Plan Leper Home Planned in Texas
Governor Hobby appointed State Health Officer W B Collins Dr D P Richardson of Henderson and Dr Dabney Berry of San Antonio to a locating commission for the State Home for Lepers. The panel must pick a site of at least 100 acres, at least two miles from any town, and within one mile of no residence, with cost not to exceed 10000. An appropriation of 25000 is made for buildings and equipment.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
W. B. Collins
D. P. Richardson
Henderson
Dabney Berrey
San Antonio
State Land Commission
Texas Senate Taps Decherd as President Pro Tempore
In Austin on February 26 1918 the Texas Senate elected E A Decherd Jr of Franklin Robertson County as President Pro Tempore for the special session. He pledged cooperation with Governor Hobby to aid the Federal government and the first business included ratification of the Federal prohibition amendment and a depository bill Senate officials reported staffing shortages due to army needs at San Antonio. A request to print Howerton Page correspondence was approved and a sympathy resolution for Dallas Representative Florer passed. Hobby's message was read and the Senate adjourned to 10 am Wednesday.
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L. A. Express
Austin
Tex
W. A. Johnson
Hall
Senate
Hobby
Westbrook
E. A. Decherd Jr
Franklin
Robertson County
Dean
Clark
Smith
Lattimore
Alderdice
Dayton
Decherd
Johnson
Caldwell
House
San Antonio
Hopkins
W. A. Howerton
Secretary of the
Paul Page
Bastrop
Express
Hlon. E. A. Decherd Jr
Sam
Page
Senator Page
W. W. Howerton
McNealus
James A. Florer
Dallas
Cost of a Mistake in Land Policy for New Mexico Revenue
The New Mexico approach keeps land titles public and profits the state. Revenue from land rentals nears 1.1 million dollars for eleven months ending November 1, with 250 thousand anticipated this month. All proceeds fund the school system, avoiding loss seen in states that sold lands. Land value tax offers a future remedy for broader public benefit.
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Chicago
New Mexico
Gillespie County Court Proceedings Summary
Gillespie County Commissioners Court approves tractor use payment of 568 dollars credited to R. & B. Fund. Court approves road overseer reports, buys land strips for roads from Dietrichs and Kunz, adopts Jury of View on third class road petitions, and approves treasurer’s road duty reports. Several road petitions are continued or granted, and officers’ fees for county convicts Rios and Patterson are allowed.
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Kendall County Road Committee
Gillespie County
R. & B. Fund
Louis Dietrich
Emil Dietrich
August Kunz
Max Schmidt
Alb. J. Schmidt
Theo. Hohmann
Hugo Brehmer
Blanco
Jos. Stehling
Lange’s Mill
Hy. H. Rahe
Domingo Rios
Albert Patterson
County Court Sets 1918 Finances and Appointments
The court apportioned road and bridge funds to precincts, appointed road overseers, and named election officers for 1918. It levied a half-state occupation tax, approved quarterly and detailed financial reports, and ordered warrants. Petitions for stock law and road telecommunications were considered. one line petition denied. Wounded include J P S Mennett and a Brisbane employee. paymaster bandits reportedly obtained up to 20000 dollars.
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Tor
Collee
Justice of the Peace
Henry Tatseh
Arnold Gammenthaler
Citizens Bank
Aviator Escapes With Minor Injuries in Lake Flight
Eagle Lake Texas February 25 Charles H. Markel an aviator from Ellington Field fell about 200 feet this afternoon shortly after 5 o clock. He was cut and bruised on the face hands and legs but otherwise escaped injury. The airship was badly wrecked. Markel was leaving for Houston when a gust of wind tipped the plane causing a tall spin and nose land.
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Ss. A. Express
Eagle Lake
Tex
Charles H. Markel
Ellington Field
Markel
Houston
Four Aviators Killed in War Department Report
The War Department was informed by General Pershing of the deaths of one lieutenant and four cadets from airplane accidents. The dead are Lieut. Leland J. Hagadorn of Orleans New York and Cadets Clark B. Nichol Philadelphia J F Stillman New York City Donald Carton Providence and Arthur H. Wilson Philadelphia. No accident details were provided.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Pershing
Leland J. Hagadorn
Orleans
N. Y
Clark B. Nichol
Philadelphia
J. F. Stillman
New York City
Donald Carton
Providence
Mexican Bandits Kill American on Tampico Oil Boat
One American died and two were wounded in an attack by Mexican bandits on an oil boat at Tampico last Wednesday. Edgar House, a paymaster for the Texas Oil Company, was killed in the assault.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Tampico
Edgar House
Texas Oil Company
Profiteering Denounced in Senate Speech on Labor Slackers
In Washington on Feb 26 Senator McCumber Republican North Dakota denounced profiteering by labor slackers and supply contractors as part of a Bolsheviki movement. He urged a draft bill for industrial or agricultural labor ages 18 to 62. Gallinger attacked government waste while Hollis and Phelan defended labor’s record.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Gallinger
Hollis
New Hampshire
Phelan
California
Government Seed Houses at San Antonio
Two large warehouses on the International and Great Northern and San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroads, owned by Julius Oppenheimer, have been leased by the United States Government to store and distribute seeds for Bexar County farmers.
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International & Great Northern
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Julius Oppenheimer
United States
Bexar County
Old Confederate Killed By Train
Austin Texas February 25 B J Townsend sixy six years old a Confederate veteran of the Confederate Home was killed instantly by a freight train on the International and Great Northern Railroad near his home He sat on the track not seen by the engineer until too late to stop the train The body was mangled and sent to Moody for interment Townsend was born in Georgia in 1832 served in Company G eleventh Georgia Infantry Andersons Brigade North Army of Northern Virginia came to Texas in 1878 was a miller by trade and was admitted to the Confederate Home from Moody in July 1912 He was a widower
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Austin
Tex
B. J. Townsend
International & Great Northern
Moody
Mr. Townsend
Georgia
11Th
Georgia Infantry
Anderson
Virginia
Texas
Irrigated Farm for Sale in Menard County Texas
Real estate ad by R. Barrier of Menard Texas offers an irrigated farm for purchase. The brief notice urges buyers to quit worrying about rain and secure the property through the local real estate agent.
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Menard County
Aw. R. Barrier
Menard, Tex
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