Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 330, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1925 Page: 1 of 6
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YOAKUM DAILY HERALD
Give us Better Roads
A Better Yoakum Means
and Better Streets
A Better Paper Every Day
a Bigger Yoakum
VOLUME XXVIII
YOA&UM, TEXAS, AFTERNOON O* SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925
5c A COPY—NO. .130
WORK BEING RUSHED ON
NEWFREIGHT DEPOT
A gang of workmen are busy digging
A SONO OP THANK8GIYINO:—Oh that the foundation for the new Yoakum
men would praise ttar I.ord for His good-1
ness. Mud for His wonderful works to the freight depot. The concrete contract
children of men! O come, let iin King uutoj
the Lord: let un oome lief ore Ids presence, was awarded to Dolezal, Yoakum con-
wlth thanksgiving. For He is our <Jod, .... .... ..
and we are the people of his pasture, tractor an dhe is busy putting in the
Psalm 10ft: 8; to: 1, 2. 7. I ...
PRAYER:—We would bless the Lord nt foundation,
all times. May this praise be continually! . . . ...
in our mouths. j The work at present is concentrated
'on th eextension to the oil house at
Is it possible that a Yoakum ^be .shops which is being needed very
organization would have nerve hadly. When this job has been corn-
enough to back a sidewalk build- | pieted the entire force will be* shifted
ing campaign in Yoakum such as tbe sight of the new freight depot,
the Kiwanis club in Cuero back- | The building will be ISO feet long,
ed. Tt is quite possible that Yoa- an(j 28 feet wide, and will have a piat-
kum will be given a chance to f0rm f0r the shippers SO feet long, and
participate in the same sort Of 12 feet wide. The top portion of the
scheme that Cuero is now partici building will be constructed of
pating in ,and getting sidewalks ^ steei. a portion of ihe building will
built for 12 cents a foot. Now
this is a cheap price if anyone is
at all acquainted with sidewalk
building or had any built recent-
ly.
It is not definitely known
whether or not Yoakum can get The north end will come in line with
a similar price but the price will the .South Side of Grand Ave, and it.
be made known if any organiza-: w-ni not be at the end of the street as
tion Cares to push the proposi-ithe old building was .this will give a
tion. They can count on the Her-.direct vision to the eastern portion of
aid to back them in any way pos- town.
sible in the line of publicity.
Blond Beauty of France
be two stories to be used for offices
for the clerks, agents and others in
connection with the handling of the
freight.
The building will be absolutely fire
proof ,ajid modern in every respect.
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS
OF YOAKUM UNDER WAY
NOTHING BUT NEWS
Big Topics in Few Words
YOAKUM'S NEW FIRE TRUCK
TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK
I ■ — j
j It was stated this morning that Chief
Osborn will leave some time next week ' AUSTIN—Consideration of tb*= FVr-
!for Dallas to drive down the new fire guson Amnesty bill was made a sper-
l engine that the City of Yoakum pur- ial order for 2 p .m. Tuesday after a
i |
chased last month. ^ recess conference of leaders of butft
Fire Commissioner Fink stated that, sides this afternoon. Representative
as soon as the truck arrived the public J. W. Hall of the forces opposing the
i would be given a chance to witness the bill and Representative Reuben Loftln
'performance of the new equipment, of its adherents headed committees in
j and he was desirous that everyone the conference and reported the result-;.
| turned out to see how it worked. which was ratified by an almost 'in-
| Just what date the car will be animous vote.
brought to Yoakum is still not definite
j ly settled as several minor adjust-
ments had to be made to conform with
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SAN ANTONIO—Two fast fighting
planes collided a mile in the air near
I the Yoakum fire plugs, which are Kelly Field at 9:30 Friday morning'.
standard in every respect, but as all
plugs are not standard the company
jdoes not manufacture these products
j until a sale has been made.
A. factory representative w ill accom-
pany the truck to Yoakum, and get
the boys started, and show them the
proper method of handling it.
Mr. Fink also stated that every six
months a factory representative is sent
to look over the equpiment and see
that il is kept in first class shape, and
As the tangled wreckage of tin* crash
began its long drop toward the earth
the two pilots leaped from th*- failing
mass, fell swiftly for several hundred
feet .opened their parachuts and flour-
ed down side by side to safety.
RKNO—Newspapers of tin* PacifTa
Coast may thank among others «, do*-
en cow boys for the telefots of tho
Coolidge inauguration which they print
ed. The cowboys pat rallied a. 14 mltr*
] if there are any repairs to be made,' stretch of telephone lines near R* do
jthey will be made under his supervis
! ion.
keep ill*- thousands of
resting on the wires.
crows fiom
Fernand de Beaumont has been declared the most beautiful woman <>f the
French state She won oven thousands of entries in a theatrical beauty
contest. Mile, de Beaumont is a blond wdih brown eyes.
Along this line it was suggest-
ed that a surface could be placed
on the Yoakum streets that are
now graveled at an exceedingly s*>iby Stahl, designated by Jack
low price. It might be veil to in- i Boothe, President of the school board
vestigate this proposition, and;as official scholastic census taker, is!
the name of the man who can do busy taking census of the!
it will be furnished upon inquiry., Yoakum scholastics. This work is j , . , . .. . . , 4 M
_______ * i - 1 bat. s the plaintive noisy raised 4o. lv,. H. Marek, ( ity Health Officer, there
. , ... . . .done f\ery yeai duiing the month of s|-y as the moon sends its pale ^ were ten births and seventeen deaths
Wo Were asked ll tills column March and must be finished in that * I
... .. *,*i jf ’ unisneu uwl|bhte beams earthward. Just wHtatHn Yoakum and vicinity during the l
could be used by anyone that had itjmp I , 1
... , ,• j.i j *• i ’ ! connection a bright moon has upon the month of February. j
something to say for the good oi : stahI >slatt.(j u would be some
YOAKUM PRAETORIANS HOLD j
MOURNFUL CANiNES GRIM REAPER WINS RACE - ANNUAL ELECTION
DISTURB SLUMBERS WITH STORK IN FEBRUARY; The y«*» .............I
' — iians met last Thursday night for the1
' election of officers. The following of-i
^ jxki****. wv*v eUtoUwi:
K. J. Sladek, Siibline Augustus.
Yewo-o-o-o-, yewo-o-o-o-o!
According to the information of Dr.
NEWARK, Tex.- Bandits paid ti.efr
second visit of recent weeks • <: tho
Newark State Bank last night, lurry-
ing the safe outside Ihe buildit:. n t
opening it. A check revealed ‘his
afternoon that the yeggs had s*-i*v.rwt
only $35.00 in pennies.
two I
Yoakum. I hoy wore told that it: weeks as yet before he would have the'
most assuredly could be, provid-; w
ed the article was not too long,
the longest accepted will be two
pages type written, double spac-
ed on a sheet Si/jxll inches.
This column will welcome all
such articles, although our ideas
might not be in accord with the
article, but that makes little or
no difference, just as long as it
does not get presonal.
ork completed, and as soon as the
work had been completed the figures
ascertained would be given th** press
for publication.
The Yoakum baseball team will
re-organize in the near future,
and this should have the co-oper-
ation of every Yoakumite. Yoa-
kiim receives a lot of favorable
advertising along this line. It
helps to keep the fellows at home
and gives them good wholesome
exercise and gives all a good
form of amusement. Kick in
when they come around, its for
a good cause.
esehic soul of <-anines has not yet been
determined but the connection betw een j
the how l and the sleeping inhabitants j
is not so vague.
Chief of Police has received many i
complaints about dogs howling and dis
turbing the neighborhood. But. what |
is a fellow to do? During the war tliej
bray was taken from the army mule, |
but can the howl be taken from a dog?
Its a problem that the chief has to
| settle. The moon insists on shining,
putting on a style show next Friday!^ canjnC8 ,ngI„t on howling, and the
and Saturady night. March 13th and jhowUng con8jstently defeats attempts
14th. Mr. Hertz stated that this would of ppacefu, 8lunlbPr, and interruption
be a bigger and better style show than jof peaceful 8lumber causes grouchiness
the one held last year. iat the breakfast table, and grouchiness
The style show will be held in con-. t t|n> breakfast table cause divorce
nection with the regular show Pro-1 courts to run over time>
gram and a special picture has been | Yes, it might be stated that moon-
secured for this occasion. There will lsbjn,,i not “Moonshine”, is the primary
PROCEEDS OF STYLE SHOW
TO 60 TO CHARITY
The K. Hertz department store is
OIL POLLUTION CAUSES
be fifty Yoakum girls as models, wear-
ing the newest thing in styles for wo-
men.
The proceeds, above all expenses will
be donated to the Yoakum Associated
Charities.
cause for all divorce cases.
We give it up, try to settle it If you
can.
BIRTHS
Feb. 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Anton ('has.
Kasparek, girl.
Feb. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. John K.
Boone, boy,
Feb. 5 to Mr. and Mrs. U. H. M<>r-
rian, girl.
Feb. 3 to Mr. and Mrs. T. H. McCabe
girl.
Feb. 11 to Mr. and Mrs. .f. (). Don-
nelly, boy. •
Feb. 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hueb-
ner, boy.
Feb. 15 to .Mr. and Mrs. Henry C.
Hough, girl.
Feb. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Cowey, boy.
Feb. 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
Marek, boy.
M. E. Emerson, Seigiver Tribune.
Mrs. F .V. PavMcel;, Junior Tribune.
H. M. Rhodes, Worthy Attorney.
B. 3*. Treybig, Worthy Recorder.
Clarence Sladek, First Centurion.
Edwin Sladek, Second Centurion.
F. V, Pavlicek, Lygian.
Mrs. M. E. New, Soothsayer.
Mrs. W. (’. Tillery, Musician.
Win. MeMurry, Sentinel.
The Yoakum Council is
^ t trif Cv* “Stormy \<r»’ re - *■
*-d lii the house this morning «- that
body passed to engrossment the i»ii|
permitting foreign corporations r< , oto
and control such stock.
AUSTIN Mrs. J. E. King. San An-
tonio, chairman of the prison advis-
ory board said here today she had j.«r-
sonally removed dirks from hmlciugf
• tenders In prison system. Slie is hero
to testify before ihe senate in tk- ,*ri-
on<- <d the 8()n liearing now being conducted f>>
i largest, in the state having over four1 ,|1U, bo,jy
j hundred members at present. This is J
I considered to be a very good record, j WASHINGTON—Selection of ( <>!« ne«
»»l which the ^ oakum council is proud James |.‘, Feehet to be assistant hi* T
of, and justly so. *>f lbt> ai.jny ajr service to su* ee<l
1 Brigadier General William Mi'- he
was announced by Secretuiy V.-vX.st.
(,’olomd Fetchet was born in T* • tn
1377.
TWO EXCELLENT TENNIS
COURTS AT WEST SIDE
Two tennis courts have been com-1
GEORGETOWN - Dr. J. C. Grant
I w ho has been connected with S. l.i
n/
foe
FAMILY JOINT CASH
ACCOUNT CAUSES TROUBLE
FISH SHORTAGE IN TEXAS RA0I0 TO BE USED
TO PROTECT BIRDS
By Tiiteriintionul .Vows Service
GALVESTON, March 7—Galveston
fisheries are fighting to supply de-
mands for salt water fish following an
acute shortage in sea specimens that,
has been in effect more than two
weeks. Oil (volution is believed the
cause.
R.v iTilvriuitiiMi.'t! News Service
SAN ANTONIO, March 7—“If you
fear your husband may flee with tiie
| family cash, don’t start a Joint ac-
has | count.”
been pressed into service here to pro-! This was the advice given wives by
tect the nation’s migratory birds. iSan Antonio police after a complaint
Robert B. Lawrences, secretary of j was filed by a young woman charging
the Texas Fish and Games League, has her husband with withddrawing their
By lutcriiidloiml News Service
HOUSTON, March 7 Radio
HOUSTON, March 7—Houston deal-
ers contend that oil pollution has little
to do with the fish shortage that has
raised wholesale an dretail prices here
High winds that have swept the gulf
during the past few weeks are blamed.
The winds have forced fish out of ‘
bays an dinlets and they have sought i
deeper water to avoid violence of the
seas In the shallower places, the local1
fishermen declared.
begun a series o fradio talks, appeal-
ing to sporting instincts of state hunts
men and urging their assistance in
passing the migratory bird refuge act
in congress, now pending.
The bill commonly known as the
game refuge-public shooting ground
j bill, would provide large preserves
jwhere the hrlds could find safety
from hunters during the mating sea-
! son.
The grounds selected—to be located
across the southern portion of the*
n^plte IM.. ho» ,v.r. flshln* i» st„„, lKlr<|„rlm. „„
*ood .long C»mp«ho bank, Yuca- „„rMy bo of
tan. This district is removed • frbtri
such physical formation as to furnish
the oil fields of Tampico and is not
near lanes followed by oil tankers ply-
ing between Tampico and other parts.
nesting grounds for the birds.
Subscribe for the Dally Heraiu
joint account, and fleeing the city.
Husbands -or wives—who with-
draw money from accounts held joint-
ly are within provision of the Texas
State banking law and no action crim-
inal or legal may Ik* taken by the
other depositor, the police said.
The young woman who filed the
complaint urged police to "get the
money--never mind the husband.”
Mexican
Feb. 2 to Merced Galindo and wife, pieted at the West Side School cam-
boy. us, and they have been put Into good lttHt 12 years hart tendered hm r«-
DEATHS 'shape. The street grader was run
Feb. 3 Mr. Frederick Kuester, agejover the ground, and smoothed
3t> years. 'down. The mothers club will donate
Feb. 3 Mr. Alinon Loos, 13 years. jtlie money to purchase the back stops.
Feb. 5 Mr. Jerome David Redmond. ‘ ami other equipment,
43 years. J The Southern Marble & Stone com
Feb. 9 Joseph Marcus Rohan. 9 years . I»any donated the marble dust to linejthe p,ace w* v'at'° as < kllj - 1 't**
Feb. 11 Samuel Crockett Thigpen, 85|the courts with. 'Phis material makes
years. excellent lines in that it sticks to the
Feb. 13 Mrs. Lilly Gabel, f>3 years. ! ground and can not be removed easily.
Feb. 11 Mrs. Etta I*ee Humphreys, j The interest in tennis is continually
42 years. (growing in Yoakum schools, and the
Feb. 21 Mrs. G. J. Shortt, 69 years. movement should receive the co-opera-
Mexican ! tion of every one.
Feb. 3 Alfonzo Vasquez, 42 years. I --
Feb. 7 Teresa Davila, 17 years. ! fifty IlfII Tf|U TH fifl |K|Tfl
Feb 17 Ol.tle Barren. ve-r. ! JAllK TVALIUIl III Dll 111 I U ,
1 2., years. ■ DIICIMCCO III TCVAC ,r0n, an'* on tIl'> si<le—have tho
19 k^Hcitas de Salinas, 54; uUulflLuw IN iLAnu'inore stationary brims.
~ 1 The colors harmonize with if e r.ult
coloring— London Lavender Silver
SHERMAN GLASS PURCHASES'
McLARTY’S INTEREST IN
BUSINESS
Feb
years.
Negroes
Feb. 3 Mary Hollis, 46 years.
Feb. 6 William Arkadie, 59 years.
Feb. 12 John Edw-ard, 31 years.
Feb. 18 Rosa Mae Irwin 5 months.
Feb 21 Ella Taylor, 19 years.
and will take over his portion of the
operation immediately.
signation to take affect at the • ..d f
the school year.
MEXIA Terrell was unaninv '■ ty
granted a baseball club franc!.t'l
the Texas Ass’n. this afternoon t>: ,r\ko
circuit.
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A CORRECTION
i In out interview with Mr. Brovynin>t
yesterday one of the subheads wa>: l< ft
out of the article making it meaning-
less. In talking about tho sty’e« in
men's hats Mr. Browning state*! omo
• have brims that will turn down in
Rv Interiiiitiniinl News ftervlre
HOUSTON. March 7 Although
__ Mr. McLarty made no statement as
Turner A McLarty have dissolved to bis future intentions,
partnership In the grocery business on j Turner & McLarty have been in the
Lott street. Sherman Glass has pur-; grocery business for three years, and
chased the interest of Mr. McLarty. have a rbslantlal business.
“Iron” Jack Walton, governor of Okla Gray8, etc-
hotna intends to go into business here *n hosiery, neckwear *n»l otf»-
he will not give up his legal rights in <he colorings aro fr%
the other state, he said here recently, i *'onaany 'vv***1 clothing coloring.
Rumors have been current since th**1
deposed governor’s loss in the race for
United States senate last fall that
YOAKUMITE ENTERS MOYlfcB
he
would again be a candidate for th**
governorship of Oklahoma In 1926.
T. E. Weatherly, son of Mi> ftoso
Weatherly who has been In CaMorula
j for the i»ast three years impersetattug
Walton has |>urehased land in the has signed a contract with • • . rg*>
O'Hara to play lead in coinedi* * at a
nominal salary of $25.00 pet day
far he has eight pictures contracted for
southern art of the state but be ex-
pects to live there to Improve his
younger daughter’s health, he says.
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Richter, T. H. Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 330, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1925, newspaper, March 7, 1925; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758683/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.