The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1924 Page: 3 of 8
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Q§Fe aIS0 ;f?unvdt tH^t oar disposal
at was too small and tn
r condition that it
such
▼as lmpos-
Ic to handle the sewage, making
imperative that it be worked or-
enlarged, .which has been
such a war that we have
Sag* one °* th.e b*»‘.?»wwt planU
‘ be found anywhere in the south-
Mr‘ R' S- Hly** h»» charge of
P1&nt “a U one of the most
||g|epnscientiou8 and efficient men to
4|*e had for this kind'of work.
lfSvCWe alS° f0Un^ that the city had
|»ho dumping ground for the disposal
ySyjjk garbage, trash, cans, night soil
other refUBei but tbat ■«** stuff
l®t^s be!ns bauled to the Shelton
or out on the
^^l^nd east of town,
gltlUlkhway and thrown out along the
rt’Vji
^p|||roadslde or on the vacant lands ad-
feMoiuiag the city, thus contributing
Sgto a condition that was not only
^munsightly, but was unsanitary and
natural breedin£ Place for flies
^ihfisquitoes and all deadly disease
^0)%erms tbat prey 011 human kind re-
|@||iulting in much sickness and a son-
'jMf-f*equent ,osa °t income to those who
^Sj.were sick, beside the bills of the
loa4 "physician and druggist and other ex-
cuse Incident .to illness.
The above condition is rapidly
changing to one of cleanliness and
||K:aanitatlon, for the very good rea-
son that we have built a modern ln-
|S^U;Cineration plant in which we are
pt'/burning all our trash, garbage, tin
|5 2 cans, in fact, everything that can be
burned and we are hauling the
?i heavy tin, old parts of automobiles
X and such stuff that cannot be burn-
f‘-f ed to a canyon or gulch about mile
X south of town which has been kind-
V ly furnished to us by Mr. Tom
v Waggoner, with the provision that
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35 years
of un-
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BEST BY TEST
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$4.50
1U. AMPLIFIERS?
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tubes
Fada Neutrodyne Sets and
Parts. Loud Speakers and
B. Batteries.
W. S. Auto Supply
Corner 10th and Scott St.
Wichita Falls
the city permit nothing placed there
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that will decay or cause a nuisance;
and if we will all work together ev-
eryone doing his or* her part, it
will be only a short time until Ve
will have the cleanest, healthiest,
most sanitary and most desirable
place, in which to live, of any city
in Texas.
Keeping The City Clean
We have just closed a contract
with Mr. J. L. Owen, which took
effect the 16th of this month, in
which he agrees and is under heavy
bond to keep the town clean and
clear of garbage, trash, and refuse
of all kinds making the residences
once each week and the business
part dally, removing all trash, garb-
age, tin cans and slop. Now in or-
der for us all to get good out of
this contract and the best service
possible, it will be necessary to as-
sist Mr. Owen by cleaning our prem-
ises up and placing every thing that
is to be removed, in a box, barrel or
some other container on the alley
or if you are unfortunate and have
no alley, place your trash and other
refuse in a^ container that has a top
or cover and place it where it can
be easily reached by the haulers, re-
membering that the haulers have a
great amount of work to do, that
they have to go over the whole
town the business part once every
day and the residence once every
week, and it will be necessary for
us to do our part and assist them
in every way that we possibly can,
In order that we may have better
service from the haulers and cleaner
and better surroundings at less coBt
to us.
We are very anxious that you
report any case where the haulers
of the garbage, trash, tin cans, or
the night soil, fail to give you serv-
ice so that a proper check on their
work can be made so that no bills
be rendered you for work, that has
not been done, if you will do this It
will be of much help to us and tend
to lessen the number of mistakes
in the matter of bills. In the past
there has been much dissatisfaction
because fo the manner in which the
work has been handled, and many
of our citizens feel that they have
been mistreated, in that they have
received bills for work that was
never done and I am sure that in
many instances this is true, and
because of this some of our good
citizens refused either to pay or
come in and let us adjust matters,
we owe It to you to treat you fair
and you owe it to us to give us a
chance to correct any mistake that
may have occurred; we are all hu-
man alike and we all make mis-
takes, but if we are reasonable we
can and will do all we possibly can
to adjust our differences fairly and
justly as reason-citizens should.
Law On Open Toilets
We have passed an ordinance
which provides that all of us who
maintain an open toilet, shall se-
cure a permit for same, this ordi-
nance became operative the first
day of January of this year and Is
now in full force and effect and
most of our citizens have complied
with its provisions by coming in
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somje reason.have failed to observe
this law,, and have not takeif out
their permit, neither have they call-
ed at the sanitary department and
expained their reason; now this is
,not fair either to yourselves or to
the city, we want to assist you, but
so long as We are unable to see you
and talk the matter over we are un-
able to do so. Some have come in
and explained that they objected to
paying three months in advance, for
the very good reason that they ex-
pected to move away, but when we
explained that should they move
that they could come in and all un-
earned money would be returned
to them, they took out the permit.
We all understand that times are
hard, and none of us are making
much money, and most of us can
use much more than we have, but
I feel sure that any of you can call
at the city hall and explain that
we want to know how we stand,
and arrange a date when we can
come in and pay at least what we
are able until such time as we can
settle in full, and not make it the
disagreeble duty of the city of en-
forcing the law by bringing our
neighbors and friends in to the city
court and having them tried for not
observing the law. This depart-
ment of the city is a very important
one and if we will all do our part
and our plain duty and pay our
part as we should do, we feel that
it will be possible to reduce the
charge for this service; while on
the other hand if only a part of the
people pay, the charge must of ne-
cessity be increased in order to con-
tinue the service; not only this but
we will be compelled to enforce the
ordinance by law, which will be dis-
tasteful to us and inconvenient and
costly to those who are prosecuted.
The Police Department
Most cities figure that to have an
efficient police department they
must have one policeman or patrol-
man to each 1,000 population, fig-
uring at this rate we should have
from 8 to 10 policemen, when as a
matter of fact, we have had for the
past two years only four men (less
than one half the men other cities
require.) The Chief (Jim Taylor),
the pound man (Tom Shook,) night
man (Roy Nancy) night watchman
(J. D. Gray) while at the present
time we have only three men, Mr.
Shook haveing been appointed Con-
stable of this precinct. We have
been remarkably free from thievery,
highjacking, burglary, bootlegging,
drunkeness and all other kinds of
crime which towns of our size us-
ually have, which speaks well for
our police department and our clti
zenship and I feel that we have
good cause to congratulate our-
selves, that we have the reputation
of being the cleanest and most law
abiding city and the finest and most
progressive citizenship to be found
anywhere; those of you who have
been around over the country,
know this to be a fact, and that
we are attracting the attention of
good people everywhere, and as a
result our little city is constantly
growing and filling up with people
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Attention—Oil Men!
Latest Model
McCormick-Deering Tractor
is equipped with ball bearings in main
crankshaft connections that are guaran-
teed for life.
IDEAL POWER FOR SPUDDERS
Perfect power producer for farm and
harvest implements.
We invite you to call and inspect this new
tractor at any time.
Terhune-Orr Implement Co.
Opposite Depot
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which to liver* on the other hand
the vagrant^ fend the law violator is
making himself scarce in our city
and* hieing .himself to places that
are not so particular about their
citizenship.
Justice For All
In administering your city court,
I have tried to keep in mind, that
it is my duty to recognize ’ the hu-
man elements' in every case, and if
possible heip the accused to see the
value of obeying the law, because
of the protection that the law gives
us in our homes, our property and
our community in that if en-
forced and observed it secures to all
of the right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; but that If it
is not enforced or obeyed, that a
bad condition is brought about,,
both to the ones violating the law
and to those whose duty it is to en-
force it. I have earnestly sought
to get the co-operation . of those
brought before me, by getting them
to reform or at least to promise to
do so, and I have the pleasure of
reporting now that in a number of
instances those promises have been
kept and the city and community is
better off and those who have kept
their promise are among the best
friends of law observance we have
in our city; I am sorry to say how-
ever, that there has been some
promises which has not been kept,
and It has been necessary for me
to inflict the penalties which the
law provides, and in doing so I col-
lected in fines from June 1922 to
June 1923, the sum of $5,105.15.
The fire department has two La
France fire trucks, one of them be-
ing a 300 gallon per minute pump-
er and the new one being a 750 gal-
lon per minute pumper the two
trucks carrying 2750 feet of stand-
ard hose all In serviceable • condi-
tion we have 35 volunteer firemen,
one paid man the driver, Mr. Ray
Miller whom we pay $125.00 per
month. Mr. A. J. Carter Is the
cheif as well as fire marshall and
building inspector and is paid the
sum of $25.00 per month as fire
marshall. This department is one
of the most important departments
of the city and Is made up with the
two exceptions above noted, of
young men who are giving their
services to the city voluntarily, and
without charge, and we all owe
them a debt of gratitude for their
splendid services In protecting our
lives and property from fire. They
are not working for pay, because of
their loyalty to you and to our city,
they have the blizzard, the rain, the
heat and dangers incident to the
call of the fire siren and rush to
our aid, forgetting their own com-
fort, that they may protect our
homes and property, and many
times the return to the station after
a hard struggle, tired, wet, cold and
almost exhausted and no one comes
by to tell them that their efforts
are appreciated; why not let the
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boys know that, if e" appreciate their
efforts ^and ‘<t ken/prove'1. it to them
by our actions. - We • have one of
the best fire departments in the
state paid or volunteer and the fire
records of the Fire Insurance com-
mission shows it.
Redaction In Insurance Rate
Our insurance key rate from Sep-
tember, 1^21, until now was 54c
but owing to the improvements
made at the reservoir and pump
station, additional fire fighting ap-
paratus, increased number of % fire
hydrants, larger and zpore perma-
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PURE
CREAM BUTTER
* Made by
Mrs. S. P. Clelnent
Oklaunion 1
PIGGLY WIGGLY
C. D. Shamburger
Lumber
Sold On Installments
Phone 136
Electra, Texas
G. W. GAFFORD, Manager
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Why Not Concrete?
Concrete, with its smooth finish and (enduring qualities, Is
the logical material for your sidewalks, walks around your
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house, garage floors, etc. But it is only by carefnl work-
manship and the use of the best grade cement that you can
be sure of getting the work done right.
That’s why Babcock’s concrete work Is always in demand.
W. B. BABCOCK
“Sidewalks that Wear’
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more Ford cere and trucks were pro*
duced last year than the previous
year, an increase of over 50 per cent.
In spite of this tremendous increase in production, it was
impossible to meet delivery requirements during the spring
and summer months when orders for 350,000 Ford Cars
and Trucks could not be filled.
This yaar winter buying for immediate delivery has been
more active than ever before—and in addition 200,000
orders have already been booked through the Ford Weekly
Purchase Plan for spring delivery.
These facts clearly indicate that the demand during this
spring and summer will be far greater than ever, and that
orders should be placed immediately with Ford Dealers as
a means ol protection against delay in securing your Ford
Car or Truck or Fordson Tractor.
Detroit, Michigan ^
A small deposit down, with etsy payments el
the balance a^rangtd, or your enrollment under
the For J Weekly Purchase Plan, will put your
order on the preferred list for aprinf delivery.
See the Nearest Authorized
Ford Dealer
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Baker, Verne A. The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1924, newspaper, January 31, 1924; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893201/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.