The Pecos Enterprise and Pecos Times (Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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TIMES: FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1
THE PECOS ENTERPRISE
*AGE TWO
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Coal, Wood. Kindling and
Hay
PIANOS MOVED
Withoat a Scratch
Baggage Haatod Day <* Wight
Waco, Texas.—W. ▼. Crawford,
president of the Tekas Highway As-
sociation, issued today a statement
outlining the provisions of the pro-
posed highway amendment to the
State Constitution to be voted on
hy the people on July 28.
•in spite of all the discussion In
the press,** he said, “there seems to
he a widespread misunderstanding
of the proposed amendment The
many inquiries we have received in-
dicate that a great many people do
not know what It provides. It occurs
to me, therefore, that a simple state-
ment of Its provisions is very neces-
sary.
“The amendment proposes to add
the following provisions to the State
Constitution:
“The Legislature is authorised and
directed to provide for the creation,
establishment, construction, mainte-
nance and repair of a system of im-
proved highways throughout the
State, te be under the control of the
State, and In orden that the State
may ftwvide the meant, revenues
and Instrumentalities for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of each
system of highways, the Legislature
Is empowered to levy and cause to
ho collected specific excite and ad
valorem taxes, in addition to those
permitted for other purposes In the
Constitution, hut such ad valorem
taxes shall be imposed only for the
purpose ef retiring the bonds author*
ised by vote of the people of this
State as provided for hereinafter la
this section.
“When said system shall have
been designated and taken over for
the State as provided In Section A
hereof the Legislature is authorised
to make provision for the equitable
compensation to such counties for
the value ef such improvements an
have been theretofore constructed
by the counties in the State.
“Provided, also that, save for the
State highway system, ta nil other
respects, counties shall have the
right to build, construct and main-
tain roads, turnpikes and bridges
within their respective boundaries,
and the constitutional provisions re-
lating thereto are not qualified or
repealed by reason hereof.**
“Then there is a section authoris-
ing and directing the Legislature to
enact legislation to put these provis-
ions tnto effect
“First of all it should ho eaid jthat
the provision which refers to nd va-
lorem taxes eon he ignored, for the
section which would have authorised
the issuance of bonds was stricken
ont by the Senate. It was intended
to strike out also the reference to
ad valerooa taxes, hot in the rush
ef the eloping hours ef the regular
session this was overlooked. Sat
It Is inoperative and the same as
though ft had boon stricken out For
It applies only to tho section which
was stricken ont, and no od valorem
taxes could ho levied If the amend-
ment Is adopted.
**If teat point to kept in mind
there should ho no difficulty in un-
derstanding the amendment. It pro-
vide# for the creation of n state
highway system and for the levying
of ‘specific excise taxes' for the es-
tablishment and maintenance of such
n system.
*Tf the amendment to adapted tee
designated state highways will he
taken over by the state and the
eonnttos will he relieved ef tee duty
and expense of . constructing and
maintaining each highways In the
future.
ment at good wages. For this reason
every citizen should interest himself in
maintaining sound conditions ip this coun-
try. This will encourage the employment
of labor, habits of thrift and the invest-
ment of capital in constructive business
which maintains the dinner-bucket bri-
^Corpus Christi—Work completed on
causeway. . . , (
Denison—Total of one hundred cars ol
poultry, eggs, butter and hides shipped
in past three months
Extension of Fiisco railroad from Quan-
nah to El Paso under consideration.
San Angelo—Santa Rita oil well pro-
nounced first. reni well in state west of
Ranger. \ . .. ,
Pecos—Machinesry being installed tr.
new electric cotton gin.
Panhandle oil field reports second ex-
tension in two weeks.
Pecos—New cotton and seed warehouse
to be erected.
Corsicana—Humphreys Oil Company
stands to duplicate its success at Mexia
if the new oil i*>ol jus! discovered ea t
of here meets preliminary expectations.
This field came inlio prominence^ when
the J. K. Hughe» Development Co. s well
caught fire and cost 16 lives. Another
10,000 bbls- completion has just been re-
ported, indicating that the pool is of
major magnitude. , . .
Beeville—175,0X) school to be built for
Mexican girls. t,
Bertram—77,222 lbs. of wool »old.
expected to yield 18.240,-
Next Dose of Treacherous Drug
may Start Misery
forllTou
tonio river empties into it, I found a
rookery of the rare white ibis, with about
two thousand nests.*' said Professor Sim-
mons. “Ornithologists have been looking
for this bird for manv years. It was
thought to be almost extinct. It is known
that there are some, in the mangrove
swamps of Florida, but they'have never
been found in this*part of the country
before.**
Associated with the white ibis in this
rwiery, Piof. Simmons found the rosee'e
sedbn bill, with nests to the number of
200 or more. They arc characterized by
their brilliant plumage. It is the only
breeding colony of this bird k mwn, with
the exception of about two dozen pair in
southwestern Louisiana and a few in the
Everglades of Florida. In the same rook-
ery he also, found nesting about 100 wood
ibis, known as the American stork. It is
the only nesting place of these birds known
in this part of the United State*.
Another remarkable rookery discovered
by Prof. Simmons was that of the white-
face glossy ibis, which is the American
cousin of the famous sacred ibis of Egypt.
This nesting place is about 25 miles from
the coast, in a prairie lake, overgrown
with tide. There were 2400 Bents of these
rare birds in the rodkery,* and myriads
of young. In the same rookery a con-
siderable number of water turkeys were
found. The whitefaced glossy ibis is about
two feet tall, and has beautiful glossy
bronze plumage, which was formerly in
great demand for women’s hats. The
birds and plumage are now protected by
Federal and State laws. Prof. Simmons
made these discoveries while investigat-
ing the wild bird life of the Gulf coast
region for the State Game, Fish and
Oyster Department. «
JNO. BROCAT, Prop.
la business it same stand for
35 years
Tub and Shower Baths
First-Class Workmen
Winter wheat
000 bushels.
Garrett—$50,000 to be spent on school
buildings.
Pecan Grower* i’ Association urges es-
tablishment of two experimental stations.
Corsicana—Contract awarded for “White
Way” lighting system.
Galveston—$610,000 to be expended foi
extension of east: seawall.
Wichita Falls-First wheat of season
marketed.
Corsicana—Railroad yards improved at
cost of $25,000.
Port Arthur—Ice plant to double ca*
parity.
El Paso—$300,000 bond issue to be voted
for construction of dike along Rio Grande
river.
Ranges have lecotue dry in most of the
State outside of a strip extending from
the center of tlie Oklahoma line to the
Rio Grande, tfee dry section extending
along the coastal plain and into the
western counties However, the grass ma-
tured fairly well during May and help
to improve the conditic a of the cattle
slightly. About two thirds of the fat
cattle to be marketed from southern Tex-
as have moved by the end of May and
the rest are expected to go by the and
of June. Sheep continue to do well but
seem to have been fattening slowly. The
shipment of lambs promises to be well
tinder way in September and October.
Breckinridge—$18.«»6u contract let for
l.rick business builJTi.*.
Amarillo—Contract awarded for pave-
ment of 200 blocks of city streets.
Eastland—Continental Gaatdine Com-
pany organizing to erect casinghead plant
in local field.
Austin—Asphalt Belt Railway Company
organized to build 20-mile railroad through
ZavaBa and Uvalde coon- es. i
Abilene—$200,000 to b. spent on pav-
ing project.
Breckenridge— Approximately $335,000
subscribed for proposed textile mills.
Dallas—$311,000 9-story hotel to be built
by Dallas contracting firm.
Fort Worth—Grain elevator with 36 re-
inforced concrete tanks to be built at
cost of $350,000.
Waco—M. K. I T. Railroad putting up
locomotive erecting and repair shop at
cost of $2,000,000; to employ 700 workers.
Fort Worth—Texas Steel Company or-
ganised with capital of $2^00,000 will es-
tablish large plant for making steel burs
and ^filings
i Dallas—Heavy general rains over state
to be of tremen dous value to wheat crops.
Houston—Nov $1,100,000 warehouse of
Houston Cotton Comi any to have capacity
of 200,000 bales.
Detailed plans for the complete electri-
fication of t|e United States, worked
out in the form of an atlas by Frank
G. Baum, an imgiiteer of San Francisco,
were. recently inhibited at the convention
of the National Electric Light Associa-
tion fn New Yorlc. The most striking
feature of*the plans, which sre the re-
sult of 20 years' work, was a map show-
ing a system of 2120,000-volt transmission
lines covering the entire country and plac-
ed with reference to existing transmission
lines, water power, indudftal centers and
railroad lines.
Insurance is the basis of all oredit. When
a man has a fire trad hit property is in-
sured he want i his money at once. In-
surance reserves must be kept In assets
that can be turned into cash immediately.
If the politicians would keep hands off
the railroads long enough to let them get
fairly on their feet they would all be
building extern nous at in the good old
Takt it kea« to
Dm kids.
■aw a packet ia
war-ready treat
and Insist!
J Z. SLACK
attorney at law
first national bane building
PECOS, TEXAS
Washington, June 28 (Capital News
Service).—The recent action of the Ameri-
can Legion in drawing up a code for flag
observance strikes a responsive chord in
the hearts of all lovers of the Stars and
Stripes. t
This code, covering proper civilian usage
of the American flag and conduct in its
presence was adopted at the conference
of national organisations called by the
American Legion, and a permanent com-
mittee authorized to disseminate it through-
out the oountry.
Each of the more than sixty organiza-.
tions represented is to promote the study
of the words and music of “The Star
Spangled Banner,** and its teaching in all
schools and in juvenile organizations, as
suggested by President Heading. State
legislatures are asked to onset uniform
laws requiring display of the flag in ami
over all schools, parks, and playgrounds,
If w did, w»’d lot*
the right to aarve m
the authorised!
Goodyear Dealer.
Wa are plidied ta
proper use of bunting, the salutes and
pledges to the flag.
The suggestion of a fine arts commission
that the flag ia “the wrong shape** meets
with little approval.
The flag is now 1.90 ia length to 1 in
width, 19 feet long when H is 10 feet
wide. The proportions, say the arbiters
ol beauty, should be 1.67 to 1. The flag
i» too long foi; its width to satisfy the sense
of beauty of those who make beauty their
been so bug identified with aU that is
reverenced in American ideals that a
change in it would be a desecration, not
ON THE
Ion »el increase the fewer «f tee
•tale to rates revenue. The stele
can levy excise uses new, only they
ere called occupation taxes. Rut one-
fourth ef all occupation taxes meal
go to the school fund, and teto
amendment would make possible tea
lerytat ef each $ tax far reed per-
poets only. The gasellae tax to an
tnatanee ef tele. Gasoline can eel
he Used for road* without alee ton-
ing It for schools uader tea present
constitution Uader the amendment
it could he taxed for roads alone.
“And finally tea amendmaat pm
Tidas teat counties shall retain a&
their preeeat powers and rereause
with respect to reads. This will ro-
tter* tee counties from constructing
and maintaining state highways and
tears them all their preeeat rereaue
for purely county roads. The pm
rlslon for compensating counties for
roads taken orer la a matter for the
future and will require further am
tleu of the Legislature.
“The system which this amend-
ment would inaugurate in Texas is
the same as that In operation ta nil
the ether states In the Union with
the excetpion of two nr three. A
Federal law requires that tTfiy
state must have such a system with-
in the next three years or forfeit any
further Federal aid In building hfgto
Austin, Texas.—It will ha qeoee-
•ary for Texas ta adopt tee highway
amendment to the Constitution on
July 1$ to insure the continuance of
PECOS AUTO COMPANY
AND IN THE
MOUNTAINS
Federal aid, according to R. M. Hub-
hard, chairman of the State Highway
Commission.
“An amendment to tee Federal aid
net," he says, "require# the State to
provide n State fund to match tee
Federal money and to tab# orer tea
construction and maintenance ef the
Stole system. The authority now in
the counties will hare to he fives
to the State, as far as tee Stole
roads are ceuoerned. This can only
ha dome by amending tee Constitu-
tion. The amount allotted to Texas
to date to approximately $$!,$•$,$$0
and the allotments in the future will
be many millions mere. The adop-
tion ef tee amendment means that
Virginia
and %
Carolina
the
days before
them.
TEXAS PEOPLE USE MANY
TELEPHONES AND MOTORS
Texas has 650,1300 * automobiles and
500,000 telephones. But there are more
telephone useni than automobile users.
The telephone covers a great deal more
territory. People use the telephone often-
er than they use the automobile.
■ Comparisons of the initial cost of the
telephone and of the automobile are dif-
ficult as the .telephone cost is but a
small fraction of ihe cost of an automo-
bile. Both arts very popular, useful and
convenient as ithown by their general use.
IS THE QUICKEST ANEfi
BEST WAY THERE
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local ai m or write
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Constipation. It relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
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