Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 126, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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Brenham Daily Banner-
,ume 40
brenham, texas, thursday, aug. 23, 1923.
fashington park
_ hon meets
at the park site
. c. hafer back
from meeting of
lutheran synod
the ne'er-do-well
is attraction at
the rex theatre
Makes
cattle on fflghwayi n . ni . ...
and is overturned Report Ut Activities
I The
Navasota Daily Examiner Henry C. Hafer has returned fromj Scoring a decided hit at it# pre-' A Ford touring car belonging to
Clifton, (Ipwa, where ;he intended mier, wherever seeu, Thomas Mel- raul Ganske, a well-known farmer
ghanlB latest Paramount picture,'residing between Brenham and Bur-
"The Ne'er-Do. Well'' will be shown'ton, was overturned on the Burton ^ pAAl H\fT DI ANC
at the Hex Theatre today and Frl- highway when the car canie in con-: vUUUl'wU I liiellM
the newly appointed the triennial meeting of the General
■ A IlK'C^ng °l lU \ *. m m m ■ %
L to commission was Synod of Iowa and other states as
' n\l'e ltark at 01d Washin8ton' a delegate Irom St< Pau1'8 BvanseH-
C^aueruoon, the meeting be-jcal Lutheran church and from the
r , i.„ m,.b i Wallace Brenham district, which includes all
ik attended by a»is- "• i
L J of this city, Mrs. Lee J. Ro Lutheran church in Washington Co-
Ue! of Bryan, and Mrs. A. E. nnty and others nearby. About two
' . [hundred ministers and lay delegates
icker, of Brennam.
Ue members of the commission1 attended the cohvention, at which
led the problems that confront1 work was reviewed and plans niade
_ in trying to secure the carrying | for the next three years.
it of a program which will provide • Rev. Emll Hannemann was or-
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For The Past Week
of
day.
This is a picturization
Beach's well known novel
same title.
Kirk Authony, played by Thomas
Rex
gf the
tact with some cattle that had stray>
jed on the highway. The son of Mr.
Canske was driving the car and was
conveying some colored cotton pick-
era from one farm to auother.
Ol a ■■—- -
the suitable improvement of the dained as a minister, and will go out a cent in his pockets. He ar-
(I in keeping with its importance' to New Guinea as a missionary, be-, rives, and the fun begins,
the birthplace of Texas Independ-' >ng the second minister sent theie- Luckily he meets Mrs. Courtlandt
Up to the present time very'He was ordained by Dr. Richeter,'a woman of means, who obtains for
him a position on the railroad as
conductor. While thus employed he
encounters and falls in love with a
charming Spanish girl. Their love
ileighan, is the ne'er-do-well son of j When the car hit one of the cattle It
a wealthy man. As the result of a was thrown from the highway and
prank toe fjnds hlm^plf on board tume dover, all of the occupants re-
a steamship bound for Panama with ceiving some 'Injuries, but no one
being seriously hurt,
A negro boy whose name was not
•learned sustained a broken arm and
supply of fuel
during strike
Ice.
Lie has been done to give the pro-1 President of the synod, who will be
recognition to the spot on which } remembered by many Brenham peo-
Xexaa patriots of the early days'®1®-
,mbled and signed the instrument' Meetings were held in th gynma-
Texas to be a treo'sium ot tlle Wartburg Lutheran romance is prolific of many inter-
jiich declared -
„ sovereign State. From time to College, and all delegates Were en-
1 small appropriations have been stained at the college and in the
[de by the State Legislature for dormitories.
purchase and improvement of Reports showed gratifying growth
j historic place, but the funds'in membership and work of the
L have been provided have been church. Reports of educational and
Lolly inadequate to do the work missionary work were received and
L needed. The last Legisla- plans were made for extension of
h appropriated a small amount work.
money for the Park, but not j Among the Texas delegates were
^ugh to do any real work. «ev. Victor Albert, ot Galveston,
Kt the meeting of the park com- Rev. Auder of Houston, Rev. E. A
alon yesterdav, plans for reme- Sagebiel of Georgetown, Rev. Schi-
esting developments, which combine
to make 'The Ne'er-Do-Well" one
of the most entertaining picture
shows hero this season.
It seems that every picture that
Mr. Meighan appears in goes the pre-
vious one a little better. "The Ne-
er-Do-Well'' has many interesting
situations. There is a clever support-
ing cast headed by Lila Lee.
(Contributed by Health Unit)
Dr. W. H. Beasley, State Health
Officer, Dr. Aleck P. Harrl»on and
Mr. V. M. Ehlers, State SanitaTf*
Engineer, all ot the State Board of
| Health were in Brenham this week.
—— | visiting with members ot the Wash-
er „.M ington County Health Unit and the
Washington, Aug. 23.—President
„ , . , , . . , , County and Ctty Health Officeri
Coolidgo made plans to insure a fuel .
.. Illasskarl. Conferences were held
supply as the government virtually i
, . . 1J1 „ . , With the members of the Unit and
abandoned hope of avoiding the hard
. hs well with the Hsalth Officers and
coal str'ke. Even members of the _ ^ .
„ , , , Mayor Hacker. Dr. Boaslsy was weL
United States Coal Commission »
,. . „ , , pleased with the working of th*
maintained that It would be "sulci.r 4 ...
a gash over the eye, and two negro ^ B|de ^ assume ^ Wealth Unit and thought everything
■ ■»—« I'wag progressing nicely,
sponsibllity for the strike. I . . .
. „ J Arrangements were made whereby
The first step taken by President!
,, more work Is expected to be done >n
CooUdge to supply the country with ... ,
„ the county In the immediate future
fuel ln event ot a strike was call- t J .. ..
. , ithan has been done ln the past ott
ing a conference In New York Aug- «... , , . ..
account of officers being handlcap-
ust 28, of governors or their repre- , , , ..
.. pod with no means of transport*-
sentatlves, to discuss preparations
1 tlon.
tlutted 1
tempt to
m the ««i
ttectfd by
girls received bruises and slight
cuts. Young Ganske was also hurt,
receiving slight Injuries. The car
was badly damaged.
for distribution of soft coal.
letters mailed
in frisco reach
n.y. next day cavalry troop
returns from
1MPRIVEMENTS AT MEN HE'S
Menke's grocery store, at the old
Quebe stand has been thoroughly
mXi I S^I: -novated, white paint and plate
— «—A « » th.t1 blel una Hi. » delegate, Mr J.«ob 'Vll «oT'w.
(United Press Report).
Mineola, N. Y, Aug. 23.—Letters
mailed at San Francisco yesterday
arrived here this afternoon. The
postofflce department's second at-
tempt to span the continent with
mail within twenty-eight hours end-
ed when «n airplane guided by Pilot
Collinson arrived at 12:21. The
st of all. the people of Texas, and made the trip in an automobile and
fecially the people of this section were accompanied by their wives,
»t take an Interest in the park who visited friends in Dubuque
lore a great amount of improve- while the ministers attended the
pt can bo brought abpjit.atjd plans sessions of the synod.
Ire discussed for arousing more in-
fest on the part of the people
berally.
[it is the purpose of the commis-
n to hold meetings once each
inth In the future, such meetings
be devoted to formulating and
•rying out their program. These
>etings will be held in the park at
Washington,
ness of the place, and the stock has
been carefully re-arranged in an or-
derly and convenient manner. These
Improvements add greatly to the ap-
pearace of the place and to the
quality of service.
Capt. E. A, Gajeske, Lieut. W. C,
Dorbritz, and slxty-one enlisted
men of Headquarters Troop, 66tli
Cavalry Brigade, arrived In Brenham
i, ji,i»»Ao'on a special train over the Houston
fastest train time over the distance, _
is four and a half days,
cotton pickers
badly needed in
fields of texas
(United Press Report.)
Dallas, Aug. 23—Texas cotton
cold wave felt
over country and
ducks fly south
new proposal for
allied conference
on reparations
(United Press Report)
I Chicago, Aug. 23.—A cold
wave
harge mexicans
held in peonage
in lumber camps
fields are in need of pickers, accord-1 , „
I blanketed the nnddlewest and north-
ing to officials of employment bu-
reaus who declare the demand Is
I
greater than the supply. Unw<lling-
I east, sending martin and teal flying
southward and causing temperatures
to drop to the forties and fifties.
Starting in the northwest yesterday
ness of laborers to work for the wa-
ges offered is causing the shortage,,
b , .(chilly, raw weather spread up the
it is said BctW66n two hundred, ... ,, .,
it is saiu ei gt LaWrenCe river and in the south-
manded.
and three hundred laborers are com-
(United Press Report) j ing into Dallas daily, it is said, but j
Houston, Aug. 23. Charges that( employment agneies are experiencing
gleans are being worked in a state, ^ difficulty i1q p]acing them in,
virtual peonage in lumber camps ^ becau8e Qf the high Wftgeg de.
bund Dogalusa, Louisiana, are be-
investigated by Mexican authori-
Letters received from Mexi-
hs in the camps by L. Pena, Mex-
In consul, declare that they are
[ing worked from dawn to dark in
host unbearable surroundings and
they are being refused/pay for
i work. , MI
Warmer weather is promised
west.
for this afternoon.
Low Record at K. C.
Kansas City, Aug. 23.—The low-
est temperatures for August on rec-
ord were reported over the southwest
yesterday and today. The mercury
made the low mark of 52 here. Nor-
mal summer weather is expected
tomorrow.
(United Press Report)
• London, Aug. 23.—Prime Minister
Baldwin and Foreign Minister Cur-
zon may meet Prem'or Poincare In
Paris in the near future to discuss
convoking a new allied conference to
discuss the reparations problem, U
was learned reliably this afternoon-
Well informed persons expect that
Minister Baldwin will confer with
Curzon in France within a few days,
the foreign minister being on a va-
cation in Normandy.
That the French reply to the Bri-
tish reparations note was "extreme-
ly disappointing'' was learned from
well-informed sources.
and Texas Central at noon Thurs
day, after attending the Texas Nati-
onal Guard encampment at Camp
Stanley, twenty-five miles from San
Antonio. The men were all In high
trpiclts and declare that though then*
was much hard work attached to
their stay In camp, there was a lot
of fun also, and the trip was really
lia most enjoyable outing.
| The troop made a splendid ghow-
Urig at the encampment, ranking
I very high In general excellence and
I being highly complimented by Gen.
Jacob F. Woiters.
Capt. Gajeske will write an ac-
count of the encampment and what
the troop did there for publication
In the Banner-Press Friday.
jrk at 7:30 Friday evening. Every
put is invited to be present.
H. M. Hopkins.
marketreview
5Kgs. 20e.
15c.
/ryers, 20c.
Bmall fryers under 1U lbs are not
'nted.
Butter, 20c to 60c.
Butter fat. 33c.
Country lard, 15c.
Country bacon lie.
Shelled corn, $1.00 per bu.
Potatoes, 3 c.
~ralrle Hay, »15.00.
cattle must not
be allowed run
at large in co. air mail planes
will some time
span the world
County officers wish to call atten- j
BOY SCOUTS, ATTENTION j Uon of caUie owners to the fact that j
ti the Scoutmaster's absence the ()iere js a jaw prohibiting cattle
iersigned will meet with the from running at large in the county,
'Uts at their hut at the Firemen's ^ an(1 t[iat cattle must be kept on the
owner's premises and not allowed to
run around over the county, espe-
cially on the highway. An accident
that might have resulted fatally oc-
curred on the highway the other
uight when a car ran Into some cat-
tle that were peacefully grazing on
the edge of the highway, which any-
body knows is no place for cattle.
In future cattle must be kept UP.
and owners are warned that viola-
tlon of the law in this respect will
result in complaints being filed aga-
inst the offenders. Severity 18 net
intended, and this warning is given
so that all may have time to get
their cattle off of other people's
propery and especially off the high-
conflicting views
regarding effect
of coal strike
(Un'ted Press Report)
Atlantic City, N. J , Aug. 23. ■
Suspension of anthracite mining
September 1 may mean a coal fam-
ine, John Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, warned. At
the same time Samuel D. W arrlner,
R-por.) | ■*«"»" »' "» "O""
Omaha, Aug. 23—Congress will ^ Anthracite Operators, declared that
asked to appropriate money to J BUspension woujd mean no more
make a permanent tranS-continentaL (j,an slight "inconvenience'* to con-
air mail service such as is now being
be
Good middling, 23.75.
strict middling, 23.50.
Middling, 23.25.
Strict low middling, 22.50.
Cotton seed |30.00.
*12.00.
tton eeed meal, ft.10 per 100 lb
tried out between New York and San
Francisco, Col. Paul Henderson, as-
sistant postmaster general, declared.
He told the United Press that night
flying trials for shrinking the trans-
portation map of the United States
to less than one-third, have prov-
en a success. * The time will come
when the world will be spanned by
airmail planes," he predicted.
way.
WEATHEK REPORT
Tonight and Friday, partly cloudy
probably local showers, Hght to
moderate northerly winds.
sumerS.
After expressing these conflicting
views both leaders remained In se-
clusion at their hotels and maintain-
ed a policy of "watchfud waiting."
RERAN SALES CO. MOVES
The Beran Auto Sales company
has moved its headquarters to the
building formerly occnp'ed by Eh-
lert's Furniture StoTe, and Is now
conveniently located, with spacious
quarters for sales rooms of Dnrant
and Star automobile*. They a*k
their Wends to call at the new loca-
tion.
Mr. George W. Colles, local sani-
tary engineer has gone to Austin
with water samples to have them
tested at the University of Texai
Chemical laboratory. By testing
CAMP CTANI EVI these samples it will be much easier
vAlui jlAnLLl |t0 determine methods ot treatment
that will be selected for the city
water supply. Soon after this analy-
sis Is made It Is expected that-the
final report from the sanitary en-
gineers will be made and then work
will procoed to give Brenham a sup-
ply of water that will be safo to
tuse.
Following are the activities ot the
members of the Unit for the past
week: \
new. a Giddlna^ Inspector,
week enfltng An*. 1« IMS:
Most of the time this we«k was
spent In Inspections of the following
sort. A general walk thru sections
of the town, concentrating mainly
points which showed most defect®
In inspection.
Total number of roHldeuees in-
spected, 206.
Mosquito defects found, 44.
Unsanitary toilets, IB.
Weeds and trash nuisances, 11.
Defects corrected for wuek ending
August 18, 1923.
Mosquito nuisances, 43.
Minnows distributed to public
water troughs, 150.
Weeds cut and cleaned, 8.
i Dirty horse lots remedied, 4.
Respectfully,
11. D. Giddlngs, Inspector.
Report W. J. Oralx'r, for week
ending .Saturday, Aug. 18, 1023:
For week ending Saturday August
18f 1 !♦ 23, the examination of thirty-
five samples of water was complet-
ed. The water samples were collec-
ted as follows: Eighteen from wells
at waterworks, thirteen from spigots
and tour from reservoirs at water
works, of those thirty-five samples
examined thirty-two were negative
and three showed pollution (two de-
finite and one questionable).
Daily records are kept of the
amount of water pumped at water-
works and the amount of chlorine
added. The parts per million of
chlorine added as the water Is cal-
culated and filed away as part of
the records of this office.
Five dairies were inspected Inclu-
i
crop prospects
brightened by
rains in texas
(United Press Report).
Dallas, Aug. 23.—-Crop prospects
in Texas were further brightened
when the protracted heat wave was
definitely broken by rains falling in
various sections of the state yester-
I day and last night. More raln Is
l-forecast in different parts of Texas
transcontinental
air mail flight is
declared success
(United pk** Report),
Chicago, Aug. 23—The second
attempt of the United States Air
Mall Service to span the west in
night flying was successful. The
transcontinental plane which left
San Francisco yesterday morning
reached here at 4:23 a, m.f after the
mail had been transported ln unbro-
ken relays. No obstacles were en-
countered. A few minutes later the
mail was speeding e*«tw*rd In a
plane piloted by Owen Williams.
Williams was reported over Bryan,
Ohio, st six this morning, the mail
being two hours and forty-five mlnn-
tes ahead of schedule, according to
air Held officials.
ding an examination of their milk
Two dairies were foudi la good con-
dition while the other three were
found in conditions that ranged from
fair condition to very Poor. The
examination of the milk Included a
bacterial count, percentage of but.
ter fat and specific gravity.
Respectfully submitted,
W. J. Graber. Jr., Inspector.
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 126, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1923, newspaper, August 23, 1923; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth490619/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.