The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 414, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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fcilTIGAL; ANNOUNCEMENTS.
^V^/vare .authorized to announce the
'mentioned ‘below
Pi^n^iSa^ey^fpr the respective offices
V!K^i^(3l^^brjec^to theiactiop of the
1914.
itrictyl^ounty^ahd; Precinct an-
.topppem^nts^n Weekly News $10.00
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S . i> .Bernard Martin.
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v* Colon, March 2\—Captain Hugh
Rodman, U. S. N., will be the real boss,
of-the big-sluiceway when it is* opened
for commercial shipping ' next duly,
ana will have entire charge of,all-the,
details of putting ships through.-!
A1V vessels entering the,, canal will,
have a canal pilot who will take • the
ship to an anchorage, from 'which- she1
may not move without permission of
Captain Rodman, or one of the port
captains, .conveyed through the pilot.
The pilots have been -selected by.
Captain Rodman, and for three months^,
he has been instructing and training
them.*
Since his graduation in 1880, Cap-
tain Rodman spent all but six years
of that time, at sea. He has been
around the world five times and has
commanded ships in nearly every big
port in the world,
- It \was, Captain Rodman whom Ad-
miral Dewey sent to demand the sur-
render of the Spanish batteries on
Corregidor island, outside of Manila
bay. When Admiral Osterhaus com-
manded the Atlantic ffeet, Captain
Rodman "was fleet commander. He
was commander of the dreadnaught
Delaware when the fleet went to Eu-
rope last year. From this command,
at the request of Colonel Goethals, he
was sent to the isthmus.
Fort Wor^jh ^
Fort W'orth,' Mar -re-
ceipts 2,600. . Marketwak. Beeves'
$6.25 to $7.40,y;Hog^ receipts >3,000,
ten cents lov^erV'alfid' steady. Bulk of
sales, $8.35._ fo}:$Bf60’~ ^ y
. j York Cotton!'
-- 26.-^Si>ot :cdtton
quietV'^lM^d^ling upland 13.50; gulf
X3!75.;^FuturVs closed steady. March
12.93 ;^May 12.13; July 11.96;- August
’li.76; October 11.40; December 11.48.
- \ < - —;—
Kansas City Grain. (
^Kansas City, March 26.—Cash
wheat No. 2 hard 87 and 91; Na.^2 red
91; to 92. Corn No. 2 mixed 69 to 70.
Oats No. 2 white 40.
>S chain,*.,
on earth .is Ndiurcfl 'G^s/^|Electra WilLsboriNbe well
. supplied with this cheap qommoaity.
, pensing with any surplus
' the best
Gas Stove,
on the,market, and priced
of money in.fuel.
R. l£‘Randolph.
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l;-- Collector:
Ef ; : . vB. }M. Bullard.
$k"y Arthur C: Howard.
r r ‘ J. W. Walkup.
THE PALACE OF SWEETS.
For several weeks something has
been going on in the new Sanders &
Dale building on Cleveland avenue,
that has "been keeping the public
guessing. It has been generally un-
derstood that a new business was to
)u , be launched in this building, but when
Madder prmtmg is tm the same ; the were cleaned off and the
|*he-w^th, ordering, any other article doors thrown this : we
jfoaa mail order .houses. Some of the not prepared for the eiaborate
sSHectra business _ men have at last and nicely furnished confectionery
..mome to t at conclusion. Some of the and jce cream parlor our eyes beheld,
printing recently ordered from out of The Palace of Sweets is one of the
Sj torni couldnt be used at all and the,most attraetive confectionery stores
.Electra News got to do the work for ever opened in Eiectra and would be a
| the parties at last. There is some credit to any city of many tin.,s our
g-consolation m knowing that if The ,prete„tions. But believeing In the
gljfews doesn't give satisfaction on future of the town> and realizing that
• work done, we are right here where the «Best is none too good„ for Elec.
.a come f° us an(t we w*^ make bra peopie> Ml'. C. N. Crawford, the
ora JQ( ' _ I enterprising proprietor, has ventured
f the experiment of giving them a place
PARABLE ON BOYS. , second to none.
j The Palace of Sweets will be for-
i| 'Verily in this day and generation nially opened tonight, when the pub-
p the father raiseth up his son on the ]jc be shown an effort of advance-
streets and sidewalks. He layeth mer.t worthy liberal patronage, and
around the soda founts and imbibeth in keeping with the rapid growth of
|-,slop and hookworm. He groweth in the on City of Texas.
tcnowledge of nothing save cigarettes Each lady attending the opening to-
snd cuss words.^ j njght will be presented with a carna-
f4 When he attains the age of sixteen ^jon>
CLEAN-UP DAY’ SUGGESTIONS.
Here are some clean-up day sugges-
tions that might be of advantage if
used in Electra:
Have the school .teachers enroll the
school children as White Wings to
help clean the 'premises at their own
homes.
Publish photographs of places in
the city that need a visit of White
Wings.
Get the ward clubs to offer prizes
for the cleanest blocks in then* wards.
Get the Commercial Club to
have every telephone subscriber asked
April 8 if they have made arrange-
ments to participate in Clean-Up Day.
Ask physicians to file reports with
the health board pointing out disease-
breeding places noticed by them on’
their rounds of the city.
Adopt a White Wings button.
Get the candidates to pledge them-
selves to quit soliciting votes one day
and devote April 9 td being White
Wings.
f*ay especial attention to the alleys
and the streets will take care of them-
selves.
Have the police department observe
the day by instructing each officer to
report every violation of sanitary or-
dinances that exists on his beat.
Havt some one check up the beats af-
terward and see if the officers have
good enough eyesight to be good pa-
trolmen.
I Goodman-Floy
We are not dis-
,wes say ,we have
m?ge§
with, the .saving
rnitiire Go.
Phone 19
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Detroit, Mich.—A Ford is doing
good work on an island in Lake
Huron.
Grand Manitoulin Island is about
one hundred miles long and'is covered
with a network of gravel roads which
are probably as good as will be found
anywhere in Ontario. These roads
though good are hilly.
There are few places in Ontario
where Fords are so useful, as the only
other means of travel is the horse and
buggy. Fishing, hunting and picnic
parties are now conveyed from .place
to place in a few hours.
ttsusuxnsxs ns 'a sttstxstt
MISCELLANEOUS
Notices undef this head will be
charged for at the rate of One
(1) Cent for each word, initial
or group of figures for each
insertion.. No notice taken for
less than 25 cents.
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FOR SAL
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Electra’s Enterprising Citizens
Responding To Call.
house and
Dr£^S. E. Cramer,
he acquireth a suit of clothes turned
% up at the bottom two furlongs above 1 BEAVER CREEK OIL CO.
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
his feet. He displayeth a pair of (
j^.SToisy socks with purple background _
| "and violets to the front.' He weareth j Organization of the Beaver Creek
low-cut, tan shoes, also a green tie. 0il Company with $14,000 capital
p He Iooketh like a banana merchant on stock has been perfected this week,
the streets of Cairo. | xhe stock being held by residents of
"Poe inside of his head resembleth Wichita county. J. C. Straus, Wiley
the inside of a pumpkin. He falleth ‘ Blai^ T< j. Taylor, D. E. Thomas and
g£ 1 in love with a spindle-shanked girl yj D. Cline are the directors.
J? with pink 2’ibbons in her hair, and The comjpany has a lease on 500
P ^craveth for an automobile that he may ao*es in the northern part of the Wag-
§t ^ride her forth in the spring time. He 1 goner ranch, around the well recently
i?* scattereth his pin money like a cyclone ^ brought in by J. C. Straus, and it is
»“ scattereth a rail fence. He sitteth up preparing to sink another well in that
Detroit, Mich.—Municipalities of
the United States are rapidly adopt-
ing the Ford idea of transportation,
and already there are many hundreds
of “the Universal Car” used to trans-
act the business of various civic de-
partments. Newark alone has 40
Fords in city service, and Cleveland
26, while hundreds of other municipal-
ities, ranging from town to metropo-
lis, are using one or more.
From the beginning the Ford has
been popular with city officials. Mod-
ern business demands automobile
transportation, for only by the use of
the motor car city officials and em-
ployes do their work with the greatest
_ I economy and expedition. Public
The Spring Covered With Six Feet of W0Jks departments, school boards,
Water This Morning. sewer, road and park employes, fire
_ departments,v water boards—in short
Proud Spring is covered with six innumerable branches of the great
feet of water this morning, resulting business of running a city find the mo-
CLOUD BURST AT
PROUD SPRINGS
FOR RENT—Two
room house. See
tin Furniture Co.
FOR SALE OR T
automobile. See H
tin Furniture Co.
FOR RENT—Nii^lyfurnished room.
Electric lights. yphonefT. H. Johnson,
Producer's office. 1 \ d409tf
ouse; 3-
stin, Aus.-
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orse and
d at Aus-
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from the cloud burst of last night.
The bridge is flooded and the abutt-
ments washed away.
One of the water haulers narrowly
escaped from drowning his team of
mules this morning in an attempt to
reach the spring.
There will be no water hauled from
Proud Spring today.
BOUNTY APPROPRIATION
HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED
at -night to write poetry and giveth
no thought to the multiplication table.
His mind turneth to the vanities of
life and not to the high cost of corn-
•bread.
Verily, verily, he needeth a board
^applied vigorously to the southwest
comer of the anatomty.
He thinketh his father a plodder
and his mother a back number. He
pictureth to himself great riches sud-
denly acquired. He dreameth of
steam yachts and private cars.
Yes, he thinketh himself the real
Stuff. He butteth in where he is not
wanted; he criticiseth his elders; he
purchaseth cheap perfume and smell-
■cth louder than a billy goat.
When he groweth up he getteth a
$100,000 Expended by State in Effort
to Exterminate Certain Wild
Animals of Prey.
Austin, March 27.—The* appropria-
tion of $100,000 by the legislature to*
pay bounties for the extermination of
wolves, coyotes and wild cats became
exhausetd today. The controller an-
nounced that no more of such claims
REPORTED LOCAL SALOONS will be allowed in the future. Coun-
HAVE ILLEGAL SCREENS tjeg have already paid out this
vicinity.
Ike N. Hartsill of Austin, who is
connected with the controller’s de-
partment, has been in Wichita Falls
this week to ascertain, it is said, if
local saloons are obeying the law.
He is reported to have found some
violations of the statute relating to
screens and also to have discovered
other infractions of the law, upon
which the controller will probably
take action.—Wichita Falls Times.
Confidence and good will are mighty
good business assets.
NO TIpM,
City and County Tax Assessors will
start out next / \
Monday Morrrfng, March 30
to list property for taxes.
Everybody is expected pj^epare/fl. If you
cannot be at home, prM3are a 'Jisk of yonr property
and leave it with your wi^fe. We \yill n^t have time
to make the second trip toSog you.
P. E. ASHWORTR, City Assessor.
TOM RAGSDALE, County Assessor
* 4i *;
bounty money without being reim-
bursed will lose the money they have
paid out. ,
ELECTRA OIL MAN HERE.
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram.)
A. C. Varner, an oil man of Electra,
was in Fort Worth Friday conferring
with men here who are interested with
shim in oil wells there. The Electra
field, he said, has never been thor-
oughly defined, and new territory is
continually being opened up. Varner
is an officer and director in the Varner
Oil Company, recently incorporated,
with John Scharbauer of Fort Worth
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SLUSH. SL*JSH. SLUSH!
Through the/rnud and wa|ei\ tp a
sidewalk, is wnaf we s^w a p
citizen doingrthig .mornirig. ^
rally wondered why he <Jid r&t build
one and get a rontipuDuk waft to the
postoffice. If yoSAyant asiaewalk -to
town, call 255 and F^tit^elievej^u of
further trouble. “DO IT
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ODD nSLLOWS. j
There will- bi a ;c'a11 meeting S^tb r-
day night. f^Cll mehlbers and visiting
Odd Fellowe are- requested to be pres-
ent. - \ E. rag§anJxn. g.
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tor car indispensable, and it is no
longer uncommon for the boards of
aldermen and similar legislative bod-
ies to pass large appropriations for
the purchase of city cars.
The Ford probably finds favor be-
cause the initial expense is low and
the up-keep is reduced to the mini-
mum, while its durability and adapta-
bility are recognized. It is always a
difficult matter to keep the city budget
down low enough to keep the taxes
reasonable and bonded indebtedness
for municipalities is restrained by
law. Therefore the idea of being
able to buy at least two cars for what
otherwise might be demanded for one,
and yet be sure that the work will be J
done with the maximum efficiency and
the lowest upkeep appeals to the av-
erage city father.
The Ford branch at Boston, ^srving
all the smaller cities and towns of
Massachusetts, such as Lowell, Glou-
cester, Cambridge, Springfield and
Waltham, reports that it has sold 55
Fords for municipal use. Cleveland
has a record of 35, of which 26 are
within the city. The New York City
territory has 93 in operation while
Los Angeles has sold 65 to munici-
palities in its territory.
FOR RENT—In good neighborhood,
two nice rooms partly furnished,/suit-
able for light housekeeping J.
Gruele, News office.^/* d413tf
FOR RENT—NiceffrontWi^
blocks from busiR
453 or 150.
FOR RENT—Nic^t tyvo-room jilouse.
See me at store /r phone 27*L/ Piex-ce
Grisham. \ S d411tf
FOR SALE—One chestnut /brrel
p
mare colt, ten months old. Sirfed by
Grattan of Iowa Park. Phone s|02.
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FOR SALE—Driving team, ^ cfcsing
hack and harness complete. *A’. H.
Sheldon. d397tf
FOR SALE—Span of mare mul^s;
good condition; must sell at once\vA.
H. Sheldon, Nws office. • d3$5tf
FOR SALE—New Oliver typewriter.
Have two, don't need but one. A> bar-
gain. Apply to Netvs office. \ A
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Manager Sikes of the Croxvn thea-
tre has agreed to give a show Tuesday
night, March 31st, for the benefit of
the Fire company. ‘Tvanhce" will be
shown in four reels. The proceeds
will be divided equally between the
theatre and the fire company. Apply
to Chief McDannald at the Electra
Hardware 'store, or A ssistant Chief
Denniston at the Texas Hardware and
Supply Co., or any member of the
company for tickets.
G. M. Stone left this morning for
his home at Henrietta, called there by
a telegram announcing the serious ill-
ness of his father, who has been con-
fined to his bed several weeks. Lit-
tle hopes are entert.une^^F(rr"irisvj^e-
covery. "
Dr. W. B. Farris, OstTcfopath, will be
at the Denver] ho/ql Tuesday, March'-
31st, and desires to meet’^ny one who
may be interested hinyvfsit
this place regularfy. “ Call o^fmone.
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FOR RENT—Old Electra News build
ing on Waggoner strepfcf^hwuif©3 of
A. H. or W. J. ShoKfon, NeW* o\ “
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All donations to this fund will be
received at this office or by Chief Mc-
Donald at Electra Hardware store or
Assistant Chief C. C. Denniston at
Texas Hardware & Supply Co. The
list will be published daily'm this col-
umn. Get your name on the honor
roll.
W. J. Sheldon............-....$25.00
J. H. Marriott... *............15.00
The News.................... 5.00
Prince Rupert Cafe..."....... 5.00
Richardson Drug Co.......... 2.00
Crockett & Sanders........... 2,00
H. Y. Newsum.............. 2.00
M. J. Bashara................ 2.00
F. L. Powell. • • •.............. 2.00
P. E. Ashworth............... 1.00
B. B. Greever................ 1.00
J. G^Corder. .50
W./iL Zachary & Son......... 2.00
rtin Pharmacy............. 2.00
A. A. Honaker..............• 1.00
P. A. Watson... - *........... 1.00
Dr. Brokaw.................. 2.00
Joe Corder..........•*........50
B. M. Dickey................. 1.0)
W. P. Delaney............... 5.00
C. F. Martin ....**........... 2.00
Electra Bakery.............. 5.00
R. H. Burkhead.........."... 1.00
City Market.................. 1.00
Moose Shooting Gallery....... 1.00
Lakeside Grocery............. 1.00
Pond’s Laundry............... 1.0)
G. W. Featherston............ 1.00
ij^ce.
FOR SALE—grocery svto$;K, v%\
about $300 // $400. ^il^eith
or rent building ^oWurcha
ted in front’®f scholl hou
ocery svtQgk, invoicing
er sell
Loca-
For in-
formation pho\e 383. jr d414tf
FC)i? RENT—Brick store room, 24x75,
corner entrance, with 25 feet plate
glass display. Located next to niain
entrance of Denver hotel Read^jfor
occupancy about March 1. Inquire
W. J. Sheldon for terms of lease.
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FOR SALE—One of the best homes in
Electra. Six rooms with a room 16x
16 in attic ready to canvass and pa-,
per. Three 50 foot lots go with Nthiff
house and a barn with 12 stall£.
Large cistern. A cash proposition
and dirt cheap. A. H. Sheldon. *
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Do
YOU
Know
About
OUR
Prices
9
We are
anxious to
have you
find out
about them
They will
interest
you when
you’re in
need of
printing
Some people look well in
glasses. -^5me^o not.
You tjrfnk.the difference
, the people,, but lit is
p/Q^Ely^ iri. t|4glal;
sses.
ses
are distinctly becoming
as well as firm-liolding
and comfortable. Thev
bear the monogram 0
which means reliability.
We have them here.
Or. Ga,
Electra, Texas
The time is now; the
will ^ou help?
If you want to s6j^the largest pair.:
stock ever carried^ Eljietra see
Texas Hardwari and $up|>ly G&W
display. They caKsupply your .
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Money invested at home brings tha
surest dividends.
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 414, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1914, newspaper, March 28, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893079/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.