Wichita Daily Times (Newspaper) - July 18, 1911, Wichita Falls, Texas O'CLOCK COITION X WEATHER tonight and Wednesday EIGHT TOPAY VOLUME 5 WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TUESDAY JULY mil 1911 TO BOO SEWERS IN FLORAL HEIGHTS CITY OFFER OF LOAN FROM REALTY COMPANY FOR THAT PURPOSE CITY DEPOSITORY NAMED Banks Display Less Eagerness for Clt Funds and Bid Was Percent At the regular meeting of tbe city council held this morning the city engineer wos directed to begin at once tbe extension of the system to Floral Heights the Firs National Bank was designated as the depository for tbe city funds an orde was made whereby the city purchases of the four and a lull per cent Improvement bonds and an or der was placed for a street sweeper Manager Knowles of the St Hotel appeared before tne a request that the city help bear the expense Incident to lighting the between the railroad and Ohio from Seventh to Eighth streets alley it was claimed had become a much traveled since I construction of the new union station Mr Knowles explained that himself and associates were paying for the lighting and be suggested as equitable that the city pay for a light at tbe end of the alley on Eighth street DIs of the matter brought out the fact that the city has no contract wlr tbe light company for arc lights am Mr Knowles request was passed such time as a new contract could made and with this Idea in view the street committee was requested to take up the matter of a new contract the company at once In an effort to secure lower rate for the lights thar has been heretofore obtained A i ReaKy Company was before the coun ell with a proposition that his company was now ready to loan the city of tbe required to extend the to Floral Heights the amount to be paid each six twelve and elgh teen months without Interest The offer was accepted and the city attor was authorized to begin the con work at once Bide were opened for the selection of a depository for the city money foi the ensuing year three bids hemp sub- mitted as follows First National Bank 3'A cent City National Dank 3 S 100 per cent and the Wichita State Bank 3 per cent The First National Bank was thereupon declared the city depository In connection with the consideration of the olds the fact de- that the city has ing per cent for the past year or considerably more than the highest bid submitted this year An order was entered by the council authorizing the city to purchase of the four and a half per cent street improvement bonds The matter of remitting the city tax on tbe baseball team was brought up but was taken a majority of the city council being opposed to the practice of remitting any such taxes except In cases where the fire ment was Interested It being agreed that this rale should lie strictly ad- hered to In the future Considerable discussion was had as x to the delinquent payments In tion with the street paving it oping that a number of the property owners bad not settled for the work In front of their property and the clt engineer was authorized to urge the Importance of this matter and require payment without further delay An order was placed with the Mincemeat Mystery to Be Solved By Ky July mystery of meat second to tbat of hush attracted the attention of Dr H W Wiley head ft the bureau of and In his ef forts to solve the problem of Its com- position be has appealed to the Detail Grocers Association At a meeting of that organization beld last night a letter from Dr Wiley was received In which he Inquired Ingredients are used locally ers and householders In making mince meat The matter was referred to a committee and they at BEST RAW IN 12 MONTHS FELL HERE WHOLE FOR RADIUS OF MORE THAN FIFTY MILES THOROUGHLY SOAKED WILL PLANT FEED CROPS the next meeting Investigation the result of their l company the Co of this city for a street to he delivered at once CORN PROFITS HAY RECOUP LOSSES Offers of Per Ton Being Made and Will Make Up for Other Crop Failures Enid Okla July 18 Broom corn may oiler of this locality an opportunity to recoup their losses an wheat and corn Broom corn nay be planted any time within tbe next two weeks and make a ory yield Broom corn men say tbe best crops they have seen were ed on a wheat field after harvest The seed is expensive about a and a bushel of seed will plant fifteen acres Ed Wall who represents a broom corn bouse In was In Enid after an ive trip through the broom corn He says the crop Is short and hat good broom corn Is sure to bring 150 a ton In the fall Four acres of county land aid will produce a ton It is TAKING THINGS EASY IN WASHINGTON resident Keeping Bachelor Quarters At White House and Devotes Much Time to Recreation By Associated Press Washington D C July most all the comforts about him ex- ept tbe cool breezes from Salem Jay President Taft Is endeavoring to make the hot months he Is forced to pend In Washington as nearly like lose he spent In Beverly last mer as possible With Secretary Hillis and Major Butt the president s Keeping bachelor quarters in tbe House Almost every oon after the press of executive est the president motors out to the bevy Chase Club plays 18 holes of olf and comes back to dinner at the Vhite House much refreshed After Inner the three go In the big White House machine that has not been taken to Beverly They seek the speedway Potomac Park or the cooler depths of Bock Creek Park Usually two orl three hours -are spent In the motor trip but the dent tries to be back In the White House ready for midnight He Is an early riser and has plenty of work to do even in these hot days too that he keeps himself In the best physical condition possible Rain Had Hardly Stopped Before mers Began to Come In for Seed The heaviest rain since July 10 and 11 1910 fell In Wichita Falls yester day and over the country surrounding for a radius of more than fifty miles Indeed the precipitation seems to have been general over the entire portion of Northwest Texas and Oklahoma Tbe I precipitation to the U 8 weather bureau gauge and from reports from Jown Park and er places In the county was heavier at some other points than here This was the first really good rain In more than a year and was un confined when the clouds let loose shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon A heavy downpour con more than two hours and a lighter rain until eight o'clock at night While a heavy rain fell about dee yesterday afternoon on the HollI day creek watershed the ground was so parched and cracked from tbe drouth that tbe creek was started running only a little and this after- noon there had been no perceptible rise In the level of Lake Wichita The rain however filled all the holes a the creek and another rain will start a Into tbe lake The rain had not quit falling before farmers began to pour into tbe city to buy seed fbr teed crops Tbe ground Is In excellent shape and If sufficient can be secured a large acreage be planted to sorgum June corn corn maize etc While the cotton In the Immediate territory of Wichita Falls had been damaged that anything like a full crop cannot be hoped for In other lections where showers have fallen recently yesterday's rain ed the crop In splendid conditions and many communities are expecting a bumper yield Everywhere the tanks have been filled and an abundant water supply secured At Orth and other points in Archer county the precipitation was heavier than here and was the heaviest known In three years Farmers are already preparing to break ground for wheat sowing and it Is estimated that worth of seed wheat will be sown In Wichita county alone ATHLETIC COURSE IN UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY WILL MAKE ATHLETICS A MAJOR STUOy IS AN ADVANCED STEP Work Done On Athletic Field will Bt Credited In University Course Associated Madison July unl of Wisconsin which was one of the leaders in athletic tion crusade In 1906 has come for ward with n plan which Is consider ed tbe most advanced yet taken by any university or college tn the coun The latest photograph of tho future King ot England ol Wales The picture snows him In tbe regalia as a member of the Order of the darter and wa's taken at the 01 his Investiture as a member Hines Claimed Credit Washington V aid M Frankle a cigar stand employe In Chicago testified at hearing today he re mark has been elected I elected him I did It myself personal ly Tbe regents of the university have added to tho curriculum a full athletic course which combined with literary work will lead to a degree of bachelor of arts Tbe new course permits students of the university to elect forty one third of the number ed for athletic work ar a major study and ten credits In the teaching of physical education as e minor requirement for the new bachelors degree Ten hours a week for four years devoted to the practice of athletics including football baseball crew work basket ball track work tics and and practice work In teaching for two hours each week or three years are part of the ments in the course All work done on the athletic field both In Intercollegiate competition and intercollegiate and games will DC credited by the sity as work done toward lion of the university course Students desiring to qualify a coaches in certain sporU may by taking work offered In the special technique of sport by becoming prod clent In certain required forms of athletics New Geyser May Come in at Yellowstone Plead Washington D C July IS for eruptions of largo quail titles of water steam snud and rockH tu a height of several hundred feet from the hot springs in tho Nor rls In National has been occurring during the They mny indicate Ing activity In the subterranean forces to which the geysers lira due nnd If Is the case It Is possible another geyser may develop In the park QUESTIONS NOMINATION SEEKERS Former Anderson County Sheriff By Palestine Texas July Former yy Anderson ty dropped dead from heart failure His home was near here Ho was about fifty years old SPEW LIFE HYING TO SOLVE PERPETUAL NOTION WANTS PRESS TO HELP HIM PUT ALL DEMOCRATIC ASPIRANTS On RECORD A LIST OF 13 QUERIES Andrew Genard Might Have Mad Fortunes With Practical In- By Baltimore Md July 88 years old Is dead here a ter having spent 65 his lit in a vain effort to solve the of perpetual motion Genard have made fortunes on practical in he had been able to dl rules the perpetual motion problem from his mind As a wedding to a son Henry of Avalon III h gave a suggestion for a corn reaper which made or more In profits LOCAL COMMITTEE Will INSPECT GARMENT FACTORY AT GAINESVILLE J L Jackson J 8 were appointed a special committee by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce this morning to go to Gainesville to Inspect the garment manufacturing plant conducted there by Mr Nance who has expressed a desire to remove the plant to this place Mr Nance before tbe directors this nly He said that his plant was now employing 23 all women and children with a weekly payroll of from to 1190 per month He said that his company was cap at Ixi hid never In and that be was dissatisfied conditions at ville and would remove his plant here if the unpaid capital could be subscribed and paid In Gloves nest aprons ad plain garments for men's wear are manufactured It is expected that tie committee will go to Gainesville tomorrow and further action on the part of the ber of Commerce will be governed by their report Among the registrations at land are Henry Ranch Tulsa Lewis Gray Tulsa W H Wallace Beau- mont and Den Boltz NEW CHAPTER OF OF THE EASTERN STAR Will Be Installed Here July With 24 Charter Members A chapter of tbe Order of the ern Star will be named Victor ter In honor of V E who baa worked zealously for Its tion The ceremonies of Installation will be by Jesse T son ot Gainesville grand patron in this The new chapter has 24 members Phoney Orders charter By New York July 18 A well dressed man who said he was Edward B Kahn of New Orleans charged with having ordered from cloak and suit manufacturers in this city goods to the value of in the name of a Tenn firm to which the goods were ordered shipped was tba visited KahH telegraphed to for a of a 000 and received a reply that the com- pany there had no buyer In New York To Cut Gas In Chicago By Associated Chicago III July city council early today passed an ance fixing the price of gas at an average of 70 1 B cents per thousand feet for the five years The rates In the ordinance for n period jOf five years are 75 cents first year 70 cents second and third years 68 cents fourth and fifth years President Taft's Nomination Washington D C July the nominations sent to the Senate by President Taft yesterday Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Y Kemper Assistant Attorney liam I Wemple New York Postmaster at New onder F Leonbardt Mr Wemple succeeds Frank D Lord of New York who died recent ly and Mr succeeds Post master Behan whose resignation was received by Postmaster General cock last Saturday James private of W R D Stokes New York aire involved In the sensational case against the two joung chorus girls who shot him when he their apart ment cummines was called to the stand to testify 18 to the alleged theft of nine letters from Stokes to Miss lian Graham one of the girls which aero missing from her apartment eral days after the shooting He that he took some letters from the room and produced them In court but declared he knew nothing about he onea mentioned by the Graham A police scandal has grown out of the alleged theft of the letters were supposed to be guarding the rooms of the two young girls WILL TEST HUNAN AURA IN TRACING DISEASE Practical Test May Be In the Case of Chicago Typhoid Girl Chicago July practical test of tbe utility of the human aura In the tracing of disease may be made In Chicago this week the subject to be Miss Rose Boersma who recently ed a typhoid fever epidemic In wood by scattering typhoid germs wherever she went although apparent ly In perfect health Miss Boersma If the test Is decided upon will be examined by a council of physicians Miss Is tined at tbe home of her uncle In gan Park Until recently she was beld at the Cook county hospital Dr ler of tbe health department said that she already was showing Improvement when she left there Mamy Nationalities Represented By Associated Chicago III July Car ter H Harrison In announcing the appointment of members of the boon of education yesterday declared tha he had of tbe many racci tbat make up Chicago's population Following are the new members ol the David M Harry A James B Henry W Huttmann C O Sethness Mri John McMahon John C Harding SENSATIONAL DECLINE IN COTTON PRICES TODAY By Associated Press New York July cotton ket was more active and excited at the opening today than for month's The first prices were at a decline of to twenty-nine points ued rains in the Southwest increasing the confidence In the big estimates of the coining crop and unfavorable trade advices seemed responsible for a eral selling movement Some argued tbat after two years of almost success the bull leaders now find themselves on the wrong side at the market Before noon August op- tions sold at 13 24 or 50 per bale under yesterday's closing while the new crop months were to 70 per bale lower COLQUITT PREDICTS INCREASE IN TAX Another White Man's Hope New York July Kennedy for two years amateur heavyweight champion boxer of America has signified his Intention of turning Kennedy's match will be with Al who is a hard bitting heavyweight of good class They will at the National Sporting Club on August 4 Tariff Philippines Campaign Con- Supreme Court Oil ing and Other Matters Included Omaha Nob July Jennings Bryan Is going to demand that every Democrat who is a date for the Democratic nomination for President place himself squarely on record as to what position he cupies on tbo great questions of the day and ho will appeal to the country Democratic papers of the country to him In formulating such public opinion that tbo candidates will not dare refuse To accomplish this end Mr Bryan will this week In tbo Commoner print thirteen questions directed at all who aspire to tho nomination and he will ask tbat these questions be an- swered before any Slate convention to select delegates to the National convention bo held List of Questions Tbe following are the questions on which Mr Bryan thinks every candidate should go on Do you favor a tariff for revenue Do you favor free raw m tbe placing of a revenue i manufactured Do you believe that in the n Do you believe that the nu be given Do you believe tbe three branches of the Government nre co-ordinate and that each should keep within its con- Do you approve of the ard wherein the Supreme Court legislated the word sonable Into the Sherman Do you favor the repeal of the inal clause of the law or believe Congress should make It clear that all restraint of trade Is Dot you favor popular election of Do you favor the Income tax Do you believe It Is tho duty of American people to promise ence to tho Philippine Islands Im- mediately give It to them n tha ame way It was given to the Do you believe In publicity of Are you willing that the ot every dollar of the campaign fund ither before or after nomination hall be mado Do you Indorse the fabor planks if 1908 strict regulation of railroads tbe currency scheme asset in any form establishment it a central bank and a law ng bonks to Insure Do you favor support of State In all their Changing Seats Fatal iy Props Chicago 111 July eats In a rowboat tho lives of arl Glade 20 years old and hew 29 years old by In the Chicago river lasl night Life savers rescued the third man In the boat Al who was found clinging to tho craft A marriage license was issued today to P and Miss Almeda Holloman both of Okla EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND FOR FEED CROP SEEDS BUS DEPLETED SUPPLY By Associated Promt Austin Texas July 18 Governor In a statement today to the automatic tax board said It will re- quire a tax levy of not less twelve cents on the hundred dollars to run the government through tbe ensuing year and that If tbe tion amendment carried he the levy will have to be thirteen cents He estimated It will taTe to run the state another year The seed merchant who had faith In Providence and backed this faith with heavy purchases of sorgum corn June corn maize and er feed crop seeds is the man who is now reaping a splendid harvest The available supply of these seeds Is rapidly being exhausted under the heavy demand following the recent the local supply of seied but the grain dealers and merchants have al supplies and hope to bd able to supply the demand within few days is selling in the local mark et at from to per kaffir corn from 25 to rains and orders to ship by express corn from to and mails are being sent in by wire to the big I from to seed merchants at Kansas City St I The unprecedented demand Louis Oklahoma City Fort Wichita Kansas and other centers The extraordinary demand of the past few days has almost exhausted cates that tha largest acreage ever known 111 bo planted to feed to make up for the total loss of the corn crop
