The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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T, JANUARY S . IMS.
THE CALDWELL NEWS
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, EARNS
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT FROM
LIGHT AND WATER SYSTEMS
WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED, CAPITAL
CITY WILL HAVE BEST POWER PLANT
IN SOUTHWEST
A profitable enterprise, operated
efficiently under the most modern
irethods, the municipal elec-
tric and water utilities in Austin,
Texas, have shown • substantial
growth in the past few years. Net
(■come of the Austin water, light and
power department for 1930 amounted
to $246,184,.2ft. This figure was ar-
rived at after allowing depreciation
to the amount of $266,941.46, and
after allowing for taxes that would
bave been collected if the plant were
privately owned.
Total receipts of the department
lar the year Hmounted to $1,349,-
114.08, exclusive of free water, light
aad power service to city schools a-
snounting to $7,710.27, and the ser-
«ím to charity amounting to $1,-
•46.03. Revenues of the electric de-
totaled $765,288.88, of the
division $818,340.88, and of the
division foi plumbing and con-
■action fees, $11,974.68. No charge
Jl nade for sewer service and the
Tar draft in the fewer division is car-
by the electric and water funds.
Although the Net KWH output for
26,402,770, was a nine per cent
¡■crease over that of 1929, the cost
mt production was approximately
-948,000 less than during 1929. Modern
aquipment installed was responsible
lor the saving in operating costs.
Three substations were installed in
ISM aa a step toward complete re
babOitation of the electric distribu
thm system, approximately $186,000
la earnings of the system being in-
vested in this work. Other substa-
wHl probably be erected before
ipletion of the program. The plant
rehabilitated in 1929 at a cost
«f $486,000, paid out of earnings of
the system.
Contract was let by the city in
September, 1981, for power plant im
provements, including installation of
sww boilers of 900 horsepower capa
city each, to cost $314,000. The im-
provements will increase boiler effi
caeacy about eight per cent and will
cause a resultant increase of about 12
par cent in turbine efficiency, it is
turbine within the next two years,
which will give the city a power set-
up adequate to supply Austin's needs
for at least ten years.
Power rates were cut in Austin 30
per cent in 1927 and further reduc-
tion was made in 1929 giving Austin
rates comparable to corporately-own-
ed plants. In the face of these rate
reductions the Austin utilities have
prospered and the entire improvement
program of the past five years has
been paid for out of earnings and the
water, light end power department
has not been compelled to borrow
against the earnings of the systems.
Since July, 1927, the city has ex-
pended in the neighborhood of one and
a half million dollars for utility im-
provements and extensions, and when
work now under way is completed the
Austin power plant will be without
question the best municipal power
plant for a city of its sise in the
Southwest. Records of the water,
light and power department show for
1930, 11,662 water customers; 10,416
lighth customers and 821 power
customers.
Austin obtains its water supply
from the Colorado River. A modern
filtration plant insures pure, clear
water at all times. A continual im-
provement program is carried on un-
der the supervision of A. R. Davis,
superintendent of the water depart-
ment, and additional demands on both
water and electirc divisions have been
made by an extensive paving pro
gram under way. All necessary un
derground conduits, water mains and
service lines are being laid in ad-
vance of the paving in order that
the pavement will not have to be cut.
Without additional cost to citiiens,
Austin decorates its business section
beginning December 1 each year, with
lighting streamers crossing the main
streets for more than 26 blocks.
Austin is operated under the com-
mission-manager form of government.
The water, light and power depart-
ment is operated and financed out of
its own revenues. It is controlled by
a separate budget and the receipts
Waxahachiea, Mexia, Waco, Temple,
Sulphur Springs, Longview, Texar-
kana, Henderson, Jacksonville, Lufkin,
Crockett, Huntsville, Galveston, Beau-
mont i nd Martin with a later date to
be filled at Houston.
Colonel Talbot devoted himself to
the industrialisation of the State and
its possibilities, together with the
best methods of accomplishing that
major objective of Progressive Tex-
ans Inc., chief among which was the
creation of an "industrial conscious-
ness" among Texas, to be expressed
in demands for Texas products.
The speaking campaign is to be
continued in other sections of the
State with Manager Bandeen of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
and Manager Leeman of the South
Texas Chamber of Commerce to ar-
range itineraries in their territories.
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Local Director
Of Declamation
Receives Rules
«■timated by Electrical Superinter.- j segregated from the City's general
W. E. Seaholm. The two new fund, but tied into the general ac-
koflers will increase the number at
the plant to five.
It is planned to install another
counting system and under the direct
control of the finance director.—
Municipal Utilities Magazine.
^Servis" Trademark
Now Covers Full Line
Of Road Machinery
Prom the start, twenty years ago.
af making small steel horse-drawn
road drags to the present big plant ttrial interest because of exemplify-
machines were demonstrated under
the severe tests to which they were
subjected. A year ago it was decid
ed to organize it as a separate com-
pany, and to use the widely known
trade-mark "Servís" in its name.
The story is of additional indus-
wiaking all kinds of road-making ma-
chinery—that, in brief, is the story of
ti Servis Equipment Co., Dallas.
Born as a minor department in the
Austin Bridge Co., which has built
lmndreds of bridges throughout the
State, it is now a separate corporate
entity and contributing in ^ large way
to the total business volume of its
parent company.
The fact that Texas has more
■tiles of highway than any other
State in the Union has played no
amall part in the rapid growth of the
company. For many years Texas has
been one of the largest purchasers
of road-making machinery and, also
for many years, it had to buy its
aiachines in the North and East
rimply because they were not avail-
able nearer home. Executives of the
Austin Bridge Co., having indirect-
ly to do with roads because of its
bridge building, discerned the possi-
bilities of road machinery manufac-
ture, and began in a very small way
11m manufacture of the steel road-
drags, designed to supplant the short-
Brad wooden drags then generally in
of the longer
ing the old axiom—"big oaks from
little acorn grow." Today, giving
employment to scores of workers, pro-
viding a new outlet for Texas raw
materials and products and built with
courageous Texas capital that en-
visaged the possibilities and desired
to contribute to the industrial de
velopment of Texas, the Servis Equip
ment Co. is supplying road builders
with machines as good as can be
bought anywhere and becoming an
increasingly important factor in the
coming industrialization of the State.
The company is one of the pioneer
members of Progressive Texans, Inc.,
and both concerned in and sympathe-
tic with the Progressive Texans, Inc.,
movement that has for its objective
industrialization of the State.
Celebrates Birthday
Mr. Henry Schultz (we have quite
a number of the same name) to wit:
son of the Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Schultz, had a birthday party on
Thursday, January 21. Here too,
quite a good number of friends assem-
bled and wished him many happy
life and returns of his birthday. In playing
greater service possible from the
drags, the trade name "Servis"
evolved. Applied first to the
today the "Servis" trademark
carried on the complete line of
machinery the company manu-
factures—light and heavy duty grad-
an, both tractor—and horse drawn;
Mrht and heavy road maintenance
■Machines, scarifiers, and attach-
■wnt,s road plows, rooter plows;
so, drag and wheel scrapers;
ditchers, wheel-borrows, con-
mixers. The "Servis" drags are
atUl being made, but in addition to
Ibe light type wth which the company
started, there are now being made
Forty-two and telling stories and
jokes the time was flying and the
lunch was number 1A, as always when
good Mother Schults prepares some-
thing. Well, it was a fine party and
every one present vowed he would
surely not miss Henry s next birth-
day.
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Good Crowds Greet
Col. Talbot In East
Texas Speaking Tour
A copy of the new and revised
Constitution and Rules of the Uni-
versity Interscholastic League has
been received by Miss Alice Langham,
who was elected Director of Declama-
tion in this county early in fall.
"The declamation contest," said
M<*s Langham, "is conducted in eight
different divisions, four divisions for
high schools and four for rural
schools. The junior division is now
open to contestants who were more
than ten and less than fifteen years
of age on the first day of last Septem
bcr end who are bona fide students in
any member-school in this county.
The senior division is open to con-
testants more than fifteen and less
than twenty on the first day of last
September. The junior divisions,
both boys and girls, use standard
poetry for declaiming, and the senior
divisions, both boys and girls, use
standard prose.
"This contest is designed to train
boys and girls in sincere and effec-
tive public speaking and at the same
time contribute to their mental en-
richment by requiring them to
memorize prose and poetry by the
great literary masters. It is hoped
that there will be a large number of
entries in this contest in our county
meet."
| Will Repreeent U. S. at Disarmament Conference
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when our Government find*
against us, and further shows that
no rates should at this time be chang-
ed. Should they be, we would be
worse off than v,o are now. The let-
ter also proves that rates are too high
and that there can be no real resump-
tion oí world commerce until they are
plnced on an equitable basis. The
solution of the tariff muddle at this
time lies in making reciprocal agree-
ment* with all foreign countries based
on the theory of the greatest good
to the greatest number of American
citizens.
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President Hoover has named the live delegates and one alternate to
represent the United States at the International Disarmament.Conference
at Geneva They are. top row, left to right i Charles G. Da we . Dr. Manr &
Woolley, Senator Swan tan of Virgin ; bottom row, Hugh R. wilson
(alternate) Hugh Gibson and Norman H- Davis.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Bill
Birthday Celebration
January 19 Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Blinka gave a party in honor of the
first birthday of their son, Harold.
Though we have had weeks of rain
ard muddy roads, a good many friends
of the family came and rejoiced with
them. Nice presents made his little
heart glad and all wished him a long
life and happiness. "42" is a great
favorite out here among the ladies
and men. And, Oh boy! The refresh-
ments tasted fine! When midnight
approached all left and told their
kind hosts what a good time they had.
Sheriffs Sale
Good crowds and sympathetic re-
sponse met Col. William E. Talbot,
vice-president of Progressive Texans,
tractor-drawn drags that are)jnc-) on },jg speaking tour in East
widely used in road maintenance
The road-machinery branch of the
Co., grew over the years as
Texas, sponsored by the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce in behalf of
Progressive Texans, Inc.
ispea daMHty aad strength of its i rary included Hills boro,
THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of
Burleson.
BY VIRTUE of a certain execu-
tion issued out of the Honorable
County Court of Burleson County,
on the 31 day of Demember 1931, by
W. H. Hundley Clerk of said Court
against J. E. Houston, for the sum
of Two Hundred Forty One and
13-100 (241.13) Dollars and costs
of suit, in cause No. 302 in said Court,
styled Humble Oil & Refining Co.
versus J. E. Houston, and placed in
my hands for service, I, B. R. Teague
as Sheriff of Burleson County, Texas,
did, on the 6th. day of .Jan. 1932,
levy on certain Real Estate, situated
in Burleson County, described as
follows, to-wit.
All of the right title and interest
owned by said J. E. Houston in and
to 110 acres, more or less, out of
the T. K. Pierson survey, known as
the S. M. Houston lands, being same
land conveyed to S. M. Houston by
W. H. and A. G. Jenkins on 28th. day
of Dec. 1896 recorded in Vo. 14 page—
deed records Burleson County Texas,
in the Tunis community of Burleson
County Texas. The said J. E.
Houston's interest in said lands is an
undivided 1-10 which he inherited
from his father S. M. Houston, and
levied upon as the property of said
J. E. Houston. And on Tuesday, the
2nd. day of February 1932, at the
Court House door of Burleson County,
in the town of Caldwell, Texas,
between the hours of ten A. M. and
four P. M., I will sell said lands at
public vendue, for cash, to the highest
bidder, as the property of said J. E.
Houston by virtue of said levy and
said execution.
And in compliance with law, I give
this notice by publication in the
English language, once a week for
three consecutive weeks immediately
preceding said day of sale, in the
Caldwell News, a newspaper published
in Burleson County.
WITNESS my hand, this 6 day of
Jany 1932.
B. R. TEAGUE, Sheriff Burleson
County, Texas
By G. C. BATES, Deputy.
(1-29-adv.)
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Miss Highhat (introduced to man
she loved 20 years ago)—I beg par-
don, sir, but I did not catch your
name.
Old Bach—I know you didn't but
His itne- J that is not your fault—you tried hard
Corsicana, I enough.
Speaking in the House of Repre-
sentatives, Friday, January 8, Repre-
sentative Arthur P. Lamneck of Ohio,
had the following to say with refer-
ence to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Bill:
"When the present tariff law in
effect in the United States is dis-
cussed from a partisan viewpoint one
seldom gets the actual facts. If the
Republicans discuss it, they try by
every means possible to justify the
ratio contained in the bill, because it
was passed by a Republican Congress.
On the other hand, when the Demo-
crats discuss it they condemn its pro-
visions because it was not passed by
them. Therefore the average citizen
has great difficulty in determining
the actual effect of the tariff, so far
as it concerns business. In view of
that fact, I want to quote a part of
a letter received from a business man
in a foreign country, which shows
conclusively the actual operation of
the retaliatory tariffs imposed by
foreign countries because of our hav-
ing passed the Hawley-Smoot tariff
bill:"
Auckland, New Zealand,
September 16, 1930.
Dear Sir: I was very pleased to
receive your welcome letter dated
April 4. I should have replied earlier,
but with us we are just finishing up
our winter season, and during the
busy months private correspondence
seems to get sidetracted. Your kind
offer of assistance at any time is, I
can assure you, very much appre-
! dated, but, unfortunely, the latest
. tariff which has been adopted by
i your Government has made trading
! between these two countries prac-
tically impossible. The primary ob-
, ject of your tariff was to protect the
! U. S. A., farmer, and unfortunately
i for this country, we only have farm
produce to sell, and your Government
I has practically said, "We do not want
¡ to sell to you." Natuarlly this Govern-
ment has retaliated with a crushing
: duty against all lines from U. S. A.,
and those of us who have been hand-
ling American manufactured pro-
ducts have to look for fresh sources
of supply or else go out of business.
Why can not the politician bring
down some sensible sort of tariff
which will take into account the value
of the trade secured by their tax-
payers from the various customers
in foreign countries, and when the
balance is in favor of the country
which is amending the tariff, they
should not- disturb the trade with
that country which already buys from
you considerably more than they sell
to you. When two business houses
cea'e to trade it is the one which
sold the most goods to the other
which suffers most by the break in
trading relations, and that is the posi-
tion between New Zealand and the
United States. We have always pur-
chased about four or five times the
that your country is not even satis-
fied with having the balance of trade
largely in its favor, but it wants to
be only a seller, then you can not
blame this or any other country from
saying, "To Hell with the United
States of America." Americans as
people are very popular in this coun-
try, and I think in all British coun-
tries, but as traders—well, you do not
know how to trade, you are only sales-
men, and in the finish that is not
going to get you very far.
When I started to write this let-
ter I had no intention of getting side-
tracked into international politics,
but as a manufacturer you look upon
outsirle markets as a useful outlet
tor your surplus production, and it
13 quite probable that other American
manufacturers and yourself do not
realize that the greatest opposition
that you have to fight in the world's
markets is your own politician. He
should be at least interested to learn
how the other fellow feels about it.
When I go out to sell lines for the
Un:ted States of America manu-
facturers I frequently have this
thrown in my face, "I would sooner
buy German goods than Yankee
stuff."
Why do they say this? Because
Germany is already in the market
here for the lines which we have to
sell and he is back on the old stand
is n trader and not a mere salesman.
In short, it is nationally more profita-
ble for our Government to encour-
age trade with Germany than with
the United States of America.
If I purchase goods from you to-
day. the customs at this end first
ad I 10 per cent to the declared value
of your goods, and then on the total
amount they demand a duty of ¡0
per cent plus an extra 40 percent on
the amount of duty payable. This is
th' ir reply to the cru- r.g tar'ff
which you have put on our wood,
meat, butter, cheese, etc. If every
oth"r foreign country is treating
your exports in the same fashion, the
Yankee export trade, which has been
built up at considerable expense to
the manufacturer is goinK to >jet a
big knock back, for which you can
thank your own politician.
This letter proves the actual opera-
tion of the retaliatory tariffs passed
value of goods from the United States
of America that we have sold to you,
so that when your Government prac-
tically says we do not want New
Zealand goods coming into our mar-
ket our Government can afford to
retaliate, because the business balance
has been in your favor in the past
and you become the greater sufferer
in the loss of trade.
This country should not be penal-
ized by you unless the balance of
trade is against your country, when
you would be justified in loading the
dice against us, so as to get back
to a balance of trade. On the other
Crab Apple Jelly
Wash, remove blossom ends, but
do not peel or core. Cut in rather
small pieces, cover with cold water
and cook gently until soft. Keep on
an asbestos mat or in a larger kettle
of hot water to prevent the apples
burning.
When very soft, turn into a jelly
bag and hang over night to drip. In
the morning measure the clear red
liquid bring to a boil and skim. Allow
for every pint of liquid the usual
pound of sugar and have it heating in
the oven while the juice is scalding.
Add to the juice, after it has cooked
just twenty minutes, stir until dis-
solved, take out the spoon, cook five
minutes longer, skim and turn at once
into the heated cups.
Apples and Bacon
Fry the bacon, remove from the pan
and drain off part of the drippings.
Select juicy tart apples. Core them,
but do not peel them. Slice in rings
about a quarter of an inch thick and
fry over a slow fire, making sure that
they are thoroughly done. Season
with salt and pepper and serve witth
I the bacon.
Richer Mince Meat
•Mix two pounds of chopped cooked
beef, one pound of chopped beef suet,
five pounds of chopped apples, one
pound of chopped raisins, one pound
of Sultana raisins, half a pound of
sliced citron and candied lemon-peel,
mixed, two pounds of currants, two
and one-half pounds of brown sugar,
two tablespoons of cinnamon, one ten-
spoon each of cloves, «llspice, and
salt, one nutmeg grated, one pint of
molasses, and one quart or more of
cider. Cook slowly until done and
pack in stone jars.
Bananas in Crumbs
Remove skin from six bananas, cut
in hnlves lengthwise and cross-wise.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and
lemon juice, dip in flour, egg and
crumbs, and fry in deep fat. drain on
¡brown paper. Serve with or without
lemon sauoa.
Grapefruit Beverage
Grapefruit mnks a cooling and re-
freshing beverage. To make it add a
pound of su rar to a pint of juice.
Then stir >:ntiI the sugar N dissolved.
Cool the beverage and serve it with
bits of chopper ice.
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Cromartie, C. E. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1932, newspaper, January 29, 1932; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174987/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.