Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 59, Ed. 1, Monday, September 6, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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L. Baxter
Owiter-fcattor
XATM6 0? BUBSGiUlTlUN"
1 yr 30.no
Wx months ... r.00
Three month 3.00
CHr noatli . 1.00
08 week ' .2.1
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ADVERTISING RATES
Display ailvct Using rate- on appllcu-
OtaMlfted ail 1c per wonl cacti
feflerthri. Minimum cluirge on cIhhsI-
fled aRc.
THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS
JtreckcnrWc tiiereliiitit.M art' iloiiiR
great busbies; nre It oil well
ought to sot n Job herding xhecp or
counting the teeth In chicken but he
haa nbout ns good an Idea of boosting
a town n a canary bird ban of lay-
ing an nt rich egg.
Uow If you can't run this tUory on
the front imp' we will be awfully ill-
appointed but In uny vue keep up
onr line of doie and In time you
may Re: this ordinance through and
run ewry one out of town.
"Your affectionately.
UNCLE JOSH.
Aii.tIiir the above: ThN N not
a real (tate town but an oil town.
Neither !x It it Wildcat oil town; It
oil Ihmmiim It faster than It U able to
pnicrly go w (bolit the aid of print-
er' Ink.
There arc fo:ne thousand of people
ben' packed in Inadequate quartern
In the ucart of town.
An oil tire In the city would claim
Wly Ikuiwm rig builders and lon-iihe live of many of the-e in all like
iraciew or every kind. Hut they will
erche foresight and make mire of
By future dollar In greatly in-
WMUd ami permanent trade ir fbey
wMl take the time to Join hand- In
demaitdllilC town Improvement -uid
Ut them; liefore new renter are
fcrewght tit to compete with .
Ra&ger and Eaotlnud ulTonl abund-
ant examine of wliat happen when
tewtM inrmlt tho who are fon-ed
"1 the in them to get along an ln't
hey can. Hanger did not pick up
street Improvement In e.irnext until
rheum nils of Um iKipulatlon of active
lHvcatorM. oiH-r.itorM and worker had
liecome thoroughly dlKgiiHted with the
k'Uty and had determined to move at!
the Hrst (iiportunlty The same thing
f true of Kuxtlnuil.
To ninny of the-) Ilrcckenrldge !ins
furtiNlied the llrt opportunity for
with railroad facilities we are now
w central for headquarter purpoce
a any other place. We li.ive taken
heavily Irom Uungvr and Eitxtluiid
loth aud k can keep all we have
taken by the Impli prove of hul-
ling along with evidence that It I not
the Intent to keep a nlovenly town
jh4 enforce hardship.
FAIR PLAY
Kdltor of the Amerlcau
Urevkenrldge Texna.
Dear Sir-
Jn reference1 to your leading ar-
ticle last cyenlng asking the city coun-
cil to puN an urdln-'tnee preventing
ay one from constructing. n building
liO feet from an oil Mor.ige tank. Itjto do "l"-
"i a brilliant Idea only the block. arc And after all
llhnod If It came In the light and
destroy million of dollar. worth of
oil. oil wcjl and town property.
Kery precaution toslble to prevent
such a calamity eeiu to be a thing
calling for general endorsement over
and nhoii any and all xellMi Inter-
est. In the matter of real estate activi-
ties which neem to be the chief In-
terest of the correspondent. Hreeken-
ridge must avail itclf of outlying ad-
dition of which there are a number
that are attractive and should -mil
will alTord desltable. city upbuilding
homes for thotiMiiid.
The Jieait of the city I restricted
from drilling and not affected by the
tank protection that 1 demanded In
protection of oil operator and their
oil itnii lor tne general ninety oi uie
community
The oil men have aked nothing of
the city they bine granted to It a
gieat d-al. The reipie! now made
for them by the tdnte oil commllon
hbniilil on that ground alone rccvlvo
an Immediate ye. Turn about I fain
play.
rinally. the projio-ed ordinance ap-
plies to the construction of building
or the placing of boiler by neighbors
within tW feet of oil tanks on' city
block.
Many Of the block operator have
licen obliged to carry their How line
unil Ktornge tank away from their
opemtlng block and out of the city
limit in order to get 1"0 feet from
their own rig with heir oil. I'n.c-
tlcally all of them will ultimately hive
It ettle down to
id tliouciiiids of new people and hun
dreds of theesandH of new Investment
why have they not the fullest protec-
tion due them?
Every block being drilled t receiv-
ing Investment of from $00000 up
for drilling which represents more
money on each block than prior to oil
In Hreckenrldge wn ever put on all
the block In the city combined o'at-
lde the present restricted buslnes
district.
Hctently the treet in front of the
court house wa closed to tratllc In
order that the court and attorney
and witnesses might hear each other
In the court room. Now comes com-
plaint from (icople In the ftrcct that
Jhey can hear nothing but the lawyers
In the court room among whom there
are oiue right high owered lung
folks who doa good deal of demon-
tratlng of the voice horepower they
mil develop. It I a difficult world.
In which It I nor possible to pleae
nil at the wtttif time.
A. SI. Fall returning from Corpus
Chrlstl today gave the following re-
sume of conditions then': Rushing
Hie big cotton crop to market Is re-
sulting In Hooding the bank of
Nucec county with money leiordlng
to hanker. Ilulne ha Increased
so rapldlr that the llnauclal rehabili-
tation of Corpus Chrlstl nppeav to
be a certain result of the big crop. It
I said. Deposit In most of the bank
have doubled while some rt the small
country bank report deposit four
time a huge a they were W days
ago. Funncr are taking up notes
made during the three b-id crop year
that preceded thl one and probably
will haw a large cash wurplus after
iiccompr.shlug that the banker say.
24 STATES WERE
REPRESENT!) IN
BAPTISTCHURCH
Call o! the pastor at the Baptist
church last Might when more than
four hundred persons were present .it
the services for the different st-ites
they came from resulted in the r-
markabl" showing of representation of
l!t states of the union. Hardly a bet-
ter demonstration might be given of
the exceedingly wide scope of the
world that Hreckenrldge Is now mftil.
up from for the conduct of It activi-
ties in all brunches.
The Sunday school reconl ) pf the
Haptlst church yeterday wn a fol-
low: Fidell class; present 8; oar.
81.1k"; total of Sunday school atfii'l-
mice. HO collection $i:t.!X); Chapter;
::-(). A splendid attendance was out
lor both morning and evening servhes.
Cradle roll. IV1; home department ;'.0.
VOLUME ISSUED BY GOVERN-
MENT NOW AVAILAULK
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1IANAX ESTATE PROVIDES
MILLION TO EACH SON
oaljr 300 feet across with a
each block "hut nbout eight.
fcterage tank on each block when
there I a well and where would r.ny
me build V
TIh guy who wrote this article
well on whether oil Is mostly wanted In
I'ut a t nreckenrtdze. If not. why were leae
g'ven. and having been given and In
such Instances a they haw iteen drill-
ed madv large return to all concern-
ed. Incidentally having til ready attrict-
NEW YOItK. Sept. . The will oi
John II. Ilanan. shin' manufacturer
was Med today. The residue which
Is to be divided cspially between the
two son. L wcjrth nfotv than S'J.OOO
(KM). The two son. Addison (J. Hit urn
mid Herbert W. Ilntian Will carry -ill
the business founded by their grand-
father. James Italian and expanded
by their father.
DEIUTt SHERIFF TOWN
MARSHAL KILLED BY THIEVES
ST. LOUIS. 3Io.t Sept. 0. Eugene
S Conrey deputy sheriff and Benja-
min Comer city marshal of Clayton
ten mile west of here were shot and
killed at Clayton "by highwaymen Who
etteraptisl to rob them. Three men
suspected of the killing have lieen arrested.
Complete official statistics covering
the foreign commerce of the CnlUd
State during the calendar year 1JH
mid 1010 ate contained In the volttme
"1'oreign Commerce and Navigation of
the United States." Just published bv
the -Bureau of Foreign and Domestic.
Commerce of the Department of Com-
merce. This document Is the (iovernment's
annual Itemized statement of the 'if-
tides of merchandise exjiorted and
linported. It show In detail the clas
c of goods shlp'H'd to mid recehed
from each country and the value th"rc-
of. With it aid the manufacturer e-
IKirter or student of foreign com-
merce ("in ascertain the Importune.
of any country a an established mark-
et for ! wide range of American pre;
ducts. Sources of foreign good are
disclosed in tlte same way.
The publication also cover linpoit
and cxHrts of gold and silver number
Mid touuaKu of vessel entered and
elenreel In transit iiiMtrnshlpnient
trade -mil other associated ubjecti.
Copies are sold by the Superintend
ent of Document Government Print-
ing OHlce WuMhliigton. D. C nt JIA".
NEW YOItK. Sept. 0. The newest
kind of strike was called In Newark to
eliminate the tlp."
Five hundred barber in 1.T0 sho'is
walked Out for an lncreae of wage
which should make them Independent
of "tips." and permit them they ald
"to be I:dependent.'
Three $1000 Units
in Small Proven
Acreage Proposition
Production on all sides. Two-thirds of units already
subscribed. If you want to get in on the best class
of production enterprise let us axplain this to you.
See
S. A. MARTIN
Second Floor Winkler Building
Tfcs
HkVau LENSES 1
HkSOS arc I
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Wi 1IN PERFECT I
( 11 OPTICAL 1
Haie Your Eje E;unlned anil
Glasse3 Fitted
Dr. J. Kahn
EYESIGHT SPECLXLIST
At Smltir.s Drug Store Every
Wednesday
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Insure Your
OIL RIGS AND TOOLS
AGAINST LOSS DY
FIRE LIGHTNING AND TORNADO
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IN LICENSED OLD LINE STOCK COMPANIES AND KNOW THAT YOUR INVEST-
MENT IS I'TLLY AM) 1'KOl'EKIA PROTECTED
WE WRITE WUKKMEN'S COMPENSATION Al'TOMORILE AND OTHER KINDS
OF INSURANCE IN THE ETNA COMPANIES
"EXPERT SERVICE"
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Alexander Barrow & Collie-
ItKECKENRIDGE
THE -ADC" INSURANCE OFFICE
THIRD FU)0K FIRST NATL BANK RLDG.
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HEALTH AND
HAPPINESS
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sicl't li an i.r.M.-.si.t i.eior i.i
hu-'.tl.. 11 ci.-al:i uu.tHy -iiu.iv.3
ne-.c (train c".cl nnxc strain
lowers lxsli'nco to (!ivja.
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al c'acs cr.m.t. In thti vs.y
jou con chscl: rrovniitly tins
laroath of eyestrain.
D. H. LASATER
OPTOMETRIST
With II. J. Diamond Jeweler Hext
Door to Serewttit's Cafe
It does not cost much. Fire may destroy or thieves steal.
Come see the beautiful Insurance Policy we write on Cars and get
LOW PRICE of same.
M
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"THE SERVICE AGENCY"
IN SMITH'S DRUG STORE
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Dr. H. H. Cartwright
Physician and Surgeon
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Dr. B. B. Luck
Physician and Surgeon
Glit&seH accurately
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Physician and Surgeon
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Mmwe'TMeate"
perTonofFee
Tvo thirds of a ton of
Purina O-Molens will go as
far as a ton of corn or oat.
M'aVe a comparison and you
will see that it pays to feed
mules and horses n properly
balanced ration just as it pays '
In dairying or hos raising.
O-Molene ia good ground
grains balanced to get mora
work from work animals. No
medicine or stimulants in it.
It's all real feed.
It's your move. Get a
Checkerboard bag of Purina
O-MelenB and se how far it
will go.
LEL AND GRAIN CO.
On Block Soofii ot Couri Hou
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Baxter, Tom L. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 59, Ed. 1, Monday, September 6, 1920, newspaper, September 6, 1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth121926/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.