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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
4
Fire destroyed Tom Johnsons residence and nearly all contents about two o clock Thursday morning. Insurance valued at 750 dollars. Only two mattresses were saved as the blaze gained headway before discovery.
Washington reports an added 750000 for the deficiency appropriation bill to aid the United States Department of Agriculture in fighting bollworm infestations in Texas, Louisiana, and nearby areas. Dr. Marlatt says cleanup costs run high, with 95 percent of work funded by the federal government and state reimbursements to planters. Extermination may be possible if funds and cooperation continue, despite resistance in Trinity Bay and local non-cotton zoning. New infestations are limited to south of El Paso.
President-Elect Harding asks for a special Senate session to begin March 4 to confirm cabinet and other appointments. The call, customary after a change in administration, will be issued after his inauguration, with the new Senators sworn in and the chamber ready to act on nominations. Also notes Texas visits, cotton seed aid limits, and seed restrictions linked to Pink bollworm.
Senator R M Dudley, head of the senate finance committee, announced that efforts to pass general appropriations bills in the Thirty-seventh legislature are virtually abandoned. He said completing work in the regular session is out of the question and an extra session is likely. The budget from the board of control, arriving Monday, lists over 25 million dollars, and time is running with 21 of 60 days elapsed.
Mr A T Richie of eight miles NW of Comanche suffers a badly shattered arm after a gun-accident while loading a hunting gun. The 72 year old is described as one of the county’s old timers and is expected to recover from the injury.
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