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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
3
The notice lists pricing for various terms and regions. Payments include one month 2200.00 00, six months, one year, and three months with a4 e6 outside states county daily per month weekly. The Eagle newspaper charges 1.50 per year and six months 1.00, with publication on Thursdays.
J. W. Ridgway of A. and M. College is selected by Gainesville and Cook County as county agent. District Agent Orms says Cook County made a first class choice and Brazos County plans to follow. The speaker endorses strong support for the new agent and shifts to other topics amid unsettled conditions mentioning Jim Ferguson for president and Temple McGregor for governor.
Historic Boston hosts the thirty fifth annual National Editorial Association convention starting May 1 with a program tied to Plymouth Rock 300th anniversary events. The lineup includes city tours, banquets, state and national speakers, and a post conference voyage to Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
The Mooring Well No 1 began drilling Thursday afternoon about 16 miles northwest of Bryan between the Brazos rivers. Under the direction of Guy W. Ewing a 20 inch bit and 2000 pound drill proceeded as observers predicted a major oil venture by Warren Oil Company which plans a 4000 foot test well with a 110000 dollar investment.
Galveston district reports February exports totaling 56.0 million dollars, down from January, with cotton sales totaling 288,002 bales and crude oil imports from Tampico fields reaching 84.7 million gallons valued at 397,675 dollars. The note ends with a Bryan slogan.
Jewett Texas April 26 Hon D C Dove of Buffalo visits and states he is a candidate to succeed Congressman Rufus Hardy from several central Texas counties. Dove, a prohibitionist and supporter of woman suffrage, vows to seek a cotton price loss reimbursement bill without tax increases and plans a routine district campaign.
Paris April 26 Doctor Goeppert head of the German delegation in Paris handed the foreign office a note stating that the additional troops which entered Ruhr district had also evacuated that district on April 21.
Wichita Falls reports a three month drought broken by a 36 hour rain. Dallas and other parts of the state received rainfall in the last forty eight hours easing dry conditions across Texas.
Hearne April 26 Judge W. Davis district judge of Robertson and Brazos counties has announced his candidacy for Congress opposing Rufus Hardy. The Galveston News notes the local announcement from Hearne Texas.
Miss Pearle Love and Miss Nelson visit Miss Jeanne Love at College for weekend holidays. Various guests travel from Nacogdoches Austin Hearne Dallas Houston to visit residents in Bryan, College Station and surrounding communities. Local arrivals include J Webb Howell and Mrs Basham family, Dr and Mrs W Bizzell hosting guests from El Campo Beaumont Dalley Waco Houston Navasota Acton Ohio Marlin.
A and M. defeated S. M. U. in Dallas with a decisive 12 to 2 win. The Aggies totaled 14 hits led by Henderson Olson and Crawford in a one sided contest. Gresham and Renshaw pitched for SMU in the loss.
In St Louis on April 26 railroads began hiring workers to fill roles left by five thousand striking yardmen in an effort to end the unauthorized walkout.
Mrs. Sallie Webb Law received word Friday of the death of her sister Mrs. E F Barkley in Ashville North Carolina on April 24. Interment will be in Groesbeck Texas Monday afternoon. Born in Bardstown Kentucky she led a long life of good deeds and Christian service. Her Bryan friends mourn with the family.
J E Hensarling formerly of Bryan and now of Thrift married Miss Erma Cloud at the Cloud home with Rev J J Tatum officiating. The couple will travel to Fort Worth then home to Thrift where Hensarling runs a grocery business. Both families are well known locally and friends wish them well.
Albert Keith of Grimes County reports from Bryan that independent operators led by Mr. Hart are securing leases near the Schumaker well in Grimes County with plans to ship in a drilling rig and start operations within about sixty days if no obstacles arise. Local residents remain hopeful a test will confirm an oil field.
Columbus April 28 Harding leads General Leonard Wood by about ten thousand votes in yesterday's Ohio presidential preference primary with additional returns still being tallied.
A Washington dispatch claimed the drouth was broken in Texas but in Bryan and Brazos County the drought remains severe. Local residents express skepticism about distant reports and insist on conditions at home.
The Texas Farm Boys Special will depart College Station in August for a 4000 mile US tour to study farm practices visiting major markets and cities including Washington. About 125 to 150 boys will ride a special train with 300 prizes funded by Bryan banks to cover three free trips for county youths aged 10 to 18. Enrollment is through Extension Service and local banks. details at Bryan banks or Extension Service College Station.
The Warren Oil Company reports a new spudding at Mooring Well No 1 near Bryan with casing to fifty feet and plans to drill to 4000 feet. The crew includes a Chicago firm, with drillers arriving from Indiana and Pennsylvania, and a 30 horsepower engine set to run day and night. Local scouts and townspeople discuss potential oil indications while the Eagle weighs the project against risks of a possible duster.
Measurements of a guardianship request filed by Ernest Garvin for Edmund Calford, minor, to be heard at Brazos County Court in Bryan on the third Monday in April 1920. The notice urges all interested parties to appear and contest if desired, with official writ and seal. The Brazos County Board of Directors of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce convened to discuss highway projects, salary raises for postal clerks, and community development including schools and roads.
J M Hair has filed for Letters of Guardianship for Ivy Ellen and Elon Hair minors in Brazos County Court. The hearing is set for the next term starting the third Monday in April 1920 at Bryan Court House with notice to interested parties.
The Bryan Chamber of Commerce holds its first 1920 quarterly meeting at Carnegie Library Tuesday night April 27 at 8.00. President E J Jenkins and Secretary S E Eberstadt urge all citizens to attend as amendments to by laws and constitution will be reviewed for the benefit of the membership.
Chairman John A. Moore announces Bry an Commercial Club gathers at Carnegie Library at 7 45 pm for a key meeting Legislative amendments will be proposed to give members more voice in selecting the Board of Directors Music from 7 45 to 8 15 and open discussions led by club committee chairs on Education Good Roads Trade Extension City Development Agriculture and more FE Jenkins presides
The city of Ennis is recorded with a population of 7224 in the report. The text also states expected attendance or involvement by an individual, implying local participation.
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