The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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IJANTUOI\ ISASTltOP CO I NTY. TKXAS. FRIDAY, M <il ST 'JI, I1M7
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*>iOUSE VOTES GOVERNOR
MUST DIVULGE NAMES
MR TERGUSON REFUSED TO TELL
COVMITTEE FROM WHOM HE
BORROWED $156,000.
TWO APPOINTEES CONFIRMED
Senate Resolution Suggests That
Oairman of Board of Regents
Tender His Resignation
at Once.
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■fin, Tex —The firsi division or
f esl i strength ill I lie house Hitting as
a tommittee of the whole lo iiucsii
liutc barges preferred against Govern
or James K, Ferguson b> Speaker IV
0 Puller arose Tuesday in an appeal
fton tlte ruling of the '•Imir when K.
R Ri van, the referee, held thai the
Kovernor, then on the witness stand,
must under the rules of evidence an
swer the questions ot M. M. Crane
mid associates to tell from whom he
borrowed $1 •*>!),000 in currency. The
governor had more tiiun once refused
to answer or alve information on that
Mihj' t further than that he borrowed
the money from his Iriends and, as it
was .1 private Iransactlon. said lie
must decline to reveal their name.- and
would relinquish the office ol govern
or bnore he would do it
The chair was asked b> attorneys
lie •« committee for a ruling and
held that the governor must answer
t' e cestioii on (he subject being pro
poui.'ied t>> the cross examiners
I!-; resentative Bagby appealed from
Hi' t iling o! the chair. Mguments
wive 'hen had, some of which were
liealf- ' My a vote of ?ll to ."<•! the rill-
hit, ot tlo- chair was sustained.
The governor resumed the stand
Tuesday morning
* K"d if architecture wasnt langiit
a t.i university, he said lie was glad
that us ;ished, ii- last >e«r tin- plans
of New York architect were accept-
ed r< a building at the university
Tlu-y were teaching architecture, hut
- o iInl I erect their owu building,
whereas \ mti<1 M could erei t their
Imi'i ngs, he slated lie regarded Dr
'i ;ty r, head ot the engineering de
p*r(iiiiit at the university, as a veiv
1 mijetent man. he said, hut didn't
'!iit;k lis department was one ol the
!ei ■ ihe I'liited Stui; -,
W .tiiet- i stated that the est 1 in a ted
a . i l his property in Texas is ap
pro\ mutely $Sni> ,ut)e. lie vvas asked
.. it \ eii- tin- that the lax renditions
^ eri not :ar below the approximate
and replied that his property
rclnlei'd ju I 111,. ever) body
\ certificate was read bowing
realty rendition to be fi.Vc
In addition the Bastrop LUnlte
'oinpuiy. estimated value ot
mi, w ,1 • i ciidei ed a I $il,H:!n I'he
, explained that 11! < ■ eoal was
ground and would hi
"adually
Keiatdltlir the toil 11 Oi >.
aid I.e could not disclose tl
'ad loaned lilm the mom
would call the loan
li believed the line sho -lil lie drawn {
somewbete, lie staled, in probing into the
a m.vit's private affairs, and with all
due respect lie tnust decline to en
iRtiten Hie committee on the source
• if tin motley His friends had loaned
It to him. and he hud paid his debts,
and that vva.-. all he would tell. He
was jot going 'o disclose his private
hiu-it.'ss lift a it's oi this nature li tin
offii e of governor was the price of his
refusal to tell, then he would pay the
prii e lie had borrowed about $l!>ii,
ti(tu. lie said at tin liuie when he faced
bankruptcy.
H« didn't feel that the people were
inii .< ted In In - private affairs or that
the ictiislii!lire had any right to i'ivi •
tigate them He inuld assert positive
v that the location ot the West Texas
S'oi in a I had nothing to iln with the
loan, nor had any special c!,.ss ot men
any connection with it lie declined
in answer the question.
1 lie senate committee on state nf
fairs, to which win; referred the St rick
land resolution request inn Wilbur I'
\lien chairman of the board of re
kji'tito of the untverslt >, io rest. ii. Tuc
ilav brought In a substitute resolution
modifying language used in the
other reaolution
As re-written by the committee (lie
resolution omits the words fraud anil
misrepresentation and concludes with
the jt atenient "that It is the sense of
f|i! body t senate i that he should re
sign at once."
At Its session Tuesday the senate
confirmed the governor's appoint
I.ii-ntf- of Covey S, Thomas to he judge
ef • 'ii- elgfty first judicial district and
I '. 11 Tarleton. Jr. to be district at
t rney iu ilie thirty sixth district
',i -(. were (lie only recommendations
iii- i'>nfiruintion by the senate tiomiua
oils coin mil t ee out of the list sent ill
.-,t week They vv ere appointed since
in* legislature convened and do not
nil within the scope of the Mi NcbIiis
solution to declare vacant the offices
ut rec as appointees because they were
if xent to the senate during the first
tn; lalendut lays ol the teaslon.
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Austin, 'l ex -The cross examination
ot (iovernor .lames K. Kernurou in the
Investigation proceedings being con-
ducted by the house as a committee
ol the w iiole Into charges preferred by
Speaker K. t) Fuller began .Monday
uioriiiiiK
At tlie rate at which the proceedings
are now progressing, It is considered
likely that a vote on the charges will
lie leached before the end of the week,
provided no great amount ot lime Is
consumed by the argument.
Coventor Ferguson took the stand
for iurther direct examination, which
was conducted by \V. M. Hanger, his
chief counsel. Two additional wit-
nesses were called and sworn.
The governor was asked to testify
iu regard to Fuller charge No. 12, iu
reference io the bond forfeiture for
Wilbur IV Allen. He slated that five
j or six weeks before Hie proclamation
forfeiting the $.'>,000 bond was issued
Mr. Allen came to his office, told him
| of the facts in the case end said
I while the Mexican under boiul had ran
away, lie was sure he could apprehend
him later, that it would be a hardship
on the other people who had signed
| the bond to havevto pay it, and that
I he would get a statement from the dls ^
trict attorney of Jones county saving
that it would be very doubtful If the;
Mexican defendant could be convicted, j
A few days before the date of the for i
feitnre Allei) called again and told 1
him he had not had time io get the ,
statement from Jone> cou.n.v officials, j
hut Would get it later The governor
said after hearing the whole matter j
lie decided to remit Hie bond and have }
Allen and other bondsmen morally
committed to return the fugitive. His
act, he asserted, bad no connection]
with any action of Mr Allen as regent I
of the Stale University and witness
entered his absolute denial expressing !
regret thai anyone should have been |
so bold as to charge that lie sought in
that manner lo influence Mr Allen as
regent, but "it merely showed how far
the university crowd would go," he
added
The charge that lie had sought to In-
fluence the legislature as well as ju- !
diciai officers was discussed. Witness
said the only conference lie evei had;
with Speaker Fuller about h house |
joint resolution was In the present ol i
Mi Kaghv when lie told Mr Fullei .
lhat he thought that some uttuillon !
ought to be given to the platform de j
niamls of the people
Iu 1'i'ierciice to the charge that he
hud offered to lend Mr Fuller money j
to influence htm. witness declared lie
loaned the money simply as one friend
to another
The Texas senate was Monday con
eerned with the status of two mem-'
In :v of the board of university re .
cuts (in nutor offered a resolu- ;
lion culling on W ilbur I' Mien, chair
man of (he recent* to resign at once,
while another resolution instructed the
i <-oniiiiiM• > on nomination '<> make an
111 v i -I i; al ion and a seel mill if I lie natin
ol I ii* \ W Fly of Calveston should
' not. have been submitted to the senate.
trial ion. and if it should have,
uattP he given to the enate
in executive M -e'on to consider as to
objection or confirmation. After much
debate tin- lust re olutlon vas ent to
the committee on stale affairs while
second, by Its own terms, went to
committee on nominations, where
also had been sent last week the gov
ertior's various recess nominal Ions.
'I'he nomination;, committee iu sen
sum Monday approved two appointees
of the governor, Covey (', Thomas, l.a
Salh county, to he judge of the eight)
lirsi district, ami B 1' Tarloton, lr„
Bee county district attorney of the
y sixth district
THAT COAT OF TAN
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Now That You have Got It, What Are You Going to Do With It;
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RECESS APPOINTMENTS
SENT IN BY GOVERNOR
Favorable Aotlon on MoNealus Heio
lutlon Declaring Vacant Certain
State Offlcea.
Austin, Tex Governor Ferguson
sent a message to the senate Friday
asking for the confirmation of numer-
ous recess appointtrenta. Some of the
members did not think it complete and
Mr l.atiiiuore had a resolution adopt
ed directing the secretary ol state to
furnish the senate with a list of all
such officers who were commissioned
between May 17 and August IS. May
17 Ik Ills date of the expiration of the
TEXAS FARMERS'
UNION CONVENTION
Dalegatos Adopt Resolution Asking
Enactment of l.aw Fining Minimum
Cotton Price at 30 Cents.
UltJlas, Tex. I). K. I.yday of Ita-
v nna. Fannin county, was ejected
president of the Farmers' I'niou of
Texas ut the concluding session of
the fifteenth annual couveQthm Tlnir-
day, succeeding H. N. Pope of Fort
Worth.
'I'he other officers elected were
Vice president, II. W Butte ol Hondo,
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Baker of
Floi env ille. lecturer and organizer, .1
first culled session Friday nomina . b- Airhart of Yoakum; chaplain, .1 IV
lions were sent to tin-' senate standing I ain* oi < lierokee county, executive
comtnit'ee, consisting of, Johnston, committee, .1 fcj. Pearson oi Fauniu
chairman; Bee, Caldwell, Dayton, lieu county, I t . Webb ol Baylor county,
derson, I .at ti more, Page, Smith and ' F Steves oi Karnes county and
Woodward. The senate set Tuesday i It- V. Bradford of Menard; doorkvep
to go into executive session to consider er. .1. Iteau of Johnson county
NATIONAL GUARD TROOP
MOVEMENT TO CAMPS
Ninety Per Cent Will Go September 6,
19 and October 3, While Rest
Will Go at a Later Time.
Washington The date national
guard troops are to move to their
training camps iu Texas will be deter
tnlned by ihe departmental coinnian
der at San \ntonlo. based upon re
| ports received from the quartermaster
In charge of camp construction The
movements will be entirely under the
commander oi the departtueul from
w liicii llie troops aie to move and the
commander of the receiving depart
ment Once the units are in camp they
no longer are controlled bv the coin
uiandei of the department, but are
wholly subject io orders from the colli-
i uiamlei oi the i amp, who is a ina ior
general.
The movement ol national guard
troops io training camps will lie in in
crements so as to effect an orderly
removal, thus obviating much of the
confusion incident to the Mexican bol-
der mobilization.
The same procedure is lo be follow-
ed with the national army. Provoat
Marshal (leneral ('rowder has an-
nounced that l u per cent of the drafted
men will he moved from home sta
Hons If, equal detachments September
E , September 19 and October li The
remaining 10 per cent will not move
until a date vei to be fixed Originally
the cantonments to which the national
army is t. go were planned to accom
modale tiaO.uuo men. but 30.000 more
aie contemplates in the first call.
It Is believed the supplies will liot
be ready for the new troops when they
get to camps, but lhat Hie camp fa-
cilities will be completed The new
soldiers will probably have to drill in
cltir.eiis' clothes for a short time. Tex*
as and Oklahoma will furnish a total
under the tlrst call of 4ii,lU! . whereas
the camp ilities ai San \ntoulo will
only accommodate about forty three
thousand
DRAFT ARMY APPORTIONED.
brought | j,,, colli
! tha' his
\ list in Tex t Iovernor James hi
Ferguson was on Hie witness stand
during i lie entire day Saturday testi-
fying belore the members of the house
slitinu as ,i committee of the whole
to investigate the thirteen charges
fih d against it m bv Speaker F t)
Fuller
lie fit- I explained how the $.j.(i0U
happened to he churui d to his account
at Temple without another slmllai
charge later to make the account bal
.nice, saving the amount oi money iu
the normal school fund was kept in
his oflice by his secretary and hi clos
in-; the account it was only necessary
to deduct iln- amount of checks uud
close it.
The sixth Fuller charge regarding
the appointment of t W Woodman a#
labor commissioner, which appoint-
I iin nt was unconfirmed by the senate,
and tlie later appointment of Frank
Swor, who had not qualified, leaving
C. SY Woodman In office, was discuss
ed it is alleged in the charge that
it was the duty of the governor to
make another nppointmen'. but In- had
failed anil lefused to do so
the nominations
Mr McNealus called attention to the
date ot tin- message, which was An
gust 10, suyirii; it was submitted only
today, Vugnst 17. Mr. Bee answered
that the senate adjourned on August
, , I
i< to August i;(, hence it was not iu j
session on \ugu-it 10 to receive the
nominal ion -
The si nate adopted tie Mi Ncalu -
resolution declaring vacant those of
flees whose occupants I a<! been ap
pointed in vacation and not nominated
to the senate during lie first ten dti.'sl
of the session. 1 he vote si<>ii>l 11 ayes
ju noes, il present uu 1 not voting and j
one pair.
A complete list of the govi mot's ap
pointees as sent to the senate Friday
with a date of appointment - follows j
S. M. King, associate justice, Beau-
mont appellate court, May 1'I: W \
Patrick, Falls county, judge e|^:.ty
second judicial di .trlci, May 2'.'. II. S.
Moorehuad. Brazos county, judge cigh-
ty-flfth judicial district. June 22, Ceo
K. Hosey, Tarrant county, judge crimi
rial district court, June 21; Joel il.
Bond, Kauiinan county, judge eighty
sixth judicial district, July l-i. Walter
F. Tlmon. Nueces county, judge criinl
nal court, Nueces, Kleberg, W i nicy
and Cameron counties, July 7; Clif-
ford Stone, UusU county, district at-
torney, fourth district, July 23.
Covey c Thomas, l.a Salle county,
judge eightv first judicial district. \u
gust it; B. I) Tarlion, Bee cotinly. dls
trict atlortiev. thirty-sixth district, Vu
t*11sf '.. W (i. I.ove. Harris county, uul
versity regent, June I, to succeed l>r.
t.eorge S. McHeynolds, resisiied
John ii Ward, Bell couutv tiniver
sily regent, June in, to succeed t I'
Tucker, resigned
Fr; nk McKniuht, Wcbii Rose, J. P.
Fielder, Juiiies Ditto, l.eslfn Coulter,
Tarrant county, managers (Jrubbs N o
ational College, July 2.
Curtis Hancock, Dallas county. II.
Odle. Bosque county, and Thos It Mc-
Lean, Titus county, state highway
conniiission- i s, Juii" 4
W. P. Brady, F' I'iiso county, judge
county court r <aw of lil Paso cotin
ty, June 22.
I. T Valentine, .'arrant county,
judge county court of cl' il cases, lar
rant county. June 2.
\ resolution askint, the etisctiuWJt
: by congress ot a law fixing a minimum
price of :ioc a pound tor cotton over
a period of three years was adopted.
Resolutions were also adopted in
I do -ing government ovv nershlps of ml
j roads, telegrapli and telephone 11 u •
'favoring the purchase by the govern
| ment of coal, oil and gas lauds, and fa-
voring the levy of an additional tax
upon excessive land ownership by om
pei on.
The con v ent ion went on record a;
opposing woman suifrage, and also as
opposing the maintenance of a large
standing army during times of peace
The report of the committee ou crop
< ondliions, W T. Douderniilk, chair
man. indicated thai information had
been gathered from fifty-two counties
Yccordtng io the report, the con on
cfnp over the state is but I-' per cent
of iioi inal
Printers Pledu® Their Loyalty.
Colorado Springs, Colo. Support of
the Intel national Typograpliii al I f n ion
l was pledged to President Wilson at
Wednesday s session ol the sixt v thii d
Icnnuiil convention of the union A
resolution declaring foi principle of
democracy was adopted unanimously
The Woman • lnlerui' oi.al \uviiiarv
adopted a resolution pledging support
of the government iu the conduct of
the WUt
Secretary Baker Approves Plan of
Provost Marshal General for Na
tional Forces
Washinton. Secretary Baker Fri-
day approved the disposition of the
11*7,000 ii.cu ol the lirsi draft as rec-
ommended by the provoit marshal gen-
eral. The average number of rneu al-
lotted to each ol the sixteen canton-
mcnts is approximately 4.1(00. Those
going to American Lake, Wash., come
from Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Cal-
ifornia, Idaho, Nevada, Montana,
Wyoming I'tah, totaling 4i .I." !•
Those allotted to Son \ntonio, Tex-
as, include the troops from Texaf and
Oklahoma. 4• .I<iS#.
Fort Riley. Kan Troops from Kan-
sas, Missouri South Dakota Nebraska,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona. 411.518.
lies Moines Troops trom North Da-
kota. Minnesota Iowa Illinois ■ parti,
4&.712.
I.ouisv ilie, Ky Troops from Ken-
tucky, Indiana. Illinois (part). 41,880.
HocUford. Ill W hconsin I parti and
iliinois, :iy.lk7
Buttle Creek.
Wisconsin I par
I 'IliiliCOi he, ( )illO
v aula I pill I I, 12.77H.
Ditfle Rock, Ark Arkansas. I.ouls
iana. Mississippi and Alabama, 4"..{4L'.
Atlanta. Oh. Tennessee, (ieorgia.
Via ha nui (parti. 40,785
C South Caroliua,
Porto ItIco ami Floi
Mich. Michigan tiud
I. 4Wl>
t ihlo and Pennsyl-
W reeked.
•x. -Two persons
A islln, Tex. (iovernor James K.
Ferguson was on Hie witness stand
two ami one half hours Friday entmg
ed in testifying ou his owu heluilf in
the investigation proceedings being
conducted by the house as a commit
tee of the whole Into charges prefer-
red against him by Speaker F t). Full
er.
Kaeli i barge was taken up separate
ly and discussed, but bis explanation
of otilv pait of the charges was com-
pleted.
Circulation Managers
Beaumont. Tex. The
feutIon of the Texas • ii
a tiers' Association was
' Meeting
annual con
■ Hint lull M in
brought to a
close Friday with the selection of of
fleers for the ensuing yeat a lol
lows; President, R. II. Kinard. Beau-
mont; vice president, l.uther Be nard.
Fl Paso, secretary and trea«urer. I.
M Sniisson, Houston l b ■ newly
elected directors arc. Harold Hough,
fort Worth, M W. I'lorer. Dallas.
K C, White, Houston. Herbert Peters,
Oalveston, John Wopd. Fl Pino, A.
1, Forbes, Houston
Katy Flyer
Fort Worth.
were instantly killed and seven others
slightly injured when the northbound
Knty Flyer collided head-on with a
lieljJhi train at Wautauga, twelve
miles north oi Fort Worth. Thursdi.y
The dead Passenger Knginei-r Jerry
Scott, Denison, and Passenger Fii>s
man W. A Hammock of Denison
Entente Guns Spread Panic.
Paris From the North Sea to Vo
ges, the French, the British and Bel-
-latis are waging terrific bat' n> against
the Hermans, driving them back,
spreading tenor and panic bv over-
whelming artillery fire, capturing
strongly fortified positions and taking
many prisoners
Fix Minimum Price for Rice.
Shanghai -Three Austrian nier
I'liautmeii interned In the harbor have
been taken over by Chinese naval
forces The ships were uudiimn, "d.
So resistance wa-< ol'tereU 't'lir* (i"i
man and \i.stri.in ships now *nken
over have 3i. ."iV'r"gate tonnage o,*
18.000.
Italians Start Anotht. Drive
I \ ienna The Italians have begun
another big offensive . • aii ' the Vus
ti ians iu the Ison/.o region .. the \nn
tro Italian theater, where fightin is In
progress over a thirty seven mile front
running from the region of Tolmino to
near the head of the \drlatic Sja on
! the Carso plateau.
Columbus. 3
North Carolina,
Ida. 4">.l'ir>.
Petersburg. Va ■ \ lrglnia. Pcnnsyl
v.inla (parti. West Virginia. 47.08«i.
Annapolis Juuclioii, Md District of
Columbia, PentiHiIvania (part), Mary-
land, 40,884
Wright stow n, N .1 Sew Jersey,
Delaware. New York (parti, 4::.li'N.
Yaphank. N. New York i parti,
ALL SUBMERGED LAND
SUITS ARE DISMISSED
Purvey Shows Goose Creek Oil Land
Above High Tide—State Dts
claims Title.
Austiu, Tex. \t the .equest of the1
Attorney general s depart inept, Arthur
\ Stiles, Str.te reclamation engineer,
recently made an accurate inrvey of
Hie House Creek oil fields looking l>
establishing the level of oidinar.v hlgl*
tide. In order to ascertain definitely
wiietlii •• an\ part of ibis very valuii
ble property belonged to III" statu by
reason of being "submerged" land.
'I he reclamation engineer lias finished
Hie field work, and recently submitted
Ins report to the attorney general III
his report the engineer concludes that
"Regarding the areas on both of th*
maps all of Ihe properly ill question H
above the oruinarv hlrli tide of the
bay.'
Acting upon the results of this sur-
vey. the suits filed by the state some
time ago it recover portions of the oil
field have now been dismissed, there
apparently being no reasonable indi
cation that the property covered by
these suits belongs lo the state on ac-
count of being submerged.
Though Hie survey was made pri-
marily to determine the facts shove
stated, yet in order that It might also
serve a general purpose In the oil
field, the reclamation engineer took
the precaution to establish u largs
number of accurate level bench marks
through the field, 'i'he exact ntimbei
of feet (hat each of these benches
murks is above the ordinary high tid*,
of the hay is given in a Hat accompany
ing his report to the attorney general
By starting a level line at any one o'
these bench marks, the level of ordi
nary high tide, us defined in the re
port, may be easily and accurately
staked out upon Ihe ground, leaving
no question ot fact as to this impor
taut feature iu so fur as it may affect
the ownership ot parcels of land too
small io be show n on the maps ao otu
paiiving the report
Revision on Rates Authorized.
Washington Revision of rates oa
fow grade ores from points in Texas
to Fl Paso, when shipped ill intersials
commerce and the adoption of a new
scale based on mileage by value of the
ore, were ordered Tuesday by Hie in-
terstate commerce commission Where
the value of the ore does not exceed
$100 per ton the following rates were
authorized: From Maria to Marathon
to 101 Paso, ? Jic: from ICagle Pass,
20c, from Uaredo, 'j7 ci The mileage
scale ordered put Into effect would
result in late of from ">c to 10c per
ton on a ha ii ol from eighty to ninety-
two mile aecordin ■ to the value of
the ore I ln rate will become effec-
tive upon thirty days notice by the
carrier.
Agitators Held as Military Prisoners.
Spokane, Wash Ji.nies Rowan, dis
trict secretary, ol the I W, W who
has been planning a Western mine
strike, and twenty six other alleged
members of the organization, were ar
rested at local I W W headquarters
Sunday by a col puny of Idaho Na
tional Guardsmen and placed iu the
county jail as military prisoners The
arrests were made ou the eve of tim
day on which a strike of I W W agri
culture and const ruction workers in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho ai d Mon
tana is to become effective Strike
orders advising farm workers to let
the fruit rot on the ground ' and call-
ing on con miction workers "to lay
down their tools' have been signed 1>>
Rowan.
\yer. Mass :
shire, Vermont,
nectlcut, Rhode
(part i. 4 -.4118
Maine New Hanip-
MiiKSuchuseti , Con
Island, New York
Boards Urged to Act Promptly
Washington Prompt action by < \
emptiou appeal boards was urged Sat
urduy bv Provost Marshal General
Crowder in a telegram to the govern-
ors declaring delays would mean that
men with exemption claims undecided
WMild escape the September . call to
the '.oloito at the expense of others who
have waived exemption. F.veiv ills
trict must furnish no p
quota on the first call
r cent ot Its
Coastal Oil Fie>d
Ho. • 'oil, Tex The wee
sued'' \ugu"t P* was a
rled completion In the gulf
belt, and very Irt'« chan
in the avi rage daily prieluc
week is compared w h tie
dm I ion of i ie vv eck I" ire
there was II wit' lit ill"! line
ilpally to the '.'laiiua dui reu-
I'extt'- Kxplorutuni Company-
i'K
tiding
of va
' oast oil
uai seen
Oil of Ille
daily pro
I low ver,
due prill
of tile
lecond
gusher ut Damon Mound, but Goose
Creek and Hie remainder of the field*
o' the feast about hold their o* u
Order Reorganization of Troops
Washington Complete reorgaula-
fion of all bralicbt- oi the American
army to conlorin <ith 1'i• n i> -a i .ml
aril as recommended b« Major Gen
eral Pei siting 1 piovldt'd "f iu army
orders levealill I la I lie lei >ii lly an
nouuei'd divcio1 i reorgin ailou plan
i" to be can ied into regine'iits ami
eoinpanies Plie adinluis'rat' « unit
of the infantry army hereafter will
be a company with enlisted men
and six cum puis, ojfh rs, in place o
some!bIng over nil" hutfdieil men and
three olticeis
China Seizes Interned Vessels.
Beaumont Tex The directors of
/lie Southern Rice Growers' Vssocla
Hon hi their annual meeting Thurs
day fixed the minimum price of No. 1
and No rli" at lii.ju a bag. tin*
liighesi price ever asked by the gro#
ers and one that is expccted to sjt a
precedent for price setting for pom*
years to come
Will Aid Cattle Industry
Washington. 1'iansi'er o' thousands
hi head of cattle frotll the dry eclioni
of Texas and nil ' r tfceithwintern
slates to i,i ing land of Souther;
states east ol the Mt--iss|ppi river
will lie one ol the first tasks Itnil T
taken by a ol' ' < oiiuilttee appoin el
Monday by the department of igri'ui-
lure and the fo"d a Iminlitritiou
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Cain, Thomas S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1917, newspaper, August 24, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206218/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.