Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 61, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 2—NO. 61.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORGER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928.
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$250,000 TAX COLLECTION IN C0UNT\ MONDAY
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NEW ROUTE IS SURVEYED ON ROXANA-BORGER ROAD
SAVE MILE BY
NEW HIGHWAY
PLAN IS SAID
Decision Made Following Pro-
test by McMilan Refining
Company
BETTER ROAD
O. C. Goodwin of Ppinion
Time and Money to be
Save on Route
Because i he McMillan Refining
company, two miles east of Bor-
ger has protested on the proposed
lioxana-Borger graded highway
route embracing their property, a
new route, saving a distance of
approximately one mile, has been
surveyed by county engineers,
HICKMAN JUDGE
C. C. UPHELD IN
RATE POSITION
Attorney G. C. Harney Says
Tangle is of Enough Impor-
tance to Merit Action
Attorney O. C. Harney in a state-
ment yesterday said he had heard
Home criticism because of the action j
taken by Leo S. Spencer, secretary j
lot the Chamber of Commerce re-!
jgarding his action in requesting a j
reduction in water rates as well as I
jgas and electricity as requested!
I from the Panhandle I'ower & Light
company by the Borger city com- j
[mission. Following is his state-
ment :
"I have heard 'some criticism
; from
!sid er
idle Power
•some
various sources, which I con-
are aligned with the Panhan-
ex-
wliich it is believed will be less
pensive as well as shorter, O.
Goodwin, secretary of the
of Trade announced ttyis morning, j
According to the original survey )
made several weeks ago the route I
would pass between storage tanks j
of the McMillan company awl its!
refinery, and would embrace terri-
tory where the company plans to
ere' i several dwellings, it was set
out in their protest.
The original survey would fol-
low minutely the old graded road,
passing through the McMillan pro-
perty to Dixon creek bill thence j
across Dixon creek and Bear Creek
through the Cockrell-Mcllroy lease
thence to Roxana.
1'nder the new survey the route
tviVl traverse to the south ol the
McMillan property and connect with
th^i Dixon creek bill. Otherwise
there will be no change in the ori-
ginal survey as approved by the
county commissioner's court two|
months ago.
It is authoritatively announced
that construction on the new route:
will he started withjn the next:
month; «s soon as bids have been
considered and a construct for the
new graded highway let
Judge .1. .1. Trabucco of Mariposa
counts. California, is the new judge
Board j chosen to try William Kdward Mick-
man on the charge of murdering |(n,, power
Marian Parker. Judge Trabucco j water,
(above). a veteran jurist, was |ney said. "I
chosen alier charges ot prejudice representative
had been preferred against Judge
Hardy
LICENSE LAW
IN OKLAHOMA
TO BE TESTED
Interstate Commerce Rulings
Involved In Settlement
of Local Case
& Light company, be- j
Cause the Chamber of Commerce;
(and its secretary are taking some |
jpart in the discussion that is in j
progress relative to the rates that
|are being proposed by the Panhan-
& Light company, fori
gas and electricity." Hat-
believe, 1 am, as
of several clients!
who are seeking a reduction of!
| utility rates, as strongly opposed:
j as any one could be to the Cham-!
her of Commerce as an organiza-,
lion or any of its officers as such,
I'aking part in any controversy hav- ]
ing to do with matters in which j
the citizens ol a community may
! be divided in their opinion, but
| when it comes to matters in which j
the entire citizenship is interested, j
|l am of the opinion that the Cham-
ber of Commerce and its officers)
would be derelict in their duty i 1 ,
jthey did not take an interest in and!
' fight for that which is for the
i best interest of the entire commun-
Boxer, Saying He
Was Threatened,
Departs Suddenly
i
Art Villalion, the little Mexi-
can who easily defeated Don
Wade here, last week and who
was scheduled to meet Billy
Ladd, Amarillo flash, next
Wednesday night here, is gone.
He is said to have left sud-
denly and without warning
early this week after he was
told he did not have long to
live if he stayed in Borger.
In fact Villalion left his
clothes at the Half Moon ho-
tel here in the speed of his
departure. He is said to have
told friends in Amarillo that
two white men, who could not
be described, had threatened
bis life if he remained here.
Xo report of the threats were
received by local police.
Villalion is a flashy boxer
who trains and works hard for
his place in the ring. He won
the admiration of many Bor-
ger fans with his victory over
Wade.
GIRLS, MARRY A DOCTOR
BREAK RECORD
FOR PAYMENTS
IN SINGLE DAY
W. A. Miller Reports on Final
Rush Before Penalty
Goes On
PHILLIPS $114,000
llow fatherly! The men are student physician internes
Hospital, Cincinnati, and are required to feed the babies
education. On the left is F. F. Boys: right. H. <
at the General
as part of their
Kendall.
B. T. AND C.
BANOUET WILL
DRAW CROWD
125 Reservations Early Today
Necessitates Limiting
Attendance
As the result of
automobile truck
$.1:1.75 under prot
the Oklahoma line
as license tag on
Harrington of the
li cannot be said that it is not
to the interest of the entire citizen-
| ship of Borger to have our rates
for water, gas and electricity re-
1928 Tf>x"jduced so that they are something
like that which the citizens of other
communities pay."
having to pay an
license fee of
est after crossing
with a
his truck. L. K.
Harrington Trans-
Nine States Favor
Moody Cotton Plan
jfer company of Borger has appeal-
led to bis lawyers and the Cham-
ber of Commerce to assist him in
his efforts to avoid paying a fine
I of from *r,o to Sinn in what the
state of Oklahoma contends is a
violation of the state highway law.
According to Harrington, he pur-
j chased a Texas license for his
Governor Moody for a south-wide j truck which has been properly plac-
< otton conference tS combat prop-led on the vehicle I'pon crossing
aganda representing cotton acreage■the Oklahoma line near Bofse City,
will be increased this year and to he was placed under arrest, charg-
; ei k means of keeping the acreageferf with violating the. Oklahoma
down. Governot Moody is propos-;state highway law, which the aires
t/Pi AUSTIN,!
, rtior McLean
Noith Carolina
'concurring in
Feb. 1 (/p) Gov-
has responded for
as the ninth state
the suggestion of
i south-wide
BORGER LIONS
TO TAKE MEN
TO CLARENDON
Sommittee Appointed For Con-
vention; Today's Program
Is Applauded
The Borger Board ot' Trade and
Commerce will hold a banquet to-
night at 8 o'clock at the. Black ho-
tel to celebrate the recent election
•of officers for the ensuing year and
j it will be the occasion for officially
I opening their new offices in the
Black building. Kvery person in-
terested in civic and constructive
i improvements of the city and oil in-
jdustry is invited to attend.
A program, both instructive and
(entertaining, has been arranged.
! District Judge Xewton P. Willis,
[and Attorney H. E. Hoover, both of
i Canadian, pioneers of the Panhan-
jdle will be speakers who will tell
I of the changes that have taken
I place in the Panhandle over
! period of several years. L. I.
rirooks, president of the Board of
1 Trade and superintendent of tlte
Black-Sivall-Bryson company, will
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Second Charge On
Williams Filed In
City Court Today
Courts Stop Work
On Humble Line
Al'STl V, Feb. 2 (AP)—A
rotiiutl writ of injunction was
i.sMUfd today from tin* district
court stopping work on the
Humble I'ipc Line company's
two million dollur oil line under
Corpus Christ! bu> which the
state charges would lead to the
strangulation of Texas ports.
The line i being extended out
to deep water o that large ves-
sels made be loaded with oil.
Senate Committee
Questions Stewart
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (API
Robert Stewart. Standard Oil mag-
nate, who figured in investigation
operations of the Continental Trad-
ing company of Canada, was called
on today by the Senate Teapot Dome
committee for a first hand story ot
his part In a deal through which
;\ hastily formed corporation made
profits of three million dollars on
American oil within a short time and
then suddenly went out of existence
OFF FOIt \ I!'A F A
int a meeting foi Jackson, Miss., on
February 211 and this arrangement
ttems t( b< agreeablt to most gov-
ernors,
A collection of rare stamps was
sold in London recently lor *27,-
r.oft,
SMITHERS OUT
FOR SHERIFF
Well-Known Special Officer
Throws Hat in County
Political Race
ting
m it
ter the
ense.
oft leer explained
a regular transfe
did not pel-
line to en-
state without paying a He-
lie officers claimed that it
|a company maintained a regular
transfer line from one state to the
other, purchase of two licenses
| were compulsory.
It is the contention of Barring-
11on that he had only taken a con-
tract to haul a few loads of pipe
I from Borger to Hoise City for a
| drilling contractor and that no
regular trips were made into Okla-
i lioma.
Attorney H. M. Hood, represen-
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New Directory of
Telephone System
I Being Distributed
Claude Smlthers, special officer
for Marland oil company, has an-
nounced his candidacy on the Dem-
ocratic ticket for sheriff and tax
collector of Hutchinson county.
Texas. I Through courtesy of the Cham-
Mr. Smlthers is well known inlber of Commerce every member ol
the Panhandle area where he hasjthe organization is being given an
lived for the past twenty two yea rs, | up-to-date telephone directory just
having been raised in Dickens coun-1 printed and
ty on what is known throughout the) Leo S. Spencer, in
Panhandle as the Spur ranch. 'with J. W. Mize. manager ol the!
Prior to Ills connection with Mai-I Borger office ot the Southwest Hell!
land Oil company. Mr. Smlthers (Telephone company, has compiled |
served as inspector for the Pan-j the desired
handle Cowmen's
The Borger Lions club at their
regular weekly luncheon Thursday
noon appointed a committet
tend a district convention
Lions Club to be held at Clarendon
next week. Lion of the Day Leo S.
Spencer had one of the best prog-
rani' ever arranged for a civic
luncheon.
A: a part# of the program, Cal
West and Miss Bonnie Mack sang
everal nuilcal numbers, accompanied
by Miss Peggy Ityat ou the piano.
They are appearing at the Rex thea-
tre this week as a part of the troupe
known as the "Hits of 192X."
The Lions were arranged in one
end of the hall and quartets were
arranged to sing songs of their own
selection. Several of the latest hits
were rendered with gusto to the ap
proval and laughter ot the crowd.
Biscuits and other particls of food
were thrown at each quartet as soon
as they had finished.
The Lions were unanimous in
their opinion that this was one of
tin best programs ever given with
the best attendance in months
T. C.
to at_. arrested
of the ' 1 ,'*ed
ready for distribution.
cooperation j Family Wiped Out
In a Fire Today
asociation. He
has had years of experience as an
officer of the law, serving both
as municipal and county officer.
lie was employed by the Santa
Fe for three years and enjoys a
wide range of friends and acquain-
tances In the state of Texas. Okla-
homa, New Mexico and Colorado.
Mr. Smlthers has been In the oil
ileitis here since its opening. lie
is a married man and has four
children. Me makes Ills home in
Borger and is for the city and
everything which will make his phone
community a better place in which (company and the
to live.
Information and secured
the telephone number of every sub
scrlber of the telephone service
Borger.
The Southwest Bell Telephone
company publishes two directories
each year, but due to the unsettled
condition existing in Borger during | 111
the last six months, many concerns 4:
I left the city or moved to new lo-
cations, with the result that the
last directory published is obsolete.
Secretary spencer said this morn-
Iing that he believed the new direc-
tory would be of assistance to tele-
suhseribers, the telephone
public generally
tor more expedient service.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2 I API
\ father, mother and four children
in | burned to death in a lire which
wrecked theii home here today The . . . r o
victim.-' were burned while they Authority Ot ^OUrt
Williams of Skell.vtown. |
last Saturday morning, i
with theft in connection
with possession of an automobile,
[which it is alleged, was stolen from
L. A. Litterell of Midland. Texas,
last Thursday, faces a not Wer charge
| in city court today, that of intro-
jducing stolen property into the j
county. No hearing has been giv-
en on the latest charge.
The new charge is based on a
icomplaint setting out that the auto-
mobile in which Williams was rld-
iing, contained two sample eases be-
longing to the owner of the auto-j
mobile. One sample case contained
(almost 100 pocket knives and the j
other a large number of padlocks.
_j Williams has never changed his I
original statement, in which he
said he purchased the automobile j
from a man in Skellytown for a j
consideration of $100. He said, a1
[that time, that he did not know
the hardware sample cases were in;
|the car. A purse, belonging to a!
Borger man was found In Williams'
person at the time of his arrest,
containing $R8 in currency and sev-;
ieral checks. He said that he found:
'the purse on the sidewalk on Dixon j
street, while the owner, who laterj
identified the purse and its contents
[could give no explanation of its
> loss.
were
slept The dead are Armando Man-1
tica, :'.8: Baker Carllna Mantica. 29.1
wife; Anna 8; Ophelia ti: Henry \
and Armanda 2 The other child
Albert. 7. was found struggling to J
open a door by the firemen.
Czechoslovakia, with a population
of 1 4,000 now has six automobile
factories.
People of Bangkok, Slum, have
started u new fad for Jewelry.
Ruled on in Austin
l/PlAl'STIN. Feb. 1 (/Pi County
commissioners courts have no auth-
ority to remit misdemeanoi fin's to
the court of criminal appeals, it was
held today in refusing the habeas
corpus releasi to L. II. Thomas, Van
Xandl county. Thomas was fined
$S0o on a charge ot aggravated as-
snult. Commissioners sought to re-
mit it and the officers refused to
release him.
WASHINGTON. Feb 2 lAPi
Lieutenant George Towner, of the
Marine corps aviation, hopped off
here this morning in a trimotor
transport plane for Miami. Owe
stop is to be made on a flight to
N'lcai agua.
LATE NEWS
l Hv The Associated Press 1
Al'STIN. Feb. 2. iA>i—\o
trace has been found today of
two robbers who yesterday
looted (lie Mullins S-iate bank
and secured K1.000 after lock-
ing the cashier and bookkeep-
er with three customers In the
Vault, before escaping ill all
automobile.
NIAGARA FALLS, Feb. 2.
—Willi the flow of water cut
off by an ice jam in the up-
per Niagara river, the Ameri-
can cataract was virtually <lr>
today. Only a small stream
trickled over the precipice near
Propect Point.
SHKHVKI'OKT. let.. 2.—
I'harles Itraham. two year old
son of Felden Braham of Oak-
dale, l,a., was drowned today
when be fell into a bucket of
water.
M FM PHIS. Fob, 2.—South-
ern agricu11lira 1 workers in the
2!>th annual meeting 'today vot-
ed to hold the nevl meeting in
Houston, Texas.
PAWTFCKFT, 11. I.. Feb. 2.
—The Lonsdale company, one
of the oldest cotton manulac-
t lit ring firms in Rhode Island
today announced shut down of
the mill in l.onsdale near here,
due to poor business.
ATCIIINSOV, Kan., I eh. 2.
—The engine of a motor car
belonging to Fred Smith hack-
tired while he was cranking
the machine, the crank struck
a revolver ill his pocket dls-
charg the weapon. A bullet
which lodged ill his side was
removed last night
VARLUS SHIPP
HAS RELAPSE
OF PNEUMONIA
Little Girl Who Fell in Cess-
pool Taken to Hospital
Late Yesterday
Little five-year-old Varsu- Shipp.
daughter of Ml and Mrs .1 D. j
Shipp, is suffering from pneumonia >
at the Borger General hospital were
sc. was taken Wednesday afternoon j
On Monday the child fell into an,
open cesspool belonging to the)
Bovard Supply company neai her j
home. Her condition was consid-
ered critical foi several hours, bin '
a decided improvement was noted
until she took pneumonia Wednes-j
day afternoon.
According to attendfng physi-
clans the little girl's latest illness!
is a direct, result ot the waste water
inhaled while in the cesspool
The little girl, it is supposed, was!
playing with a small companion;
near the cesspool and fell through i
underbrush which had grown ov- |
er the open pit. In all probability
she started to walk across the pool |
not realizing that the open hole i
la\ beneath, her feet slipped'
through the brush and she was i
submerged beneath ten feet of wa-
ter Hei mother arrived and,
grasped the child by the hand as;
her body slowly sank to the hot ;
torn foi the third time
She was hauled from the pool
by hei mother and two men work-
ing at the Hinderliter Supply com
pany, who heard the mother's cries!
for help rushed to her assistance.!
They carried the unconscious child |
to her home where emergency pul-|
motor treatment was administered I
Oil Companies Large Contribu-
ters to Fund; Valuation
Is $36,000,000
Breaking all records for
Hutchinson county anil lit all
probability setting a high mark
for the Panhandle country.
Tax Collector W. A. Miller an-
nounced today that lie collected
$250,000 last Monday. Al-
though Mr. Miller made no an-
nouncement of the fact, he
probably went home 4hat night
to a well earned dinner.
Tax collections are being
made this year in Hutchinson
count> on a $30,000,000 valua-
tion. which will bring into the
treasury an enormous sum.
The Phillips Petroleum com-
pany paid the largest sum in
Monday's collection with a bill
of SIM.OOO, the Gulf and Prai-
rie oil companies came in
with large payment* and •the
final rush of a number of
privately owner! concerns au-
gmented the total.
Tucsdaj at midnight was
the last date for the payment
of taxes without an additional
lO per cent penalty being add-
ed.
Showalter Chosen *
Justice of Peace
At Grube Field
Word comes from Grube, Tex-
as, that M, R Showalter. former
secretary of the Borger Chamber of
Commerce, has been appointed jus-
tice ol the peace by the county
commissioner's court
county. He will be
Charles Hambv. deputy
has been stationed at
weeks.
Grube is only about six weeks
old. During the last six weeks it
has enjoyed a growth known to few
oi! towns. It is estimated that
in the city proper there is a popu-
lation of approximately 600 people,
while Grube is a mecca at night
for hundreds of oil lield workers
who c-ome to town from the Yates
pool just across the Pecos river.
"Show" is well known in Bor-
ger and the adjacent oil lield. I!«
has several leases in this section
and has always shown an interest
111 the oil Industry. He went to
(irtthe three weeks ago where he
opened an office lor the practice
of law.
ot Crorkett
assisted by
sheriff, who
Grube three
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Doubleheader At
High School Court
To Be Real Treat
Basketball fans will have an op-:
portunity to see a doubleheader at
ihe high school auditorium Friday.
I Both games promise to be a fight
and a large attendance is expect-
ed. The attraction will be the
Borger girls versus the Spearman!
'girls as a preliminary and the boys'
j teams of (he two schools as a final,
j The Borger girls are smarting
j under a defeat here last week j
I when they lost the loving cup to i
I Spearman by a narrow margin..
They are going out tomorrow night
for revenge
Spearman and Borger are even
as far as the hoys' teams are con-
cerned, Karlv in the season ihe
Spearman boys defeated Borger by
,ii narrow margin. At the tourna-
ment here last Saturday Borgei
eliminated Spearman from the race.
jThe third game is wanted to set-
it le the supremacy.
j Possibility of an additional at
i traction Is being rumored this
1 morning and may develop Into a
reality before night This game
I would be between the Borger and
Spearmnil town teams. if this
game Is added to Friday's bill of
fare at the gymnasium, one of the
rarest treats in the history of lo-
rnl basketball entertainment is in
jstore,
J. W. HOLMES
IS CANDIDATE
Former District Attorney
31st Division Enters Po-
litical Race Here
In
,
i.
Attorney .1 A Holmes of Borger
this morning declared himself a
candidate for district attorney ot
the S4th Judicial district, subject
to the action of the Democratic
primary of July 28, 102S.
Mr. Holmes has practiced law at
Miami, Texas, since September I.
1909. He has served as a lawyer
in several county offices and was
for four years district attorney of
the old :Ust district, h<.vinn re-
signed that position to come to
Borger and enter the practice of
law with the firm of Coffee, Hol-
mes K- Buckley with which he
is now associated.
Mr Holmes has been a staunch
advocate of strict law enforcement
and has been largely responslbln
for the i|itiet conditions existing in
| Hutchinson county, by discouraging
violations of the law both in prac-
tice and social life. He has taken
| a great deal of interest in civic
a ft a Irs, and constructive improve-
ments iu the cltv of Borger.
To date Holmes Is the only per-
son to officially declare himself a
candidate for the office ot dlai-
[rlct attorney.
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