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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
2
The Leader notes weekly publication schedule and subscription rates. Frank H. Bowron is listed as editor with Graham Texas post office filing as second-class main matter.
The Americas foreign automobile trade for the recent fiscal year totaled over forty million dollars. July ranked as the second driest month in Kansas since the weather bureau was established in the state.
The Pierce-Fordyce Oil Association announces a two cent per gallon gasoline increase and expects other companies to follow the lead.
The Trouth scare pushed the price of corn seven cents per bushel on the Chicago stock exchange in the past week and analysts expect further increases.
Secretary McAdoo plans distribution of government funds totaling 25 to 50 million dollars to banks in the southwest. The aim is to assist farmers in moving crops to markets and support agricultural trade.
The text advocates for establishing a county fair in Young County, expressing strong demand and enthusiasm. It argues the fair will expand to cover the whole county and persist like Banco’s ghost, concluding with a firm assertion that they will have one.
A four inch long grasshopper weighing 150 grains was captured by a Pawnee county Oklahoma farmer last week and is on exhibition in a local newspaper office. The insect sets a size and weight record as grasshoppers abound in the state with farmers collecting them by sackfuls for poultry feed.
A light policy aside shows a split in taste as the President favors orange juice while the Secretary of State prefers grape juice. The exchange is described as not likely to affect foreign policy.
Lieutenant Governor J. J. McAlister sparked turmoil by granting five unconditional pardons to state convicts and signing contracts blocked by Governor Lee Bruce. While Bruce was away, supporters alerted him and he quickly returned to revoke the orders. He pledges not to leave the state again.
The Leader says a large number of Young county residents favor a fall county fair. He challenges doubters to ask any man they meet and be corrected on the spot, noting farmers especially want a fair and will contribute to its success. What shall we do about it.
University of Pennsylvania researchers report deciphering a lengthy Babylonian tablet claiming to reach back to creation. The inscription names seven gods and chronicles early history including Noah and the flood, suggesting corroboration of the biblical flood narrative.
Harry Rubenkoenig, professor of mechanical drawing at the State Manual Training Normal School of Pittsburg, presented blueprints of a trap nest from his original design. The Kansas Corn and Poultry Show awarded it top honors for simplicity of construction and operation. Rubenkoenig, son of J. H. Rubenkoenig, grew up here and earned wide praise in mechanical education circles. Rule Review notes 85 Boyd Street visitor from Graham and comments on recent rains boosting feed and growth.
The United States now stands apart from other nations by judging states on moral grounds. Governments have rarely weighed morality against political or financial power, yet the current great government refuses to recognize a neighboring regime over a clear moral question. The world is seen moving toward judging nations by character, not wealth.
The public mind toward railroads changes rapidly from favoring lawsuits to suspecting them, as sentiment shifts with time. A warning to allow others to view matters from their perspective follows, noting Gulf, Texas and Western Railway Company has abandoned plans to extend mileage west of Seymour.
Moran-Right of way secured and construction to begin on a pipeline expanding from Moran fields to Cisco Baird Abilene and intermediate points for Pioneer Natural Gas Company.
The Lone Star Gas Company plans a 30 mile addition of 16 inch pipeline expanding facilities between Petrolia and Dallas. The project boosts capacity and service area for gas delivery in the region.
Data compiled by the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company shows 2,538 cars of track have been shipped from the Gulf coast country so far this year, up 190 cars from 1912. The shipping season is practically closed.
Five men were probably fatally burned and 18 others seriously injured in a dust explosion at Jackson Hill No. 2 coal mine near Hymera last Friday. The blast is believed to have been started by dust ignited by a windy shot. The mine property suffered heavy damage and all injured miners were rescued.
Iowa Park Herald notes Walter Willard's wheat harvests 1124 bushels from 86 acres and 295 bushels from 18.5 acres with tests of 60 and 61. A shallow 490 foot well on L N Lochridge farm pumps 25 to 30 barrels daily. oil quality is No 1 and used for fueling other wells.
A Texas citation by publication commands the Sheriff to summon multiple defendants and unknown heirs in a land dispute suit No. 1653 brought by Eddleman Bros. Saddlery for 286 acres in Young County. The petition seeks title, possession, damages of 3000 dollars, restitution, costs, and relief, with a return to the next term in Graham on September 1, 1913.
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