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TEA PARTY IS
ALL BROKE UP
SEVEN FINKS PAH) AND
POPULATION REDUCED
A nice little leu lurtv whs rudclr
hrokca up last iiliclit. at the home ot
ni()(
vitiacn who is uesciitH'd ns u "IiusIucfs
MlHH."
Four men and three "wild women"
constituted the nssfiuhligc. Filed
chicken leal !kk other suhstitntlnlji
timl uuchisvlHcd et cctcras weie of the
menu. Hilarity iiinl goings-on were
Mich as to attract poller atteutloii
Result Three women louded Into a
jitney rtuvl shooed out of town i-cn
KrMfi Ihree female iiinl four mule.
1I1 lines In the ituiyot s com.
IIK'HEI ('RAI)E IMMIGRANTS.
NEW W)RK Aug II lUmliiiul It
Maluny representing the wvretiiry o'
l.tbor r'mk-il ii tun-day Inspection of
Ellis Island where he conferred with
Commissioner Wullls concerning '"
tain reforms the latter desires to Ititio
dmv "to make Ellis Island ii hrlitluer
hMtt llvsn II ever wuk Itcfnre"
"In a spirit of eo-nperatlou I was le
quested by the Mccrctury of l-ubor to
come to Ellis Island anil get an arm
late estimate of what It will lake to
bring Commissioner WullU' leforms to
tltelr fall fruition." sttld Mr. Miihiuj.
"The department iceognlstcs the nixes
n't j of. stun reforms.
"Wc 1iko all bis-n ngrcciilil sor
prised hy the clmracter of immlgrithm
Honing to America after the wur In-
stead of getting ik'H'ii(lcnt w'ouieu ami
children we are receiving on tin' whole
tt much Is-Mer class or Immigrants than
we uvcr received before.
"That their llrsl Impressions -her.' -nt
apparent to Ik their abiding sentiments
about the country In CofHiiilssliii.cr
Wallls apt conclusion '. '
IXOION TOST IAHSKS CHARIER.
'-TmWMmAm2l
Commander H. T ifeuimcs Walm-le.c
f the American Legion ha iiiiniuiwnl
IHr clwrtei of the l.eon Sonlut lVst
f the ItIoii Iws Im-cii revoked Ik-
cause of u resolution iuihsciI ly the
')iet Inlcmleil to "crltlcisw ami dcfiiim
"Im house of representatives f .he
eosgrets of the I ii.lid States us vtll
hs to Uktrupt our orjainlimtmn."
The rcsolutlou that hroiiKht iiIhiiii
Ike clmrli-r n'TOi-atlon was paused al
a wetHlnpt hchl hen nu June .".0 last.
Ih Uiu ainHK-latloii of commerce. It oji
lel legislation imsmhI hy the Fedenil
huH ef rcprcaeiitatlvcH providing for
a blanket cmhIi tninufl to all nx-scrvkv
MK'H. or to any "li'xlKlutlon wh'cli eon-
tpJti ttu; puywent of any bonus to
wc-ncrvko wen who returnejl to civil
ten life unMatbrd and sound In mlml
jumI body."
MSSMJKl'S FINK CKOI'S.
3KFFKUHON OITY. Auk. M.-Th
Mlal rep rejort rf Mlwwturl Issuwl
)4a41y by the GeTernnent Crop F.Htl-
aaat Rurrau and the Mate Uoard of
ArkHUare Indicateti tbat ther vill
f aain in thX'orn crop over July cv
tkMtM or 216d6000 buNhcls and tlwt
tkf total yield of the state wlllbo SY
4ii600 lnts)telM.
The total wheat yield fr theear
ttllaCJ at a).W.00O hifekels. .Tin
irA yield runs frow a.'btiMliots tu
Mm Ucre to SO and Utc avfw ovi?
Um li&HflQO Hcrra planted eV'l-' l-'J
Wwilicln to tke acre Tho qimllry'of th
jJmIh Im UHHsfwlly KOiMi. The wheat
viwft of ilw jrtatulaHt'ycar totaled fi-
H.O0O bnslw'lM. Tlw acreage lhl
r however wa greatly nducttl.
a run roR ilm.
. ATIiANTA Oa Am. H.A P'Hm
f $1M wu prW!ted to Rev. J. W.'l
Nm lif th coAgtvfmtkm of the Itat-
liot TahartMcIe at a lNtve-tklnK wr-
' -( beAHrt? a coKreatkoii whk.li tilletl
IM Mc chnrchto lU capacity. Mr. llitei
)hNtrM tM week on a four month'
W of th Orient.
BAil. SERVICE TO
OVER RAILROAD AUGUST 16
ajj VMfcfci'M rfprt that ntMrMd
itatH ntT.1 iM tfMi tm nwrftq
'? MerlNi-r Haiicotv of th!
tJjHmbr'oi CoMiBMrett U la rercliH of
a aaiMnmMcutkw frwn Um mconi nm
viabftmt 'MMtiMiNter Moeral lu Jrway to
for MUtf Mrrlc una com-
ma aafjtorlMum Mil Mrvicc
ovftr Um W- ! B. & F. W- willroad
itm IMiUk to JJrBBaaattdan awl lo-
dttuUaa Bajwar aad Hakakalaan. Ajmf-
It . Ti'
MM la
F1NANCIMJ TUB CITY.
Money w-lth which to openile Hie
city Koenimrnt nin not he collected
In any (oimldeiahle amount throii'i
taxation but the mayor's court N
iicll flic out some due to the vIkIIuiic'
of the police otllcers who make drags
i wry tiny mot!y of drunks. Then
have been VS Hue collcelcd so far tliN
month. Multiplied by from one to toil
lhr this helps eousldt'ruhly oiul the
month Is only half out
EXPANDING THE
FIRST NATIONAL
riiiiiomenal increase In busluevs 1 1
the First National Hank or llreckeii
ridge Is reMnlhlc for further delays
In ixvtipuiicy or I hell ilue new bulM-
lug When the striicturo was ilesigueil
and spaces allotted to the various do-
luirlmetux or the business. It was-
thought that umptu provision was inude
Tor at least several years or future
leasi several years or luiurc
iieut. It transpires thai liie
inont orlglni)ll hiIm.IIiI his
itgrowu eeiibofoie the lmlltl-
developu
iirriiiigemuu
Dccn outgrown eeulKyioie
lug's complellou. OyVniyuey Is de-
hijisl prooably w dajs to admit oi' In-
terior changes. .Moie sjmif mut Is
nllottisl to the customers' lobby and
itddltlonal room made for woikers In
seeral blanches whieh wilt fil lor
leductlou or spaee In other il'nnt-
infills anil uilltjitloii or the entl
lower thsir for active hanking pur
'MMCS
Such n story mmiihIs good as lndl
intliig bioluess Krow'ili of bank aid
illy but It Is "omewhat of n dN-tv
iKilntment to all Mint the new bulldlti
can not on Is occupied. It Is a show
place to visitors and all are jironl t
in tint to It or to send photograph of
It hark home Just to show Viu what
Jini'kenridge can dd.
MttMN'S STATE CoNVKNTtO.V
llv The. AMOelutiil I'nsn.
a.ifriTf. && lyiviv'MSii
lions "ommlttci "f tin Ti-xto lo-iuieh
of tluk Anrlcan legion will not jx-'niilt
tin inainiMlliMi or a resolution or mo-
Ihoi touibiiig on the proclamation or
martial" Idw at Oalventon h flove.-nor
(lobby It was auuouucnl li Legion
membe'v milking prepanitions ror the
vlnlo e:ivntIoii. This pui to iv an
flk t It- Z. i he la-glou might -uiopt n r'-
olutiou In this leg-ard it was an-iioiiiu-ed.
The cohvciiinu dales jii
August '2i. '.'I and '.".
A lively light Is c.'nvtrd when k-
lection of srmaiient headtpmrters ii
the stine braucli comes up on the door
id the convention. Dallas Sun Antonio
anil Austin lime lined their dele-'ite-i
M light fir the honor.
(Juy O. Shirley of Vort Worth vie
coinniuudei of the state nrg:iRltlo;i. m
eiected by precedent of tin Will state
caucus to Miceoed Henry Ilulchlng-s as
state comiuundor. No opistslng cniidb
date has lrn unnounced.
El I'aso Is the only city that has rww
rounccd Intentions of cmiturluc Iho
1021 annual convention. Other clt!eN
however are expected to present their
calm when the dcguteH begin nrritng.
A NICE QUIET TIME.
15y;The Associated Press.
DAI.IMS. Aug. ll.The
Dallas Hi-
IcnU A'thleth' (flub whs ni?Hil)e-aMi
i. iti... ..... .. . ..
Is
limltRd tois-rsons who Wave lt
. i i . .. -t " . ' "' wouiii jiavi passci! ii wi in dot
Ihelr hearing. Is tint atcst sporthwl ' .s. ... .. .
ii . i " w hits as'htfHiad sevenil others. Nuts'!
club to organize bote
The deaf athletes have legun org-iu-
Ir.lng lmsebull basketball swlmlug and
I'tlu-n tcuins and declared they will
lirtfy challenge Iim-iiT amateur clubs'
DKvV IXlNtf SKNTKNCK.
KANHAS CITY Mo. Aug. M.-
Flfty years In the Penitentiary was
the vcnilcl placed Itf a Jury amlnut
Kolwrt Murray alias Roy WHkor. or
IwrtlciiMtkM in Oio roWiery Juno 12
of a $000 ay roll of Frankel Frank
& Co. milliners. The Jury wan out 2d
minutes.
BE STARTED
iwt lk 1 net as the iJate for tUx in-
Wfttfl of Um mm.
It abo nttd. tliat as jwofi a the
lailroada from Kastlaad and Chieo are
completed into Itrknrkl8 the 'swb-
J?t ot a44tig mallWryie hy 'ttst-
riMiltst -wlUiHlao )te
smMktim
taM.ar net 1t aa relaMti to mall
train rauttaaa and Om )Mc; IwtftH
itrabataii ttat Um two daflr twtao m
T ' m t ' "
alVm wlU cany mail Im aa4
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HRECKENIUDCE. STEPHENS C01NT. TEXAS. MTl'KI)A. AUGUST 141920.
IVAN OIL FIELD IS
NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF
THE GREAT N.W.-S.E. ANTICLINE
tint to the northeaHof llreckenrldg
with lan as a general it liter oil de-
wtopmcut Is biking on big proportion).
I'nim Mr. I'aul E. Terry who today
leturncd rrom a critical Inspection or
Unit region It Is learned that sexcrut
or the older wells are doing wonilct-
fully well while iho country Is llternlly
dotted with rigs and production Is had
on ut least three .sides or the town.
Mr. Terry Is connected Willi the Mar
llu-('oii"idino company Callfonilanx
who lime big Interests In Stephens
county and who are euteilng into n
lierlod or lntene dcwlnpiucitt. Tins
utmpany has :i.(M)0 acres In tlin-e blocks
of lenses. They haw recently brought
In a TOU-hiirrel well on the (). I. Mar-
tin tract half a mile south from Ivan
after a long effort to get to the pay
sand the well being started last De-
i ember. At depth of .'l.tflll reel the sand
was strmk and at .'VMi.'t feet furl.her
drilling had to ls discontinued. With
I'll) fis't or o'H'ii holt the 700-barrcl pro-
duction K considered' only an evidence
or what will n when I he hole l
MOICK ItKSU.MKI) BY
VICTOK l'll'K IJNK CO.
Information comes that the Victor
I'Iik Mue & Itellnlng Co Is again
Iiii-.v at work on (heir big relliilug ntiiiit
just sniitli or Itirekeiiridge. Work hud
slacked Toi a tkrlod but the word now
N that the Job or erection will he rush-
ed to ssssy ciiinpletlou.
This plant is only one or several now
under construction around the "II;..
The DeWilt eople xouthwest or town
have their works Milllelcully Well ad
-nneed to Ik' uiakiii some gaMillue.
The Victor Company Is sltiiattil on
hotlir railroads. tho Olscv line sklrt'ng
Ilheir nrois'rtv on the west. The tmPil.
teiej!j-Hdj;jii
Mg biUlni-ss tlie;itiicl!; i)Tiennlts"
ihivv". under eoiistrueiloieltcIngKMl j-
Ions of gusollne ist day and It Is c.
(ss-leil t he turning out this iptaullty
wlthlii (lie next two mouth".
II. OF l E. KANK.
lly Tin
r fl'he AsiM'!iitisI I'lessa -CnEVr.l.ANU..
illiiof AugV 1 1
i (MIEVEEAND. Mhlof Aug. 1 1. Tin
Hank or the ltrothorhnod or Locomo-
tive Engineers ehurter ror which was
nss'iilly granted in Washington will
open N'omuiImt I. II N sabl lo be (he
iirst institution or its kind In the world.
A Jd-stor building will lx eus-tcd lo
the bank when building conditions Im-
prove Warren 0. Sli.ne. grand eh'.ef.
said.
CapllallMttlon will b l.iKHMMNi. The
sbs'k Is tt lie limited to ltrotherhesl
members most or whom are engine
drivers. Dividends will he limited to
10 per cent.
The niitln punse or the bank in
stated to he lo aid the Jvt.OOO mcmhc.ri
and the S87 divisions of the ltrother-
hood whkh Is Iho oldest or the trans-
M)rtatioM unions and one of the string-
est lliiuuelally.
. CELEItftATES ItlKTIIIIAY.
lst Monday was tin blrthd-iy y?
ltalph lirlggs one or the best-known
drillers lnthe Itreekciirhlge oil llelii:
with his iMdler half wins conducts the
Itrlggs Family iiife at lib South Ilily-
lor u wane She invited ipilte n uinii
ls-r of Ihelr friends (o he pres-
nit tjmt evening at a social party aisj
dance. In honor or the event iiiid. fliiwi
in attendance enjoyisl the occiikIoii Im-
nieusely They ilanccd till they Vens
tired and then rerivslimento wero
served The guests 'dcMtrteU wishing
.Mr Itrlggs many more such enjovubb
natal day
"
lu
BEAUMONT PLAGUE DEATH.
DEAUMONT Aug. 14. City health
autborltlcf. stopped a negro funeral
tamed the hearse hack to the under-
taking parlors and wade u microscopic
cpcaBB ligation of the corpse of a 7-year-eld
negro hoy. It was announced at
tke eoBclusleu of the autopsy that tne
eklW ha4 died ef traboak PHSgue. There
was ceaetenMtiea asoBg the mouraers.
This U the mhiimlkirom the plague
Jjere out- of 12 asea.
RACK OWC R ONE.
Jly Tne Associated PreM. -
DRIYJCIL Aug. 14. An agreement
to take mirk striking employes of tk
LDaver Tramy-voatiiauy on iadivI4
u uppwawrsiii um mff in wnowaj
aa a atep 1 toward eadiug the strikH
rb)eii haa ttoil p ttw street railway
for toe day ha baea
PROVING A
ileared oMt and cased.
HeDortlnc on the old Inst smnm r
Cruliiiui will. Just east of I van. whld'.i
came in a n big g.iser mid continued
mi for long Mr. Terry says the rcisirt'
is that It Is now making In the uelgh-l
bor hoot) of IKK) barrels with gas shut!
oiT and Increasing In oil. He did not
lilt this well hut quotes common re-
iHirl. Tin oltl Tullos well several miles
south of Ivan and between there and
Cuthlo Is reunited to Im' Increasing Its
llow ."sTO barrels being credited o IL
This Is ii womlerrul wll having held
up eoiLsisteutly us a modernte prodifn'r
lor more than a year now and with In-
i reuse rather than decline.
In ntlii r directions development Is
In lull swing. North west cast and
south good production Is found 'iml
ilear across to Crystal Falls and Ellas-
villi the pi oven territory extends With
the bringing In of the Marliii-Consldiue
well the eolith territory to the Tu'los
well Is now shown to be good.
It Is all tributary to Jlrcckuuridgc
us a base of supplies.
HEAVY SIMIAK DECLINE
in wiioiiisaij: MAKKLT
lly The AssmdatAl Press
NEW YOltK Aug. 11.- Heavy de-
clines in the sugar market roresh.nl-
wed by movements during the last few
days has taken place One large denier
red heed his list prices on Ilue granu-
lated from 21c lo a fraction owr 17e
Kr jHMind .ami raw sugar -old on a
Imsls or l.'kiUe which was Ilk'' is-r
1-0)111(1 les-i than the high level of three
months ago.
A proiiouiicisl weakness In law -uir
bfpifi early In the week noticeable in
futures co .n tnlcu on the exchailge 'mid
in I hu sopt ntarekt. "Seeniid-li'iud"
0ffc?cr t.TOme das at ive l"r.HM.7fcalll-n;T(1( W7V.
H.r Hue gnlnplatisl. bul no weakenb: Assls.a.' District Altorpev IMrker
on the pail of relluers was in evld"iicc
until lodat
Holders of huge slocks of xiipir e
pii'ssinl the fear thai they had owr
staisl llulr market. Dealers ilccTand
till' pVeseiit wi".lkness is due to lack ol
demand ror rellned sugar free nlTi'-iiu
Iroio nil rts or the world ail a red-
itu: of ittiiest throughout the trade.
EMPLOYS ONE-ARMED .MEN.
Jly The As-s-ialcd Press.
WINMPEt:. Man.. Aug. II. Eng
land's greatest employer of oue-ariueil
men was 11 recent visitor to WlnuljK-g.
He Is W. II. Diinkley or I.0111I n
manufacturer of carriages.
SInn the tiruiNHcc .Mr. Duuklcy has
employed none but oiie-ariiied men. He
now has !'.00 of them In his factory and
bus found Unit these crippled soldiers.
pros'rly (ruined not only can do il-
most (he work of a man with two
bunds but ure given a new interest in
life working together
Mr. Duuklcy Is In Canada 011 a pre-
liminary survey or laud mid social
conditions here with a view or bring-
ing poor from the slums of Loudon to
Canadian farms.
AERAL .MAIL ROUTE.
ST. l.Oins. Aug. II. erlul mull
service lstwecii SI. I.ouls utid'CliIcng')
will be iuaugunited at Dr.'tli o'clocU
nel Monday morning vvheii a mall
puiiiu wJlLleuve htjre for Cjiicago mid
e similar sfiip will' leiivi; Chicago for
St.' Louis They will arrive at the
tcnnlniil points at 11 ::t( o'clock tirtlic
ikfteruoon of the same day cuttlni;
ttown the time between St. Louis anil
Chicago four hours or more mid mak-
ing It iMissIble ror Uuil sent out In He
Jn the morning ti he delivered In Chi-
igo in the afternoon.
PERSONAL.
Willl'im Ilenby oil man of Tnlt-it
18 in Kreckcnrldge looking around. He
believes this city and field lias a great
future.
Mrs. Ray Degan of CarrolUon Texu;
arrived laid night to lw a guest at
Me h0EQ0 ct ker brother John Ilisleu.
John LawoBotUn laavw tonight tor
Dallas to he.'axim iswoibly a week.
ITenry Ktlaia of ths GikhI Kats
itakary itaa returned from a visit of
aoaral daya at Kort 'Worth alone.
.Mae. Alfred Cranes Ut to arrive hi
WaajalaBaBidfac amh ataaaWy tomor
low to jiHfi aac jHiaaaHa'tba waw as-
aiatoat county attorney. For the
present they will kaep hottse at the
O'GoaBor home darina the absenc
from tbe dr af that tmy.
COULDN'T tjHOOT KIN.
NEW YOltK. Au. H. Vjrwln Ittt
Holph lle.-gdoll being court-martliiled
on (Jowriior's Island being eharged
with deseitlon rrom the army In evad-
ing (he draft law did not want to enter
Hie Jinny and be In position "where he
might Imw to slu.ot relatives on Hie
i tlier hle." according to testimony l.y
William S. Ellis who was chairman of
the draft board of llroomall l'a.. ut
lhl' tlm lrK'U registered
BRITISH PARTY
PROSPECTING
A phrty of ItrltMi capitalists chiiM-
7 1 by C Ik Mitchell and II. II.
Woodiln. of Fort Woith is "doln"
I he nrivkenrldge oil Held wa.1i he id-
iiuarlers (l the Colonial.
The paily consists of ('apt. (I. (J
Feagler. ('ItTonl F Ilewelt. Campbell
M. Hunter of ' jmdon. England; W.
Clark of Wlnliieg. Canada : A. W. I'ow-
cll. or Ottawa Canada ; .1. M. Frlsby or
Hot Springs Ark.
lust what their particular business
may be has not been dlcloctl but it
N easy to guess that Ihcy are after a
slice or Stephens county oil land pn.b-
a big "lice with plenty or capital t
drill down to the lhpild wealth found
most anywhere.
I'OKT WORTH KILLING'.
FT. WORTH Aug. II.- A itiun l.len-
lllled us Tex Russell about !kri .veins
old. or this city Is deud mid Charles
CfH-hruu. about .'SO. al-o or Fort Worth.
Ls seriously wounded as I he result of
shootlm; that took nlut-e at lli coiiht
ot loth mid Calhoun streets Thursday
lli.( t t..i...... .
dent or Fort Worth. Is held In 1 ' !!V A fS 0N' 'lctt" A' """
tlou with the shooting. '" ial0aH f Wimt "" rackK ICn
Russel was shot twice In the ilMl.1l n"'3 ""route nil
meu'mid dhsl c. route to r l1-ljnl. "j to 0a l"1 iM Jwrt for
Coehrm sustained three bi.Uel wound. fT"' 1t1raHKt;hav' ''n temporarily
and Otlicer'Moutcomery. who Investl
gated (he killing said It was learned
that Russell and Cochran. In company 1
with olln 1 iMitlctt. drove In an uuto-
moblle betouulut; to C. C. Minims to
the cortntr of the streets where Ike
shoollug look place and called Rolteils
fiotu the sldewuik. The shooting Tol
lowed. Miinms bus not been located.
CASINGIIEAD GAS FORIIIDDEN.
VERNON Texas. Aug. 1 1. -Cltv
cominissloiHirs have passed 1111 ordl-
mice making the lmiMiitatlon or easiug-
Ih'iiiI gasoline into this city a mlsdi-
liieanor pmilshuble by a Hue of not less
than .$1 nor more than $:UM). This ac-
tion grew out or several disastrous
bres or recent date here through eplo-
hlon or this gasoline. Another ordi-
nace Is being druvvn up making it neivs-
snry to 1111 tunks a I gasoline stullotis
bj means or liW.
WANTICD T women mid boys ut
the- .Moduin Laundry. .'; blocks wes:
ol court house it-
"SEE BRECKENRIDGr EXCURSION
NORTH ON BRECKENRIDGE AVE.
For the benellt of those whose Pan
da.vvalk will be limited to closi-In sec-
tlons of the 'own. It Is reiommcmlel
that liii be made out Ilreckcnrhlgc
nvenue stiirtlng at Walker stns-t tr-
morrow. No need to go rnr If shoes
pinch or black clouds threaten rain
Two or three blocks down us far m the
CooiH'r-IIeiHlcrsou otllci' and to the
briMich which murks the northern boun-
dary of the Cogguu uddltion w'ill give
uubject for thought uh to the town's
spreading out From uny point alou?
this rout'' one may see tho big and
numerous improvements on the hills
iicrosK tho creek industrial business
nud Itocie buildings.
Passlug north from Walker Btrcct on
the eust side there in now u solid block
of buildings with tho Sager structure
prpiidly heading the list A few .short
months lmek two dwelling houses vero
all tlwt occupied thin block. On the
wort hWo dQvelozHHCut has not us yfit
been started but the Odd Fellows have
their tine hall planned and they have
placed intervening lots on tho market
Mire to he snapped up for substantital
Hcenw.
Ih tlie next block fhe ground of thu
olil Moon homestead Is cleared for InwlJ
nefiH lunweH on .tlie w'est Hide On tlie
iat side there iaea row of btilldingH
eomptotodor nearly so ineludiHC two.
TOM I HAXTER Oivncr-EiWor
ANOTHER NEW
SUPPLY HOUSE
NOKTII TEXAS SUPPLY CO TO
HAVE HOl'SK AND TICACKAEE
The representatives or the Nordi
Texas Supply Co. who have houses
in Wichita Falls Urahatn mid New
Wilson Oklu. are here today estnl.
llshlng a site ror their supply houe
lor this city. Messrs. Murray and
Medlll said that their house would 1 14
In one or. the yards in two weeks and
thai thcln was a supply house for nil
oil well materiuls.
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.
Iy The Associated Press.
ACSTIN. Aug. II. A sljorlnge of
teachers In the stale Is predicted by
Miss Annie Webb Wanton state super-
inieucdent of public instruction tie-
sjllle the fact that Texas school cach-
ets tor next session will get sat.ry in-
creases which Is made possible by the
tfl-k.'CI per capita apportionment.
"Uist session the uetiial teacher
shortage in Texas was about L'.OOO:
that in.'.uil that more than oO.OJH)
chlhlien had no teacher at all" Miss
I'.lautoti said "About lOO.CHM) children
ueie taught by teachers whose prep-
aration was mil beyon Unit of the
am lion whs not beyond Unit of
the eighth grntle. In some schools
euehen with no cerllllcatcrt at
till were accepted In open violation
id the law. In many of-our city schools
nil or the grades were overcrowded
some ri'iMirtlng us many as 00 children
to the l'"ieher. In a number or schools
teachers taught two shirt or vhihfrup
Iicr day."
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hfimfc .tn'rt1 'nylilimTWilciiilin r-
utomutlcnlly Is clntn'd on when
1 the number of em's here totals .IMHi.
Over tills all movements of wheat N
regulated hy perm Its.
The failure of ten vessels to arrlv
inrgoes ot wheat here durlug the first
ten days of August Is resivoimllile for
the present congestion oillcluls or tin
Kirt car service committee say.
LKK FRONT IMPROVEMENTS.
Hy The Assts'lated Press.
CHICAGO. Aug. M. First constnu'-
lou woil; 011 the betterment or the rail-
load situation on Chicago's down-towi
bike fronl has begun. Cost of the en-
I lie lake front improvement is esti-
mated at $l.'t()()00(MM). The Illinois
Central railroad's share Ik culcuhite.1
at fSS.IKMI.OIKI. .
ANOTHER OASIS CLOSED.
EL PASO Aug. M. A peremptory
older for the Immediate closing of gam-
bling in Juarez Iiiik been Issued by Gov-
enor Abel Rodriguez of Chihuahua by
President de la Iluerta. Ambler.o
Kill. Sandoval consul of the Mexlc.vi
govenmieiit in FA Vuho received the
following trom Iluerta:
hotels. rcstjiurapt batlery station .led
nthiT occuimilch's a regular row of
btlslness.
On the third block a big lumber yar.fr
on the east side machine shops mid sev-
eral business concerns on the left. On
down to the lower level theie are new
holdings and in the Coggau addltlo
ure several Industrials and stores 'PI pi
Coopcr-llcndLrtnn big otllce bulldliy;
hniiKlng a hive of busy 1mss -nnl thel
bljf sltH'pirg ipiarters Tor employees
with material yard etc. is one the
really big Institutions of the city and
growing like Topsy.
The Ilieckcnrldgo road is fulfllUmc
expectations and It Is dnu to lifetime
1 no of the main business and indus-
trial thoroughfares 'of the city with
n stretch clear out over tho hill ami
into Uie forest of derricks beyond.
Other "Seeing Urcckenrldgo" trliu
can be made with protlt In learning
what the town Is doing. Down around
Die railroiid yards there Is constantly
shifting view. New buildings allien
last Runday other buildings com-
pleted and railroad yards extended
In tho hoivy III! with new trucks.
more pais on same 11ml general hus-
tle' and bustle presaging the solid
building hi of several blocks adjacent
to railroad tracks.
Take thuHunday walk .or ride mid
get "wised pp" to the tewu yon llvo In.
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