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TO BE HONORED
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MANSFIELD
The friends of Congressman J.
J. Mansfield in the Ninth Congres-
sional District of Texas have de-
cided to honor him by erecting a
marble shaft at the Mansfield Dam,
formerly known as the Marshall
Ford Dam, near Austin.
A bronze plaque showing the re-
lief of the head and shoulders of
the judge will be affixed to the
shaft with this inscription:
JOSEPH JEFFERSON
MANSFIELD
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
PUBLIC SERVANT
STATESMAN — PATRIOT
“In grateful appreciation of more
than 50 years of useful and unsel-
fish service to his community,
State, and nation. This magnificent
structure symbolic of his many
good works, which assures pros-
perity and protection for the peo-
ple to whose interests and welfare
his life has been devoted, is named
and dedicated.
“Presented as a testimonial of
affection and esteem by the people
of the Ninth Congressional Dis-
trict.”
Paris Smith has been chosen
chairman for the drive to collect
funds in Matagorda County. Mr.
Smith said he hoped, a great num-
ber of Judge Mansfield’s friends
would contribute a dollar or even
less to the cost of this memorial.
The county’s quota is $125; the
total cost will be $1,200. Donations
may be left at the Matagorda
Pharmacy, and a list of donors will
be sent to the judge and a copy
placed in the shaft.
The Mansfield Dam is the fifth
largest in the world and is the only
one on the Colorado River whose
/"fadltitlea is devoted to flood control.
The dam was made possible through
the efforts of the judge.
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS
VOLUME III
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942
NUMBER 23
Matagorda County Gets Auto Quota 17
Matagorda County has received
an automobile rationing quota of
17, it was announced this week.
This figure will be the county’s
quota until June. The tiro board
composed of Layton Moore, Frank
Cobb, and A. H. Wadsworth will
handle the rationing of autos.
Quotas for nearby counties:
Brazoria, 26; Calhoun 4; Jackson,
9; Wharton, 31.
County quotas were arrived at
largely on the bgsis of 1941 new
car registrations. However, “in
mnny counties the extent of local
war and defense activity was an
important factor” in establishing
both quota and reserve figures.
According to Mrs. Fred Brough-
ton, secretary of Matagorda
County’s ration'll* board, the
county has a March quota of 23
passenger tires, 19 passenger
tubes, 94 truck tires, 196 truck
tubes, and 40 truck retreads.
Last month the board received
100 applications, 69 were granted,
22 were rejected ,und 9 disapproved
due to insufficient quota. The board
issued permits for the purchase of
19 passenger tires, 14 passenger
tubes, 50 truck tires, and 40 truck
tubes.
Names of purchasers in order the
permits were issued during Febru-
TEXACO REDUCES COASTAL PURCHASES
Court Hired Firm To Evaluate
Fort Worth
Concern Paid
4 Cents Per $100
This Is Second
In Series For Tax
Payer’s Benefit
P EOPLE
I AND
THING
“How Green Was My Valley”—
1941’s No. 1 show—will be the
screen presentation at the Texas
Theatre in Bay City, Saturday mid-
night, Sunday, Monday, and Tues-
day.
The picture is from the best sell-
er by Richard Llewellyn. It was
produced by Twentieth Century-
Fox, which received the Motion
Picture Academy Award only last
Thursday night for the film achieve-
ment.
John Ford won top directing
honors for the year and Donald
Crisp won the best male supporting
actor award for work in the same
picture.
4 Hit them where it hurts;
■ Make no mistakes—this is a
life or death struggle. Men are
dying in your defense. Dying that
America may be safe!
Give our fighting men the guns,
the planes, the tanks they need!
Bonds buy bombs. Every dime,
every dollar you put into Defense
Bonds and Savings Stamps is a
blow at the enemy. Hit them
where it hurts—buy bonds! Bonds
cost as little as $18.75 up—stamps
as little as 10 cents up.
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Congratulations. . .
To M. L. Waugh for being elec-
ed chief of the West Columbia Fi
(See “PEOPLE," Page 4)
(Editor’s Note: This is an-
other in a series of articles writ-
ten exclusively for The Herald
for the benefit of tax payers in
Matagorda County. The first, ran
a few weeks ago, listed the sal-
aries of county officials.)
The Commissioners Court of Mat-
agorda County hired a Fort Worth
firm, Pritchard and Abbott, at the
“sum of 4 cents on each $100 val-
uation on oil properties, including
leases and royalties for the year
1941, and all utility properties,”
according to public records in the
Courthouse.
The court, according to the rec-
ords, awarded the contract to the
concern on July 2, 1940.
The contract says, in part: Tho
Commissioners Court of Matagorda
County hired Pritchard and Abbott j
to appraise and valuate oil and gas'
and public utility properties, which
include the Bay City-Matagorda
Telephone Company, C. P. and L.
Gulf Coast Water Company, Hous-
ton Lighting and Power Company,
Houston Pipe Line Company, Shell
Pipe Line Corporation, Southwest
ern Association Telephone Com-
pany, Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company, Texas Natural Gas Util-
ities, Texas Pipe Line Company,
Western Union Telegraph, and
“compilation of records showing
the record owners of all oil and
gas producing properties in county
for convenience and information ol
the Board of Equalization. . . for
assessment purposes.”
The firm was, continues the con-
tract, to assist the tax collector in
preparation of all oil and gas util-
ity assessments and advise the
court as to values of oil and gas
and public utility purposes for 1941.
The County was to issue to Prit-
chard and Abbott warrants drawn
against the general fund or other
county funds liable for this service
payable out of revenues for 1941
and/for anticipated revenues of
1942.
The contract concludes that on
the first day of March, 1942, it is
agreed by both parties that In nc
.vay the County would be obligated
,o Pritchard and Abbott for sal-
\ries, expenses, etc., or material
ised in connection except as stated.
The contract was signed by
udge Thomas H. Lewis, E. C.
’aker, Luther Robertson, J. D.
abb, and Guy Johnson.
Banks In Roundest Condition7
P. R. Hamill Tells Convention
About 7225 Poll
Taxes Are Issued
In Brazoria Co.
Total Is Decided
Increase Over
1941 Figure
Fire losses now are a handicap to
xtional defense and every fire pre-
nted helps spread war effort.
Approximately 7,225 poll taxes
were issued in Brazoria County for
1942, representing a tremendous in-
crease over last year, it was an-
nounced by J. R. Gayle Jr. Exemp-
tions totaled 107.
According to Mr. Gayle, twenty-
nine aliens paid taxes, the majority
of which were Mexicans. Two were
from England, two from Czecho-
slovakia, and others from Moravia,
Poland, Hungary, and Italy.
Mr. Gayle said that 685 poll taxes
were issued in the town of Bru-
zoria. Two hundred and eighty-
eight were to men and 197 were to
women, two were exemptions to
men, four were exemptions to wo-
men, ninety-seven to negroes and
seventy-three to negresses.
Last year, four hundred and
seventy-seven poll taxes were issued
in Brazoria.
The number of paid poll taxes in
Matagorda County for 1942 hac al
ready been announced as 3,663, as a
matter of comparison with the Bra-
zoria County figure.
Boling Has 303
Votes; County
Total 6,186
The voting strength of Wharton
County has been set at 6,186, ac
cording to a list compiled by J. M.
Fraley, tax assessor-collector,
Newgulf has a total of 628 votes.
Eight of these are negroes, 23 are
aliens, 42 are Mexicans, 552 are
white, and 3 are exemptions.
Boling has a total of 303 votes
Eight of these are negroes, 8 are
aliens, 5 are Mexicans, 280 are
white, and 2 are exemptions.
Lane City has a total of 147
votes. Sixteen are negroes, 1 is an
alien, 2 are Mexicans, 125 are
whites, and, 3 are exemptions.
Danevang has a total of 142
votes. Four are Mexicans and 138
are whites. Iago has a total of 153
votes. Eleven are negroes, 5 are
Mexicans, 134 are whites, and 3
are exemptions.
Defense Bonds Are Pledges of
Freedom 1
American banks are in the sound-
est condition in the history of the
nation and the dangers of inflation
arc remote due to the government’s
control of the economic situation
through price control legislation,
sale of defense bonds and stamps,
and closing of non-defense indus-
tries.
This opinion was expressed by P.
R. Hamill, president, of the First
District Texas Bankers Association
at the opening of the association’s
convention at the Rice Hotel in
Houston Monday.
Mr. Hamill is also president of
the Bay City Bank and, Trust Com-
pany
“Although savings ^eposits are
being reduced becag>j# of the in-
creasing taxes for war purposes
and even though our standard of
living will bo reduced to a certain
extent, I believe this vountry' will
be a better place to live in after
the war,” Mr. Hamill declared.
“The government has adequate
control over tho economic situation
to prevent a depression like the
last one the nation suffered,” he
continued.
“Price control legislation will do
much to protect the public from
high prices during the present 'de-
fense boom.’
“Another thing the public can
fall back on is their enormous In-
vestment in defense bonds and
stamps. Throughout the nation
bankers are being encouraged to
spur the sales of stamps and bonds.
The government realizes the peo-
ple will need these investments to
fall back on after the war.
“Closing of the majority of non-
defense industries will help in two
ways: first, it removes a number
of markets for spending money
that should be saved for the hard
times to follow this war; and sec-
ond, reopening of these industries
after the war will create a field of
employment to absorb the present
defense workers who will be out
of work when the war is over.”
Mr. Hamill said he does not be-
lieve the post-war depression will
be nearly as severe as the last eco-
nomic failure of the country.
“In the first place, banks are in
the soundest condition in the na-
tion’s history,” he declared, “They
are more liquid and have more de-
posits.
“The two years of foreign war
put the banks on the alert so they
planned for the same thing here.
“Furthermore, the overflow of
money from big business in the
past few years has more than sta-
bilized the banking situation.”
Mr. Hamill said the theme of this
convention and all recent hanking
meetings is and has been a patriotic
theme.
Klotsche Is
Last Speaker On
Rotary Program
Public May Hear
Him And Bishop
Friday Night
The last speaker on the Bay City
Rotary Club’s Institute of Interna-
tional Understanding is J. Martin
Klotsche of Milwaukee, Bert Steves,
president of the club, said. His
topic is “Our Neighbors in South
America.”
Mr. Klotsche will speak at 8:15
o’clock Friday night at the Federal
Community Building. The public is
invited. Bishop A. Frank Smith will
finish his nightly sermon early
enough at the First Methodist
Church to allow those who will hear
him to also hear Mr. Klotsche’s ad-
dress, Mr. Steves said.
A. Harris will introduce Mr.
Klotsche and the Rev. Paul Davis
will give the invocation.
Mr. Klotsche is professor of his-
tory at the Wisconsin State Teach-
ers College at Milwaukee, where
he lectures on Latin-America af-
fairs. For a season he served as
leader in forums sponsored by the
department of education of the U.
S. government.
He has given special courses on
Hispano-American problems for the
civic federation of Dallas, the Mil-
waukee public forums, and the sum-
mer institute of social progress at
Wellesley, Mass.
Mr. Klotsche is said to be par-
ticularly effective as an institute
speaker because he is widely travel-
ed, scholastically trained, and skill-
ed from long experience on the
public platform.
Bay City And
Others Affected
By Action
Stanolind Runs
Electrical Log
On No. 2 Huebner
Herald Tops All
Others In
Circulation
The Heralds circulation tops
all others in this section of the
Texas Gulf Coast. Its amazing
distribution of 4,500 copies per
week is unexcelled.
Widely distributed throughout
Matagorda County and greater
parts of Brazoria and Whatron
Counties, The Herald is an an-
swer to an advertising merchant’s
prayer. Read the first editorial on
Page 2 and dial 644—ior better
still, come to see us.,
A sharp reduction in purchases
from others and production from
its own wells on the Texas Gulf
Coast was announced this week by
the Texas Company. The reduction
was effective Tuesday.
Accumulation of crude oil and re-
fined products because of the criti
cal transportation situation, taxing
storage facilities of the Gulf Coast
to the maximum, was cited by W.
S. S. Rodgers, president of the
company, as the reason for the
company’s action. _
Fields in this area affected by
this order are Bay City, Bless'ng,
Francitas. Magnet, Markham,
Mauritz, Old Ocean. West Co-
lumbia (light), and Withers.
Other last-minute oil news for
this section:
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company’s
No 2 Huebner, located in the Lucky
Field southwest of Bay City, is
running an electrical log to 8980
feet in shale, sand at 8952 fedt. In
the Bay City Field, Skelly’s No. 10
Moore has reperforated from 8511-
14 feet and again washing well in.
Ohio Oil Company’s No. 16 J. C.
Carlson in the North Markham
Field bottoms 8125 feet and 5*/2-
inch casing has been set at 8119
feet. The well will complete the
7700-foot sand.
Eugene Gordon of Houston has
staked location for a shallow
wildcat test three miles east of
Pledger. It is the No. 2 R. F.
Howard and is 651 feet from the
west 1 ne and 742- feet from the
south line of a 40-acre tract in
the L. Ramey League. Projected
depth is 3500 feet.
The Pure is rigging up on its
No. 1 Mrs. Sam V. LeTulle in the
Collegeport section, as is R. H.
Parker on the No. 1 Gottschalk
near Matagorda.
Over in the prolific Old Ocean
Field, Harrison and Abercrombie
are coring at 10,100 feet with its
No. 11 Armstrong Fee. The opera-
tors No. 1 A. C. Wooding-F. W.
Mueller Unit is drilling in shale be-
low 7500 feet.
Mackhank Petroleum Company
has staked location for a wildcat
test east of the Boling Dome in the
Jesse Vance Survey. It is the No.
1 J. M. Moore Estate.
On the northwest edge of the
North LaWard Field, Cities Service
is still testing No. 1 Graves through
casing perforations 5198 to 5201
feet. On a 9/64-inch choke the well
made 24 barrels of oil in nine hours
with tubing pressure at 1700 pounds
and casing pressure at 2200 pounds.
ary are: Carl Jensen, T. D. Mat-
thews, Holleman Plumbing Com-
pany, Henry Lane, E. R. Blaylock,
E. G. Ryman, N. D. Thornton, Sam
Law Jr., Norton Oil Company, Joe
Hahn, G. A. Bailey and Son, G. A.
Bailey and Son, G. A. Bailey and
Son, G. A. Bailey and Son, Mrs. H.
F. Hansen.
R. Telafuse, G. A. Bailey and
Son, Aaron Oil Company, H. C. El-
liott, Union Truck Line, B. Foltyn,
Bay City Creamery, Mrs. Ed Day,
J. L. Wilson, J. I. Roberts Drilling
Company, H. C. Keith, L. Newsome,.
Tom Slone, H. A. Norris, W. G.
McDow.
I. N. Mills, F. J. Wcndel, J. Mar-
tin, G. M. Walker, A F. Hahn, J. A.
Bryant, Southern States Construc-
tion Company, L. Bunch, J. Birkner,
F. Horn, R. P. Byrd, Cuney Robbins,
J. A. Bryant, L. A. Norris, N.
Bankston, L. W. Arnold, E. R. Blay-
lock.
Aaron Oil Company, E. B. Bul-
lington, Joe Husak, J. H. Blackwell,
C. A. Oliver, J. H. Kelley, United
North and South Development
Company, J. Victery, W. G. Rose,
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Coca-
Cola Bottling Company, F. W.
Vaughan and Company, F. W.
Vaughan and Company, F. W.
Vaughan and Company.
Charles Polifka, R. Hennessey,
Matagorda Wholesale Company,
Matagorda Wholesale Company.
Daily Average
Production Of
Coastal Fields
. Daily average production of T«t^'
as Gulf Coast oil fields for the
week ending February 22 is:
Bay City, 52 wells, 2378 pro-
duction, 3325 allowable; Blessing,
7 wells, 68 production, no report-
ed allowable; Boling, 97 wells,
1237 production, 1266 allowable;
Buckeye, 3 wells, 96 production,
94 allowable; Francitas, 8 wells,
294 production, 410 allowable.
Hamman, 31 wells, 1740 pro-
duction. 2426 allowable; Lolita,
175 wells, 5952 production, 8455
allowable; Lucky, 22 wells, 176
production, 248 allowable; Mag.
net, 79 well^y 2382 production,
3298 allowable.
Markham, 57 wells, 1110 pro-
duction, 1139 allowable; North
Markham, 22 wells, 117 produc-
tion, 1644 allowable; Mauritz, 8
wells. 255 production, 350 allow-
able; North La Ward, 29 wells,
837 production, 1603 allowable;
Old Ocean, 112 wells, 14125 pro-
duction, 20770 allowable.
Palacios, 3 wells, 10 production,
15 allowable; West Columbia new,
107 wells, 5673 production, 5675
allowable; West Columbia old, 48
wells. 2192 production, 2195 al-
lowable; Wilson Creek, 2 wells,
160 production, 60 allowable;
Withers and Five Corners, 292
wells, 8942 production, 12,970 al-
lowable.
Mrs. Anderson
Buys Retail
Merchants Here
Mrs. Will Anderson has an«
nounced the purchase of branch of-
fice of the Retail Merchants’ As-
sociation in Bay City from Mist
Lois Stoner. The consideration was
said to be $1,000.
Miss Stoner, wno has operates
the business since 1937, will live
with her parents in Victoria. She
said that she may try to purchase
the Victoria Retail Merchants’ As-
sociation business.
Constitution Of Matagorda County W. M. U. Is Presented
The constitution of the Matagor-
da County White Man’s Union,
which will have its primary April
18, is herewith presented;
Art. 1. The object of this associa-
in shall be to secure to the peo-
J of Matagorda County an eco-
nomical and honest county govern-
ment and the election of honest, ef-
ficient andi faithful county officers
and of creating and maintaining
more fraternal relations and unity
of action among the citizens of
Matagoi'da county.
Art. 2. The general officers of
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this association shall be a Presi-
dent, a Vice-President and a Sec-
retary, who shall also act as Treas-
urer of this association, and in ad-
dition thereto, there shall be elect-
ed by the members of the associa-
tion in tho respective precincts, a
precinct chairman and a precinct
secretary, and such officers shall
hold office from the d|ate of their
election until the next election of
officers of the association and un-
til their successors shall be elected
as herein provided. The president
together with the precinct chairman
shall constitute the county execu-
tive committee, and the secretary
of the association shall be secretary
of the executive committee.
Art. 3. The President, Vice-Presi-
dent and Secretary of this associa-
tion shall be elected by ballot at
the biennial meeting of this asso-
ciation, which election shall be at
the county seat of said county, on
the first day of March term of the
district court for said county, next
preceding a general election for
state officers.
Art. 4. It shall be the duty of the
president of this association to pre-
side over all regular and called
meetings of this association and
to perform all duties required of
him by this constitution or the by-
laws, which may hereafter be adopt-
ed and in his absence the vice-presi-
dent shall perform all of the duties
of the president The president, or
the vice-president acting, shall have
the right to call a special meeting
of this association when in his
judgement the good of the associa-
tion requiros same.
Art. 5. If at any regular or called
meeting of this association both the
president and vice-president shall
be absent, then the members pres-
ent shall elect a president pro-tem,
who shall at such meetings exercise
all of the power of tho president.
Art. 6. Preceding every general
election for county officers, there
shall be held in each voting precinct
in Matagordla county, a primary
election under tho auspices of this
association, for the purpose of se-
lecting candidates of this associa-
tion for the various county officers
and precinct chairman of this as-
sociation for the ensuing two years.
And the executive committee of this
association shall designate a time
for such primary election that will
conform to the requirements of the
luws of Texas, and shall give at
least 30 days notice of the date of
holding election by publication in
every newspaper published in Mat-
agorda county.
Art. 7. At the primary election
provided for tho preceding article,
but one form of ballot shull be used,
to be known as the official ballot of
this association. Said official ballot
shall be prepared, printed and dis-
tributed to the chairman to the
precinct chairman at least three
days before the date of each pri-
mary election, by the executive
committee, who shall place thereon,
under its proper heading, and in
ordjer received, the name of every
candidate who shall pay said com-
mittee his prorata share of ex-
pense of printing and distributing
said ballots, at least twenty days
before the date of said primary
election, and none others.
(See “CONSTITUTION,” Page 4)
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