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VOL. IV. N'o 272.
BRECKENRIDGK STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 15 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COOLIBGE VETOES THE SOLDIERS BONU
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THE PRESIDENT
PARDONED WITH
OUT AUTHORITY
So Declare Kecleial .1 tulles In
IterulerinK Opinion In
Liquor Csim'.
11 th jIhuUIKI Piiu.
I'lllf loo .ii) jr.. 'l in
right of tho President of tho I iilt-
M Stairs lo pnrilnit in n civil run.
Iflllpt CUM- Mill tlellle lodii) In
the opinion signed I)) Fnjentl
District .IiiiIkh George "ji in'tttet
niut .liiiuc Wllkersou In Hie
I'lillip CnisMimu ciix' wtilth was
louslden-d In'Khc tin lliillghcttj
Investigating lOinnilttee.
TIim opinion hold Hint Ciossmnu
should bo taken In cicliHl) on the
ftcntenco of one jcnr In JiUI for
contempt decreed by former Fed-
eral .ludgo l-nntlls.
Cnrxiiiinii was sentenced for
contempt In ii prohibition case.
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Baptists Decline
To Name Body
On Peaee Plan
Bj IS- Aw) Pr
ATLANTA. May 15 Th South
tii Ilaptlst Convention today de
dined to authuri7i the appointment
of a apodal peace mm ml t too to
pri'parn a paper for presentation to
tho convention In 1925 netting forth
Chrlitl'an teachings In regard to war.
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Government Opens
Seliool For One
Alaskan Family
SBATTLK May 13 --Uncle Sim
has opened a school to Rive an edu-
cation to one family of IS boys and
girls the largest In Alaska accord-
Inn to Jonathan Wagner chief of th
Alaska division of tho United States
Hureau of Kducatlon. who stopped
lit Seattle on route -to hi head
quarters In the Northern Territory i
"Nlknly Indion chief of th Knlks one acre in a tropical land Is wort!
tribe of Central loska. heads th"lto In a temperate country.
largMt fanlly In the territory." d
dared Mr Wagner 'Owing to
government ruling a school h.hki he
provided where there are 15 or
inoro pontons In ono district.
"Sevoral years ago Nlklay and his
family which wn slightly smaller
In number then settled near th
Matanunka coal fields. No nattve
had prevIoiiHly located In thai dist-
rict. Hut when Nlknlay's family In.
creased to 15 the government vtm
compelled to estnhtlsh a school for
tho chlef'n benefit "
Work To Start Immediately
on Much Sidewalk Building
Superintendent U T. Cook was
bending over largo blue prints of
the llreckenrldgo public schools
grounds today making calculations
for cement walks to bo. laid at all
tho schools Just a soon as gradu-
ation Is over.
Plans aro already inailo for seven
to nine thousand auar(. feet of
tddewnlkH for the schoola and more
may bo added to the Hit and they
will cost between $1500 and $2000.
Tho work will bo done by High
School boyi". with It .W. Kennedy
ns superintendent. Kennedy Is an
o.perlenced cement finisher and con-
tractor and In this work the boys
will bo given lessons In cement con-
struction work and their work In
addition to providing funds to help
In nest year'a schooling will
given credit toward High School
graduation. Superintendent L. T.
Cook declared today. This will bo
made a. part ot the mechanical arte
course.
All the hulldings on the High
School ead Central Ward campuii
IMIKE THOMAS
GIVES ADDRESS I
FRIDAY NIGHT!
Will Speak In Final Program Of
Iheckenridge Public
Schools.
i rnnrnm of unusual Interest
will m.iii. the closing of Hrecken-
riUne public school tomorrow night
h"ii the diplomat) will be awardi d
to the Krudiiute of thp High School.
The program will Ix'nln at 8:00
o'clock and will be held In the High
School auditorium with the Hon.
Mike Thoma. prominent attorney
and financier of Dallas delivering
the graduation address to the class.
Thomas Is well-known throughout
tho Southwest and Is an Interesting
speaker. There Is a large class of
graduate thin year and this pro-
gram will mark ono of th ramt
snccexsful yeara the Ilrorkenrldge
schools have ever known.
The Senior class play to be given
tonliiit Is thP lnt program of the
week that tomorrow night the re.
speetlve ward schools having held
their commencement exercises last
evening
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Disease Not. Lazines
Is Cause of Tropic
Lethargy
IinNOLULA. 15 -Victim of the
languorous life of the tropics are
more to he pitied than censured
according to the view oxpresied be-
fore the Pan-Pacific club hero by K.
linker for ten yiirs a resident of
tho riillllplno Island.
Mr linker assorted that there Is
little foundation for the opinion that
tho tropics produce laziness adding
that what Is apparent lazlnew Is
nothing more than tlie effects of
tropical dirae. Tln control or
elimination of those diseased will
bring the peoples of tropical coun-
tries into a more even competition
with those residents In temperatr
climes he said.
Ileferrtng to the resources of th
Phlllpplnea Mr. Ilakor declared thn
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Fewer Men Teachers
RAN ritANCISCO. May 15.
Teaching n a profusion for men Ir
California hi on the wane judglno
frwn the onrollniont at the statt
teachers' collejr here. The cnlleg.
has f.33 women and two men. Mem
hers of the faculty attribute th
daarth of male teacher to the In
creasing opportunities for profltabb
ork that carries men outdoors.
will he oonnooted with walks and at
tho ward schools walks will be
built from tho building' to the
streets thus taking tho children out
of tho mud for nwxt yoar.
Whon tho school walks are fin-
ished. Suporlntedont .Kennedy and
his crew of High School boys who
will bo fairly well trained b'y that
tlmo in tho fundamentals of concrott
walk work will bo ready to take
contract Jobs for residence and busl
no concerns.
This work which has beon en-
couraged by the I.lons Club under
C. H IJrown has caused much com.
niont and It Is believed will be a
means toward encouraging much
aid walk building In the city. The
walks will bo built at a cost of
vweniy reins per square foot or
b!l!s all materials Included accord
ing to Superintendent Cook.
All persons wanting to consider
wall: building under this arrange
moot may communicate with any
ono of the Llom Club Cornmtttae
coroposod' of Cart Ferguson M. B
Cracln ana' C. H. Drewa.
3 CITIES ASK
FOR WEST TEX.
C.0F C. MEETING
B the A..xUtcil I'rrt.
HltoWNUOiiI). Ma 15 Cam-
ptiinnliiK h delegations from Aina.
rlllo Mineral Wells und 121 i'aso for
the Ilex' coiiwntlon of the West
Texas Chauib r of Cominerc occu-
pled the attention of the delegates
to the annual convention of the
Chamber herP today.
The iieieftinn or the convention
city will be made. tonlKht.
Th three-day convention will
clo?e tonight was a baniptet at How.
ard l'.iyu College.
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Slandins Of The.
OiJ Bell. Clubs
Po far ther has beon some tery
itrong opposition exhibited In the
Oil lleit league as llreckeurldge
Thurber and Parks are tlej for sec-
ond place with three hm out of
five games played while Olden tops
the League with only one loss out of
flve playMl. Hanger stands next to
the last having already lost three
ichedule game) mie more than tho
number that she has won. Cisco
holds down the tali-ond as five de-
feats have been administered to her
anil not a single victory has she ob
tained.
This week's results will effrrt the
clubs' standing to a great extent
as the four leading teams are near
ly muni In strength.
Team w.
L. Tct.
1 .800
IS .ftoo
2 roo
2 .R00
:i .oo
5 .000
Olden A
nrcokcnrlilgn i
Thurber n
Parks . 3
Ranger 2
Cisco o
Snturtlny ami Sunday Schedule
tl reek en rid g. at Hanger.
Olden at Parks.
Cisco at Thurber.
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Presbyterians
Assembly Opens
1 l Afxvctatnl I'r..
SAN ANTONIO. May lC.The
4lxt) -Fourth General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church of the
United .states convened her(. this
nornliig.
Tho sermon 0f the retiring mod.
rator tho Reverend Alexander
-iprunt of CharleHtou South Carol i.
na marked tho opening of tho As-
lembly. 0
Crowded House
Expected Tonight
In Senior Play
The stage was all set today and
the last rhearsal wns given this
morning for the annual senior class
play at the High School to be
len this evening at 8 o'clock.
Tho play is a comedy und U
calculated to be pleasing from be-
ginning to end. Hach of the twelve
characters knows his part nell and
a capacity houso Is expected.
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Or the Aacwtattd Fttm.
WASHINGTON May 15. Re-
ported efforts of tho late President
Ha.-Jing to ascertain Independently
facts about prohibition enforcement
wore decrlbed before the Senate
Daughnrty committee today by H.
L. Scalfe former war Justlve do-
partment Investigator.
Ho sbl that Gaston means em
ployed him at one thousand dollars
per month.
"Meanti had credentials from tho
prohibition unit and alien properly
custodian." Scalfo said "and he
told me the money camo from
President Harding.
"It suddenly stopped In Janu-
ary 1023 after I bad recetveed a
total of five thousand dollars."
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Judge and Mrs. W. C. VfaU
returned yesterday from an esead.
d visit to Dalian.
HOUSE RIDES
OVER WISHES
OF COOLIDGE;
Adopts Conference Report On
Japanese Kxclusion
Measure.
WASHINGTON. May 15 Over-
riding the opposition of President
Coolldge the House todu) adopted
the Conference report on the iniml.
gratlon hill which would make July
1. next the effective dnte for Jap.
aneso exclusion.
The Senate now will be called up-
on to act after which the hill will
go to the President for his signa-
ture. His courso lias not been determ-
ined. 00
Bishops Limited
To Eight Years
Residence Now
SPrtlNGFIKU). Mnss.. May 15.
Limitation to eight ears of tho
bishops tenure lu any one area of
resldonco In this country which was
formerly Indefinite was upprovud by
the Methodist Episcopal General
Conference here today.
The change Is regarded as radl
cal and opponents of tli0 measure
said it would decreaso tho effect-
iveness of Episcopal supervision.
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Presbyterians To
Elect Mocerator
At Today's Meet
Or lha AnoolatM PrtM.
AUSTIN. May 15. The election of
u moderator of the General Assem.
bly of the Cumberland Presbyter
Inn Church highest office lu the
Denomination was the principal
event scheduled before tho annual
meeting of tho Assembly hero to-
day. Among tho leading candidates for
the position Is tho Rev. II. J. Ren.
gin of Marshall To.aa.
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New England Is
Espcchllv Fond
Of Reading
KUOKNK Oregon Mny 15. New-
York. New Jersey and the New Eng-
land states are first lu tho United
States In tho percentage of news-
paper readers with the Pacific coast
states flist lu magazine reading and
second In newspaper reading Prof.
Georgo S. Turnbull of tho University
of Oregon here has declared after
u study of statistics.
. Massachusetts was first in the na.
tlon In newspaper readers with 5 1
pet cent and California having a
circulation of 1.SC0.OOO dally papors
among a population of 3125801
was second with C3 percent. Now
York 51.5 percent was third; Ml-
sourl -17 fourth and Oregon 42
fifth.
Oregons road 1.4 percent of the
dumber of copies of magazines circu
lated lu tho country or nearly twice
'the average for any other stnto.
Thirty percent of tho 1920 popu-
latlon ot tho United States read the
morning and evening papers acconl-
Ig to Prof. Turnbull's figures.
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Seals Move Northward
CORDOVA Alaska May 15.-
Seal herds have started to move
north earlier this year than usual
according to captains of vessols ply
ing the North Pacific ocean. Largo
bands havo been noticed off Capo
Illanco Cal. The Coast Guard cut
ter Snohomish baN received orders
to patrol with thn seal herds to
Dixon Entrance
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WEATHER
Tonight and BVlday fair
5 COMPLETIONS
FOR ONE WEEK
IN THIS FIELD
Five completions are shown In the
drilling report for the week ending'
May 10 with production itggregat-j
lug lt"5 barrels plus 71 wells
eltlu r drilling rigs or spudding.1
This report tilso shows continued
activity among many of the mujor
companies lu repairing rigs to drill
old wells to the deep pay especially!
Is this true In the Curry Pool.
Just across tli lino in Shacked-
ford county one completion for 700
barrels is reported. This Is tho
Donnelly ot al No. 1 Drooks which
struck tho pay at 35S2 and is doing
700 barrels natural. That field al
so reports twelve wells being drill-
ed to tho deeper sand.
Completions.
Sun Company No. -I Stoker May
0 top gray Unto 11228 top of pav
3220 total depth 32i!5 Initial pro
duction 720 barrels. Van Damnio
Oil Co. No. 2 Douglas May (5 shot
with 140 quarts at :i2S0-:i:U7 total
depth 3322 Initial production 15
barrels on pump. Halle & Knight
No. H-2 Jones May 1 top gray lime
3132 shot with 170 quarts 3110-
3185 total depth 31S5. initial pro-
duction 150 barrels l.lttlo No. 4
Drake. May 8 top gray lime 3220.
shot with SO quarts 3223-3255 to-;
wiin ou quuris i.i-.i-uu iw-
entii 3256. initial production'
larrela. Williams ot nl No. 9
tal d
200 ha
Roseuquest May 4 top of sand
1S0I shot with 25 quarts 1805-
1827 totnl depth 1830 initial pro-
duction 20 barrels on pump. Shnck-
i
(Continued on Pago 6.
Representatives of
Ball Clubs Hold
TTT I I 1 " T"
lleipiUI meeting
j
lly Curtis Hancock .Ir.
Last evening a meeting of tho
representatives of each club in tho
Oil Holt League was called at Olden
by Mr. McGurvy president of tho
League to consider a guarantee to
th visiting club of $50. Hrecken-
rldgo was well represented as Man-
-M . ....... Ha. !... rPl.Hi.iiianii
rr iMinur. iiimi.iv . ..w....n....
runner ami n-ucuiiiu .ru ....... AHmrt0 (;ur (away applied to
Cisco and Doadomonu were there )e nonjtnU Commerce Coin-
strong. aa tho latter wanted to take- nU(on (0(Uy of rmtealoii to
tho former's place In tho Oil 1 C0lwtruT 208 mile of extension
Louguo. but tho "Humblers" wanted rrom I)t Klo to Cormi(t Chrtali
10 suck ill iiin race as .uuiiuntT
Stewart Is strengthening his team
by the addition of new members.
The other clubs are proud that
tho Humidors are not dropping out
but would like to see Desdemoua
nnd some other clone-In team Join
tho League In order that wo could!
lmv'o an eight-club league.
Tho homo club wanted to mako
the guarantee more but It wua
agreed that the visiting club should
receive $50 or bo allowed to nccopt
tho sixty-forty basis.
Tho Desdemonn team did not show
'up well against the homo club when
tho two teams met at "Gusher
park April 25th as tho hard hitting
Dynamos ran up a top.heavy score
off ot 16 safe hits to a total of 14
runs. Vick the homo club's pitch
or who was released a row days
ago allowed tho Desdomona team
olght scattered hits which produced
only three runs.
Wo are In hopes that Dosdcmona
will bo permitted to onter tho OH
Relt League as wo believe she would
bo an Interesting competitor.
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Br th Avs-tat4 rrMa.
WASHINGTON May 15. The
House Committee authorized to In-
vestigate a charge made before a
Chicago grand Jury that Represen-
tative Zlhlmnn Republican of
Murylnnd accepted a bribe report
ed today that "takrn as a whole In
th0 opinion of tho Committee tho
ovldence does not establish tho truth
of the charge."
04.
Mies Daisy No'te of Winkler Dry
Goods Co. returned this morning
from a brief business trip to Fort
Worth. .3 !!.
SENATE MAY PASS ACT
OVER DISAPPROVAL
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Family of Ten
Under One Ford
Ten persona pinned under one
Ford.
That's a sight that Curtis Han-
cock F. P. Shnw and II. G.
Cheney came upon yoaterifay af-
ternoon on returning from
IJrowiiwood where they attend-
ed the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce Convention.
Tho car that was wrecked was
Just ahead o Cheney's car and
the two were about five miles
out of Rrow-nwood when the
Ford wont l4o tho ditch and
turned turtl.
Tlyj Ilrcckonrldg men stinted
rescue work and when three or
four had bven pulled from under
the wreck it wns thought that all
wer0 out but not so. Flnallv
there stood around the Ilr"eken.
rldgo heroes ten persons a. man
bis wife niut their eight children.
Nun were hurt sorlouslv only a
few bruises nnd senrs.
Justice Department
x
lo Continue Suit
Against Wheeler
l WASHINGTON Mny 15. The de.
artment of Justice will continue IU
; proceedings against Senator Wheel-
! er Democrat of Montana under
! Indictment In Montana dospito lite
j Senator's exoneration by thn Sonata
committee.
Attorney General Stono snld tO-!n :onUct -" " 1" """"t
day ho saw no reason Tor n ehaiiB0ot he rk lo "vlnB It. HP Is
ln tho Department's attitude nmll"1 cX ot ih fralr niul roiors
. hnt 0 rHBII0n noarm for ills-1'!'0 minstrel players to be whipping
hiIhhIiib the proceeding.
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Gulf Road Wants
To Extend Line
Hr lli A(vill rr.
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON May 15- Th-
tvh
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Miners Reach
Wage Agreement
LONDON. May
15. Agreement
was reached today for the settling I
of tho prolonged dispute over min
ors' wagos.
Tho minora' " ' tlon has rec-
ommonded a fu' 'i conforenee IlreckeurldKo accompanied Mr. Se-
meotlng May . i .. endorse the..!! to Ureckenrldse for a visit
agreement. with bet father.
Large Crowds Attend
Ward School Exercises
Crowds that filled tho auditor-
ium of tho respective schools to
capacity attondod tho graduation
oxerclsos of the three Dreckenrldge
ward schools last night.
Thoro aro 71 students who
graduated last night from the
Grammar schools into High School
and who will bo froslimen in tho
High School next year.
There were ten given dlplomns
at tho South Ward last night. 2?
at Central Ward and 23 at V.'alkor-
Caldwdl Ward. Thero wore also
about this number who graduated
lu mid-term for the High School.
Nearly all who were schodulod
for parti on tho program at the
various schools wero present amlL -
rendered their parts and thoro
was an Interesting program given
at each place.
WSIIIGTO .Mny l.'. Pies
blent Toolldgo tn!n vetoed the
Soldier ItouiK Mill.
This iiitlou wns ei((led by
mini) tor when Piesideui Coolldge
delivered his (list message to
(ouiess ho iimiiiiiiiet'd that ho
was opposed tti the .soldier ISoiiiih
measure. However Hie bill pu-s.
oil 1. large majorities of bolli
houses In Cnngixvss was radical-
ly illfl'eieut ll'om em Her piopos-
ills tills ptovidiug lor u etisli
lioiuis miller lift dollars nnd over
that amount lor paid up lire In-
surance. The .Senate pa-M-d the hill by
such it largo niajoiltj it is be-
lieved It will bo pns.eil ou'r
President Coolldge's veto.
l-'i lends ol the o-ervh;e men
lin v t been working for four jeacs
for some sort of tlimuriiil coin
sldcrutloit 16 bo given by tTio
government to men who soivcil In
tho world vvnr.
30'?
Tickete Ready
For Minstrel
Tickets for th ' bk' I.lons Club
mlnstrd show will be distributed
at HiH meeting of the club toworrow
noon nnd It Is blleved by those In
charge of the affair Hint liny will
oil rnptdly.
"It's going to be a screnin mill
you ctiu't afford to mltw n mlituto nt
It!" that's the aplel John 'A. Mnrtlu
la drilling Into every one ho coiiieu
into shape rapidly with regular re
hearsals. The show will I) given
ut the High School May 23.
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Seigal Back From
Eastern Markets
Morris HHitnl tnunaver of the S.
s'eluul Co one of the leading De-
partment stores of the city return-
ed t til Miiiornliig from an extended
tilp of fiv weeks spent in the hi
eurttem muikets bii)ing up to date
iiieichnndUe for the local establish-
inent Mr Segal also spent n few
dayH In Des Moines the guest of
his father and mother and his many
friends who reside at that place.
Ho state that business through-
out the country Is In a flourishing
condition.
Miss Saline Segal of Des Moines
I daughter of Sam Se;ul.
present siteniLng some
who Is at
time In
vt South Wnrd tho addroaB ot
the evening was dellverod by Rev.
A. J Morgan with (he presenta-
tion of diplomas by L. T. Cook
Supeririondenr of schoola. Newell
Tarrant was snlutntorian nnd Mn-
rlan Morehouse was valedictorian.
At Central Ward the principal
addrosa was given by George T.
Wilson and the diplomas were pre-
sented by Glenn Rttsai 1. Elizabeth
White was salutntorlnn and" Max
Chllees wna valedictorian.
Tho address nt the Walkor-Cald-woll
school was delivered by tho
Jlov. Henry Schnoldor. pastor of
tho Prosbyterlun church and tho
diplomas wort dollvered by II. A.
Leaverton a member ot tho school
board. Thn salutatory wa.s given
by Virginia Luker and the Vale-
dictorian was Menola ITall.
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