Hill View Times (Newspaper) - April 22, 1926, Kerrville, Texas An Independent Newspaper Published for the Moral and Physical of Southwest Texas and the Safeguarding of Old Fashioned Americanism im im The Center Point Mows October 29 1925 Die Latest changed to above Jnn 7 1920 Kerrville Texas Thursday April 22 1926 Per Year Single Copy Sets Vol 17 No 7 Herbert L Crate Principal Speaker At St Charles Hotel Luncheon Another milestone in the development of southwest Tex as hat been passed The second in the series of agricultural meetings was held at Kerrville Wednesday of last week The first was held at about a month ago and was attended by represen of the Kerrville Cham of Commerce At that time an invitation was extend ed to those present to attend the which was held here last and about fifty gathered as guests of the local Chamber of Commerce and were entertained with a luncheon at the St Charles Hotel When appetites sharpened by the mornings activities which consisted of a visit to the Heart of the Hills Fish Hatchery and other places of interest had been satisfied by the splendid feast spread by the St Charles Hotel Chas Mason recently elected dent of the local Chamber of Commerce with well chosen wards introduced Judge Wurz chairman of the agri cultural committee of the San Chamber of Commerce Judge Wurzbach gave credit tff Kerrville for starting the movement for larger cooperation in the San Antonio trade ter The keynote speech of the afternoon was by Her bert L Crate of the Crate Real Estate Company on the subject of San Antonios Un discovered Trade Territory Mr Orate is a ready speaker at any time and on this oc casion he waxed eloquent in a forceful presentation of his With his usual thor he had prepared to present his subject in such a manner as to leave in no doubt as to the message which he had to deliver He had placed before Mr Crate lauded the business and commercial undertakings but said that the recreational feature also must be taken cognizance of That is the trouble with Florida She has done wonderful things iu offer ing a splendid climatic induce ment but aside from recreation she has nothing to offer South Texas has nearly failed in the opposite direction by providing no recreational territory Here we have not only splendid run ning streams well supplied with game fish and a great fish hatchery to replenish them but also a natural game sanc tuary where deer aud turkeys may be protected and conserv ed Judge a large map country showing of the hill Kerrville as the gateway to a vast play ground Nowhere in a like territory can so many streams of clear running water be found to Mr Crate as in this same hill country Giving San Antonio full cred it for being the mother of us all upon which all this terri tory must depend and prais ing the big town for her as Wurzbach said that the trip to Kerrville was well repaid by this he referred to as beautiful and sensible remarks on the Paradise of Tex Senator Julius Real spoke forcefully and feelingly of the opportunities and natural ad vantages of southwest Texas He expressed regret that proba bly ninety per cent of the canned goods displayed in the stores of this section of coun try were not pro ducts and that large quantities of eggs are annually shipped into Texas Agent J 0 Yeary told of the advancement of the Truck Growers Association which originated three years ago with six members and which now is incorporated and building its own cannery He also told of the development of the poultry industry the organization of four egg circles aud the activities of a Pure Seed Association which specializing in pure bred seed oats aud black hull white kallir Paul G Villaret president o the San Antonio Poultry Asso pledged their assistance to the poultry men of Kerrville in helping them put on a show or in any other possible way He also sounded a high note when ho called attention to the fact that in all the many splendid attractions mentioned the churches had been over looked The churches said Mr Villaret are necessary or all other attractions become worth less bach Chairman Agricultural Committee San Antonio 0 of Fred Malley Agricultural Secretary 0 B Rollins Asst Co Agt E W Cassin 0 E Riley Fred Wm V Deilman J M Vance David Anderson W 0 Zoeller Wesch of the S A Express Paul G Villaret president Lone Star Poultry Paul G Villaret Lee Watts I T Brown W S and wife J R Bolt H L Hornburger Mr Seideman and Mr Willis from Hondo W N Saathoff Secy 0 of J Forgason Co Agt from Pleasanton V H Smith Kecy C of C H Mil bauck J M Secy Watermelon Growers Assn from Comfort Ernest Lindner from Austin R A Kennedy Kerr County Charles L Mason E H Prescott N B Smith W E Saenger Ju lius Real Hal Peterson H E Butt W A Salter J R Shumaker Wm Furr J N Morrison T J Park P E Hawkins A E Oehler Gar land H Lang J C Yeary L R Cobb H L Crate Alois W P Carr C K Eckhardt Ingram M L Hop tins Camp Verde J W Den on Ingram T A Duderstadt Mountain Home J W Bailey 0 A Henderson In gram C S Brooks Ingram and L H Krauskopf and Wm Habenicht to Morris Ranch and R L Kott and 0 H Burgdorf placed two cans of bass Recently the Gillespie Coun ty Fish and Game Protective association has been reorganized with Max J Bierschwale R L Kott and H A Ries secretary Over twenty members were signed up an invitation has been extended to the fifty mem bers of the old organization to join and all over the county citizens are to be in OF C OF C to mote the join so as to pro protection of fish and game throughout the en ire county Post Linotype or Intertype BASEBALL The Athletes will play the Public Service Base Ball Team of San An tonio next Sunday April p on the local grounds The Public Service team are three times winners of the City Leagues of San Antonio Was Held At Lakeside Tuesday Night President Mason Out lines Program Once a year the Chamber of Commerce members bring their wives to meeting with them dispense with the bus iness program enjoy a ban Boerne Gets Blakeney Doc Blakeney of this city has signed up as pitcher for the Boerne baseball team this season we un Doo is a twiler of no mean ability and will prove a val addition to the Star Last week we stated we lad not yet determined whether to purchase a linotype or an machine That was the exact status of affairs but we do not mind saying now hat we were leaning strongly coward the latter machine There are many things which enter into the of a question of this kind Bui in this particular case we couk not get away from one outstand ing fact The intertype is said to contain nearly two thousand fewer parts than the linotype There are 910 fewer parts in the escapement irom the if you know what that means Having had some training as well as prac tical experience with machinery we know that elimination of parts when it can be accom without decreasing the efficiency of the machine is always desirable Other con siderations entered into our de but the matter is now settled An machine has been ordered and within thirty days should be deliver ed and in operation in our shop Fire at Stanley Home The fire department respond ed to a call at Friday and made a quick run to the Tom Stanley home on Sidney Baker street where the roof was blaz ing fiercely The fire was ignited from the Hue whether caused by a defective flue or by sparks is impossible to de termine It was ex by the chemical without attaching the water hose Damage to the property is estimated to be small probably about Fred Malley County Agent of Bexar and Mr For guson County Agent of Medi use of the golden key ua told of the Of publicity to open up and tural activities of their develop oil winter garties Space does not permit Jens colonization territory and other commercial invest ment opportunities iu south Texas he still accused her of a lop sided policy in hat she had failed together us to give a review of their very splendid talks After spending the greater part of the afternoon together the meeting adjourned having accepted the invitation of these commercial enter arises to open up to the in restore from the north and east i Pearsall to meet there ou the 14th of May Out of town were Sixteen Thousand Bass Placed in Pedernales Saturday a shipment of bass was received here through the United States Bureau of Fish eries from the San Marcos Hatchery and immediately placed in the Pedernales It is estimated that the meat contained They were small lish quet and speaking and put the losing team of the mem committee through a series of stunts These are always joyous occasions and the one held at Lakeside Amusement Hall Tue s d a y evening was no less so than any other The Chamber of Commerce Band furnish ed splendid music for the occasion The first part of the program was printed and President Charles L Mason announced that no deviation from it would be permitted Following the very ble dinner Hon Julius Real was introduced as chairman of the committee on ture and ranching and as usual his address showed his familiarity with the subject under discussion John R Leavel chairman of the new committee on recreation and amusements told of the of his committee in establishing the proper rela with the landowners up the river relative to the reception of our annual in flux of summer campers The value of membership in the Chamber of Commerce botl Installing Electric Plant The equipment for the new electric light and power plant was moved here from Menard last Thursday and is DOW being installed in Tom Norths ice factory near the New Era The business of the Menard plant was recently taken over by the West Texas Utilities immediately and put them in good condition President Charles L Ma son spoke on Our Chamber of As befits a forward looking young busi ness man he dealt lightly with the accomplishments of the past and directed most of his remarks to outlining the program for the year up on which we are just enter ng The Chamber of Com said Mr Mason is lot run by nor for any clique and I defy anybody to say hat it is or to try to so con rol its activities or to use he Chamber of Commerce or the furtherance of private or personal This shows the proper spir t on the part of the chief officer of our organization of city and county business men Such an organization hould be just as Mr Mason ays that this organization be a place where all the members together discuss ind decide upon the course of action Mr Mason praised the di ectors and the committees or their time and effort giv sn to the furtherance of the interests of the stating that there are 15 directors of the C of and 17 standing committees The directors meet on an average of once a week and give an average to the county and its enter prises and to the individua who becomes a member was set forth by N 13 Smith chairman of the membership committee Dr K former president and chairman of the committe on streets and roads sized the necessity of which has built a high line i jng attention to the road sit u ii Specially stressing th through all of that region and in course of time will no doubt include Handera but for the present will maintain a local plant here The engine dyna mo and other equipment which is now being installed is of suf capacity to supply a city of population and is mod ern in every New Kra ship buss Bruce V Magee is visiting a few days with bis mother Mrs Amy Wallace the efficient sec of the chamber of corn Bruce has been with a need for attention to tin roads which lead from ou trade territory He that there are I wo immediat and pressing problems befor us now the first being th hard surfacing of abou eighteen miles of the between ami Uock of over two hours a week to their committee work After the program the Membership Committee took charge and put the losing team of the membership drive through their appointed stunts Fun was fast and furious for some time with stunts most amusing and ridiculous Copious Rains A Kerrville citizen remark ed to one of our local preach ers last week that the preach ers surely are not praying ought to have some warm dry weather now The preacher replied that we are possibly just about au iuch loug iu splendid con squad of Junior and Senior class aud were immediately men from College inspect ing all electrically operated plants in Houston Calves ton Texas City and other points He taken to the river Frank aud Norman Keller placed some of these springs and the other being getting action on the many a hard surface road bridging j prayers that were uttered the gap between Silver I last year during the dry aud Boerne Kvery possible season Whatever may be effort will be put forth by the cause we are having Kerrville to secure these frequent and copious rains There was no bus from San much needed improvements the next few months j Antonio Wednesday fore bass at the Austin crossing jleft Wednesday for College above aud below E H Station where he will complete a and Max J Bierschwale went four year course in electrical en The and M dina roads have been taken tram today Boerne There recreational territory as well from Wm the Antonio crossing over by the state and Or Washout between Galbraith said it is his Leon Springs that u erew is to has been an abundance of be put to work on these roads rain here this week
