Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 106, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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YOAKUM DAILY HERALD
Give us Better Roads
and Better Streets
FOUR PACES
A Better Paper Every Day
\ Better Yoakum Moans
a Bigger Youkuui
VOLUME XXIX
YOAKUM, TEXAS, AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5, 1925
5c A COPY—NO. 106
LAVACA COUNTY URGED TO
6ET BUSY ON SMITHVILLE-
YOAKUM DESIGNATION
She Doesn’t Need a Bob!
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TIIK CHOSEN FAST: Is
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uni this tlii‘
fast that I have* chosen? in !mw tin* IuiikInI
of wlcfeoilui'RS, to undo il'o roilvv li'irilons, I
and to lot tho oppressf;) un froo. Hint
y*> broil k ovor.v yoke? Ian lab .“is; ii.
PRAYER:—
"WLut doth tho Lord ioi|uiro of Ihoo, -
I tut to do jiisth, Ii** i * iiiofoy
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I • II I 111 I 11 r Jlipil 1.1 I I'" 1 I I II I I. y ,
And walk humbly v. ii!i thy Hod?"
The Yoakum Chamber of Commerce
| received a letter from Rev. John An-
ders, the lirime worker in the Smith-
j ville to Yoakum highway designation
- ; in which he quotes from a letter receiv
It is beginning’ to look as if we Jed by the Smitbvilh-Yoakum Highway J
are going to have about all the j Committee.’ Rev. Anders was the
road boosting work we will be j Chairman of this committee,
able to take care of for some! The letter follows:
time to corpe. The Yoakum- j County Judge, Then. Lueders, Of I
Hocllheim highway movement is'Fayette County, received the following |
now under consideration and teller from the State Highway Depart-1
should be completed before an-'meat at Austin and was addressed to)
other project is started. [him as follows: j
The committee will go before' “At the regular meeting of the State j
the highway commission Monday I Highway Commission on July 2, 1925.
August the loth, and this is a J Highway from Smithville in Bastrop
very important meeting, and the; County thru Cistern on to Fiutoniu,!
promoters assure US that the j intersecting Highway No. at Flatoniai
larger the delegation that goes j on thru Moulton, Shiner and terminal- j
to Austin for the healing the ing at Yoakum was designated a Stale |
ter opportunity we will have in : way.
Securing the designation. ! “The counties traversed by this desi-
What is a few hundred mile gnatJon are to put roads in shape for
drive as compared to the pos-i maintenance by tin* State beginning
sibilities of securing a good hard | January 192(5. and ii is understood
surfaced road. j there will be no expense to the State
We are urged to get busy and j until after January 1926. Fayette, I.a
vote bonds and improve the La-|vacaand Bastrop counties are request-
vaca county portion of the Smith led to file maps with the Highway Com
ville-Yoakum highway, SO that | mission showing said designation."
the State* Highway Commission
can take over this portion and
maintain it until the proper
lionds can be voted to complete
it.
(signed)
Your very truly.
Eugene T. Smith. Secy.
State Highway Commission
In connection with the above Rev.
Anders states:
Fayette and Bastrop Counties have
their maps ready for this designated
Highway, but I do not know, whether
Lavaca County has gotten its map to
Austin. If not kindly do so.
The grim reaper and the stork ran In Fayette county, we ate making
a close race during the month of July, preparations for a bond issue election.
COMMISSIONERS HAVE ONLY
ROUTINE BUSINESS, T
REGULAR MEETING
NOTHING BUT NEWS
Big Topics in Few Words
-—— MARTINEZ, Cal.—Joe Rodriquez,
Tin Board of City tkimnit*- :om rs Portugeses laborer, whose dhappenr-
held tlndr r*kulnr monthly meeting ance. from Walnut Creel; the night of
last night at the city hall with the fol the explosion that partially wrecked
lowing present: ('oinintssinm i K. S. the plant of the Pacific Ct House Cotn-
Winfivi , T. ,T. Kill'll. W. \. I'i• k and puny, led to the belief he bad been
i
E. <’ Ko. it It. L. C. Minin' < tv At- slain .reappeared today alive and veil.
torn.ey, H. R. Morel!. Chi'l e
F. D. Crowley, night polin', I
horn fire marshall and t' c
fh Id. city eh" k.
The enminitlee appointed ii
cat" lb" w reek of tin* Pa it In-
to decide w In i her or no, i hi
Yoakum should pay tor iliis. n
ed ihat they had coni" to a
met t ith Mr. Paulus in a
finally si tile the qne-1ion,
the City v as going to do.
T. J. Fitch. Street Coniniinner re-
ported that the new had In e i busy
Police, ! -——
J. Os ! WHARTON The bodies of Willie
< nitcli and Vera Brendt, who with their cou
! si ii Anna Brendt, drowned here In the
ivesti Colorado River Titos, afternoon were
r, and found late in the day. The girls were
City of about i t or 15 years old with younger
a: "eport- boys were in swimming in the Colora
."i'i ion to I do river in front of their home and
I m and | were caught in a current w hich swept
i
i i what 'them into the deeper channel.
EL PASO Although water in the
Rio (iraude began to recede from Fab
patching the streets, and grading them J ens, Texas, early today a new men-
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up. He also repotted t hat the i ty dis- , ace appeared when a new break in
posal plant was operating i: good condi- the Tornillo drainage occurred and
tion. Tin yeats supply of wood for the threatened to change its course.
incenerator has been jiurehased. He | -
also reported that, the Dozier Contract-1 CHICAtiO Mrs. ltilla Scott of Bay-
ing Company had started work on the j village, Ohio, mother of Russell Scott
paving project. took the witness stand today to testify
Fink, fire commissioner reported ■ In behalf of her son, whose life Is at
that the new concrete floor in the fire stake in a sanity hearing before Su-
Just by way of proving that a girl (Blcsn't at seino ly have to have, boi.’.icil
hail to be considered beautiful, MltJi.Christitie Thomas of Si at He wrr,
nrize as most beautiful girl in a Ncft*s«* pageant lucre. Her hair is over
a card Ions
STORK AND 6RIM REAPER
RAN RAGE DURING JULY
there being 17 deaths anti 19 births, ac-
cording to the vital statistics compiled
by the City Healh Officer, Dr. E. H.
Marek.
Births
July 6 to Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ruther-
ford, girl.
July 7 to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Quasi Jr.
girl.
July 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Dan O. Rice,
girl.
July 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Eric Harvey,
boy.
July 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E j
Manning, boy.
July 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rice,
boy.
July 16 to Mr. anti Mrs. John Bartek.
girl.
July 17 to Mr .and Mrs. Julius
Shimelt, boy.
July 20 to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Day,
boy.
July 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sntakal
boy.
July 26 to Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Suhr,
girl.
July 29 lo Mr. and Mrs. Tom W.
Nickel, girl.
July 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J.
Steiner, boy.
Mexican
May 31 to Lupe Ramerez and wife,
girl.
July 24 to Solomon Sanchez and wife
girl.
July 26 to P. V. DeLeon and wife,
girl.
Negro
Bastrop is also lining up for the elec
tion. I suppose it will be but a mat-
ter of time, when Lavaca Couuty be
heard from, holding an election for
said Highway.
Resolution Passed at Hochheim
Road Meeting toVote $250,000
Bond issue at Election Soon
COMMITTEE TO APPEAR BEFORE
station has been put io. Chief Osborn
reported tliai the fire department was
getting atom fine, and that all the
equipment was now In fairly good
shape. He suggested that tin
|>< riot Judge Joseph David.
WASHINGTON Aroused by reports
of the killing of several persons re-
Webb'cently during prohibition raids, steps
liuc.k In* thoroughly overhauled, "ill he taken by the federal govern
and put into better running comll-jment l.o curb llm indiscriminate use
tion. No definite action was taken on or firearms by dry agents, it was learn
tin's suggestion, but the commissioners ed at the treasury department today,
favored the move If the approximate ! * '7 v -■«*
cost could be ascertained. j GALVESTON Galveston was ex-
Lotters from the Comity Judges of needed only by New York in foreign
YORQ TEST AT EDGAR
SHOWS INTERESTING LOG
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
AUGUST10TH
FIRE BOYS CONSUME LARGE
QUANTITY OF FROZEN
CONFECTION
Just what is under th** ground, and
why it is there, and wher*- did it come ;
from, is a my. very to all mankind. Mr. j
G. A. Magee, manager of the Voro test l held at Hochheim Prairie Hall
has consented to let us publish a log. night to consider the proposition
DeWitt and Lavaca counties were read
in reply to letters written h> the City
Clerk as ordered by the oommnshuier-
to see if the county officers could not
be induced to help maintain the city
jail as both county officers used it for
their prisoners. Both officials claim
traffic during the first It months of
the liscal year; figures compiled by
the Bureau <*f Customs indicate.
NEW YORK The turnover in Fifth
Avenue real estate development in the
seven months ending July 31 was ap-
-- that they have no Jurisdiction over the proximately $50,000,1100. T his is about
The second good roads meeting was city jail, and limy the county officer.;;one third of the total land and build-
last have no rigid to place prisoners there-
of in, but should bring them to the res-
ing expenditures in Manhattan for the
same period.
The Yoakum fire department held j
its regular meeting night last Monday \
night and transacted routine business.!
It was voted that the engineer, Scott !
Randctl be granted a fifteen day vaca-
tion beginning at once. Joe Gaertner
was selected to act as engineer dur-
ing the his vacation.
The boys showed that ihey were not
only fire fighters that did a job right
when they went into it, but they also
showed that they could consume an
unbelievable amount of frozen con-
fection.
After the meeting the boys felt hun-
gry and thirsty, so Chief Osborn order
ed a gallon of ice cream and 96 Kiddie
Suckers, when the smolce cleared there
was but one lonely kiddie sucker, and
not one smidge of ice cream.
There were but eight members
present. Figure it out for yourself.
July 15 Hilaraln Hagan, age 90 years.
July 16 Edwin Wm. Munson, Age 8J
years.
-July 16 Mary Janca, age 75 years.
of the well as the drill stem fiels its
way down into the mystery of the
bosom of mother earth. The record
below has to be kept by each driller of
a well, and when the well i- complet-
ed the statement has to b • sworn to
as to be true and correct.
Now lets follow the drell a.- if went
voting a bond issue in road district
No. One, of which this proposed road
is a portion of.
A resolution was passed urging every
pective county jails. I -
The tralTic ordinance was read to: WASHINGTON Two ot lie* navy
the thinl and final reading and was planes with the MacMIllinn Arctic ex-
adopted by unanimous v'ote, and was pedltlon have been assembled at
one to go lo Austin, Monday, August ordered to be published in the present
10th, to confer with the State Highway official Organ, The Daily Times.
Commission, which meets at that time, The city attorney was ordered to
H. S. Paulus was appointed to draw up draft an ordinance regulating the sale
Etahm, Greenland, and a successful
flight with one ot them was made 30
minutes last night.
down, starting July 21 at 0 feet, down ; the brief and lay the matter before the
to 516 Aug. 3rd. The figures represent
feet.
0 to 8 surface sand.
of milk in the city limits, and
commission at this meeting. ordered to draft an ordinance "
A committee was appointed at Hocii- teeth in it."
helm to work up the interest in tin* The question of collecting the lie
w as
with
Mrs. Charlie Kimball has gone to
San Antonio where she will join her
husband and make h**r future home
July 13 to Lawrence Hammons and t July 20 Mrs. Josephine Vick, age 72
wife, girl.
July 16 to Attly T. Friday and wife,
boy.
July 22 to Leroy Murray and wife,
girl.
9*atht
July 25 Horace Ross Farquhar, age
52 year8.
July 1 Tom Arthur Kinley, age 75
years.
July 11 Olin W. Simons, age 3k yeat s
July 11 Dr. J. S. Youngkin, age 70
years.
July IS Grace Viola Ferguson, age 11
months.
years.
July 23 Vine Matuselt, age 76 years.
July 28 Emuel Evans, Rge 66 years.
July 31 Julius Raymond Vander-
helder, age 41 years.
Mexicans
July 9 Racenda Contra***, age ,22
years.
July 23 Profelia Resemlez, age 35
years.
July 31 Maria Del Cruz Garcia, age
23 years.
Negro#*
July 15 Flora Johnson, 32 years.
July 21 Henry Douglas, 45 years.
8 to 15 Clay and gravel.
15 to 3d yellow day.
30 to 40 day and gravel.
Set forty foot of ten inch casing at
this depth.
40 to 75, yellow clay.
75 to 135 broke clay and .-and.
135 to 150 ,sand.
150 to 151 sand rock.
151 to 153 rock.
153 to 171, clay and boulders.
171 to 233, clay and boulder -
233 to 234, rock.
234 to 253, sand. t
253 to 290, yellow day.
290 to 319, sand and red clay .
319 to 340, day and boulder.-'.
340 to 367. yellow day.
367 to 377, clay.
377 to 40S. broken sand roc ;.
408 to 463. Band lime.
j project and see that a large delegation for the service car drivers was disntss-
Mr .and Mrs. Leroy .Manning and
attend the meeting at Austin next Mon ed .and argued that, it should be hi- ' children of Range came in yesterday
day. The committee in Yoakum to forced, and the chief ol police was fur a few days visit with her parents
get the crowd together was J. J. Jar- ordered to see thal all .service car Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Woodrome.
esh and W. T. Browning. drivers be forced to .show their Recuse j *“ •
A resolution was passed that the before being allowed to operate. | Mrs. Jones returned today from Al-
bond issue be raised to $250,000.00 in- The Yoakum State Bank .submitted i vln after being at the bedside of her
stead of $200,000 as was previously the only bid for custody of the city j mother Mrs. Arnold for the past two
proposed. Half of the total amount is to funds, anil they bid 3 per cent on daily ^ weeks,
be spent for the highway between Yoa- balances. This bid being the same . ~
kum'and Hochheim on the proposed rate of interest It was last yeur it was, H. F. Harrington and little daughter
road, and the remainder be spent in re- accepted. Mrs. J. L. (’ox returned to
building the lateral roads in the Lone! The Yoakum Daily Herald being the ' Hudr home In Houston this morning.
lowest bidder for the Offic ial Organ of
the City of Yoakum, it wa« designated
as such, effective September l«t.
The Commissioners then went into
Tree, Prairie View and Dryer section,
that run into the main highway.
The map committee lmd a complete
drawing of the proposed route, ami this
work was well done. The committee executive session,
to draw up a petition (or an election! The meeting adjourned about twelve
was on hand, and signed by the proper o’clock.
number oY citizens petitioning the j ■ - 1 1 ♦—---
th'dr home
after a fmv days visit with
Mrs. C. O. Rush.
Mr and
463 to 475, hard lime-gas show ing , County Commissioners Court to call SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVES
here.
475 to 483, hard lime.
483 to 516, sand and brt>V*i U: <•
gas showing here.
M. H- Duobin the driller ' . (ut.rp :
M. Livingston .derrick man: M Kneh h
ONE RESIGNATION
an election In road district No. one.
and will be presented at the next meet •
ing of the Commissioners In Cuero. --
It. was stated that the meeting was The Yoakum School Board met in
well attended, and a great, deal of In- regular session last night. All 'he
terest was manifested. Ellert Kuck, members were present.
floorman.
j the permanent chairman of the organ! The finance committee reported n
zation presided anti Louis Poth pet- balance on hand of $335.05.
Mrs. P. N. Betts left today for Huns- J ntanent Secretary. J The school property committee, epm-
ton for a ten days visit with her son* -- ♦ ----- | posed of Messrs. J. IV. Boothe. W E
S. S. Betts and wife. r..r>T the Herald Wont Ads Stapp and C. S. Sbuctuakur wJL
Miss Annie. Bell Peters returned to-
day from a brief visit with relatives
In Houston.
thorized l.o negotiate terms for’ the
use of the new auditorium by the pub-
lic.
Th* resignation of Miss Saralyn'
Youngkin was acted upon and accept-
ed. ( •
Thereupon Miss Adonelte Burns of
Y
Cuero. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W.
Burns was elected to fill the vacancy.
The time was extended for using the
scholarship granted to Miss Agana
Dleringer of Hochheim Prairie for a
year.
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Richter, T. H. Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 106, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1925, newspaper, August 5, 1925; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757873/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.