The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1926 Page: 6 of 8
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Austin, Jan. 8.— Texas Potash de-
posits may be the source of great
Bring Sleep
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ment of Reid Auto Supply Co. at De Leon, in which Mr D. Hen-
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son, former manager, has been promoted to Assistant Sales
Manager, at Dublin, and I have been placed in charge of the lo-
20 years and got away with it, and
then you come down to a hiick town
and get caught in four months.
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Individual Deposits subject to check on which no interest is paid.
Public Funds on Deposit (School $8,229.71) :. '
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Reid Auto Supply Co
F. W. Couch, manager.
Fort Worth, Jan. 8.—Fifty per
cent increase in the value in less than
a year was realized in the sale of 100
foot frontage on West Seventh street
here today for $30,000 against $20.-
i ago.
Will Call Hogs
Over Dallas Radio
was granted conditional pardon. He
was given two and a half years from
Archfr county for manslaughter in
connection with the slaying of Shef
Mulegin, his business partner. The
letter was signed by Congressmen
Buchanan, Williams, Sanders, Connal-
ly, Wurzbach, Garner, Hudspeth,
Blanton, Garrett, Mansfield. Box and
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Austin, Texas, Jan. 8.—Twelve Tex-
as congressmen signed a letter to
wealth, long after Texas formations'Governor £ Ferguson Mkin .
have yielded up their supply of pe-
troleum. Dr. Charles Schuchert, pro-
fessor emeritus of paleontology at
'Tale university, said today. The no-
ted paleontologist of 40 years experi-
ence will give during the next two
months 'a course in stratigraphic
geology at Texas University here.
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. division of the company, this total CC7
' resents an increoare of 20,033 auto
j motive units over 1924.
—I recognize the, splendid record made by my predisessor, and
value the friendships he has made in De Leon. It is my most
Fix News and
Comedy
Wednesday
lily Night
Gish and Ernest
Torrence in
—We extend our most grateful thanks to De Leon public for their
liberal support in the years gone by, and trust that we shall be
able to sell you more Fords and Better Fords in the good year
of 1926.
—I realize the difficulty of filling Mr. Henson’s place, both as
manager, and as a factor in the community life of De Leon,
and I feel that the people here will join me in extending him
heartiest congratulations upon his advancement by the Compa-
ny. I earnestly desire your support in my endeavor to “carry
on” in his position. f-
San Saba. Jan. .11.—J. L. Sime, San
Saba county farmer, who farmed in
the Colony community the past sea- ,
son, after his cotton picking was fin< of ”ra<Ho” broadcasting station
Ished, gathered and sold during the J>f ...' T_
fall $100 worth of tomatoes which he announced for Wedne'sdav
.grew on dry land. '
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Houston, Jan. 10.—A transfusion of
bfrood from the mother of S. B. Run-
nels Jr, 9 year old boy who lost both
legs and an arm whe.n he was run
over by a freight train here this af-
ternoon. was being made at 2 o’clock
In an effort to keep the boy alive
til his father, an engineer on
Houston, East and West Texas t
. road, is racing toward Houston with
SEEKS SKIPPING STONES.
BOY FINDS STOLEN JEWELS
CKmfcron, Jan. 8.—Milam county’s
smallest baby girl has been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schmittou and
clemency for R. E. Andrews, today I wejKh> only two and a half pounds.
—~--———*>—. c y Evcrrett> the attending
physician, reports the birth - of the
child and says it was in a state of
fair health at the time of its birth
Mr. Schmittou is employed on the
bridge gang building the new bridge
across Little river about a mile and
a half east of Cameron.
Staggering Totals
Shown in Oil Output
Granbury, Texas. Jan. It— Offi-
cials of (he First National bank of
Strawn late Sum lay identified be-
lt* een $8.000 and $10,000 in regixter-
j.lil“rty bonds, found by two bovs
Monday & Tuesday
th. tart...,, o,,.
Isradr wm. fomfiLlni.rTacYTy U’ ’”*’*"*'*' ,n
jla’ei. Holmes and Jack Ward, 16- 1 -
! yenr-»la toys, while playing on the
I tanks oz the I ver. Their mention
|wa.« ci’H<<! t» tie sack by the corner
or a Cellar Lili .-ticking out >’i- m the
b.fk. .T.c .-seir was in the edge of
j Uh* sshr,
{Two San Angelo
“ ‘ Mile
Trip In Boat an open track.
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FINDS STRANGE BI LLETS
DEEP IN OAK’S HEART
Corner Of $1.90
Bill Reveals StraWn
Stolen Bank Loot
De I eon. Stafe of Texas, on the 15»h day of January, 1926.
- RESOURCES
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Loans and discounts, undoubtedly good on
personal or collateral security ~._
Loans secured bv real estate, worth at
least twice the amount loaned thereon
Overdrafts, undoubtedly good — ........
Bonds, etocks and other securities
Other Real Estate 1 , ....
Furniture and fixtures '
Cash on hand ».
Due from approved reserve agents
Interest in Depositor’s Guaranty Fund
Assessment Depositors’ Gtiayanty Fund
Other Resources
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The total sum invented in the
trolium industry in Texas alone,
amounts *o $961,572—32. Texas’,
oil refining plants hnve a capacity j
of 500,000 barrels . Texas produced >
133.000,000 barrels of oil in 1924.
There are 13,000 miles of pipe lines in
the slate, ind 70,000 men are employ-
ed in the various departments of the
industry. (The railroads of the state
employ 71.000): $20,855,432 was paid
ini oil royalties tc Texas- land own-
ers in 1924, and with bonuses and
lease rentals the total income to the
land holders amounted to $192,115,166
in 1924. 7--------
San Antonio, —an. 12.—Looking
for -toones to skate along the surface
of the water, 15-year-old Nathan Ro-
senthal found beneath a downtown
bridge within Igss than a foot of wa-
ter more precious ones than he had
e»er dreamed of.
They were two strings of pearls,
WCr U3I13S IK2ICI10 t*'° broaches, a bracelet ;
I jewelry, which were identified as part ‘
Siinrla v A Hamann the ,oot uken from the F- L- Cor-1
wlUlUay JallvI UWll,irii 2ton home on Terrell road Thur<-J
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t Itasca, Jan. 9.— The vocational ag-, „ .
t riculture classes of Hili countv will (la>ton Black left last week for
| give a program over W. F. A. A, Dal j ^°*rn»ood *»*ere he entered Howard
las, on Sunday, Feb. 7, at the farmers | Payne Colleg*.
. hour. T]ie feature of .the program
. i will be a hog-calling contest conduct- i ,*********♦♦*****♦
Itasca, Jan. II.—The Stone M—- tad kataets faw W ewnt/ srtwwl., ; ♦
I tain special coin no. 189 was auction-
ed off Saturday evening on
streets of Itasca and brought
W. L Hooks was the purchaser.
San Saba. J»n 10—T. S. Taylor
made a peculiar fiml in the heart of
a Burr oak tree <n the Rivers Morris
farm near the fair grounds a few
days ago. While sawing a large tree
h* struck a hariPWbstance, Examin-
ing it closely he found two bullets em-
bed<le<l about eight inches into the
was about
Th<- bullets
the inride
the lead
... San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 10.—When
the dry agents start work^woe usu-
ally is in prospect for someone.
But the fate of oone man arrested
when a second-story liquor and gam-
ing place was raided recently by J.
H. DeWees, federal customs inspector
W. F. McDonald, Houston, and W. J.
Knight, Fort Worth, prohibition offi-
cers, was worse than a mere fine or
jail sentence, for his wife assailed
him in caustic language. >-
“You big boob." she addressed him,
when she arrived at the, city jail
“you broke the laws in Chicago for •
a continuation of these
friendships, and if good service and courteous treatment of
the public will avail, I shall do so.
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COMANCHE:: r
We, B. J. Pittman as President, and Evan Barker, as Cashier of said
and other Bank, each of us, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the
best of our knowledge and belief. B. J. Pittman, President,
Evan Barker, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of January, A. D. 1926.
Mrs. Laura Rice, Notary Public. Comanche Co. Texas.
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MOTHER GIVES BLOOD TO
KEEP SON ALIVE FOR DAD
that
I Tear Aggregates *
I 2,103,588 Machine g exhibit am, Egritiwriff ami Former
1 1 . Ranger Edght T. Neal xakl that 30
7“ ' ~ j years ago a company of Trxao Ran
—an, 10.—A total of 2.- ge. - were camped in the Doran
ears, truck*, tractor* ami air tom nrer thi* spot ami did a lot of
- - —- ——• practice khooting with Winehe«t*rw | ♦
«»r company tn all it* divirion* dur- MmI piatolM
?<*** t** figures made pub i
’* taday by Ford official* ahow . Ex-1 *7
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revww « EAVE < HK'KENM, EGGM, Bl TTEB. X J
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ampbell Out For
P County Judge
Amarillo, Jan. 8.—Paul Bibee. 19
today was found in his room de^d
apparently from the effects of too -
much chloroform used to induce '
sleep. C. G. Landjs, justice of the i
peace, who acts as coroner ex-
j pressed the opinion that Bilbee had ’
been deas several day«.
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each call or telegram will count a
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several musical numbers
harmonica, etc.
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Palestine, Jan. 8.—T. M. Campbell,
Elr, son of the late Governor T. M.
^Campbell, has announced as a candi-
" -data for county judge of Anderson
•” county to succeed Judge W. O. Quick,
incumbent, who will retire at the
close of his term. —j.—J
W. D. Thorn at, now county tax]
collector and Z/ Broughton, former
member of the Texas legislature, are
L ah» candidate* for the office of
eeunty judge.
ire LossL
December Is Heavy
. Austin, Jan. 18.—The 645 confla-
grations in Texas during December
caused an aggregate loss of $871
652,49 city fire marshals reported to
J. J. Timmins, state fire marshal, he
said today. The 126 unknown caus-
ed resulted in a less of $329,995.74
while the 14 incendiary fires caused a
loss of $70,035.
I* He Grows Good
Tomato Crop After j To Open Texas U.
Harvesting Cotton Radio Station At
TAustin January^
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Austin, Jan. 10.—Formal openiing
.of radio broadcasting station KUT
of the University of Texas has been
. aiuwuiicvu ivr neunesaay Jan. 20,
| at 8 p. m- by Dr. S. L. Brown, chair-
man of the department of physics,
who is in charge of the station. Pro-
t grams, however, are now being broad-
-cast regularly from station KUT.
Ttasca Man Pays
556 For Memorial ;
Com At Auction
— "• [will be a hog-calling contest conduct- . •
Itasca, Jan. 11.—The Stone XLo«a-,ed between four Hill ebunty school-,
Itasca, Jan. JI.—The Stone Moun- Hillsboro, Itasca, Mt. Calm and Hui f ♦
The public will b* the judges 1
count a '
The program win tiso contain 4
on banjo, *
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MWAGERTY GIVES GOOD SER- ♦
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T»N» MANY HOLIDAY ♦
COUGHS, SAYS TERRELL «
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Aurtrn Jan 14.—Alleged violations-’♦'
tl e hqunr permit provision of the ! *
Ittrur r laws of the state drew theh at ♦
t. ’Jen «f Comptroller S. H. terrc‘l •
He said numcrou.- complaint-■ ♦
l.ave Iren made against physicians
:i> • druggists dispensing whiskey dur; t
ins the past holiday season. A thnr- X
rough investigation will be mad* I y J
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Weahington, Jan. 10.—The Missou-
ri-Kansas-Texas railroad asked the
interstate commerce commission to-
day to approve an issue of $18,217,-
722 in 6 per cent bonds which it pro- (--------
poses to put into its own treasury. '000 not 12 months
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' Detroit,
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planes were produced by the Ford Mo-
10.—A total of 2.- ge
I Sarr Angelo, Jan. 1#.—Vow Dale
;32, and Paul Smith, 25, set out on the
Concho river Saturday afternoon in
a 17-foot row boat for Galvexton and
Ixruisiana eoairt. The journey wifi
t take them 800 miles. Mayor Holcomb
< entrusted to them a message to the
mayor of .Galveston.
| The men expect to establish
rat farm near Crowley, La.
? Ford Output For three feet in diamiter.
' »» * r were unusual, ini
Year Aggregates ;
>e *x hi bit km. ^.Sheriff
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Scott, R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1926, newspaper, January 15, 1926; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262163/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.