Kerrville Mountain Sun from Kerrville, Texas • Page 1

Watch Date Slip Sun stops on expiration. Renew promptly if you want paper. KERRVILLE MOUNTAIN SUN Harvester of Happenings in the Heart o' the Hills TEN PAGES THIS WEEK fOLtJME 51 $2.00 Per Year KERRVILLE, KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, J935 .1 Cents Per Copy Ittorney General McCraw to Speak At Legion Meet Jepartment Officials to Attend Convention Here Next Week Attorney General William McCraw will address the 21st District American Legion convention to be r.eld in Kerrville February 16 and 7, members of the convention program committee were advised Monday in a communication from Orville Turner of Brownwood, district executive committeeman. McCraw, who has been prominent in American Legion affairs for several years, is an eloquent speaker. His forceful addresses during the heated 1934 political campaign ected him to the office of Texas Attorney General.

Other speakers scheduled to appear on the two-day convention program are: Carl Nesbitt, a former State commander of the American Legion who recently was appointed Texas Adjutant General by Gov. James V. Allred; L. C. Chap- rr an, regional manager of the Veterans' Administration at San Antonio; George Hughes of Corsicana, pist Department Adjutant; Fred Young of Austin, Department Adjutant of the American Legion, and Wynne Goode of Austin, Depart- nqent Service Officer.

i Members of the convention program committee are G. W. Als- W-ooks, W. W. Barnes and C.

E. Hjolt. Preparations are being made by the various committees to enter- between 200 and 250 visiting delegates during the two-day meet- injg. The business sessions will be at the courthouse. A dance and other entertainment features wjill be staged at the Blue Bonnet Hiotel Saturday evening, Febru- aity 16.

The Legion's Nationwide campaign for immediate payment of the bQnus is expected to be one of the principal topics of discussion at the district meeting. George L. Epple, commander of Garrctt-Baker Post, Legion Speaker William McCraw, Attorney General of Texas, will be one of the principal speakers on the program for the 21st District American Legion convention to be held in Kerrville February 16-17. State Board to Let Contract for City Eastland Oil Co. to Deepen E5 Jeff Love; Other Tests Active in (Continued on Last Page) anks to Be Closed February 12 Kerrville banks will be closed ndxt Tuesday, February 12, in ob- sei'vance of Lincoln's birthday, a legal holiday throughout the Nation.

Officials of the Chas. Schreiner Bijink and the First State Bank hajve requested that their patrons governed accordingly in taking- 'are of their banking requirements early next week. -o-o- Dr. Galbraith Again Heads Kerr County Red Cross Chapter Dr. E.

Galbraith was re-elected chairman of the Kerr County Chapter, American Red Cross, at thu annual membership meeting held last Thursday at the Blue Bcnnet Hotel. This marks' the seven year that Dr. Galbraith has be named head of the chapter. ther officers re-elected were: Mi Edith Kennedy, vice chairman; Mrs. Richard Holdsworth, has been secretary of the pter since its organization; A.

J. Lochte, treasurer, and Mrs. H. H. Kuhlmann, home service secretary.

ommittee chairmen who will geive during the year include: Roll Ca 1, Garland H. Lang; Volunteer Se 'vice, Mrs. E. M. Forman; Junior Red Cross, Mrs.

Stanley Brown; Lile Saving, Louis Domingues; Nursing, Mrs. H. Y. Swayze; Disaster and Relief, Col. L.

H. Webb; First Aid, R. M. Mickle; Nutrition an Child Care, Miss Ruth Moore; (Continued on Last Page) )rn-Hog Producers Sign New Contracts pproximately 30 corn and hog raisers attended a meeting of the Ke County Corn-Hog Control Association held Saturday at; the courthouse, and signed reduction contracts for 1935. It is estimated that there will be abcut 75 contracts signed in Kerr County this year.

There were 62 contract signers in 1934, and several additional prot sig led up for 1935. All farmers and ranchmen who intond to participate in the 1935 n-hog reduction plan are being ed to report at the office of inty Agent W. W. Sheen in the rthouse as soon as possible to application for new contracts. early signing of the contracts expedite the return of the eminent money to the produc- it has been pointed out.

hecks covering the second pay- it on the 1934 corn-hog reduc- program in Kerr County were jved Wednesday, and producers who signed contracts last year have been requested to call at the Covnty Agent's office for their che-'ks. ecu An wi Bids on. Huge Structure AVill Be Opened In Austin Monday Contract for the construction of a huge steel and concrete bridge across the Guadalupe River in the business district of Kerrville is expected to be awarded by the State Highway Commission next Monday, when bids on the project will be opened in Austin. Several bridge contractors have been in the city during the past week inspecting the site and checking' over specifications in the office of Resident Engineer E. F.

Maddox. It is estimated that the bridge, which will span the Guadalupe River from the foot of Sidney Baker Street to a point on high ground on the property of L. A. Schreiner, will be in excess of $100,000. Construction of the bridge will necessitate the re-routing of Highway 81 for a short distance across the river from city.

Plans for the brif! call for a concrete and steel structure similar in type to the one across the Guadalupe below Comfort. According' to the specifications, the Kerr-, viile bridge will be 857 feet in length, including three steel spans of 180 feet each and six concrete girder slabs, each 52 feet long. Ten concrete piers sunk from five to' 10 feet below the surface to solid foundation will support the bridge, which will have a clearance of five feet above the record high water mark of July 2, 1932. The floor of the structure will be wide enough to provide a 22-foot roadway and a sidewalk for pedestrians. About six months will be required to complete the construction contract.

Eastland Oil Company et al No. E5 Jeff Love well in the Edwards Plateau area, 45 miles southwest of Kerrville, has completed preparations to resume drilling and will be deepened probably to a depth of 6,000 feet unless production is found above that level, it was reported in Kerrville early this week. The E5 Love struck a promising showing of oil early in December of last year at a depth of 3,530 feet. The test swabbed about 40 barrels of high gravity oil daily before water and cavings from 500 feet of open hole caused a temporary shut-down. The hole has been under-reamed and casing lowered to the bottom.

According to the report, drilling is to be resumed within the next day or two. Location is 1,580 feet from the southeast corner and 300 feet from the north line of Survey 1591, Kerr County. Other tests in the Plateau area are again becoming active. Emerald Oil Co. No.

1 Whitworth, eight miles southeast of the E5 Love, has gotten under way and is down below 800 feet. This well is 1,160 feet from the south line and 1,335 feet from the east line of Section 1439, Rwy. Co. survey, Kerr County. H.

J. Hartwell has been delayed with his No. 1 Haby, Section 175, northeastern Real County. He has run 8-inch casing down to 2,432 feet, past the worst of the caving, and expects to be on the bottom at 2,837 feet within the next few days. No.

1 Haby is about 15 miles south and slightly east of the E5 Love well. Two Bandera County tests in the same general area are making (Continued on Last Page) -0-0- Kerr County to Join In Centennial Plan Hubert "Casey" Jones of Austin, Texas Centennial a addressed Kerrville Kiwanians and Rotarians at a joint luncheon Wednesday noon at the Blue Bonnet Hotel. Jones was presented by John Guinn, Rotary program chairman. The Austin man told of the beginnings of some phases of preparations for the Centennial celebration to be held next year. Explaining how Central Texas could prepare, and already was preparing-, for the many visitors expected, he told how a dozen counties joining or near County already were beautifying- and marking historical buil-'iiigs and spots.

He invited County to join with Travis in this Central Texas program, and offered the advisory help of the Austin Chamber of Commerce. Representative members of the i Kerr County Centennial Commit- 1 tee mot briefly with Jones i'ollow- ing the joint luncheon, and accepted the Austin offer. Special workers for the project in this county (Continued on Last Page) Poll Taxes Paid By 1,883 Voters Of Kerr County Sixty-three Per Cent of State, County Levies Collected A total of 1,833 citizens of Kerr County qualified for voting in 1935 elections by paying poll taxes before the time limit expired on January 31, according to a check of records in the office of Tax Assessor-Collector Emmet H. Nichols. Approximately 500 of the poll tax receipts were issued on the final day.

The drop in poll tax payments was caused by the fact that this year has no county or general elections slated, and for that reason is known as an "off" year. The last "off" year, 1933, showed 1,845 poll caxes paid. Last year there were 2,647 poll tax receipts issued in Kerr County, setting a new record for payments. Poll tax payments for this year by precincts were as follows: No. 1, Courthouse, Kerrville, 395; No.

2, Center Point, 164; No. 3, Cypress Creek, 85; No. 4, Sunset, 75; No. 5, Hunt, 153; No. 6, Ingram, 95; No.

7, Turtle Creek, 27; No. 8, Layne Valley, 87; No. 9, Divide, 34; No. 10, Live Oak, 30; No. 11, Reservation, 39; No.

12, Tivy, Kerrville, 384; No. 13, Westland, 320; total, 1,883. Payment of State and county taxes before the January 31 deadline totaled approximately $69,600, or about 63 per cent of the $94.000.66 assessed taxes for the year. One-half of this amount was received during the final four days before the penalties became effective on February 1, according to Tex Assessor-Collector Nichols. A few- car and truck owners were buying the 1935 plates early this week.

February 1 was the first day for accepting payments on new motor licenses, and Tax Assessor- Collector Nichols urges car owners to purchase their 1935 license as early as possible in order to avoid the last minute rush before April 1. Under provisions of the new State motor vehicle license law, it, is unlawful to operate an auto during the months of February and March of this year unless it has been registered for the unexpired portion of the 1034 registration year and has attached thereto 193-1 license plates. It is unlawful to attach 1935 registration plates before midnight April 1. However, 1935 plates may be obtained at any time between February 1 and April 1. Birthday Dances in Kerrville Net $101 For Paralysis Fund Net proceeds of five birthday dances for the President staged in Kerrville last Saturday night totaled $101.35, Mrs.

George M. Doyle, the general chairman, announced Monday following a check of ticket sales and expenses. Seventy per cent of the net, $70.94, will be retained here to be used for the benefit of sufferers from infantile paralysis, while the remaining 30 per cent, $30.41, has been forwarded to the National committee in New York City where it will swell the Nationwide fund to be expended in research work designed to conquer infantile paralysis. The local fund will be administered by a committee composed of E. H.

Prescott, chairman; Dr. J. E. McDonald and Miss Ruth Moore, county nurse. A total of 431 tickets at 50 cents each were sold for three of the birthday balls, one at the Blue Bonnet Hotel, one at the Kerrville Country Club and another at Camp Wabun Annung.

Members of the Lancer's Club attended the Country Club ball, while the dance at Wabun Annung was sponsored by the Revelers Club and the German Club. Two other benefit dances, one in the Mexican colony directed by R. J. Castillo, and one in the colored settlement directed by Ed Bratcher, sold 92 tickets at 25 cents each. Tivy High School girls and Boy Scouts disposed of 234 tickets in the advance sale.

Sales at the door of the various halls brought the total ticket sales up to $238.50. The expenses for halls, music and incidentals amounted to $137.15. Club Women of Kerr Outline '35 Program 'Iron Man" Above is shown Jack Kt-rn, the "Iron Man," who will give a free exhibition in Kerrville next Saturday at 2 p. m. Iron Man' Will Give Exhibition Here Saturday Jack Kern io Pull 5-Ton Load on Main Street at o'clock Mr.

Groundhog Has Problem to Solve 0-0 Youth Sentenced to Jail for Six Months -O-O- Kerrville Business Man's Auto Stolen Sheriff Frank Moore and his deputies Wednesday morning were seeking clues in the theft of an automobile which was stolen Tuesday morning from one of the busiest sections of downtown Kerrville. The car, a 1933 Ford sedan, owned by Frank Jonon, was driven away by a bold thief a short time after it had been parked in a driveway alongside Jonon Wren's Red White Store, 827 Water Street. Jonon left the car with keys in the lock and stepped into his store, when he returned a few minutes later, the machine was missing. Sheriff Moore immediately telephoned officers in surrounding counties in an effort to apprehend the thief and recover the car. -o-o- Imported Snowballs additional producers have been Used in Battle Here Snow in Kerrville was a reality last Saturday, although there was no snowfall.

It was the Washington State variety, hence much more of a rarity here. As a carload of shingles from Bellingham, was being unloaded from a box car at the Saenger Lumber Company, workmen found a shovelful of snow that had been locked in the car and had survived the long haul. A few playful snowballs flew through the air as the workmen succumbed to the urge to hurl the crystalline pellets. Following a plea of guilty to a charge of removing parts from an automobile, a misdemeanor, Bill i Speights, 17, was sentenced Mon- day by Judge John S. Atkins in County Court to serve six months in the county jail.

The charge against Speights was filed last Thursday in connection with numerous thefts of radiator caps, flashlights and other articles from automobiles parked on streets of the city. Similar charges are pending in County Court against Chester Moose, a juvenile. No charges have as yet been filed against two other youths held in jail in connection with the series of misdemeanor thefts. The boys were arrested last week by Sheriff Frank Moore and Constable Jeff Duncan. -o-o- Waco Cabin Plane To Return Sunday By popular demand, the new and modern Waco cabin plane of the Tatro Flying Service which has been carrying passengers from Louis Schreiner Airport for the past two Sundays, will return here next Sunday, February 10.

Two parachute jumps will be staged by "Scoot" Jennisch of Decorah, Iowa, daring 'chute jumper and radio operator for the cabin ship. The plane carries a crew of four, Dewey Tatro, head of the Tatro Flying Service, of Tatro, Iowa; Barney Root, pilot, of LaCrosse, Cliff Ryan of Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of the Waco Plane factory, and Radio Operator Jennisch. During the past two weeks scores of Hill Country people have enjoyed sky rides in the big plane, which is equipped with a complete broadcasting system. Owners of short wave reception sets have been able to pick up the plane as it cruised above the city. There is sunshine and drab days in the life of a groundhog and the one on duty in Kerrville last Saturday experienced some of both.

Therefore, he is in a quandry. If the little rodent aroused from his winter sleep and meandered forth from his den before 10 o'clock, he was greeted by a murky sky. According to leg-end, this means an early spring. However, if the local Marmota Monax happened to be a late sleeper and dfd not venture forth until around noon time, Old Sol beamed upon him. This would mean six more weeks of wintry weather because the groundhog- saw his shadow.

The idea is that on Candlemas Day, February 2, the groundhog comes out of his burrow. If the sun is shining, he beats a hasty retreat back into the ground and winter will be prolonged. If the sky is overcast with clouds and the sun cannot give the animal a shadow, winter is over. No one knows just when the superstition began nor where. It prevails throughout the country, and, with variations, in many countries throughout the world.

There are no groundhogs in some of the places where the belief exists, so there the hedgehog or some other allied species is regarded as an infallible weather forecaster. After all, the surest method of forecasting spring is to await the blossoming of straw lids and bock beer signs. o-o Tourists Enroute, Car Check Reveals Mr. and Mrs. America are now enroute, according to a check of automobiles passing through Kerrville.

During the past week cars from 17 States other than Texas, a territorial possession and the District of Columbia have been checked by E. N. Boeckmann at the service station of Cone Car 600 Water Street. Out-of-State cars which stopped at the station during this period carried the following license plates: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey. Nevada, Nebraska, California, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Iowa, New York, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Virginia, Washington, Indiana, Hawaii and the District of Columbia.

A number of Kerrville business men will present Jack Kern, known the world over as the "Iron Man," in a free show on Street Saturday afternoon starting at '2 o'clock. Kern, who weighs only 1(10 pounds, is reputed to be he- strongest little man in the world, and Saturday afternoon he will perform feats requiring almost, unbelievable skill and strength. lie has accepted a challenge to pull a truck on Main Street, beiwein IviVl rett and Sidney Baker a rope tied around his neck. A rope will he tied ou neck and tied to the tru. will pull the five-tun tnu manner.

He also ill load with an inner i about his stomach. stunts of this i revelation in tiu 1 that can be dev--iop. I man body will be per! the free ly develop 1 account for "Iron The Kerr County Council of Women's Demonstration Clubs met Saturday afternoon in the kitchen at the courthouse. The yearbooks were distributed and the 1935 program was explained to rep- i resentatives of the various clubs. One of the chief goals for the year is the organization of pantries a (1 and the proper labeling of foods.

I livc lon aMll 11 Other objectives include bedroom improvement and the wardrobe extension work. The Council will work in conjunction with all of the clubs in the county for a sales day, to be held sometime after Easter. Proceeds of the sale will go into the council treasury, to assist in sending delegates to the A. M. Short Course, the State Fair and to meet other financial obligations.

The scholarship fund was explained and each member in the. county was asked to pay five cents toward this fund. Mrs. K. A.

Hok-kump, council parliamentarian, explained parliamentary procedure to the representatives, who will in turn present it to their clubs. This will lie the topic for the first met'ting of the clubs in March. Fifteen the council meeting. o-o Eight Teams Enter Tivy Cage Tourney Everything is in readiness for staging Tivy High School's annual invitation basketball tournament Saturday. Eight teams will compete for honors in the meet, which will get under way Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in the Tivy gymnasium.

The teams entered are Comfort, Center Point, Boerne, Medina, Bandera, Hunt, Harper and Tivy The finals will be played Satur- day evening beginning at p. m. Prizes will be awarded the winning team, second place team, the first i team to report at the gymnasium, best all 'round sport in the tourr.a- ment, coach of the winning team i and coach of the second place team, Coach Hill's Tivy High Antlers got an even break in a pair of i NUMBER 10 Kerrville Boy Scouts to Rule City Saturday FsHlier and 8011 Banquet Friday Night Opens Anniversary Week i ity to Ipossibl, I Kern holder moving 1 Ib.xlv. perform feats. for many nf the world'.

weights with cYcontlv in Si. r-- ha-- 1 i een record for the huMiai 1 Louis he d. feated a professional strong man from Germany in a pulling coiite-t, moving four ir.ore weight than the German giant who weighed pounds, lie has given these demonstrations in nearly every West Texas town during past few months, and huge crowds have turned out to see him. o-o -Institute Instructor Kt rrvillo Boy Scouts will be men for a day Saturday when they take over the reins of county and municipal government. The juvenile regime will be a feature of local Scouts' participation in the Anniversary Week program.

Throughout. the world, the week of February 8-14 1ms been set aside for the observance of the 25th Anniversary of Boy Scoutdom. The slate of boy officials was selected by district leaden-: and Scoutmasters on averages made in an efficiency contest conducted during the past five weeks. On the basis of meritorius achievements in thi contest, the following appointment. i were made at a meeting night: David Ohnerr, mr.yor; Charles Butt, city manager; Frank' Sheppard, chief of police; Ch-xs.

Cox, fire chief; Boots Allen, health officer; Arthur Moore, fire marshal; Tom Spealrman, county judge; Vern Blodgclt, sheriff: Bill Shand, county attorney; Ruben Hartmann, county iMirveyor; Pedro Castillo, county clerk; David Hall, county engineer; TJaiJan! Lang, county treasurer; Max Taybr, tax assessor-collector; Joe Leonard, justice of the Waller county relief administrate-: Cltrve Wheelus, constable; The young official-; members of their will report duty at 9 a.m. Saturday, nnd parade is scheduled lor o'clock. The day's woi he completed at 5 p. m. Those wlio treat ordinances and laws Fghtly will bo for plenty 01' trouble.

Thoro will be hoy coppers on every coi no stiff penalties await offender." haled before thi 1 bench. The I2, Anniversary Week program will begin Friday night with a Father and Son Banquet at the iSliK- Bonnet Hotel. The event is all registered Scouts, their iCi.ntinuL'd tin I.a;;t. 1'nce) o. o- Murliji'-i Dies 11.

K. Dodd, mother of A C. llarlin of Kerr-i 1 died at Ihe family hrme in 1 'lii! Pin iHiionia was UK; an 'e 01 her di ai h. IV.r la- 1 in ivspo.i"." a 1 her of the rit ical i -n of her tiiol her. o--- Aid Assodation Holds Annual Meeting; Officials lie-Elected id' lie Ke, i Viuiity Aid ion were reelec'ied when tl.e annual nn-eting held at; 111 courthouse week.

11. one of the leaders in oig.uiixii1.ioii (if the association 1 yi.us ago and who has since i mil as the president, was reelected, (it her officers, re-elected were: A. ('. Schreiner, Vice presi- O. B.

secretary- treasun ,1. Dr. E. Writes for Magazine 1 il( a Tin- Kerr County Aid As-uciauon, on the mutual insurance; plan. organised in Mu'Th, Since that time HI-! death claims I 'he I (Continued on Last 0-0 Baseball Meeting To Be Held Friday Baseball enthusiasts of Kerrville will hold a meeting Friday night at the courthouse to discuss plans for the coining season.

The meeting will start at 8 p. in. All officials and directors of last year's club, players and all others interested in baseball are urged to attend the Friday meeting. H. O.

Adler, president of the Mountain League, of which Kerrville was a member last season, has called a meeting of that organization to be held next Tuesday night at 8 p. m. at the Comfort Theatre for the purpose of formulating plans for the 1935 season. Delegates to the league meeting at Comfort will be chosen at the Friday session here. Blanco will make application for entry into the Mountain League this season, according to Secretary Bob Faust, who was a visitor in the city Saturday.

Members of the league last year were Bandera, Boerne, Comfort, Fredericksburg and Kerrville. Charles 11. instructor in English at Schre.ncr Institute, is the author of an article, "'1 Bright Pupil Is the Neglected Pupil," which appears in the February issue of the Texas Outlook, official publication of the State Teachers' Association. Cornwell, in his feature article, says briefly, that vhe presein American educational system devotes extra time to the 10 per cent who are laggards among the usual classroom of students, but fails to provide any material extra time to the bright scholar. The potential ability of the most intelligent 10 per cent is given no extra en couragement or urging to draw it out, although it is this group which leads the Nation, the article declares.

O-O New Vegetable and Fruit Market Opens The Dixie Market, a new business dealing in fruits, vegetables and fresh produce, was opened last week end in the old l)ixie Tluatrc building, 830 Water Street. C. C. Harlin and Henry Covert are partners in the new business venture. They are operating their own truck, thus insuring patrons of fresh merchandise at all times.

A of the new market's equipment is specially-built, air tight refrigerated cases. Mr. Harlin has been engaged in the fruit and vegetable business here for the past three years, first with the Kerrville Grot-try Co. and later with the Pay-Way Grocery. Mr.

Covert for several years was associated with Mason's Service Station. been paid and there now I members in good standing. Tt numbers of the in assessments were maiie on of the deaths and four were paid out of leseive fun. Is. The firs: claim paid by the ass, 'elation was for This sum was grad- U'niiliiiiutl nu Laiit I'njTi Educator to Deliver Lecture Here Friday Miss DeRosistte Thomas, prominent educator of San Antonio, will deliver a lecture on Child Psychology and Parent Education Fridaj evening at the Tivy High Schotl auditorium.

The meeting will gin at 7:30 p. in. Miss Thomas. member of faculty of the San Antonio Public Schools, is a recognized authority on the subjects to be discussed here. Her lecture was made possible through the co-operation of Parent-Teacher groups, in Kerrville, and the public is cordially invited to attend.

The Friday evening 1 program will take the place of the February meeting of the Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association meeting, and will conclude the study course in Parent Education which has been conducted for the past wet by members of the City Council of Parent-Teacher Associations. A social hour will follow the meeting, and members of the entertainment committee of the Elementary unit will be hostesses for the occasion..