The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933.
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Gain Shown In
Cotton Acreage
W'a.-liington, 1). C.. July 11—
An increase of 11.6 per cent in
tliK \ car's acreage r»f cotton
na intimated today by thcr
vr p t. porting- board. which
said I hai a* of July 1 there
wen 10.7( >8,000 acres under
ciiltiv ati«>n.
Its lield workers reported
increased acreage in every
stale from a 1 per per cent in-
crease in Mississippi to< 79 in
California.
Die must significant in-
ereasc. however, was in Texas
which produces more than
"lit lliird of the nation's cot.
" An increase of 16 per
cent in the acreage there was
shown, a rise from 13,592,(XX)
acres in cultivation on July 1
over last year, to 15.767,000
acres growing on July 1 this
year.
Kstimates of the indicated
production and the July 1 con-
dition were not given bcause
of the law preventing issue-
anoe of these reports until
August.
The estimate does not take
into account the proposed 30
i per cent reduction in acreage
which the agricultural adjust-
ment administration has men-
ti ned as the amount it migh!
take «\>iu't when offers have
been received consolidated,
and accepted on an equitable
basis among the various states.
In working out tentative
acreage quotas assigned to the
states the administration! used
the 1931 acreage—39.109.000
acres—as a basis, saying it
was more nearly comparable
to the present acreage than of
;ui\ other recent year.
The reduction torn that basis
FiOne Star Gas Ad
Wins First Award
For Third Year
For the third consecutive year,
the Lone Star Gas System has won
tirst prize in a national advertis-
ing copy contest among the major
gas companies of the country. The
winning ad, entitled "Natural Gar.
Is Your Lowest Priced Domestic
Servant," was judged the best piece;
9f copy among all advertising!
placed in newspapers by gas com-,
panics of the United Stales in the!
year 1932. Public Utilities Adver-
tising Association, which conduct
the contest, announced the awari
at its annual meeting held'in Grand!
Rapids, Mich.
The pnze ad appeared in thin,
newspaper and more than 200 other
Texas and, Oklahoma papers in
February last year. Copy wan pre-
pared by Willard G. Wiegel, assist-
ant advertising manager of thw
.one Star Gas System. Will C'.;
< J cant is manager of the advertis-j
ing department. Western News-!
oaper Union set the type and made!
the stereotype plates and mats fori
the »d. Lono Star also won first)
prize last year in the same co test
with an ad written by Mr. Wiegel
and received first honors again
is 1981.
The nation's best gas advertise-
ment was a simple, direct state-
ment of how much gas service a.
penny will buy. It stated that on s
cent's worth of natural gas service
will eook a good dinner for f •
people, operate a bath room hcflt*?-
for two nonrs, heat enough unttrt*
for two baths, operate a livh;r
room heater for 45 minutes. *
33 cops of coffee, heat en
water for 14 shaves or run a ^ <
refrigerator for eight hours.
"Are you laughing at me5'
demanded1 the professor stern-
ly of his class.
"Oh. no sir." came the reply
from the class president.
"Then," asked the professor,
"what else is there in the room
to laugh at?"—Ex.
would mean elimination of 11.-
732,700 acres and place the
hypothetical area of 27,476,300
acres for this year's crop.
Factories And Mills
From many sections of the coun-
try supply us with building ma-
terials in order that we may sup-
ply the needs of the people of
this section of Dallas County, as
a result of which the products of
the best manufacturers are to be
had through us. The service we
perform is assembling it here
where you can get everything
you need at one place.
JRO. E. QMRLES C*
W. L.Wilkinson, Mgr. Phone 15
Jodie Bean In
Colorado Camp
Grand Lake, Colo.. C ( G>
1809. July 5, l'Vvi.
Mr. Davis.
I b ar Sir:
I bis is the liist< rv of the
( • C. C . Camp on the country
that i.< in this vicinity. It was
made 1>\ the company re-
; urter and myself. I thought
•' might b' interesting to
I»ri>iut in yt ur paper.
1 I"* a ver\ beautiful
country and a nice climate. 1
;'.m doing just line. 1 am fore-
man over 24 men and may
• !raw more pay.
I would like t«. know if you
print this.
J. B. BF.AW
\iter many rumors among
lb boys ;is to where we would
be sent, we entrained at Fort!
Sill. June 21, for <iraud l.akc.
Colorado. Previously we had
bertn going 1»* Wyoming, Cali-i
lorni.'i, the I'alo Dtiro Canyon)
of I exas, Jjiicksboro, Austin!
and other Texas points fnl
ifact the rumors had held so
much that the enrol lies doubt-
ed our coming here after or-
ders to that effect.
This company is commanded
by Captain Frank H. Barn-
hart. I'. S. Cavalry, and Cap-
tain S C. Robertson. IJ. S. In-
lantrv. The men were recon-
ditioned by the Army at Fort
Sill Military post.
'»l.e boys here at the camp
proved to be very interesting,
es;-ecialh on the train, to
those who had never ridden
one before.
We traveled over the rolling
prairies of Western Oklahoma,
the plains of the Texas pan-
handle and New Mexico,
through the foothills of Colo-
rado and the Colorado Springs
and Tike's Peak region, via
Denver and then over the
Great Divide via the Denver
and iSlalt I.ake railroad and the
Moffet tunnel!. The Tunnel! is
6 3-4 miles in length, and it is
out srme two thousand feet
below the surface of James
peak on the Continental Di-
vide. It provided the greatest
thrill of ttoe trip.
The company detrained at
Gran by, Colorado, then to
Grand I.ake and Phantom Val-
ley.
The campsite is eleven
miles above the postoffice,
Grand Lake, Colo., and is lo-
cated in the very heart of the
IRockies. Tt is in a erreat land
•of the Continental divide some
9,000 feet above sea level. It is
only about 200 yards off the
famous Fall River, is hemmed
in by the great Newer Sum-
mer Range of snow-capped
mountains from whose pre-
;:ipitions faces rush many
snow fed streams. In their
waters abound great numbers
of game fish, making it one of
the greatest fishing paradises
in the world.
On three sides of the catnp
rise many peaks to the height
of 3.000 feet above the valley
floor, and they afford many
sight seeing trips, mountain
climbing and various winter
sports, such as skiing, sled-
ding. etc. These peaks are
covered .with forests of pine,
spruce, fir and aspen up to the
timber line, and thev abound
in many types of wild gamp
lift* and gorgeous vegetation,
which is all protected by the
government Ranger force.
Fven to the summit of the
mountain peaks there are to
be found vegetation and ani-
mal life.
The morale of the camp is
very high, in spite of the
temperature, which has force. 1
th'ese Texas boys to don
clothing heavier than any they
have worn previously in their
lives.
The entire company is en-
joying the wonderful scenerv
and the men appreciate their
rare opf>ortunity to- see the
seen in- worders of this great
resort region, which thousands j
io<f tourists from everywhere
each summer spend millions
of dollars to enjoy.
Sport# play an important
part of the daily routine of the
camp, including handball, box-
Four Fairs For 14,167 Divorces I County Refuses Shined Shoes For
Dallas County In Dallas County Overtime Claims 335,000 Patrons
!• r several years Mesquite
lias been the only town in
Dallas County to hold an an-
ual fall 1 *-«ir. that is except
the State Fair • >f 'I exas at Dal-
las, but this year there are to
be f .ur I'airs in the county.
Grand Prairie is the late-1
to fall in line and their Fair
will be held first, on Sept. 14.
15 and 16. The other two
t'Avns. in which Fairs will be
held this year are Garland and
1,'iimcaster.
The Mesquite Fair will bt
held on Sept. 20 to 23, in-
clusive.
State Deficit
Is Increasing
Staite Comptroller George
II. Sheppard has reported the
deficit in the general revenue
fund of June 30 was $4,753,-
693.84, at# increase of almost
$700,000 oyer the deficit of
$4,080,941.71, thait existed at
the end of May.
The available school fund
showed a cash balance of
$329,151.38, but the fund still
owed $7 on the 1932-33 per
capita school aid apportion-
ment. or $10,967,439 on. a scho-
lastic population of 1,566.777.
Receipts of the general rev-
enue fund were $994,270.23
and disbursements were $1,-
f >67.022.36.
Receipts of the available
school fund were $909,901 and
disbursements were $1,771,-
377.74. The school fund start-
ed June with a cash balance of
$1,190,627,74.
Collections of the highway
motor fuel tax fund for the
three months ending June 30
wtere $7,296.842.12. A total of
$571,572.58 in funds was auth-
orized during the 'three months
from this fund. The amount
transferred to the state high-
way funds and the available
school fund from the motor
fuel tax was $6,048,778.57v
The motor fuel tax had an
unprorated balance on fune
30 of $2,552,665.08.
ing, horseshoe pitching, vol-
ley ball alnd hiking, mountain
climbing, auto drives over the
famous pasoes, kodaking,
struggling through snow
banks ranging from five to for-
ts feet in depth, watching the
w ild game scurry through the
forests on the sides of the
mountains, listening to our
"blues singers" and quartet
tinging those dreamy Texas
lullabyes, and collecting souv-
enirs of this park, are some of
the other diversion of after
duty hours.
This camp has been aftec-
tionately dubbed the Phantom
Valley Texas Longhorns camp
t< locate the camp and state
from which we hail, and to
carry out the Texas ideas. The
mess hall is being constructed
in the form of a great T. with
tops painted white. This will
be an itnpassing view of the
camps to mountain climbers
and tourists on the high pass
roads. Also the mail box un
the road carries the company's
number, name and a big red
snorting Texas Longhorn
painted on the other side of it
with an arrow -indicating the
direction of the camp.
There are camps itn the val-
ley near and above Grand
Lake, which is t>fie of the larg-
est national lakes in the state,
and it boasts the highest
vachting club in the world.
The races for the Sir Thomas
Lyste national cup are held in
August of each year. This
dude's ranches in this vicinity,
which provides the tourists
with hotel comforts, horse-
back riding, escorted tours;
outdoor life, etc. All this ac-
tivity happens im the Phantom
Valley, through which the
Colorado River headwaters
trace their course, and where
the Texas camps are l«ated.
When the I<onghorn's camp
is completed, there will be a
road off the Fall river road
through the camps, permitting
Here is another case of go
ing away from home t<;j get
the mews. Bascom H. Tim-
mons, Washington correcpon-
d'ent of the Dallas Times
Herald, sends his paper the
following, which is evidently
based on authetiic records in
Washington:
Fight counties with more
divorces than marriages and
seven with no divorces at all.
were the two extremes in
Texas marriage and divorce
statistics for 1932 disclosed
today in a reptirt by the cen
sus bureau.
Not only did Texas have
more divorces—14,167— than
any other state, but Dallas
county, with the city ..if Dallas
included, despit'e a decrease
front 1931, had more divorces
than any oime of twenty-two
states, including Maryland,
Oregon. Louisiana. West Vir-
ginia and Nebraska. The
county had 2.003 divorces last
year as compared with 2,172
m 1931. ^
Ranking second to Dallas
■county in divprces was Harris
county, containing Houston,
which had 1.758 divorces as
compared with 1,995 in 1931
Both Dallas and Harris
counties, however, had more
marriages than the states of
Idaho, Wyoming or Deleware.
These counties togther had
nearly as many divorces as
New York, Nevada with its
Reno, or Arkansas with its
new quick-divorce law. They
had more divorces than any
one of the thirty-five other
states.
Dallas county was one of
the eight with more divorces
than marriages. Exactly 341
fewer couples trod the path to
the altar in Dallas county
than secured divorce decrees
from the courts.
Bexar county, with San Aiv
tonio included, had 2.173 mar-
riages, or more than double
its 1,084 divorces. This was
the best record of any of the
larger counties.
Rockwall county with 217
marriages against no divorces
gave Dan Cupid a batting av-
erage of 1,000.
The other six counties with
no divorces were Andrews,
Borden, Classcock. Kenedy,
King and McMullen.
Probably the highest di-
vorcp-marriage ratio was in
Wichita county which report-
ed 206 divorces as compared
with 106 marriages. Rut the
easy marriage laws of Okla-
homa. which borders this
county, undoubtedly attracted
scores of matrimoniallv-inclin
ed couples who did not care to
wait the three days required
by Texas' so-called gin_mar.
riage law.
Tarrant county, with Fort
Worth figures included, was
another county with more di-
vorces tham marriages, with
923 martial knots? severed and
orxly 809 tied. Other counties
with fewer marriages than di-
vorces were Dallam, Deaf
Smith, Hemphill. Jefferson and
Winkler.
While the total, number of
marriages, 40,192, did not com-
pare with previous years when
there was no depnession or
"gin-marriage" law, the grand
old institution of matrimony
more thato held its own in
most Texas counties.
In 133 counties, ther* were
more marriages in 1932 than
in 1931, while in twelve others
the number was the same in
both years. Several counties,
including Cottle, Dickens, Du
val, Fkxyd, Kent, King, Mid
land and Mitchell, doubled the
number of their marriages in
1932
Suits were tiled Monday iu
behalf of sixteen men against
Dallas County for claims to-
talling about $2,000 which the
men assert is clue them for ov-
ertime work on county roads
<n 1931. This action w,.*
taken, after the County Com-
missioners' Court had refused
t«<i allow the claims.
Commissioner Tom Field,
whose predecessor employed
the men, moved that the oourt
allow their claims. His motion
wettit without a second.
Attorney Harry Pollard
represented the workers in a
hearing which consumed the
better part of the court's
rnormng session. He filed thr
suits immediately upon the
court's decision.
The claims grew out uf
work on the Northwest con-
nection dump through the
Trinity bottoms near Bach-
man's dam. Th'eiclaimants said
they worked teltf hours a day,
but received pay for only the
statutory eight hours. The
overtime work wasi ordered in
an effort to complete the
dump before the rainy weather
began.
Barney G. Ferguson, super-
visor under former Commis-
sioner W. C. Lemmon, testi-
fied the claimants were all reg-
ular road workers in his or-
ganization ; that they worked
ten hours per day; that they
received the eight-hour day
wages, and that no question
about the overtime pay arose
until after the job was finished.
Commissioner Field had
himself sworn in to testify.
"Those boys were at my
house daily and nightly," he
said, "kicking about this and
wanting mfe to get it straight-
ened out for them. They said
they were afraidl of their jobs,
that Ferguson told them
there was a threshing machine
working sixteen hours a day
nearby and that if they didn't
like this overtime work they
could gef a job otm it at $1 a
day."
He added that other men
came to him and said they
were "sent" to get him to
quiet the road workers. He
implied that has predecessor
had worked the men overtime
"just to make a good show-
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in {j.
County 'Judge Robert Og-
den said that the men's signa-
tures on their time cards, af-
fidavits made at the time they
were paid the eight-hour day
rate, indicated receipt for pay-
ment in full.
HAS HER PRICE
Portland, Maine, July 10
In his service of forty si';
years as a porter at the union
.sitation of the Maine Central
and the Boston and Maine
railroads, Moses Green, col
ored, figures he has put :t
bright gloss on appro*iinatel/
671,000 shoes and grinned foi\
335,000 customers.
What's more, h'e figures thai
about $1,569,500 worth of
shoe leather has gone under
his polishing cloth. He is
known to travelers from all
over the world who coma to
Maine for their vacations.
"I'll give you thirty shill-
ings for that pup."
"Can't be done, sir. That
pup belongs to my wife, an'
she'd sob 'er 'eart out. But I
tell yer what— spring another
ten bob a<nP we'll let 'er sob!"—
Ex.
Rockefeller Hale
On 94th Birthday
By Melvin E. Coleman.
Associated Press Staff Writer.
Stepping toward the sunset
of a long life, John D. Rocke-
feller reached his. 94th mile-
stone Sunday. He wants t>
reach 100, ainid then—
"After that I shall really be-
gin to live."
TKe old man of the sun
glasses, giving away dimes or
reading bits of verse tto chance
acquaintances on golf courses,
is but a reflection of the 17-
year-old bookkeeper who
worked for $4 a week in Cleve-
land six years before Sumpter
was fired upon.
"It is the duty of every man
to get all the money he hon-
estly can and give away all he
caini,'' was his creed then. He
still lives up to it. jv
His account book of the.
early days shows such items
as "50 cents to a poor wOman.'
The records of his New York
accountants today show that
h^ has given away publicly in
the last 'twenty years some-
thing like $450,000,000. His
unannounced beniefactions can-
not even be guessed.
Once it was estimated he
was worth $2,000,000,000. This
was later denied and the total
was placed at probably less
than half that sum. So slleadly
has he given that a friend has
said the world would be sur-
prised to learn how small his
estate is.
The whole progress, from $4
a week to billionaire and back
to something like ordinary
wealth, has been a steady one.
Through the great boom
decades of the '70s and '80s
which made "hustle" a synon-
ym for American business.
John D. never hurried, never
was seen excited, never friv-
olous. never intemperate. He
has never used tobacco or liq-
uor, never neglected to go to
church, never hesitated to
proclaim his faith.
"She says that I am dull."
"You should crack a few
jokes once in a while: ask her
to marrv vou. <?r something
like that."-—Ex.
imiitiHiHtittHitniitmmtiiiiitiiiimHiiiiiimmtmwHHmftmHiii
"carry a key"
A substantial
Bank Account
is the key to
the door of
opportunity
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'Talk is cheap aind what
woman hasn't th bargain in-
stinct •Ex.
visiting tourists to see one of
the C. C. C. amps in action.
The command extends a
hearty welcome to any Texans
in this section, as well as all
tourists. You will find here the
hospatility for which Texas is
t'amous.
*—of this bank
First National Bank
of Mesquite
- - - where a helpful conservative
co-operation blends in with your
"accumulated" dollars
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