Bailey Launches Campaign for Texas Governor on Democratic Ticket
Gainesville Texas February 18 Joseph Weldon Bailey former U S senator announced his candidacy for Texas governor on the Democratic ticket. He also released a telegram from former Congressman R L Henry of Waco withdrawing to back Bailey. Henry was the sole Bailey faction candidate. Bailey condemned progressive Democrats and the national administration opposing federal prohibition woman suffrage and the league of nations. He pledged to unite party principles and focus on national then state issues, stressing the importance of electing a capable legislature alongside the governor.
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Gainesville
Texas
Joseph Weldon Bailey
United States
Bailey
R. L. Henry
Waco
Henry
Progressive Democrats
League of Nations
Democratic Party
Cameron Commercial Club Plans Friday Meeting
The Cameron Commercial Club will hold its regular meeting Friday night the first since influenza disruptions. President Robert McLane says a full agenda awaits, including housing plans with W. H. Triggs as chairman and a recommendation to solicit funds for home builders. The road bond election Tuesday will also be discussed. Bright green alfalfa for sale at the Oil Mill.
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Cameron Commercial Club
Robert McLane
W. H. Triggs
Oil Boom Expands as Tracy Milam Fields Move to Pump
In Cameron and Milam counties, plans to pump shallow Tracy wells and build pipelines to market crude dominate the week. Operators Branstad and Ryan announce production schemes, pipeline routes to Minerva, and crude sales to a Waco refinery while drilling resumes at Cameron wells and deep tests near Maysfield.
Poll tax payments heavy in Milam County
Milam County tax collector Bill Alex Bonds reports 1920 poll taxes paid at record levels. Seven hundred women contributed to the total with 283 payments in Cameron. County totals show 5636 poll taxes and 180 exemptions, while Cameron city receipts include 523 men and 183 women with 85 exemptions. Many county men in the army were exempted on discharge.
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Bill Alex Bonds
Milam County
Mr. Bonds
Cameron
Dan Tyson
Campaign Begun by Airplane in Oklahoma Rally Tour
Muskogee Oklahoma Feb 18 A A Small of Tulsa kicked off his presidential campaign by airplane to reach Republican district conventions at Claremore and McAllister about 150 miles apart. He rented a plane to attend both events and did so successfully.
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Muskogee
Okla
A. A. Small
Tulsa
United States
Small
Ventions
Claremore
McAllester
Oil firms plan spuds and tests in central Texas fields
Hanover Oil Company prepares to spud near Hanover while Tracy-Rockdale buys drilling machinery for its Tracy field holdings. Ave Oil organizes to drill on five thousand acres near Gause. P. E. Johnson of Tulsa and associates buy Eckhart holdings in Tracy and will ship equipment from Fort Worth for a pump test. Myers Culberson and Bartlett drill a deep test three miles from Thorndale at 2500 feet in Edward lime rock. Tracy-Maysfield moves Keystone rig to Tracy and builds a derrick for a deep test near Maysfield. A pipeline to Minerva along the S A A FP railway and a loading station at Minerva are agreed by local operators.
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Tracy
Cameron
Milam County
Mid- Continent
Tracy On Pump
Tracy-Maysfield
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Edward Ryan
Waco
Minerva
Tracy Field
William Henderson
Cameron Oil & Refining Company
Beaumont
Brooks and Pettibone
Srilling
Maysfield
Tracy- Maysfield
Wisconsin Oil Company
Calvert Oil & Development Company
Buckingham and Associates
Thorndale
Cameron Oil & Refining Comany
P.ttibone
Hut Down
Hanover Oil Company
Hanover
Tracy-Rockdale Oil Company
Ave Oil Company
Gause
P. E. Johnson and Associates of
Tulsa
Eckhart
Fort Worth
Myers, Culberson and Bartlett
Edward Lime Rock
Cameron district votes on supplemental bond issue for roads
Voters in Cameron district will decide next Tuesday on a $25,000 supplemental bond to connect pike roads serving Cameron and nearby communities. The issue, funded by higher district valuation, does not raise the tax rate and aims to finish graveling and link the county to two national highways.
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Cameron
Pike Roads
Good Roads Committee
The
Commercial Club
Giles L. Arriett
Goodroad Advocates
Robert McLane Company
W. W. Chambers
Cameron Road
Burlington Bank Increases Stock
The Burlington State Bank has raised its capital stock from 15000 to 30000 dollars. Announcement given by President T F P Hardy notes the bank, organized in 1907, has grown as a leading local financial institution. Stockholders authorized the increase at January’s meeting. current capital is 30000 with a 5000 dollar surplus. Officers include Hardy president cashier Jones and ONeill assistant cashier.
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Burlington State Bank of
Burlington
T. F P. Hardy
Burlington State Bank
T. F. Hardy
T. J. Jones
John P. O'Neill
Paul Deschanel Inaugurated As French President
Paris February 18 Paul Deschanel became the tenth president of the French republic succeeding Raymond Poincare who resigned after a difficult period. The transfer of authority occurred at the Elysee Palace this morning in a formal ceremony observed by the presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies, committees from each house and cabinet members.
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Paris
Paul Deschanel
Raymond Poincare
Palace of the Elysee
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Six Trucks for Milam County Get Federal Allotment
The Federal Government has allotted six motor trucks three Packards and three Nationals to Milam County for use in building good roads. The trucks will be distributed by district allotment with some remaining in Cameron. Delivery timing is not known. Announcement was made at a good roads advocates meeting by F S Lesovsky.
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State Highway Department
Austin
Milam County
National Road Construction
Cameron
Good Roads Advocates
F. S. Lesovsky
High School Students Observe Arbor Day
Students plan to plant trees on school grounds to mark Arbor Day. The senior class led by example by gathering large trees from the river and will coordinate with other classes to plant them, addressing the shortage of trees in farming districts.
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Washington
Confederate Veteran Captain J J Irwin Dies in Cameron
Captain J J Irwin a Confederate veteran and well known in Cameron and Milam county died at the Confederate Home last week and was buried Wednesday. A fuller obituary will appear in the next issue. J B Simpson head of Cameron cotton classing station visited Houston last week. The ad notes alfalfa and Oil Mill offerings.
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J. J. Irwin
Cameron
Milam County
The
Herald
J. B. Simpson
Houston
Another American Is Held In Mexico
Washington reports Wilson Welsh Adams of Los Angeles has been kidnapped by bandits in Seacateras, Mexico and is held for a 50,000 peso ransom. The American embassy in Mexico City is notifying Mexican authorities. The kidnapping occurred last Friday.
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Washington
Wilson Welsh Adams
Seacateras
Mexico
State Department
Adams
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Milam County Boys Sought for Corn Club Work
Geo Banzhaf county farm demonstrator appeals for 500 Milam county boys aged ten to eighteen to join the corn club. They must grow at least one acre of corn, keep daily records, and report in fall. Clubs aim to show in Dallas and send exhibitors to the Boys Encampment.
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Geo. Banzhaf
The
Herald
Milam County
South
Corn Club
Texas
A. & M. College of Texas
Boys’ Corn Club
Dallas
Geo, Banzhaf
Teaching Resumes in Cameron After Flu Epidemic
The influenza outbreak has waned and sunlit spring returns as public schools in Cameron reopen and church services resume this Sunday. Attendance reached about eighty percent of normal, with many avoiding crowds. local theaters also reopen and physicians note relief after a period of constant duty.
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Cameron
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the Commercial Club
Burlington Bank
George Banzhaf
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