Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 94, Ed. 1 Monday, February 10, 1919 Page: 1 of 6
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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
ML MEWS PAGE 2
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BROWNWOOD TEXAS MONDAY -FEBRUARY 10. 1919
VOL XVIII. NO. 94
NATURAL GAS COMING
TO BR OWNWOODSO ON
WEDNESDAY FEB. 1 9TH.
ROADS
BAY
wen mi spent m
TEDIOUS NEGOTIATION
FOR PRACTICAL FLAN
CONTRACTS NOW "LKT Forc piiv
LINE AND WORK WILL
START AT ONCE. J
iln order to clarify the situation -with
reference to Uie natural gas situation
A- in Brownwood the following state
ment has been prepared by Harrys
a Knox chairman of the Industrial Bu
reau of the Chamber of Commerce:
When Percy E. Magee of Tulsa Okla.
brought in his first big gas well south
of Bangs Brownwood people breathed
a deep breath of satisfaction. At last
tMe long dream of -an abundance of
chep fuel had come true. This was
just about a year ago j
The many reasons why we are not
enjos'ing this natural gas supply today
are too numerous to incorporate in
tats article. However as there are so j
Stan v rumors and misnnflprstrmilintrs 1
abroad it seems to me necessary to
aire a tew facts concerning a matter
of such vital interests to all.
The Chamber of Commerce began at
once to assemble all the facts concern-
tag this well and natural gas in other
places in order to devise some means
to secure the gas for Brownwood. Of
course the war conditions prevailing!
.
jaand for money -were practically in-
surmountable. TVell Was Tested.
- We saw this well tested by an ex-i
pert showing a volume of eight audj
one-half million feet open flow and a-
rock. pressure of nearly 300 pounds.
Tfce quality of gas was very fine for
commercial purposes very dry and
free from oil or water. Geologists and
J4 gas men declare it is their belief
tfeat a sufficient supply exists for pos-
sibly ten to twenty years or more.
However no person can be certain of
the life of any gas field. The second
k ga well is saW to be of similar quali-
ty and volume.
In order to prolong the life of gas
iftlls it Is very unwise to draw more
thaa 20 per cent of actual volume dai-
ly. On this basis the two wells should
s furnish about 3000000 feet commer-
cial gas daily.
u l Quite naturally we tried to interest j
Mr. 3Iagee in piping the gas to Brown-
wood however he persistently refused
stating that he was an oil man and did
0 wot want to enter the gas business
ibut would be glad to sell the gas at-
the "wells to any company we might
organize or induce -to undertake thei
venture. j
The Texas Power & Light Company;
could not be interested in a pipe line:
dTor the reason that their unalterable;
policy is not to invest in pipe lines!
"but confine their business to distribu-
tiou. j
The Empire Oil & Gas Company also ;
Taafe an unchangeable policy and thatj
is not to enter the gas pipe line busi-.
Bess to any lease not owned by them.
Therefore we could not interest them
m in the Magee proposition.
We canvassed the situation here sev-
eral times with a view to organizing
a local company to pipe the gas but;
the strain of crop failures and the!
" large "war loans was too great to per-!
mit the financing locally of a pipe
line which to be adequate would cost;7;- - " T ? -- i- T
UUUL flU.UU.
Xggee Co-Operating.
rLZ7Zia 1
7 i . . i
ruu" "Ui cr";fT;r-' ' WZl
7 iMl to proMbit operjition of p6nl halls Hons already has oeen unfavorably .re-
tie Chamber of Commerce. . L w . !..;..
"Pfnnllv Mr Ttcinn nf Dpwav. Okla-V
house in Brownwood became interest-
ied in the gas situation here and after
conferences here and in Tulsa last
week signed a contract with Mr. Ma-
Jgee to pipe the gas to Brownwood
fwlthin lour months. NIr. Letson will
fuse the franchise taken out bv the
Chamber of Commerce last year and
expects to put In his own distributing
isystcm and sell gas to the domestic
(Continued on page three)
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
Qod rm-dt ttSe ttr-
Kon6 Uies for us
The sindincS trees and
mils -tnd iilKcs.
OT course lie. rmjde.
mosquitoes too
dvt everybody mkes
mistt.k-s.
Official Photo of Armistice Headquarters
ft
r
31
pro
Above i$ shown heavy steel dojr taken from tl:e aia;p of the Kaia-
er's private trench dugout in Spa Blefium. The lower half of photo
shows corner of Von Hinden burg's dugout now meet in..' ul u c or the nr-
. niistice commission.
LABOR CONFERENCE DEMANDS
READY FOR PRESENTATION TO
INTERALLIED PEACE COUNCIL
(By Associated Tress)
BERNE;. Feb. JO. Demands for
presentation to the Paris pHrte
conference were agreed uion by
the International Labor Confer-
ence here itoday. The demands In-
clade the eytabirshmcnt of an eight
hour day "with an uninterrupted
rest period of thirty-six huiir
weekly; Insurance ugainst acci-
dents and! unemployment forbid-
ding night work in all countries
for women workers and the em-
ployment Of children under fifteen
years of age. The other demand
"was for a six hour day fir all
youths between the ages of fitloen
and eighteen years.
The demands will be recommend-
ed for incorporation into the in-
ternational agreement by the peace
MPOuW MEASURES
PASSED 8! SOLONS IN
PAST WEEK'S LABORS
CONSTITCirjONAL CONVENTION
JU-StiLli-TION KXI'IICTKIJ TO
CO.M!E UP TIIIS'WEEKi
(lii Associated Pr.ess)i
AIlS.TJ.Xi Feb. 10. Thei.engEpi!sment"Stiite institatioas -frpm Sis tp riine.
' hv ivnt li tirtiTioIinc rtf m' fTovnlis T mric 4
i. c...4--i Ut -.c t!f ... I
;he credit of . the
he pnrcliasing of 1 bmes iss
Mature of thiweek-
iegislationJ! : -
Final- parage by both hous'i-s of a.
api.ion in
refusing -to pass the graduated land
tax measure. ' . .
Many ofj the more importart pieces
of legislation planned loir thiii1 session
have been disposed of. But (he pro-
posed conjilitutional convention reso
lution vvinc3i is still - with the hom c
committee jon constitutipnal amend-
ments retrains practically untouched:
Jfprecasl for Week.
Probablyf a safe forecast of business
for the conjung week is that many bills'
and resolutions i:owon: engi;ossmcnlj
in each house will be disposed of fin-
ally and (considerable "Umej-will be
taken up in each bratich in considera
tion of mcjxsares sent over by the oth
ier. Thereilis a probability that the .pro-
posed constitutional convention reso-
lution wilj come out of the cjomniittee
to which It vvas recommitted the de-
bate duriUg Uie short time it; Wag b.e-
Ifore the House indicated that it will
.develop a sharp skirmish. '
With thfe corridors of thji Capitol
thronged with picturesque witnesses
and interested persons from: the Mex-
ican border no one will attempt to
predict when the investigation in the
GlasscockiParr contest ior a seat in
the Senate from the 23rd Senatorial
district and the investigation of the
State Ranger force will pnd. ( Both in-
vestigations are well. under way .and
according) 'to . testimony; irregularities
conference. There are special
Stipulations in the demands re-
garding seamen and it is asked
that these stipulations be made a
part of -'International Jaw carry-
ing out the provisions being dele-
gated to special commissions in
which tho trade unions of the
various nations will have equal
representation with the employ-
ing interests.
IRISH LABOR DE3IA.NDS.
(By Associated. Press)
Dublin. Fell. 10. The All Ire-
land Labor. Conference held here
.Saturday adopted a. proirruiu call-
ing for a forty-four hour week and
sin increase of one hundred and
fifty per cent over the pre-war
rates with an absolute minimum
bf fifty shillings per. week.
; connected with both .subjects being
probed h;yc jieen charged. The elec-
tion investigation -is necs.nrily. con-
fined Jo the -Senatorial - district';. ;"bat
the Ranger ptiz i takfrii-; on a uroad-
.er scope and activities of Rangois
wherever V.fiy. have . been staJ ioned in
;tlte state i'heinc '-considered. Pro-
ceedings are ; narrowing .down .to 'spt-
Jcific charges pf law viplatio.ns in which
JRhrigOrs are .named. . . -
" New .' I.eirisialioi?.
.;Amon thtj bills passed finally by
Tlx I .'- . ....
j jAu act to lnereacvihc .numher of!
JineauK - rs .of -the boards- of control of
Ah rift to rnimliifo thn .ltr:i( ir(i. ff
Lilt i V vn. a ' in
Linn ftt'wl rAiriefriilinri r.f rlfintctb."
An act to ddf me actional lraud.
An acf:; repeal the. act uroviding'
jftr Uie Sul . Ross Normal at Alpine.
ilbwever. a bill with ih0:iittrnrovi.
..The 'Senate passed finally' this.' week:
.An act to. allow pipe lines the right
ot eminent domain..
;A H(mse concurrent resolution pro-
viding for an Investigation of the-.State
Tighvvay commission.
An act . to provide for tho appoint-
ment of a Joint committee to investi-
gate into the subject of taxation.
' The '-following bills have passed "both
houses:
An act prohibiting the placing inel-
! .
Igibfe napies on ballot
. An acl permitting-the -incorporation
of garages
An act pr.emltting the incoi')oration
of drilling companies.
An. act permitting the incorporation
pi airplane manufacturing .companies.
A Senate joint resolution providing
for thj? levying by counties of a seventy-five
cent lax for road building was
killed in the House.
I Viscount Grey Blind
(By Associated Press")
LONDON Feb. 10. Eye trou-
ble with which Viscount Grey
former British secretary of state
for foreign affairs has been af-
fllffti1 fr i nimvlvnt t' t'An yu lint
now culminated in total blind- t
ness says the D.aily Mail;
SEATTLE STRIKE IS
EXPECTED TO COME
TO CLOSE AT ONCE
I
TACOMA WALK OUT ALREADY
CLOSED AM? .VEX RETURNED
TO WORK TODAY.
(By Associated Press)
TACOMA Wnsh. Feb: JO.- Pol-
low ing Hie decision of the Ccnfrnl
Labor Council last eWningy Iho
general strike is off hr Taeorna
today and the meinlior.s of the
unions who went out on a sympa-
thetic" strike went back to work
at eight o'clock this inomliiir . .
.SEATTLE Feb. ll. The ton-
"servnthe lenders of tli(; union hib-
or here: who were to asect at 'J:0
this morning with Jhc general
strike conference committee hoped
to induce the committee to recom-
mend (hut lie sympathetic xtriLe
be called off .here.
.Municipal otficials. Jieadeu by Mayor
Hanson and assisted by a cobimiUoe
of business men turned' their attention
! today to Allans Cor immediately resum-
ing the. city's. industrial and comnier-
;cial activities' Svhich have been de-isjjerin
ranged aiuce Thursday l)y.thegeneral0.m.i'1 t(
strike
The m luotnea affected by the stnkeint!V -0.irrs(1
will be r 6s tuned with or -without Uie
aid of the union workers Mayor I Tan-;
son said; The collapse of tlic strike:
; movement. wa confidently expected by
the officials today.;
j A 1)31 1 JUL W1LS0N ILL.
By Associated Press) -
( . WA-SFJIXGTOX. Feb. I0.-r.Vicc Afl-
miral -Henry B. Wilson commanding
'the American n.wa'i fe'recs at Bn-fr-.
Franco b.is pueamonia. Admiral Siipsi
notified liu- N.vy I)fartmcnt today4.
.that Admiral Wilson u scrlouslv-ill.
COMMISSIONS MAKE
RAPJD PKS-
91
L
CRKDENTI ALS nUIJIISSmX H VS
never fr-nttionki) sinck
Conference rimjan.
(By Associated Press) j
PARIS Feb. 10. Such headway has;
been -made by some of the lesser.com-
missioi'4 of "the peace "conference with !
j the- Plans before thorn that it is ex-
pelted tjhat these "commissions' rill :bc
ready to report a number of 'important'
I vjutor m tuu. uuuiuri'iicc Kir us U i
Hon almost Immediately after t h re-'
port. of the commission on the Society!
of Nations is disposed of. The confer
ence plans to undertake disposition 'of!
some ol these topics at once.
If the pence conference commis-
sion on credentials ever begin to
fluid ion some stirring deyelop-
menis are expected to follw.
The commission has not met thus
far even to organize; (ho confer-
ence thus fur having got along
without the right of-11113 delegate
to a Seat being challenged which
Is probably without precedent in.
the history of such international
. i It (.lilt.
The usual course at these asscm-i
blages is for the.delugatcs'to exchange j
their credentials as soon as they gat h-
er and-any. one of them is privileged!
to. makp." objection to the credentials'
of.anotjuT if be finds .grounds for do-;
ing' so.- The delegates to the poace!
conference have been coming . along!
single file ever since the opening of
the conference and it has not been
thought proper to begin the cxamina-.
tion of documents.
STRIKE LEADER HELD
AS A DRAFT DODGER
AltllEtSTKI) THIS 3I0KNIN( .ON FEU-
EKAL CIIAJMJE AT JAW- .
j HENCE KANSAS. ;
(By Associated Press) .
LAWllfCNCli Kana.r Feb; 10---Tmd
Caplitu sccretaiy of the coinmitlco di-.
recting the textile strike here. vvas ar-
rested this morning on a federal
charge of evading the draft.
Kaptnu wan taken to" Camp Devons
and turned over to the army authori-
ties. It is announced that he will be
charged with failure to register. Aft
er his departure for Camp Devens
Caplan's wife presented to the 'offi-
cers? a registration card which showed
that he registered at Pittsburghand
was placed in Class five. " -. i -
1
PLAN
Boston Man to Succeed
Gregory as Att y GerTl
In official cHlc- if i ;el!fV!-d tl:at
I.. Whipple now (Jt-nenil
to the rutted Staos Shipping!
1 linn nl tvill .1 n... t .! r I it
t v
BB
iMn nnn mm m i
I 1 m M
9ldUUU PIULCH rill
win
RESISTERED PACKAGE
MONEY SKNT FR03I FORT S3HTH r
TO HARTFORD AKK AND
STOLEN ENROl'TE. t
1
- (-By Associated- Press)
HARTFORD. Ark.J Feb. lO.Poatof-
fice. "official .are- liiv.cs.jligating the
Itheffof thirteen thousand dollars in
kurvmuy which .wai stolbji. Friday '
fn-fcl-tVfruni regfstcred mun.6t by. thCt
j Fort Smith bank to the .Bank of .llart- "EXTENSION OF W03IJLVS BUSINESS
ford it became known today.
i The money represented the payroll :
for ' Hartford concern. ; An empty j '
mail min k which had been cut biicnj -win
found ni'ar th railway station at I
' I la i tfot'd. ' - .'
HEWERS
10 BE DEPOBTED BY
" IMMIGRATION HEARS
N
. ...... ." in..1lKIs nl ...
1 n l' V" ' V"h .V
DEPORTATION.
(By Associated. Press)
-Cn.lCAUO.Feb Ity-WuniuWU. t
:ers.of-the ladustna orfcei.-q the h. . Coniniissi0n begt
Vorld passed through here last n'Shtloflav.
her
on a. special train under a heavy guard!
ion their way to an Atlantic port where:
l it is sitid thvy'wijl be- dp'portPiT immij
JdiaU'ly by the immigration officials
tFOOO CABO SYSTEM
HOW DISGONlliEO151 m
.MEXICANS .11 IV NOW HI V WHAT
-K-.VKK TUEV PLEASE LN lii.U-
IT'EIU HA NTITIKS.
'. - .
' (Try-Associated Press)'
PfiO.W XSVILU'i. Pf"''. Axk Official
onleVf?.; fron: .Washington to discontiiir
uo outi rely the. food card system in
oft'oct ntnee IfHT relative to the pur-'
chase 011 lho-Amjrici'in ido of Uie bor-
k0v "of food by .Mexicans 'is expected
hero: ..'". '-
Tl.uj'food card system permitted tho
Mexicans to- buy certain ahiounts of
food at Cc rtaih- fixed 'periods; Deputy
Collector of Customs U. H
tllnn. (V
tiie port of Brownsville recently issued
orders iillnwing " the Mexicans . to bui'
whatover they pleased in" limited quan-
tities' - . ' ' ' -
lU'CeUU:? of a new order it is. be-Ii.evnd-
will mean that food cards ure
no longer-necessary.
Health Conditions in
Stale Probably Bad
(By Associated1 Press)
AUSTIN .Fob. 10. Dr. O W. God-
dard the nevv State Health Officer is
asking the Legislature to appropriate
$12000 for a general health survey of
tho. state. Mr. Goddard believes war
conditions and the recent influenza
epidemic makes necessary a general
?hous( cleaning" in Texas and that It
should not be gone about bllndly. :
1Y COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE
EADERSHIP IN
Road Overseers in Various Districts to be Called Out for
Day's Work and Farmers Will be Ased to Co-
operate With Business Men of the City
JAPANESE 70 1
RUSSIANS III FIGHT
AGAINST BOLSHEVIK
TO LOAN JIEN .HONEY AND AM3IU-
M'JTON IN RE1TEN TOR YAL-
tTARLE CONCESSIONS.
(By Associated Press) .
1 VLADIVOSTOK' Feb. lO.-Reports
from Omsta state that the Russian
government there has accepted the of-
fer from Japan of . men money and
arms to settle the Bolsheviki diffi-
jculty.
They step it Is stated was due to
IVnnftpf a -f lmf th "illlno' ni-n In yi-UUA....
thoir forf!fiR fpnm sniorin nm1 nKn in
' the rear that the conference at. Prin-
ices Island will result in. the recogni-
' i ;. f 7h . h
e"-.
the report states the Japanese -will se
s
re iron and coal concessions in the
riamur district.
!
iMn. r m iv unu mim
iiinuuiiiu iiuiviiiiniiuii
OF ALL OFFICERS IS
PROVIDED IN NEW
RIGHTS PROVIDED IN NEW
SENATE -.MEASURE.
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN Feb. t0.-r-A bill proposing!
DIM
DILL;
tc amend the primary -election law so (agreed to attend to the supervising ot
jus to provide for. nmjority.noniinaMonSj the "work and to furnish much equip-
Ifor all candidates for office from con-. ment there remains to be formulated
! stable to governor Was introduced ihan organization for. properly distribut-
!the Senate -today by -AlcXeajus of Dal-; ing tbe workers on the various roads
las county. and for gathering up as many teams
"A bill proposing to give married and motor trucks as well aa other
'women the right to become subscrib-jnipment as is possible. Announce-
ers stockholders olficcrs and diree-t
of corporations created for profit'
troduced today by Senator West-!
Jjrook of Html county.
(. f After voting down a resolution todate which could have been chosen.
'have the remainder pP'thc Ranger in-It s placed in the middle of next
vestlgiition. held in the House the week because it is necessary that the
I House bill allowing commissioners-"0"0" work be done as quickly as pos-
courts to appropriate money for
was taken-up.
The House committee1
the. State
an its labors
The House today . took up the bin:
providing- move .drastic . regulations..
?"goVcr.niiig the disposition of niortKaged
I property. The bill was under consider-with the probably incomplete organi-
ration when the House adjourned until nation that will be ready to tako charge.
;this afternoon.
onunTEOilt ninnnnrn
HGI BREAKS OUT
SEVERAL KILLED A N I V OPN DEI)
l I'lf'ii'iMvr' iv riMMiw imi
1 I Hilllt.M. . lihli.U AN lAl-
vri 1 Trim iv
lX.li O.V 11 1UI. I
(By. Associated Press)
. ZURICH. Feb.' 10. Spartacau disord-
ers: "of-" a-grave nature broke out in
Berlin Saturday evening according to
reports received here.
Soldiers and' sailors commanded by
former Chief of Police Kichorn are re-
ported to have occupied the Alexander
'Flats. Government troop's opened fire
upon them and eight were killed and
forty wounded.
May Give Extra Time
For Payment of Taxes
(By Associated Press)
'DALLAS Feb. 10. Demurrage rates
and charges on export freight will be
taken tip by the Dallas pistrict Freight
Traffic Committee after Feb. $ -.
Other subjects to come up for hear-
ing after Fob. IG will be:
Rates on classes and commodities
between stations od the Augusta Rail
road company and Texas.
Export rates on grain .and grain
products between interstate ami Texas
points.. ; .'i-"". --' '
DIRECTING WORK
Wednesday February 19th was .
fixed as the date for the county-
wJde good roads day by the Com-
missioners Court of Brown couufy
w lien the proposal for a good roads
day was explained to them. The
Court gave unanimous endorse-
ment to the movement and pledged
hearty co-operation In every road-
distrlct of the county.
"layer Hawlett stated this morn-
ins that the city government would
also co-operate in the moTcment
and that cTery business house
would be asked to suspend busi-
ness for the day selected
A representative of the Brownwood
Bulletin appeared before the Commis-
sioners Court and briefly outlined the
plan lor a county-wide good roads day.
as suggested last week. After a few-
minutes discussion the commissioners
voted unanimously to endorse the
movement and to undertake the re-
sponsibility of calling: out all regular
and special road overseers for service
on that day. The road working equip-
ment of the county will be placed in
service and the commissioners them-
selves will personally supervise much
of Uie work in each of their districts.
The tentative plan suggested through
the Bulletin which was a resume of
several plans suggested by Interested
citizens was adopted by the Commis-
sioners. In each commissioner's dis-
trict the commissioner will be at the
head of his quota of supervisors and
they will constitute the supervising
force- for the day. The work of the
olunteer workers will be properly di
rected so that the work done may be
of a permanent nature. Several small
culverts will be built and other im-
Mirovements made at paints Jn the
roads which require especial attention
while an efrort will be made to drag
as much of the roads as in possible.
The remainder of the organization
plan will be worked out within a day
or two. The commissioners having
ment of tins organization will be made
within a da? or-. two.
The date selected will probably
'please as many citizens as any other.
dip-jsible before the farmers get so busy
for anything. Many farmers who have
learned of the plan are enthusiaaticaf-
ly.'n favor 'of the movement and so
tfar not a single voice has been lifted
against it. The plan. therefore prom-
ses to be very successful even in its
filst application in this comity and
1 of the movement.
I "It is not expected that the work
! will move with entire smoothhess this
iyear"- said one enthusiast this morn-
:ing "because it is an entirely new
s movement for this section if not for.
I Texas. IJut even though the time of
i several men may be practically lost
I during the day and many way work
j under a disadvantage it is certain that
t r
h ."an afJ
lmlw nnrvlmn mnoh Pin hp nr-
:i.inl?oirwt rl Ida i-nnnc rf t Vi?. pmtnt V
1 ll'UI('limiV.U 11444 1 UUIU 4J 4. 411b MUttkJ
will be materially benefitted. The day
will also be worth much toward crys-
talizing the sentiment of the people
in favor of good roads and will make
it easy to work cut plans for. future
road work in the county." .
Socialists Discuss
Territorial Matters :
At Sunday Meeting
! (By Associated Press)
P. ERNE Feb 10. Territorial ques-.
tions were to the fore at. both sessions
of the International Socialist confer-
ence yesterday. The question of. Al-
sace and Lorraine was the chief one
considered. Some time was also spent
in deb.ating a- resolution favoring tha
release by the allies of German "pris-
oners of war.
- ?.$ $. $' $ ? v S v Jv
WEATHER FORECAST
' . -:
Brownwood and vicinity; ? :To- &
night ' increasing cloudiness;
.vvarmer ..Tuesdajv ' ' i- ; v .
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