The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1936 Page: 1 of 10
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Advertising Pay*: If your
business is not worth ad-
vertising, list it for sale
with us. We get Result*.
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AND THE BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
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VOL. 51—No. 6
CALDWELL, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1986
SUBSCRIPTION «LM A YEAR
FIRST DISCOVERY OF GIANT AGE MAN IS MADE HERE
METHODISTS
TO DEDICATE
HOME HERE
Building Debt Paid
Cdifice To Ke Re-Conditioned
lie fore Service In
June
Tht* Caldwell Methodist church
paid the last dollar of it* indeht-
tdness on May I, and the building
will tie dedicated in June, the ex-
act date to be announced later. All
i embers and ex-members who have
moved away and the kin people of
those «till living will In1 invited to
a real home-coming when it is
di'dcated. All pastora who labor-
ed toward raising the funds and
m I uilding it will b? invited and will
take part in the ceremonies; this
will include Rev. J. Coy William,
of « a me ron,Tex a ; Rev. J. M. Gor-
don, of I'onroe. Texas, who was in-
strumental in building the church;
Rev. W. K. Hassler. of Goose
Cruefc; Rev. Terry W. Wilson, of
, Mt. Pleasant, and Kev. John Kidd.
the present pastor.
A This beautiful and well appointed
l^£i .<1 ifict was built in 1927, and true-
ly the congregation has worked
long, hard and continuously toward
this happy occasion, and many are
the sacrifices of a number of its
m-nibers; in fact it very ("anular
remark about it is: "How in the
world did you do it?" The value
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Boulder Dam Water for Irrigation
\
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"Garrulous-
Glimpses"
or
SIDEWALK COMMENTS
Making the Robber Rob for Camera
W. 0. WRIGHT—
"I bare the inattendance of the
membership of the churches on the
outside influences that are brought
to bear on them and they indulge
in.
And the laxity of the Ministry,
caused by the possible fear of in-
timidation in this end having the
courage of conviction in cutward
denunciation of the present day
evils.
The ministry should not take
part in politics as a general rule—
by all means not "canvas* the
county" but should a moral issue
be involved, as in all matters deal-
ing with the salvation of the .soul,
he should become active".
A close up view of the six outlet valves on the Arlxona side of
Hi'tiblet iIuiii ns tliej were opened, releasing almost ¡(0.000 gallons a sec-
ir i ni i'olonulo rhei water on the downstream side of the dnin for
irrigation purposes.
Sanderford Is
Well Received
Here Tuesday
Candidate lor Governor, Of
Helton, Submits Platform
To Voters
Senator Roy SaiuU rford, of Hel-
ton, Hell county, who is a candi-
date for governor of Texas. < rit ii> /.
ed the Allied administration in his
speech on the ocurthouse lawn here
Tuesday afternoon. Ills speech
indudtil a discussion of old age
pensions, the sales tux,, income tux
i rid other forms of taxation, law
enforcement and home ownership.
•Senator Sanderford was introduc-
ed here by County Attorney Hays
(towers. The candidate presented
an appearance of good looks, plea-
ing personality, tall, commanding
and straight us an arrow. His plat-
f< rni ws masterly presented and
was received with applause.
Senator Sanderford is a native
Texan, the son of tenant farmer
parents. He received a high school
e I ication and furthered his studies
at Baylor University. Sanderford
volunteered his services in the
World War and served in the air
corps. Ho served Bell county as
t■■ v collector for several yearn,
after which he was elected lo the
State Senate, and has held that
position for the past four years,
l'e owns and operates the Ford
n rency in Helton.
In his speech here Tuesday he
d -clared for economy, proposed a
2" percent reduction on approprin
t'ons, favored a ,'t percent sales
tux out of which he expects to pay
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Death Takes
W. H. Faubion
Caldwell Resident Is Kuried
Here Tuesday
Funeral services were conduct <1
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock for
W. H. "Hill" Faubion, who died
Monday after a long illness of
much suffering.
Mr. Faubion was 11 years of age
and had lived in Caldwell for th.
past eight years, coming here from
Mano county.
He is survived by his wife, two
sons, .1. I)., of Caldwell, and Hill,
of California.
Rev. W. O Wright conducted the
funeral services at the Faubion
home .anil interment was in the Ma
,.onic cemetery. Active pallbear-
■rs were Hancock Ryan, M, Smith,
Edgar Struwe, Jim Woodson, 1>.
Hums, anil Joe Autrey. Harvey-
Schiller had charge of funeral
arrangements.
Democrats Of
County Name
27 Delegates
Representatives Pledge To
Vote As Unit In All Party
Questions
Farmers' Market
"Buy and Sell In
Csldwell'
(Prices subject to change)
Middling cotton, strict, 12c
Cotton seed, per ton
$24.00
C.8. meal, pi-r sack
$1.10
C.S. meal, per ton
$25.00
Hulls, per ton
10.00
Hogs, per pound
6c to 8',¿c
Hides, green
8c
Butter, per pound 40c in trade
Eggs, per dozen
lGc
Mens, per pound
13c- 15c
Fryers, per pound
16c
Bakers, per pound
12c
Roosters per pohnd
6c
Turkeys, No. 1
12c
Gobfers, per pound
_ 9c
Turkeys, No. 2
6c
Butter fat, No. 1 ...
19c
Butter fat, No. 2
17c
New Texas Maps
To Be Given Out
A supply of the Texas Centen-
nial maps, issued by th State
Highway Commissi n, ha- been re-
teived by The News. Copies «ill
be giviii out a long as they las!
without cost to anyone desiring
them.
This fhap, which is a large dou-
bt hu t. has a map of T. xas on
one side, with the principal state
highway and roads designated, and
pictures of important building!- in
the various cities of the state, and
(lie wordf and music of song:
"Texas Over All".
On the back side of the map ap-
peal numiTous pictures of points
of spcci.il interest in Texas in this
Centennial year, including the iiii
port ant missions, and various other
historic spots over the state.
Dean v i lie School
I*resents Program
Burleson county's democratic con-
vention was held in the district
court room cf the court house here
Tuesday afternoon for the purpose
of naming <1 legates to attend the
stat. democratic convention which
in turn will name delegates to at-
tend the national democratic con-
vention to be held in Philadelphia
in June.
The following delegates were
named to the San Antonio conven-
tion: Joseph Wondrash, C. A. Bain,
R. S. Bowers, Hays Bowers, W. J.
Alexander, F. A. Ellis, G. W. Grant,
W. M. Milliard, G. A. Wotman, C.
F. Kaltwasser, John Struwe, H.
Ii. Broaddus, Chas. Small, Joe S.
Skrabanek, Jos. N. Vavra, Robert
Pillow, E. C. Duewall, L. C. New-
eomb, Frank Zalmanek, Posey
Skclly, Chas. W. Gerland, Walter
11 el wig, S. W. Seibert, Chas. Ger-
des, .Mack Wood, Lee Burton and
Rol^rt Gutlin. The chairman was
authorized to name any other true
and loyal democrat who vas able
to go to the state convention from
this county. ,
The convention pledged all dele-
gates above named to support the
nomination of President F. P.
Roosevelt for president and Hon.
John Garner for vice-president,
and to vote as a unit on all ques-
tions. It was a very harmonious
convention and txpressions of con-
fidence in the present administra-
tion were unanimous.
John Struwe offered a resolu-
tion upon the death of Judge R. J.
Alexander in Tuesday's meeting
which was adopted as follows:
"That in the death of Judge R.
J. Alexander, we have sustained
the loss of a friend whose fellow-
ship it was an honor and pleasure
to enjoy; That we as members of
the democratic party of Burleson
county, bear willing testimony of
H. H. WOMBLE—
"Government loans to the far-
mers his not hurt the small town
banks *ny although it possibly has
those in larger cities. In my opin-
ion it has been a benefit instead of
a detriment.
This bank and others have not
had a gamble on a prospective crop.
A prospective government borrow-
er will ask for a certain amount
and because of th¿ length of time
to put the loan through he will
not need quite so much money by
the time the loan goes through."
L. H. HANDY—
"The 'new water' makes bad
coffee and tea and is bad for
laundering. The taste does not
bother me any and the solution to
the problem is to boil the water be-
fore using. When boiled there will
be a settlement that looks like rust
as it cools.
"And as to rsoftball up to date
I have tried to get in condition so
that I could play ball."
Explorar Unearths Doma Of
Well Preserved FomIIs Aad
Specimens At Denton Valley
Millions of Years Old
Excavating Work %
To Be Continued
The man with the gun In this picture was caught In the act of hold-
i:ig up the man on the left. Jacob Brockman, In a New York building,
l o clinch the evidence and make sure the victim would not recant, the
nnllce made the participants go through the act again before the camera.
S. H. S. T. C.
Ex-Students
Stage Meet
Kelly McAdams Re-Elected
President of Burleson
Club
C. C. NELMS
"Government loans have not hurt
the banks. The government agen-
cies have benefitted the small far-
mer who did not have the collateral
to obtain a loan from the banks.
They always consider the bank first
and will not loan money to a per-
son who can get a loan elsewhere.
If the government agencies had
not started just when they did,
there would have been riots, stores
would have been broken into and
pillage. There was an urgent need
of just such an agency at that
time.
"Collections? Well, I believe
that they have been good. I would
say that they have collected around
5)0 percent and will get most of
their money back. What they lose
ill not hurt anyone."
Bob-Cats Still
Leading League
The "Bob-Cats" maintened their
lead in the soft ball league Tuesday
evening by defeat in gthe Simpson
"Tom-Cats" by the score of 8 to7.
Rosenwaser's "Pole-Cats" at-
tempted to tame the" 'Bob-Cats"
Wednesday evening, however, the
results of the game will be deter-
mined too late for publication. The
Chevrolet "Alley-Cats" take on the
"Bob-Cats'' Friday evening, and
tHis game is expected to attract a
large number of fans.
The Gulf States Wild-Cats" are
The Deanville school staged an
oul.tr tiding Centennial program
Wednesday night, April 21 , in pre-
senting "The Birth and Romaneo
of the Lone Star Stat
The program started with a
scene where King l.ouis commit-
sioned l,a Salle to muke his second
voyage lo the new world, and with
this as a background the develop-
ment Texas was carried out by
scene .
Then • scenes included the condi-
tions that the colonists had to deal
with, such as Indians, convention
at San Fclip, signing of the de-
claration of Independence, the run-
away scrape, the negro plantation
seen©, cowboy drills and songs and
an old time square dance. The
closing scene was Texas under six
flags.
A large crowd witnessed th"
presentation of this fitting pro-
gram nnd everyone who was pres-
ent enjoyed the program and was
proud of the fact that Texas had
such group of wonderful leaders.
his many virtues, to ha unquestion rapidly taking form and are ex-
d probity nnd stainless life". The pected to produce n fast team con-
John sidering their late start upon en
Due tering the league.
The standing of the league is as
follows:
Team
resolution was signed by
Struwe, Mack Woods, E. C.
wall, and Jos. N. Vavra.
Thirty Thousand
Farmers Get Aid
Farmers who borrowed from re-
settlement last year, but failed to
carry out the program, have been
dropped. Loans are Iwing made
this year to about SO,000 Texas
farmers, of whom around two-
thirds were In the program last
year. The remaining one-third are
new borrowers. Most of last year's
borrowers had been on direct re-
lief. but the new ones are largely
drawn from non-relief families and
are of n more stable character
than many of last year's. Loars
are made to them npon presenta-
tion of evidence that banks and
other private or public agencies
Bob Cats
Alley Cats
Tom Cavs
Pole Cats
Wild Cats
P
W
L
Pet.
r.
5
0
1000
6
3
3
500
6
3
3
500
5
2
3
400
4
0
4
000
Pneumonia Claims
Life of Young: Man
Funeral services wore held Sun-
day afternoon for Joe Mynar, 17,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mynar,
who died of pneumonia at the home
of his parents on the J. R. Wood-
sum ranch near Lake Woodrow.
Rev. J. P. Kidd officiated, and after
a short service at the home the
principal services were held at the
N w Tabor cemetery.
the Harvey House in Somerville.
Barney Davis presided as toast-
master; the response to welcome
was given by Kelly McAdams; a
message from Dr. H. F. Estill was
read by Bernadine Womack.
The principal speaker was Pro-
fessor Victor Randel, head of the
department of industrial arts at
Sam Houston. Other members in-
cluded a musical reading by Miss
Nila Keese; "Growth of the Col-
lege" by Mrs. Ruby Long Enloe,
and "Things Mother Remembers of
the Normal in 1910", by Nezell
Keese, who was attired in a tennis
dress her mother wore at that date.
Officers which were re-elected
were: Kelly McAdams, president;
Mrs. Charley Look, Somerville,
vice-president, and Mrs. Charley
Keese, Somerville, secretary trea-
surer. ,
The following were present: Bar-
ney Davis, Kelly McAdams, Mrs.
Kelly McAdams, Mrs. Chas. Keese,
Sr., Selma Wiederman, Grace J.
Reding, Mrs. C. O. Roberts, Roger
Hardy. Mrs. Roger allrdy, Mrs. S.
Future Farmers
Announce Plans
Varied Program Is Undertak-
en by Caldwell Chapter
A banquet of the Sam Houston
State Teachers' College Ex-Stu-
dent's Association of Burleson
county was held Monday night at ¿¿'"¿"roup includes:" 50 iu"rkeyt;"l2
Kelly McAdamq, vocational agri-
culture teacher of the Caldwell
high school, has announced the fol-
lowing projects which are being
carried on by the members of the
Caldwell Future Farmer Chapter
under his leadership: The collect-
Discoveries In Burleson Coin*
ty Likely To Be Recorded
In Natural Histories; Find-
ings To Be Exhibited
Benjamin H. Mehrkam, noted
prospector, announced today
through an interview, that he has
unearthed valuable pre-historlc evi-
dence in Burleson county which is
likely to prove that our lands ware
inhabitated during the Giant Age.
Mr. Mehrkam, born in the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Pennsylvania,
and famous for his discoveries of
natural history, minerals and the
Tom Ball Oil Field, based his
claims on the World's first discov-
I ery of the petrified form of a man
I of the giant ages, which was found
in this county on the property of
Hays Bowers in Denton Valley.
The renouned explorer became
interested in this county several
months ago when he was searching
for an oil fault line in the county
by air. On August 16 of last year
he came here to continue his geolo-
gy work, this time on the ground.
His first discovery of ancient life
was that of a huge petrified turtle.
Continuous research resulted in his
finding the foot of the giant and
other belongings of the human
body on December 10, 1985; this
discovery going on records as the
first actual proof of the giant hu-
ndan which we all have read about.
Continuous excavating work to
date has resulted in the finding of
the following fossils and specimens
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milk cows; 17 hogs; 6 acres water-
melons; 300 chickens; 4 and one-
half acres home gardens; 34 acres
cotton; tí acres sugar cane; 2
brood sows; 1 mare; 1 stallion;
30 acres corn; 10 acres Irish po
tatoes; 11 acres strawberries; 1
colt, and 20 acres hegari. Supervis-
ed practico jobs include: Whip
tongue grafting of 166 trees; kill-
ing 156 beds of red ants; castrat-
ing 63 pigs; pruning 255 trees and
plants; landscaping 2 home yards;
controlling insects in 7 home gar-
dens; building 7 cow troughs;
planting 27 trees; caring for 31
pecan trees; caponizing 209 chick-
ens; planting 45 hedges; butcher-
ing 20 hogs; building 4 chicken
coops; killing mice in ten homes
and barns; castrating IS calves;
terracing 1290 acres of land, dip-
ping 30 cattle; testing 100 bushels
seed corn; branding 6 head of cat-
tle; clift-grafting 13 trees; making
10 hot beds; making 2 2trench si-
los dehorning 53 bulls; making
100 pounds sausage; curing 795
pounds meat; vaccinating 140 cat-
May 15th Last
Day For Farm
Registration
County Agent Urges Planters
To Render Farm Record;
Probable Penalties
J. Enloe, Prof. Victor Rnmlel, Ne- tie; poisoning 12 acres cotton; poi-
zell Reesev Forrest Minis, Beradine soning 3 acres Irish potatoes;
Womack, M. K. Womack, William
J. Skrivanek and Wm, D. Weich-
ert.
building 13 gates; caring for 30
head of sheep; and 160 head of
(Continued next week)
"A History of Burleson County
In The World War"
.By O. C. RODE, M. A..
Boedcker, Hermui^. Chriesman,
Teaxs; b. Chriesman, Texas, No-
vember 6, 1895; farmer; inducted
Caldwell, Texas, June 28, 1918;
Co. E. 9 Motor Sup, Tn. to disch.;
Pvt.; not overseas; hon. disch.
Mch. 3, 1919.
Bordevsky, Adolph J. Lyons,
Texas; b. Lyons, Texas, May 28,
1893; laborer; inducted Caldwell,
Texas, June 28, 1918; 65 Co. 17
Bti. 165 Dep. Brig, to Aug. 3, 1918,
M. Trk. Co. to disch.; Pvt. 1 el.
Oct. 25, 1918, Sgt. Jan. 27. 1919;
service overseas, Nov. 12, 1918, to
Oct 15. 1919; hon. disch. Oct. 24,
1919.
Bordevsky, Robert R. Lyons,
Texas. B. Lyons, Texas, age 21 yrs.
farmer; inducted Caldwell, Texas,
Sept. 21, 1917; Co. A 345 M. G. to
Mch. 26, 1918, Co. B 130 M. G.
to disch.; Wag. July 1918; service
overseas. May 3, 1918 to Apr. 27,
1819; hon. disch. May 7, 1919.
Bowers, James R., Calydwell,
Texas; b. Deanville, Texas; age,
28 yrs.; farmer; inducted Caldwell,
He Is survived by his parents,
have refused to make them loans Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Mynar, two .Texas, Sept. 4, 1917; Btry I) 345
for Items essential to farm opera-' brothers, Johnnie and Malvin, andiF. A. to disch; ck.; not overseas;
tions. a sister, Gladys. i hon. disch. Oct 88, 1917.
Bravenec, Joe Tom, Merle, Tex.,
b. Merle, Tex.; Apr. 3, 1896; far-
mer; inducted Caldwell, Texas,
May 27 1918; 165 Dep. Brig, to
June 25, 1918, Co. G 64 Inf. to
disch.; Pvt. 1 cl. Nov. 1, 1918; ser-
vice overseas, Aug. 26, 1918 to
June 18, 19191 hon. disch. June 30,
1919.
Brewer, Horace, Caldwell, Tex.,
h. Caldwell, Texas; age 21 yrs.;
clerk; enlisted in N. Cl. Caldwell,
Apr. 3, 1917; Co. L 2 Inf. Tex. N.
tí.. Hq. Co. M G. Tng. Center to
disch.; Pvt. 1. cl. Aug. 22, 1917;
Corp. Oct. 27, 1917; Pvt. Apr. 29,
1918; Pvt. 1 cl. May 10, 1918,
July 1, 1918, Sgt. Aug. 29, 1918;
not overseas; hon. disch. Mch. 20,
1919.
Broaddus. Ingram L. Caldwell,
Texas; b. Caldwell, Texas; age,
21 yrs.; inlisted in N. G. Houston,
Texas, July 27, 1916; M. G. Co.
2 Inf. Tex. N. G. to May 21, 1917,
R.O.T.C. Camp Funston, Kans. to
June 2. 1917, M. G. Co. 141 Inf. to
November 26, 1917, Hq. Co. 141
Inf. to July 8, 1918, M. G. 141 Inf.
to disch.; Pvt. 1 cl. Nov. 1, 1916,
(Continued next week)
.
According to instructions receiv-
ed from. College Station, Te¿as, by
County Agent M. G. Perkins, May
15 is the last day that farmers may
register their farms in the New
Soil Conservation Program.
"It is the duty of every farmer
to render his farm record whether
he intends to cooperate with the
program or not Farms failing to
turn in their record may be penal-
ized if they should want to parti-
cipate in any future program. Bur-
leson county's allotment may also
be reduced if we do not receive
work sheets on all farms in the
county" stated Mr. Perkins.
According to Agent Perkins,
this application is nothing more
than a poll tax receipt If a far-
mer signs up he is in position to
receive a grant from the govern-
ment any time this year, provided
he complies. A person could turn
in this record iwth no intentions of
cooperating in the program but If
at some future date his crop was
destroyed or partly destroyed by
some uncontrolable cause he could
plant the required acres of Soli
Conserving and Soil Building Crops
and qualify for a payment. In other
words if you comply you will re-
ceive payment, if not no harm
will be done. So why not stay on
the safe side? stated Perkins.
o .
Radio Artists To
Appear At Simpson's
"Bewley's Chuck Wagon Gang."
popular radio artists hoard over
the Texas Quality Network daily,
will appear in person at Simpson's
Mini max Store throughout the day,
Monday, May 11th. The musical
organization will present specialty
numbers, songs, and a varied en-
tertainment program for the ap-
proval of the Caldwell people and
it's trade territory.
Bewley's famous products will
be demonstrated to it's users and
, non-users in the way of pastries,
biscuits, bread and all the fine eats
that can be made from this whole-
some flour.
The radio stars personal appear-
ance here is made possible by the
the Simpson Grocery Company and
it was stated that they will try
to persuade the "Chuck Wagón
Gang" to remain in the <rfty Mon-
day evening and play for a
free to the public <m that
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