The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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The Meridian Tribune
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
41ST YEAR, NO. 29
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 14, 1934
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR
LEMENS SPEAKS
ON BRAZOS ACT
Project Now Rests in the
Hands of Congress.
Purposes of the Brazos River Con-
servation act and what it will mean
for Texas were explained by Vernon
Lemens, flotorial representative from
the district including Bosque county,
in an address at Cleburne Wednes-
dsv, at a meeting sponsored by the
women's Good Government League
of Cleburne. One or more dams along
the Bosque county banks of the
Brazos is proposed in the bill, and the
proposition is of much interest to
the people of this county.
Urging the people to write and
petition their congressmen and sena-
tors in behalf of the forthcoming
measure in Congress, Mr. Lemens de-
clared that the legislature has gone as
far as it can and that it is now up to
congress at its January session to pro-
vide federal funds for the work.
Advantages of the project, if it
be approved, would be supplying work
relief, future source of water supply,
recreational facilities which will bring
business, sport features in hunting
and fishing, moderation of climatic
conditions to aid in preventing drouth
losses, creation of cheaper electricity
which would point to industrial de-
velopment through factories locating
ir .Texas, reclamation of lands and
soil erosion benefits. He expressed
some doubt as to irrigaitional benefits,
declaring that it was felt by some au-
thorities that the water would have
to be treated before it could be used
in this manner.
The Brazos River drains an area
of about one-fourth of the State a'nd
takes in about one-sixth of the
wealth, he pointed out.
He praised the late Leonard Tilot-
son of Sealy, who worked for years
to get legislation through to harness
the river, Tilotson's first act being in
1912 a'nd in 1915 he secured an
amendment to the State constitution
by a vote of the people.
Mr. Lemens viewed the efforts of
Tilotson and others through the
years toward this end and declared
that the project had now reached the
point where it was wrapped up i'n
national politics because the applica-
tion for this program now had to go
to congress.
Mr. Lemens said it was opportune
that at this time the legislature
should have put a measure through
in an attempt to secure this project
as the President was 'now Emphasiz-
ing such a program in various sec-
tions of the nation.
He pointed out that Congressman
A. P. Buchanan of Texas was chair-
man of the important appropriations
committee and that Mr. Buchanan
was interested i'n the measure so it
had been decided to go to congress
at its next session and ask the body
directly for the appropriation. "I be-
lieve Buchanan can drive the bill
through the committee," he said, urg-
ing all Texas to get behind the pro-
ject.
It has now been decided to ask for
$60,000,000 instead of $50,000,-
000 as before, he said, the additional
$10,000,000 bei'ng for soil erosion
work.
He pointed out that no dams had
been located yet and would hot be
until congress passed the measure.
He said that his guess was that one
would be located at DeCordova Bend.
City Taxes Due.
Notice is hereby given that taxes
of the City of Meridian for the year
1934 are now due a'nd payable at my
office in the City Hall, also delin-
quent taxes may be paid without in-
terest and penalty until Jan. 31, 1935.
C. C. Porter, Tax Collector,
City of Meridian, Texas.
Varsol, the safe and efficient dry
cleaner, in any quantity can now be
obtained at the Humble Sei-vice
Station, John Crenshaw, proprietor.
adv-30c.
EARLY PAPER NEXT WEEK.
The Tribune will be printed
Wednesday of next week, which
will enable advertisers to reach
the buying public at the heighth
of the Christmas buying season.
Correspondents, contributors and
advertisers are requested to take
notice of the early press time, and
the co-operation of all will be ap-
preciated.—Editor.
GET READY FOR SANTA
Meridian streets will be in full
Christmas regalia by the end of the
week, in preparation fOV the per-
sonal visit of Old Santa Claus
himself. Santa will visit the busi-
ness section of Meridian on Sat-
urday afternoon, Dec. 22 at 2:30
o'clock and Monday, Dec. 24, at
2:30 o'clock, and will bring gifts
for all the kiddies, and he's send-
ing a message to everyone asking
them to meet him here. Read it
below.
County Releases Land
Sold In Year 1881
Commissioners' Court was in regu-
lar monthly session Monday and
transacted the following business:
B. F. Word, County Judge, was
authorized to execute release to cer-
tain school lands located in Clay
County which were formerly owned
by Bosque Cou'nty. In 1881, R. G.
Childress, then County Judge, was
authorized by the Commissioners'
Court to sell to Mary A. Newcomb
10,958 acres of Bosque County school
lands, part of the consideration being
five notes aggregating $7,258.00 and
said 'notes having been paid long ago,
in oreder to clear the title to the
land, released was executed by Judge
Word as ordered by the Court and
appeared of records.
The official bond of D. Preston
Hornbuckle, Tax Assessor and Col-
lector for the ensuing two years, was
filed and approved.
Monthly reports of E. H. Young,
Carl C. Health and H. K. Cooper,
Justices of the Peace of Precincts
Nos. 1, 7 and 8 respectively, were
approved.
Monthly expense account of C. L.
Wilson, County Farm Agent and
Alma T. Butler, Cou'nty Treasurer,
were approved and ordered paid.
Fourteen time warrants on Road
and Bridge Funds, aggregating $1,-
485.20, ^ dated December 10, 1934
and due February 15, 1935, bearing
6% interest, were ordered issued for
materials furnished.
Cattlemen Asked To
State Drouth Needs
In order for the Emergency Drouth
Program, which is the buying of
drouth stricken cattle, to be as im-
partial and fair as possible to Bosque
County, C. L. Wilson, County Agent,
Meridian, is asking the farmers and
ranchers of the County to send infor-
mation to his office which explains
their drouth situation. In this manner,
the direct needs of the livestock raiser
can be considered over the entire
Cou'nty.
It is not definite that Bosque
County will be given another buying
quota, says Mr. Wilson, but in case
there is such a program carried on
the collected data will serve as a
means of abolishing the Bosque
Cou'nty emergency situation.
If a farmer or rancher recently
sold only a limited per cent of the
quota he originally signed, he should
write to the office of the County
Agent and show how many more head
it will be necessary for him to sell to
remedy his present condition. In
order for this information to be defi-
nite, a survey of the county needs are
being made and each application will
be considered separately as to its im-
mediate need. In this way, only those
cattle raisers which are actually in
distress will be considered.
To date, there are 8000 head of
cattle on file in the office of the
County Agent which are designated
for immediate sale. Since a man will
not be allowed to sell the quota he
signed, he should write Mi\ Wilson
and state the smaller number of cat-
tle he could sell. This would mean
that he would probably be more apt
to sell his small number of cattle than
the mati who left his quota at a max-
imum number.
Since there are more cattle listed
than will be sold in the near future,
it will be impossible for farmers or
ranchers to list their cattle now for
the first time; however, if the quota
is raised and Bosque County should
get an unlimited amou'nt of buying
and comdemning, it is likely that
added applications will be made.
TURKEY DEAL
CLOSES HERE
Bosque County Ships 24
Carloads This Year.
The season for dressing turkeys
Christmajs market closed last night
and it is reported the Bosque Coun-
ty shipped 13 carloads as compared
with 19 cailoads last year. The aver-
age price paid for No. l's, was 15
cents.
Four cars were dressed and shipped
from Meridian, 3 at Clifton and one
each from Iredell and Walnut
Springs, and about four carloads of
live turkeys were trucked out of
Clifton to Waco, according to best
information available.
For the Thanksgiving market 11
carloads were shipped as compared
with 18 carloads last year, making
the total 1934 crop 24 carloads as
compared with 37 carloads in 1933,
or a reduction of 13 carloads. which
is attributed to the poor quality of the
birds on account of the drouth.
25 Enrollees Arrive at
Meridian State Park
Twenty-five junior CCC enrollees
arrived at Meridian State Park Mon-
day from the CCC camp at Stephen-
ville a'nd will be employed here dur-
ing' the next several months complet-
ing the work of constructing the park
according to detailed plans. This force
is expected to be supplemented by
other workers in a short time.
While here last week, Senator Tom
Connally stated that orders for the
sending of the 25 enrollees here
had been issued.
Meridian citizens welcome the CCC
men, and are highly pleased to see
work begin again at the park.
M. B. Winston, of Morgan, was
in the city on business Monday.
Bosque Granite
Found to Be of
Usable Quality
That some of the rocks of which
Bosque county's picturesque hills are
composed may ultimately turn out
to be granite of sufficient quality and
qua'nity to make this region known
for its valuable building stone seems
possible as the result of a discovery
by Joe S. Jenson, living on Route 2,
Meridian.
Several large stones upturned dur-
ing the construction of a road on
the Mrs. Nina Somrud farm, in the
Mustang community 14 miles west of
Meridian, attracted Mr. Jenson's at-
tention because of their unusually
hard texture. He was told by work-
men that the stones were "flint,"
but he disagreed and to satisfy his
curiosity, sent a specimen, from one
of the large sto'nes to the Henderson
Marble Works, at Bowie, Texas. The
Bowie concern returned the specimen
with one side highly polished and
showed much interest in the dis-
covery, declared it to be granite of
a type suitable for outdoor construc-
tion, inquiring how much of the rock
could be found here, and stating that
they would send a representative
here to inspect the formation i'n the
vicinity.
Mr. Jenson was exhibiting the
specimen i'n Meridian Saturday after-
noon. It is a grey color, very hard,
and the polished surface indicated
that it would make a beautiful and
durable construction material. Sever-
al large stones, weighing three or
four hundred pounds each, of the
same material, were seen by Mr. Jen-
son where the specimen was taken.
Since the beginning of highway work
and state park construction in the
region west of Meridian, many un-
usual rock formations and fossils
have been upturned which have been
of much interest to amateur geolog-
ists. The area avidently abounded in
life during the pre-historic periods.
COURTHOUSE PLANS
GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL
Notice was received yesterday
that the Public Works Adminis-
tration has given final approval to
the plans and specifications for
additions, remodeling and repair-
ing Bosque County's courthouse,
estimated to cost $45,000.00. No-
tice, inviting contractors to bid
o'n doing the work, is expected to
be issued next week, as all other
requirments of the Federal gov-
ernment have been complied with.
Cotton Raisers Vote On
Bankhead Act Today
Bosque county cotton farmers are
voting today, along with cotton
growers all over the United States,
as to whether or not they want to
continue the operation of the Bank-
head act of 1935.
Any tenant, share cropper, or
other person who shared in the cotton
crop this year or who has leased land
previously to cotton for cotton next
year, may vote. A poll tax receipt is
not necessary.
The ballot is a simple "yes" and
"no" affair, Not to be signed. Polls
opened at 9. a. m. and close at 5 p.
A YOUTHFUL DEMOCRAT
SHOWS HIS "COLORS"
Complimenting the Democratic ad-
ministration, Master Bobby Curtis
presented the new postmaster, H. D.
Wintz, with a splendid bust of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, which will oc-
cupy a place of honor at the post-
office.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
F.B. Davis and Miss Minnie Dunlap.
M. D. Robinson and Miss Edith
L. Hadley.
Ask for Good. Will Tickets.
There were 7,658 bales of cotton
ginned in Bosque county from the
crop of 1934 prior to December 1, as
compared with 18,258 bales ginned
to December 1, 1933, according to
C. S. Coffelt, special agent.
MEET SANTA IN MERIDIAN!
He Will Be Here in
Person with Gifts for
the Kiddies!
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Dear Kiddies and All:
I am coming to Meridian SATUR-
DAY, DEC. 22 at 2:30 p. m., also on
MONDAY, DEC. 24 at 2:30 o'clock.
I will bring a gift for every one of
my little friends who come to Meridian
at these hours. Be sure to remember
date and be sure to meet me in Merid-
ian.
Yours for a Big Christmas,
SANTA CLAUS.
COURT TAKES UP
CRIMINAL CASES
Numerous Pleas Heard
During Week.
District Couit adjourned Thursday
afternoon until next Thursday morn-
ing when the case of Tom Conway,
Trustee v. C. M. Moore, suit for
debt, which has been re-set for hear-
ing on that day.
The following business was tran-
sacted in court this week:
The case of Estate of Wm. Wilson,
suit for debt and damages, which
was dismissed last week, was re-un-
stated on the docket at request of
plaintiff's attorney because some
question has arised about settlement
of same.
Henry Dahlen v. Bosque County
Mill & Elevator Co., suit for debt,
was consolidated with a similar case
and both will be tried as one case.
Leona Morrow was granted a
divorce from Arthur Morrow and
her name restored to Leona Hadley.
Doran Mitchell plead guilty to the
theft of turkeys as charged in the
indictment and was given six months
confinement in the penitentiary.
Pete Westerman was given a five-
year suspended sentence on a plea
of guilty of burglary.
Frank Kilpatrick plead guilty of
the possession of intoxicationg liquor
for the purpose of sale and was
given two years in the penitentiary.
Walter Hastings plead guilty to
operating a motor car while intoxi-
cated. He was fined $50.00, given 30
days in jail and prohibited from
driving a car for 90 days.
Estell Glass plead guilty to the in-
dictment charging him with posses-
sing for sale liquor capable of pro-
ducing intoxication, and his punish-
ment was assessed) at one year in
(the penitentiary.
George Lechler was given a two-
year suspended sentence upon his
plea of guilty to a charge of bur-
glary.
Ceciel Burns also plead guilty to
burglary and was given a two-year
suspended sentence.
Purnell Wig Wheatley plead guilty
o-f the possession of intoxicating
liquor for the purpose of sale and
was given one year in the peniten-
tiary.
Henry Oliver, charged with assault
to murder, plead guilty and was given
a two-year suspended sentence.
Pat Wren, charged with possession
of intoxicating liquor for the purpose
of sale which consisted of 18 pint
bottles of bottled in bond, was tried
and the jury was unable to agree on
a verdict.
Theresa Kilpatrick, charged with
assault with intent to murder another
woman during an affray at the Clif-
ton dance hall some time ago, plead
guilty and was given two-year sus-
pended sentence.
Arthur (Red) Chappell was ac-
quitted by the jury on a charge of
burglarizing a residence at Valley
Mills and taking a shotgun.
Walter Frazier, alias Blackwell,
entered a plea of guilty to kidnaping
as charged by the indictment, and
was given ten years in the peniten-
tiary with a credit of one month
spent in jail before his trial.
On the Juvenile Docket, Jack Kil-
patrick plead guilty to the indictment
charging him guilty with perjury be-
fore the grand jury; he was found
to be a juvenile delinquent and was
paroled to his mother during his
minority and subject to being revok-
ed upon the Court's own motion in
the event said defendent does not
abide by the law.
PHEBIAN BIBLE CLASS.
Mrs. John S. Odle entertained the
members of the Phebian Bible Class,
which is composed of women in the
Baptist Church, with a business and
social meeting at her home, Monday
night, December 10, at 7 o'clock.
After a business meeting, which
was presided over by Mrs. A. S.
Lomax, president, the members en-
joyed a social hour. At the close of
the informal evening, appropriate re-
freshments were served to sixteen
members.
The next regular meeting, which
will be January 14, will be held at
the home of Mrs. Lomax.
Mayor J. D. Grimes, accompanied
by Floyd Rymer, of Walnut Springs,
returned last Friday from Llano
county where they had been on a
deer hunt. They report seeing plenty
of deer, but plenty wild and several
shoots, but no deer to bring home.
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