Brazos River Reclamation Association Plans Bryan Meeting
At a chamber conference in Bryan Ward Templeman Nava sota and A D Jackson College joined E H Astin Jno M Lawrence and Lee J Rountree to plan a general meeting in Bryan on June 7 at 10 30 am. The Brazos River Reclamation Association invites new counties Bell Williamson McLennan Falls Waller Brazoria Austin Harris and Ft Bend to join to push a typographical survey and flood control works for the Brazos Valley. President John M Lawrence and Secretary A D Jackson will issue invitations. The gathering aims to advance surveying flood control levees and river channel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Ward Templeman
Navasota
A. D. Jackson
College
E. H. Astin
Jno. M. Lawrence
Lee J. Rountree
Brazos River Reclamation Association
Washington
Grimes, Lurleson
Milam
Robertson and
Brazos
Channe
Brazos Valley
Texas
T. K. Lawrence
J. M. Gordon
John M. Lawrence
Reclamation Association
R. S. Webb
Wilson Bradley
W. H. Cole
J. N. Dulaney
Tyler Haswell
M. L. Parker
Oak McKenzie
FE. E. McAdams
L. L. McInnis
M. Gordon
Finance Committee
C. E. Bobo
Brazos County
J. M. Lawrence
Brazos River
E. E. McAdams
Bryan Rotary Club
Dallas
Houston
McLennan
Falls
Williamson
Bell
Burleson
Robertson
Grimes
Austin
Waller
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Harris
Neff
J. P. Buchanan
Tom Connally
Rufus Hardy
Rotary
W. H. Oliver
C. L. Benson
J. F. Oates
W. S. Barron
S. Moylan Bird
Aggie Orchestra
Sankey Park
R. A. Oliviera
Brazil
South America
United States
Col. A. K. Short
A. & M. Extension Service
Jagde Kittrell
Norman G. Kittrell
Rotary Club
Kittrell
Leon County
Houston and H Iad
Normanvee
Col
C. C. Todd
U. S Army
U. S. Army
Rhine
Todd
Germany
United State
C. E. Finley
M. E. Wallace
D. L. Wilson
B. A. Sims
Sam Parker
H. H. Williamson
Jno
M. Lawrence Wilson Bradley
Ike S.ashburn
B. Youngblood
J. T. S. Park
F. L. Henderson
L. G. Jones
R. O. Allen
E. McAdams
Barron
S Moylan Bird
S. E. Eberstadt
W. R. Fairman
A. Moore
Oil drilling down in Brazos river bed
Marlin Texas June 1 Part ies seek to obtain a lease on mineral rights and a permit to drill a test for oil in the Brazos river bed Falls county The section lies between the Graywell on Deer creek and the Beatty McNally test near Rockham Geologists say the structure extends northeast from the Deer Creek field crosses the river near Rockham Williams McNary and J W Saxon obtained government permission to exploit the river bed The gray well produced eighteen barrels in six hours and more tests are planned with several contracts closed or advancing The Beatty McNally No 1 near Rocky Hill is down 700 feet and may reach a sand at 1100 feet The Trammell test southeast of Marlin is at 2100 feet with gas and some oil shown The Texalo test eight miles southeast expects to finish a three week fishing job and push drill downward.
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Marlin
Texas
Brazos River
Falls County
Graywell
Deer Creek
Beatty-McNally
Rockham
Williams & McNary
J. W. Saxon
Austin
Democratic Executive Committee of Brazos County Meeting
The Democratic Executive Committee of Brazos County will meet at the courthouse in Bryan on Saturday June 3 1922 at 2:00 pm to fill vacancies on the executive committee decide on primaries for county officers and transact other lawful business. Members listed include S E Dunlap Millican Jesse C Royder Wellborn Ed Martin Steele Store I M Cook Harvey J W Harris Tabor J W Beard Edge John Kosarek Smetana F L Henderson Bryan West Side C C Vick Bryan East Side J C Cloud Reliance F E Lloyd Kurten W E Gandy College Station. Some members have moved precincts or declined to serve and vacancies must be filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Bryan
S.e.dunlap
Millican
Jesse C. Royder
Wellborn
Ed Martin
Steele
I. M. Cook
Harvey
J. W. Harris
Tabor
J. W. Beard
Edge
John Kosarek
Smetana
F. L. Henderson
West Side
C. C. Vick
East Side
J. C. Cloud
Reliance
FE. R. Lloyd
Kurten
W. E. Gandy
College Station
Troops Guard International Bridge at Laredo
United States forces were deployed to guard the International bridge at Laredo after rumors of a planned rebel attack on Nueva Laredo. Early reports say nothing had occurred but precautions are being stepped up amid Mexican political upheaval and fears of President Obregon’s overthrow.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
United States
International Bridge
Laredo
Nueva Laredo
Obregon
Thurber Brick Co. Offers Vitrified Brick Paving
The Thurber Brick Co. of Fort Worth Texas markets vitrified brick as the most economical pavement option for upkeep and repairs asserting lower long term costs than other pavement types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurber Brick Co
Ft. Worth
Texas
Chamber of Commerce backs advertising committee action
The Chamber of Commerce board endorsed the Advertising Committee's past action and pledged future support. A special entertainment committee will host visitors from the Brazos River Reclamation Association during its June 7 Bryan meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber Commerce
Advertising Committee
Martin Gase Goes on Trial for Bank Robbery
John F. Martin faced district court jury selection before Judge W. C. Davis on a bank robbery with firearms charge. The trial moved from Houston to Bryan on special venue with seventy-five jurors summoned. eight seated by noon. Defense by Hugh Cooper Harry Gerlach Lamar Bethea and G Minert with Fred Switzer for the state. Approximately seventy-five witnesses were summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Martin
W. C. Davis
Bryan
Houston
Hugh Cooper
Harry Gerlach
Lamar Bethea
Attorn
G. Minkert
Fred Switzer
Henry Ford Rejects Muscle Shoals Proposal In Washington
Henry Ford rejected the House military committee's proposal for Muscle Shoals development. J W Worthington presented Ford's reply, drafted after his Detroit conference, to the committee. Ford insists keeping the Gorgas steam plant, essential for economical operation of the properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
House Military Committee
Muscle Shoals
J. W. Worthington
Ford
Detroit
Gorgas
Alabama
Directors Meeting At Bryan Country Club Discuss Transfers
Bryan Country Club directors met at the club at 8 p m approving stock transfers and new associate memberships. The fish and lake committee reported 10 000 baby bass released, and plans to clear the lake with lime were approved after expert consultation. The rule on meals was amended to require service only by Mrs Kober, with a picnic area to be prepared and a fishing prize offered by Mr Lundin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bryan Country Club
R. W. Howell
Wilson Bradley
O. E. Saunders
Travis B. Bryan
J. W. Batts
Chas. A. Felder
Jno
T. F. Mayo
T. C. Nunn
F. Davis
J. F. Casey
C. W. Russell
E. M. Hailey
Dr. Gee
F. Freeman
J. L. Lush
F. W. Hensel
Ed. M. Sims
Fish and Lake Committee
Sam Marcos Hatchery
O. M. Ball
Kober
France to send experts to discuss war debt with Allies
Washington June 1 The French government will receive a special mission of French financial experts to discuss the nations war debt. The Allied Debt Funding Commission held a second meeting but gave no date for talks and Secretary Mellon declined to discuss details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington,d. C
Allied Debt Funding Commission
Mellon
Cotton Market Slips on Futures Decline in Bryan Spot
Cotton futures closed down 20 points as Bryan market spots show middling at 19.12 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Rotary Club to host Brazos River meeting in Bryan
Bryan Rotary Club and Bryan Chamber of Commerce plan a joint luncheon for the Brazos River Reclamation Association meeting on June 7. The event will feature leaders and legislators from Dallas to Houston and discuss dam and levee projects to reclaim overflow lands, with endorsements from Governor Neff and Congressmen.
Negro terrorizes Del Valle community near Austin
Deputies and county officers hunt a possibly escaped convict described as John Jimson who has entered negro homes in the Del Valle area over two days and demanded food. The case involves a demented suspect causing fear among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
del Valle
John Jimson
Meetings planned to stop railroad strike in Cincinnati
Edward H. Fitzgerald announced that sixteen chiefs of railroad brotherhoods and other executive officers will meet in Cincinnati Tuesday to discuss a matter vital to the welfare of all railroad workers. The session follows instructions from B. M. Jewell of the AFL railway employees department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Edward H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Mar From Home staged by Bryan A and M seniors
Bryan girls join cast for Guion hall comedy The Mar From Home by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson opens commencement week Saturday at 8 00 p m. in College Station scene set in Sunny Southern Italy features a large local student cast and a special eleven piece orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eagle
College Station
Texas
Booth Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Guion Hall
Tarkington
Bryan
Robert D. Brackett
Eney
Italy
Lola Wilson
Mary Beers
Louise Hillyer
C. R. Clark
Egon Koehler
L. J. Rourke
John W. Mayo
K. Opryshek
P. D. Cretain
H. C. Dillingham
W. N. Roper
H. G. Bimmerman
R. B. Thomas
Fred Hale
E. M. Freeman
C. E. Davidson
T. E. Maxson
F. E. Buchan
Admission for A M Baccalaureate and Commencement
Tickets for the baccalaureate sermon and the commencement exercises at College Station will be distributed to Bryan and campus residents at the Y M C A starting 8 o clock Friday morning. Only about 250 local seats available on a first come first served basis. Seats not claimed by specified times will be released to the public. J A D Robinson of Wixon is in Bryan on a business visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Bryan
Gubernatorial hopeful adds to Texas primary field
Waco June 1 W A King farmer and Bronson Texas case proprietor filed a Democratic primary governor candidacy. He joins four contenders alongside Pat Neff R Bowlby Fred Rogers and W E Napier. The State Executive Committee will meet June 12 in Austin to decide if former Governor James E Ferguson will appear on the U S Senate ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Sabine County
Neff
Democratic Committee
Austin
Ferguson
U. S
Bryan Eagle
Waco
W. W. King
Bronson
Texas
Pat M. Neff
R. V. Bowlby
Kemp
Fred 5. Rogers
Bonham
W. E. Napier
Wichita Falls
Jac. W. Hale
State Executive Committee
James E. Ferguson
Bell County
United States
Judge Kittrell Ties to Brazos River Project Visit
Judge Kittrell, a longtime Texas jurist and namesake of Normangee, appeared in Bryan for a Rotary luncheon on Wednesday. He endorsed the Brazos River Reclamation Association and penned articles supporting the project. The Galveston News noted his 1872 election as a Democratic delegate from Waller County to the Corsicana convention amid the Coke-Davis era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman G. Kittrell
Houston
Brazos County
Normangee
Bryan
Rotary Club
Kittrell
Eagle Office
Waller County
Corsicana
Giddings
Richard Coke
Edmund J. Davis
Texas Commission of Appeals
Texas
Harris County
Wilson says Eagle reports true on Moss death
T D Wilson from Mumford's plantation in Robertson county visited the Eagle office. He states George Moss foreman of the Wilson plantation was killed by a northbound train while asleep near the railroad track and was struck, his hat and pistol found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Wilson
Mumford
Robertson County
Eagle
George Moss
Wilson Plantation
Mr. Moss
Wilson
Moss
Miss Crosse Invited to Speak at A and M Summer Course
Miss Celia M. Crosse Red Cross health nurse of Brazos County has been asked to give a series of health talks to women and girls at the summer short course at A and M College in July and August. She previously taught hygiene in Buffalo New York before serving as a nurse with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Crosse
Celia M. Crosse
Red Cross
Brazos County
A. & M. College
Buffalo
New York
United States Army
Wheat crop ravaged by rust in Denton County
An suspected black rust outbreak in Denton County wheat has destroyed about fifty percent of the crop. Agricultural experts warn the disease could spread, leaving farmers facing significant losses as fields up to now were in fine condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ft. Worth
Texas
Denton County
Col Clinton Pioneer Passes at Abilene
Abilene Texas June 1 Col John J Clinton 74 former Indian fighter ex Confederate veteran and longtime peace officer died last night after brief illness He was chief of police here for 87 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
John J. Clinton
Methodist Young Men of Bryan Build New Bible Class Room
The Methodist Church in Bryan reported the Young Men’s Bible class expanded space by constructing a new cool room on the east side of the church. With help from three carpenters and Pastor Rev. H. C. Willis, the group completed the project, followed by a communal lunch provided by Women’s Missionary Society members. The class, led by Oak McKenzie, invites Bryan’s young men to join or visit, listing members including N. B. Allen, Bill Bethea, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Sunday School
Messrs
C. E. Jenkins
W. A. Deaton
Joe Pletzer
H. C. Willis
Oak McKenzie
Guy F. Boyett
Roscoe V. Cole
A. Hensarling
Sanford Gibbs
Wm. E. Johnson
Edgar A. Koenig
T.D. Wilson
O. A. Ashworth
L. B. Roberts
R. C. Franks
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Methodist Sunday School
Bryan
N. B. Allen
Bill Bethea
M. E .Cox
Mason Cooper
E W. Crenshaw, Jr
Edgar Covey Jr
W. H. Corpening
John S. Caldwell
J. B. Christian
R. J. Cole
Geo. Lickey
Hiram T. Downard
R. W. Downard, Jr
Democratic Primary Candidates Must File by June 17 1922
Notice to candidates in Brazos county Texas for the Democratic primary. The election is July 22 1922. Candidates must file applications by midnight June 17 1922 with W S Higgs chairman, or F L Henderson secretary. Copies available from the chairman or secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Higgs
Democratic Party
Brazos County
F. L. Henderson
Texas
House Rules Committee Withdraws Woodruff Johnson Probe Privileges
The House Rules committee voted 7 to 4 to rescind its action granting status privileges to the Woodruff Johnson resolution for investigating alleged laxity in government and prosecution in war fraud cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
Woodruff- Johnson
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U.S
Martin Gase
District Court
Travis County
J. A. D. Robinson of
Wixon
Denton CO
Col. Clinton
Py Associated Press
Methodist Young Men
House Committee
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