Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1, Friday, May 15, 1936 Page: 1 of 12
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Plan
Added Time
Given For
Signing Up
On Farm
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Devoted to the Farm and. Home and to Erry Legitimate Interest of Dreckcnndgc nnd Stephens Lounty
UltlSCKEXKIDGE. STEPHENS COUNTY FRIDAY MAY 15 193G
NUMBER I"
Commercial
Pecan Crops
Urged By
Proper
Budding
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Farm & Ranch
Activities In
Stephens
1 NECESSITY IS
HOSTESS FOR
COUNTY CLUBS
My County Agents l.ukr
Ballard mid .Mamie I'rjiir J
One Welcome Flood in the 'Dust Bowl'
OKi tlvem they row I ml u. at
" fed by llttlf river Little rivet
fed by small crrk Small
Proper Cooking Of Vegeta
bles Subject Discussed
By Expert.
re
' Umlike fur vegetables in caused
creek are fed by witter wftahln 1 by Improper rooking Vegetable
nclosii fleldi with raw that run ' ar- essential In the tllit and pro
up and clown the hill Soil lose c mote growth am! malntn n health
(iwtr
It power la hold enough of lb
rain or melted enow when farm-
er thntlgh ignorance or rriininnir
necessity overlook It iiMluctn(
strength
411 BELIEVE In thl new soil
conerotion farm pngram a
" understand It. The prlnci(s oill-
llned lire balanced fanning and I
ant cncouriglng my tenant to hnl
nncs their program by raising tur-
nfery n the halve as the wnste
jfed ubout the barn will support
the adult turkey and help n tot
with the poult. Thin moan prof
IU from waste" ttd Mr. E M
fSuye of Parka while in the uxten
tdon service officii alKnln ui.
"work ehteln" and marking "ip
plan l.'it Saturday
44 CO FA I
ed wi
K ai flivxlg ate concern-
e can confidently predict
that after a few er of the now
farm program a much higher per-
centage of soil and water will stay
In the bllli where Ihey are needed
rather that! flooding the river val-
ley and running to waste In tho
ea" say llenty A Wallao secre-
tary of agriculture.
MAKK Glen. Caddo Frank llui-
ey Pioneer. U H lUney. Ran-
ger; Hto Staleup. Breckenrldge; J.
M nutherford. Mineral WelU; It.
K. Scarlett. Ilarpervlllu; J It.
Wohlfntd Eureka; Watter HoharU.
Hohartz O a Pratt. Ellaavlllr. nnd
J A I.aw of Ibex received cotton
allotment certlflcte checks frem
the special cotton pool In the office
of the county ajent this week.
hernuae of the high content of In In
rl vitiimln and rrftuUxw. If thev
are prntxrly freparl" twent
eight Home f ni'ntnit.on Club
women were told by MW Luln M
fil worth fotxl preparation stwclnl
ll from A A Jt OdleKe. Wednea-
Ia) afternoon. In tho borne cconom-
Im bulhllnE at Nacemlty. The Ne-
cMltr Home Demonntration club
wai hotter to alt other club rer-rt-ntnllvc
tn the countj.
MI'M Pauline Ikcy. county home
demopatrnUon agent of Palo Pinto
eonnty. nwl M1m Mnmle l'ryor. St-
tWitAai county home d nvon.it nitlon
ncent alo aMtited tn the demon
Ktrntlon.
MMi Dllworth further atntcil that
mlbl flavored v setnbtea alimild be
eookeil tn luckete where M!uitbb I?
MulinK muat be removed scrnplnu
rtavrvoM u greater amwint of vl
tnniln nnd mineral than paring
Stamln nnd baklni; hold more
mlntrnl and vitamin than othe:
methods of cookinc Vi cetnblen
are unpalatable nnd lose mineral
nnd vltnmln If over-cooked mild
flavored wsetnblea xhould be eook-
eil In aniall qunntltloa of wnttr unit
only until tender and then remov-
ed from the water.
Strong flavored vegetables nre
rooked In large quantities of water
with Ud off no that ncida that
rnime atron(; tnate may eacnpe.
Dining the demonxtrntlon one
strung flavored vegetable cauli-
flower nnd one mild flavored vg-
ct.iblo. cnriot. ware prepnrtd.
xcored and icrved.
Iced ton and enko worn m rved
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A flood hitilril an blearing inteid of a JUnnt-r win thlt one from the Arknnms river that poured over
tl.ouxnnda of pi.iclud ncim In the heart nf tin "dm t bowl." nenr Las Anlnina. Ola Hcnvy rnlnn and
late Mil tent hih wnW-r smtglng over p'lttM of Color. -tin ind Knnna.i nnd brought relief to four other
ditei in the nouthweiit A wek bt fore very breei. atltrcd up choking clouds of dust where the wutei
mw 'i h vn nuiulutln thli film.
SIX MUST DIE
LATE IN JUNE
FOR SLAYING
NEW YOUK. HJ.PJ County Judge
Peter J Brunei to In Uiooklyn
court Monday sentenced idx men to
die. for a nipple murder. The ma.v
death nentcncoi were nld lo ho thJ
greatest number ever Imposed in
thin country for one alaylns.
The lx men were ordered exe-
cuted al Sing Sing penitentiary the
week of June 22.
Thonc sentenced to die In the
electric clin'r were Salvatorc Hen-
Ui. 18. Jojenh Itologna. 23: Th-
to th following Mrs. T C llefn r. (orc D oionpc. 30'bomlnlck 7M-
IK YOU can not get your grain
plowed umler before it renrhe-
'lil.. .Iy.iifh alkit. M lilt AOUntl
Temimlttee of the cwniy agent lf '""; M.r"
rearrangement of yotlr crop fAawt
Ton't cite up. n there are many
ither wny to participate In th
new noil comteivatlon pmgram ev-
)w after grain hrvot It M loo
Jlluable to you to tmndon.
Mm Ceo Itlney Mini Pauline
Lokcy. Mm J F Steed. M n Mar-
zuerlU liurman. Mm. J C Can-
I). Slkm. Mr K. A.
Dnali. Mm Jake Brown. Mm Vein
Newnham. Mr- Frank Iovelno.
Mm Geo Shockley. Mm. lroy
Slkea. Mm It. 8. Taylor. Mm It
K MeOowon. Mm W J. Harmon.
Mm. .Stognar. Mm Earl Knight
zo '22. Eugene Itrunn 20. nnd S.io
Klmmel. 19
They were convicted of the hold-
up murder of Edwin Expoiita '
tmiult Hntcm collector ' )
E.npoiilto waa phot down Sept 2
1933. when ha ristsUd the band
They fled w.th the S250 In col
lections that E-iposlto had made
The nix were arrested three
(Imvh after the murder. Each gav
Original Trades
Day Ohserved
I It. C.lenn chairman of the
trades dayji committte of the
Itrrckunrldgc Chamber of Com-
merce announced n mwt auc-
i -.infill beginning of prosperity
day otoervnncc In Hrcckenrldgu
on the second und fourth Wed-
nesday of each month.
Uut at the nam! time Mr.
C.lenn made It plnln that theoe
prewpcrlty days do not do nway
with the fourth Monday trade
day original day In Brccken-
ridge and to which those living
in Hiirroiiiidinv; comtnunitlen nre
especially Invited to attend. For
a while an errnucoiiH idea pre-
vailed that a complete chango
had been made but today It
wiuh explained that It Is merely
en additional fcatura
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MANY GATHER
TO CELEBRATE
2 BIRTHDAYS
PECAN BUDDING
DESCRIBED B Y
COUNTY AGENT
Taxes Could Be Paid If Na-
tive Trees' Production
Were Better.
Making ready to bud. is the e-
Hcntinl to Aiicrcsaful pecan budding.
When using budding stock be sure
to keep th m moist otherwlte they
diy out and the bud will not stick
See that when bud L placed that It
ftta snugly to the wood and that
the edges of the bark meet In an
even close fit. Tnpe. made by dlp-
p ng itrlpd of cheese cloth In n hot
mixture of four parts rodln. two
parts bees wax and one part tal-
low should be wound tlKht nround
the limb coveting all edgen of the
bud patch securely nnd In a water
tight covtrlng. See that the hud
eye Is not covered after taping or
wnxlng. Ten days later check the
buil for growth nnd If bud how
slgnj of growing than cut the tape
ion thi opposite ade of the limb
from the bud thus allowing for
further growth." stated County
Agent I.ukn Italian! at the various
community agricultural chapter
and Home Demonstration club de-
monstration during this month
"Budding Is not difficult but re
quire practice which develops suc-
re.v in the number of buds that
will sruw." continued Mr. Ballard
' We could eius ly pay our taxes
G-Men to Go After
Criminal Harborers
After Big Clean-Up
Outstanding r. w t vents of the pat week undoubtedly would lx
voted the cleanup of loi.g wanted kidnapers and gangsters by fcdcril
ngents.
Within two woeks O-tiicn. under the dlicotlon of J Edgnr ltooxe
hav taken into tw'ody four of the loading gnngstcw rollowlivr whi h
Mr Hoover nnrouncvd the clean-up started after the Lindbergh kid
nnplng of the product o! mm-iunntng pnh.b.tlon days complete N iw
ho Is going after Ihoso who protected th-tn
Al Knrnls was first tnk.n nt
New Orleans thon. In quick
cession Harry Campbell and
Unm Mnhan were taken the first
at Toledo nnd the second at Sanl
Frnnclsro. That left only Thomas
Iloblnsou Jr kidnaper of Mrs
Alice Stoll. at large. Before two
days had passed he was taken In
California flown to Louisville and
there on a plea of guilty wiu sen-
tenced to life Imprisonment. Ma-
nan was given sixty years In two
cases on a pica of guilty lenvtns
KarpU and Campbell to be tr.ed
It constituted tho greatest clean-
up by law enforcement forces in
the history of the country.
Next In crime- nows was th
penitentiary break at McAlestei.
Oklahoma. Weelnesdav which wit-
nessid tho killing of a brick yard
forenmn. A D. Powell and Thurs-
day afternoon n countryside semen
for eight men who ;ot away with
two wounded guaids and a farmer
scribed being forced to cook tho
octette nnd their pr soners a meal.
It was feared the prisoners of the
convicts will bo killed befoie the
clm.se l. ended.
EJMORNING GLORY
SLIPS READY
FORPLANTING
Public Asked To Get Them
For Beaut if icat ion
Against Centennial.
Eastland and Stephens county
citizens were among thoe who at-
tended the birthday of Mrs. E. (.
Shaw 79. and her daughttr. Mrs.
Lllllo Turner 53 at the former's
home near Parks all day Sundny.
Mrs. Shaw in one of the ploncor
resident of Stephens county.
Mm. Shaw's children attend. ng
were Mm. Llllic Turner. Wnyland:
Mrs. May Turner and her husband.
Cleeo( Mrs. Eva Womble and hus-
band Brcckenridge; Dick and Her-
nlo Shaw Parks.
Mrs Shaw's viriindchlldten at-
tending were Troy Turner and
I wife Wayland; Clyde Turmr and
each year If all our native pecan In European affairs Italy form-
timber wns budded Into commercial . ally took .over Ethiopia Saturday
grades of pecan nuts and the orcn
ntd.i cleaned free of brush and oth-
er 4rej to avoid crowding nnd to
overcome Uie ravages of the case
borer." tt was said
and Muisollnl ha-s again defied the
Kiaguo. tho Italian delegates betnp.
ordered to quit and return home
while It was expected the Italian
premier would withdraw fro lno
Vegetable cookery Is primarily League of Nations by proclamation
nn art. To change the stylo nnd within a few days.
mcthoeU of pn paring the everyday Because the Austrian dictator
fond tn nvnlil t.ilinui nf nnnn. ' Krnet VOtl StarllentOUrg aCUl
It is morning glory time lit
Breckinridge!
At least it would be nvade that
time In keeping with tho bouullfl
cation idoa for the Texaa Cntoi
nltil W. H. Dawklns. highway en
gineer. Thursday announced that
he has at least a million morning
glory slips which are available to
the public for planting.
Mr Dawklns asks that all who
will take tho plants and ptneo
thorn about their yrtralaos In a
general compnlgn Ut dross up the
highways and residence prumUod
for those who drive to tht Centen-
nial to sec.
In the campaign a total Of 1.212
trees has been planted. With tha
recent rains and care It Is reported
that at least 90 per cent of thosa
trees arc now doing fine. Whlla
crepe myitle has been designntoel
tlte or growing tired of the same ' Mussolini a telegram of congratu- at tho official shrub of Hrcoken-
thing for every meal requires a latlons his off.ee wns taken over by rldgo in tho statewide drlvo of the
" .l. .. U .U...H. .Umalnxnl TMtltlV nth AT
I ' ( jviiii(f aaa uii ittKilil
wife. Enstland; Mm. Hollls Jones fimy rPUnlon tnrcc m(V dully;
and husband. Eastland; Jin. T E. MM Mamlo pryor homc
Mrs Byera. Mm Jim Lucus. Ml
MILS. ItoiH'tt Jackson of .Vhlte Pryor. MIm Dllworth. Mm Shock- ttements Involv.ng himself In the
Mat re-prl that Mr. JakoM ! '"X' Tommy D Slkes. Mm. M ' crime. The atutcmenbi wero u.e.l In
baa born confined to hit bel with Oownn uml baby daughter J mclr trlnIt wnlrn concujMl May 2
it serious throat ailment for two - - I The malt said Ilolognft flrnl th-
weeks but It on hi way boqk to )fflu i)f 0lf7 A OO 'fatal shot.
Recounted In Vwt '
CISCO REPORTS
niTl AIT 117 n T T ;monu lurncr nn" wc -""; -1 dcmoiwtrntlor
K Ml 111 i W H li ii c" Tur"Cr "nd cnldrn' Mnrr.Ullure chnptaw
1J1U V1U II U U li .Wells. Feral B.. Arlys Kathlyn and ' ..... '-ved
great deal of though nnd n var.ety Kurt Schuscrnlgg In a mllluiry
of reelp a all of which nic not ex- coup and It was announced tnni
the follower of the latter wouiu
be disarmed.
National potitlca found both side
preparing for the convention in
Cleveland and Philadelphia of th
Republican-.! and Democrats anl
1 Insofar as fnrm.ng Interests was
pensive but arc of material value.
The rewnrda urv in a healthy hap-
I py family Joining in a pleasant
uavis ana nusoann. unngor; i-r-omonlratlon agent while making
man nirncr. v-isco .Mrs. u. . as- lll0 veactnblo cookerv demonstra
ton and hunband. Eiuttlnn.l; KyitM ilut ns tho month to nil hanm concerned both sldos holding out
jmond Turner nnd wife Cnddo; Co- . . tl ...h ..rlpll. .rnon(J ther things the mattoi ut
h ehwnv donartnunt many other
vnrctliM have been plantcnl tupec-
lally along the highway.
Livestock trouhlo are eilmost a
thing ef tho past lnco the nolle"
that they will not be permitted i
loam on tho highway and ront.n
tied co-operation Is nked in Hn'
respect.
Mr. Dawklns asked that tho
wiahlne tho morning glorei e Ui
In jo.nt sessions farm Insurance on ctopj Under the at the highway warehou.e
rairv lie sent ner in 10 gei n
cath rantal benefit check at the ex-
trnalon aervlce office.
I Zola Dell Womble Brcckcni-Hge.
Lone Star Gets MM-hHJSESSfSEJ' STSJS:
rnl PrnilllPSr Wtfri Ritf ' Eastland; Dnrllnc nnd Jewel Icc
v. .ivitMuvi mm ifcr.
Gas Pressure.
I
LWNTINO two rows of corn and
acre means 10 acres of corn ami
ft ncre of soil conserving crop un-
FORT WORTH. May II. HJP
i Charles Hoestr. of the Roeaer v
Mm S. E Denton of Parks hn
an lnt-n tng awl happy expor-
leneo during the post week Sb
visited a friend in Red Cap with
whom she had neighbored M yars
dcr the new soil conservation pro- ugo -Mm. Miller mother of rran Pendleton Oil Company nnnounc
gram on which cnah grants will Ik- i Miller of IUd Gap. ed today the sale of that firm' In-
jltl I Mm. Miller and Mm. Deaton wartime! In ft5 Eatt Trxns well for a
. ' nelghtKir more than M yenra no total of $1600000
1JXTKNDINO the time for rgnlnu ; tn this ciMinty They had not seen' Trlppit A Meadow Company of i
J or completing "work sheet" wich othor In 2A yearn until lat - Shreveport Iv. wore the purehn-
nd maklnj crop plan fotms under week Their visit was a viry happy era. !
the nw farm program frrm May one and although we did not hiwtr Rxsnr Mild hbt eontimny held
11 to May 21. will peimlt many pro- jthe rominbK-lng. we nre sure there a net Intcrrwt of 2-l 3-1 wells in the -duccm
to pnrtlclate who Iwd not were lots of Interrstlns event br elevm (Jrogg county prorll j
el complete! their tnnd hwtory for by-gone da-s rccalld dl.io(sl of I
cktnbllthing crop base. - --- I
Davis Ranger.
I Friends attending Included. Mr.
land Mrs. T J. McClelland and win.
Tommy Brcckcnrldge; Mr nnd
-.. n M.. Q.l ' ' Mr. II. T. curry anil dnugninm.
lf I IUVHU Oifft; ening nue me excnemeni oi wwm ula Dcn unu Dorlene. Brcken-
IMi.l4 t rvnil fintii ihn ilrninnut ni- ' iilnii l'mwcru CQlltd DUrchlLHC n"
tion were so completely disguised ' surnnco against natural damugos.
that a rapid fire of que-Hons camcj In the state West Texas ttaged
from the men such as. "What Is . another annual celebration of the
thin?" "Where In the world did this ! West Texa.s Chamber of Commerce
Rneser Announces
days ha spread over Cisco with rW Mf . Mn j K Wombi.
the now of tie Wow.ns In of th b un Mn ji(l)my .mccken-
ridge; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Womble
Brcckcnrldge and Mrs. V. II.
Wheeler Evant.
T
rilE Ivan i-l Club heUI an In '
vitatnnal nitty ut the Ivan
school last Friday evening. May K
4-H club nii'mb-tr from Park who I
attended reported a big time with
many new gomes playtd entnutt-
astlcally Fmnkell Ml club I glv
lug an Invlutlonnl party on n-x
Monday evening at the Frank1!
school Official invitation hava
been mailed to all officers mem- i
rvm and spontom of the other tlx
4-H club In the county Getting
together for recreation nd nelgh-
borllnes U of much benefit and
would be of grr benefit If th-
ntothem and father wculd only
Tplay mora with Ihelr boy and
rpHE new toll conservation pro-
mn is nrovine helpful to
BRUTALLY BEATEN WOMAN DIES
South Rend Well
Drops After Flour
HASKELU M.iv II - Without of blood at her homo She wa Mif
... . .m. .h..!ferlng from three hlows on theure This well atlll produces lu
- "" -w..w.w... .. . !.
head and extreme anorx
Lone Star's Brooks No. I It miles
northwest at Oco for 21.7tW.0OO
cuhlfl fet of gas and a flow of oil
eaUmated at least 3.000 barrels
heralded over town Tuesday.
The well was closed down and
will be opened the latter part of
the wek and turned Into tanks and
a potential iratigc made for th
railroad commission for a potenti-
ality. Gallagher A Uiwaon nre the
drilling contractor. It is about
1.000 feet southeast of the Brooks
No 3. which iwna drilled In Feb- low thal th hoje w orpPncd
ruary. 1930 in the same formation
and dinth with about the ame oil
production but much lea ga pres
come fiom?" "I don't know what
I am oatlng. but It aurcly Is
good " It Just happened to be dried
beans cabbage and green bean.
Ilearinqs For Three
Sat For Next Week
Setting for criminal week In the
(0th el strict court Monday morn-
ing weiu announced today fruin
tho ilia;. let attorney office. Two
case asalnat Henry Lambert
choiged with foig ry are listed
and two cue each against Bill
Smivra nnd N. C. Hodse. charged
Report from the oil 8-ction near wln thlu of lcjephno wte.
South Bend received Tuesday worn .... iiv iilokev has one to
I.
wa st v rely beaten last week. Mlw
Rebecca Courwey dll at 10 31
m. Weilnetdny at the home of u
titter. Mrs John Unk. In O'Brien
Grand Jury of 39th district cour.
adjourned after Indicting C Ma-
tura Si-yeftr-old Bohemian farmer
For 25 yar. the 78-y ear-old
O'Brien woman had lived alone In
a two-room houte. selling butter
and egs for a living.
In a statement to County Attor-
ney Ben Charley Chapman Tues-
day. Matura admitted striking M s
and Clarence IPuny) Abston 3ljCourcy with a harness name nnd
neighbor of the woman on charge v Implicated Abston. the attorney
of assault with Intent tn murder said.
will be reconvened Thursday. morn-
ing. It U expected that new indict-
ment charging murder will be pre-
ferred acalntt the two. officer said
Wednesday night.
Abston. convicted October 1 1933
on a charge of driving an automo-
bile white Intoxicated started serv-
ing hi 30 day Jail sentence Mon-
day when the court of criminal
sr-.ni j.".... ....-. Physician Wednesday made a appeal mandate denying hi np
i tram """""""-""' "" '' final effort to nave her life ad-
4lrrTlB before It reaches the dough mnUUr a plnal puncture. The
'at uppll clas one nd clas .... ..
her llfo ad- peal wa returned here.
.....) llolMIItt If land I
iwo .nj.T... ... j - r-nnH frnm
fallnuA.4 nr nlantA! In all- "
effort wo In van and hn "as! terminated a lengthy mvtatlgatlon
Knox City hoap'tal by II. F. Grlndataff dlatrct attor-
wmmer faiiowea or pianiea in . h.Mln. sh.riff r.ll- Kemn. than-
. ..IJ: fnhv in to! BNhauccumbdriliouraUUr.MUi mmiiITixM Ranger Manny Oault
M JZ !iiyth. rain? did Courwy who weighed onlr 71 and U A. Oriam of Au.Un. and
krxpense .Inca jraln did i' been owy WMlkfn. U T. ReUe member of the Abl-
(Contlnued on Page Six.) 'ing alnce he waa found In n poollkne pollee foree.
allowable of 100 barrels per day
with dlmunltlon. Since till Is In
proven territory and I an Inside
well no extra drilling It expected
to result said O. G. Iiweon In
discussing the matter. The well
was obta.ned at a depth of 3417
feet In the Caddo II mo. the lot 10
feet being in tho big oil pay.
Nesbitt Will Speak
At Legion Picnic
A letter h.i bean received bv
District Attorney Ben Dean from
Adjut-int General Carl Nesbitt In
i which General Nesbitt accept the
Invitation to apoak at the barbecue
tn be tendered the Mineral Wells
Iulon Post by Breckenrldge mem-
bers on June 4.
General Neabltt U a former com-
mander of a Legion departawnt. Hn
will ba the chief speaker of the
evening.
that flush production In tho Ciu- u)rutlmlu tmlilv rcturn i. j:
tlis-Brncken well at the nortnwesi avl0V lo Hreck.nrldge wi-o he
edge of the flrld had dropped to I a wunlet on a ciargc of tneft.
Complain of driving whllo Into---tented
against Johnny McKave was
given a preliminary hearing be-
fore Jiist.co of Peace J. W. Cas-
tlemnn and bond of $1000 was .!
'I
ROSENBURG Oregon.
A slz-West
and acidized. The hole once con
sidered dry was acidized and for n
while flowed at the rate of 10 bar-
rels per hour. It dropped to three
barrels.
Pltzer St West are abandoning
their Thornton No. 1 n short ins
tance from the old South Bend de
not. at 4125 feet but are drillltu i
on tht offset. i
. .? . ." l:.l-HnB meteorite Illuminated
oi me on new. i"' " ' i em Oregon with blinding brllllanc
on four new hole be'ng stnrtod In y mA nUM AQan bri
the river aectlon of the field 'WlnUows as It exploded. The shock
" was o intense that many reported
Turn irroop In I feeling nn earthquake.
WO rresieu ll J ComJnsi readings Indicated tht
Indictment CaSeS i heavenly body crashed to earth
I about fifteen mile aouthwest of
Two more names of thewo Inflict- Rosenburg.
ed at the last alttlng of tho Stc-j An observer at Portland ald the
phens county grand Jury were meteorite apparently passed direct
mtde public Wednesday by Sheriff ly over that city headed south. A.
J. W. Morrow. j- Blrkhnlz of Bend In Central
They were Vernon Moore and Oregon and State Policeman Ad-
Theron Glbbs charged with chick-' rlan Campbell at Gold Reach In
en theft. Theron Gluts Is be'na tho extreme southwestern corner of
held at Granbury for Hrerken-Jthu state alao reported seeing the
ridge officer. "spectacle.
lit Amarlllo. where Brownwood wns
bolectcd a the next moeUig pl-in'
tContinueu on jage Slxj
Foreign Rom Rule
On Pensions Made
AUSTIN. May II U.K Clnldin
born to people who came to Texan
fiom abroad wio applied for anil
obtained citizenship In the Coiled
crate Stntes of Ann rlca nre fully
eligible foi old ago pension it wai
ruhel here todnv.
Foot Is injured In
Oil Field Accident
O. M Stephens. Brcckcnrldge.
Hiffcrrd Injurloa lo his foot .Satur-
day whllo working In the ol field
near Grahum. Ho was taken tj
Graham where his foot wa put In
a cast and then was hi ought home
Brockenrldgc the beat time bwnj
about 5 o'clock when he will b
there.
Mra. Grady Camp Is boautifici
tlon chairman for tho county aid
she atlll ha-s some flower seeds th'it
may be had.
Rant Texas Cut In
Production Sought
AUSTIN. May 11 U.R Pi oil-
tlon of SI 10.000 haircl of -u iU'
in the Eatt Tcxn field for hi.
was rerotiimonded by V. V. f' '
ham. petroleum engineer of Mi"
State Railroad Comuilnaon at "
c-mniuislfcn'H monthly pioi i
bearing huro totlny.
That I the wimo productiix r
uro at which th commlin aim.
lu It ordor effective May 1
Actual operation of the pr ' -tlon
scheduled allowed II5.31 i-
rola on thst dato. Cnttlnshiim e
poitfxl nllowcHe ptodurt.oii in 'be
fl Id on May 12. wa 117 797.
METEORITE FALLS IN OREGON
P. E. Cooper of the Dodon
Mountain area snld he wa uwnk-
oned by a tremendous cxplos'on
and blinding glare. Ho went out-
side and had tho Impression of
minute falling particles he said
although he could not co or feel
any falling object. Ho bcllovcd the
meteorite exploded before strlklrg.
Other observers many of whom
admitted fright snld the meteorite
was "about half tho alzo of the
moon." It gave off a redd'h-yollow
glare but a peculiar bluish light
Funeral Rites For
Pioneer Are Said
EL PASO May 13 u:r Funeral
service for James Owen. 100 ve r
old Texan who was purportedly
horn In the historical Alamo one
month after the mission fell in
1 183rt. were held In New Mexico yei-
itntdnv. Owen was born. Anrll 10.
1S36.
New Tax Rill Would
Raise $62W000
WASHINGTON. Mnv 11 l l'
Socrotary of Trenmiry Henry Mor
genthau Jr. today submitted esti-
mates to the Sentte finance corn-
lingered In the sky for a few ace- mlttee. showing that 1623000.000
onds after the smoke-plumed fire- annually could be raised by the
ball paed ' propowed comprom ao corporati
An airplane search for tho met- profit tax. In tho 1803000.000 rov-
earlte core wo started. lenue bill.
vy
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Minatra, Odie. Stephens County Sun (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1, Friday, May 15, 1936, newspaper, May 15, 1936; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth70627/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.