred from
entering Oklahoma, as a result of the
foot qnd mouth disease, was announc-
ed by John A. Whitehurst, resident
oij the state board of agriculture. The
order became effective Wednesday.
The new line is described as begin-
ning at a point where the west line
of Jackson County, Texas, borders
Port Lavaca Bay, thence west, extend-
ing on the west lines of Jackson and
Lavaca counties and the west and
north lines of Fayette County, on the
north line of Washington County, the
west line of Grimes County, on the
north line of Grimes, Walker and San
Jacinto Counties, on the north and
east line of Polk County, on the north
and east line of Hardin County, and
the east line of Jefferson County, to
a point where it intersects with Sa-
bine Lake.
Colored Marble to
Be Quarriedtet Alpine
Alpine, Tex.—Marble Mountain, a
great mass of many-hued rock near
Alpine, is soon to be worked by Cali-
fornia interests, according to John
Young of Alpine, who owns dn inter-
est in the mountain.
The marble is said to be the equal of
any found in the United States aqd
rivals the best the world has pro-
duced. Its real extent has never been
measured, nor have scientists been
able to determine the exact amount
of marble in the deposit.
The formation is subject to close
inspection as to the quality and thick-
ness of the stone at only two points.
One! of these is an abandoned quarry,
started in 19Q8.. Another point is a
canyon on the. north slope of the ridge
where a block has been removed. A
pillar of the stone stands in front of
the State National Bank at Alpine.
Four colors of marble are exposed
in the quarry face for a total thick-'
ness of 67 feet. The upper stratum is
a solid white bed 21 feet thick. It is a,
massive formation and takes a fair
polish, but it is said to be not quite
as hard as the remaining strata. The
second formation is 40 feet thick, of
fine grained, hard solid stone, blue-
gray.in the rough, which polished very,
dark blue or blue-black. Next conies
j-a twvo-foo.t stratum of. -black mafbfe
containing fossil, s,bells, which show
as white curved lines against the: black
of the polished surface. The lower
division,-.known as the “black shell,”
is similar, to the one. just .above, except
that SD contains more .shells. These;
polishtfro ’a*jet’ black, it is said. ... .
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WA R NED AG AIN ST, PUBLISH I N6l-
£ - .INCOME TAX PAYMENTS
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Wdshingto'h.—After a night and day
of conferences ■ during which -they
withstood an avalanche. of inquiries,
protests and' pleadings for definite ad-
vice, Washington' 'officials Friday
found themselves almost where they
started on the puzzle whether' news-
papers may safely publish facts in re-
gard to the income tax payments of
the American people.
The only satement of , a definite
character coming during the day was
a warning by Acting Attorney General
James M. Beck, that any newspaper
publishing the facts, obtained from of-
ficial lists opened to public inspection
yesterday, “must do so on its own re-
sponsibility.”
New Brazil Revolt.
Buenos Aires.—Advices from the
Brazil-Argentine border,j say a revolu-
tionary movement has begun in the
Brazilian state of Rio Grande do sul.
The advices declare 2000 rebels are in
arms near Santa Ana and that 600
state troops from Alegrete are march-
ing against them.
Mill Fire.
—Fire starting in a
Big Oil
Greenville, Tex
small seed house of the Greenville
Cotton Oil Mill, quickly spread to the
H j larger seed houses and storage rooms
Thursday and did damage estimated
by Superintendent P. W. Plunkett to
be more than $300,000.
COURT RULES ON PRIMARY LAW.
Washington.—The right to vote at
primary elections is not a question
over which the courts have jurisdic-
tion, the supreme court held Monday
in a case from Texas brought by - G.
N. Love and others against James S.
Griffith and others.
In the courts of Texas Love corn-*
plained that Girffith and others, in-
cluding the democratic executive, com-
mittee of Houston, would permit none
except white voters to participate in
a primary election. The state courts
declared they were without jurisdic-
tion to interfere and the case was
brought to the supreme court.
/The court, in passing upon the case,
declared that the state courts had
acted properly in refusing to grant an
Injunction.
Chance's Estate Valued at $300,000.
Los Angeles —Frank Chance, lat.e
leader of the Chicago White Sox base-
ball team, who died at Los Angeles
several weeks age, left, an estate val-
ued at between $250,000 and $300,000
according to Karl Pancake, brother-
in-law of the former baseball star.
Explosion on Cruiser.
Norfolk, Va.—Six dead and 14 in-
jured was the casualty list to date
in the navy’s latest peace time disaster,
the premature explosion of firing pow-
der aboard the United States cruisei
Trenton Monday. Four were killed out-
right and two of those who were
burned died at the naval hospital soon
after being brought in. The dead: En-
sign Henry Clay Drexler, Sussei
Beach, Dela; Roland B. Hanson, sold
ier, Iowa; Bernard Byam. Bristol
Conn.; William A. Walker, Mayo, S. C.;
George R. Cholister, Merchantsville
N. J.; Bennett Williams, South East
on, Mass.
Postmaster General New, himself a Hoosier, being presented with the
state flag of Indiana to hang in the Post Office department In Washington'.
The presentation was made in the presence of about '30 Hoosier employees of
the department, the flag being the gift of post office clerks and carriers of In-
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French Naval Architect Dead.
Cherborg.—Louis Emil. ,part;in.. emi-
nent French naval architect and cre-
ator of the first modeVh Japanese
fleet, is dead, aged 64.
Chile Recognized.
Santiago, Chile.—Venezuela has rec
ognized the new Chilean government
The government purposes to enter in
to a contract with an American, expert
to reorganize the sanitary service ic
Chile.
Health Much Better After
Taking Lydia E. Piiikham’a,
t Vegetable Compound
Detroit,Michigan—‘Tour little book
left at my door waa my best doctor. I
]read it, then said to
my husband, * Please
go and get me some
Lydia E. Pinkham-a
Vegetable Com-
pound. I want to
take it.’ The first
month I took three
bottles of Vegetable
Compound and one
of Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Blood Medi-
cine, and used Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Sana?-
-five Wash. If you only knew how much
better' I feel! Now when my friends
Many Jt man finds it difficult to in-
ditce his neighbors to have a good!
opinion of him.
Don,t Take Calomel for Inactive
Liver; Bond’s Pills Are Better
They are a prescription intended
solely for the Liver and Bowels and
remove the bile and poisonous waste
in a mild,, yet effective manner. One
pill is the dose. 25c All Druggists..
Refuse substitutes.—Advertisement.
An epicure is a person who doesn’t;
enjoy’ eating the kind of food that:
agrees with him.
% sll-Merited Success
Honored politically and profession-
ally, Dr. R. V. Pierce, whose picture
appears here,
made a success
fe w have
equalled. H i a
pure herbal rem-
edies: which have
stood the test,
for fifty years
are still among
the “best sell-
ers.” Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical
Discovery is a
Zi,r. blood medicine
add stomach, alterative. It; clears the
-skin, beautifies it, increases the blood
supply and the circulation, 'and pim-
ples and . eruptions' vanish quickly.
This Discovety of Doctor Pierce’s
puts you. in fine Condition; with all the
Organs' active’ . All d-ajers have it.
. Send, 10 cents'for trial :pkg. of tab-
lets to Dr. Pierce, Buffalo', N. 'Y. ' '
FOR OVER
ZOO YEAllS
haarlem oil has been a world-
wide remedy for kidney, liver and
bladder disorders, rheumatism*
lumbago and uric acid conditions.
correct internal troubles, stimulate vital
organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Insist
on the original genuine Gold Medal.
How vain is learning unless intelli-
gence go with it.
The ear is a less trustworthy wit-
ness than the eye.
MOTHER!
Child's Best Laxative is
“California Fig Syrup"
First Frost Reported.
Paris, Tex.—A killing frost was re
ported in the river and creek bottomi
Friday. Frost also was reported iz
Fannin County.
Hurry Mother! Even a bilious, con-
stipated, feverish child loves the pleas-
ant taste of “California Fig Syrup”
and it never fails to open the bowels,
A teaspoonful today may prevent a
sick child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for genuine ‘'Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup” which has direc-
tions for babies and children of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother 1 Yon
must say “Califoria” or you may get
an imitation fig syrup.
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Habermacher, Mrs. J. C. & Lane, Ella E. Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1924, newspaper, October 30, 1924; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1144512/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shiner Public Library.