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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1923
Page
2
Texan lawmakers clash with Governor over revenue, appropriation plans, and deficits. The debate centers on funding and timing for expenditures, tax policy, and the risk of a continued shortfall. Governors asserts sources won't cover two-year operations. Legislative sessions urged to resolve quickly.
Critics condemn a London exhibition piece by Sir William Orpen that replaces the Versailles signing with a coffin bearing the Unknown Soldier and Tommy Atkins skeletons, accusing the work of grotesque brutality and antiwar sentiment. The piece aims to critique war but is seen as lacking reverence for fallen soldiers.
Manitoba voters face two liquor questions from the legislature. The first asks about government stores selling liquor for leverage purposes, submitted by the Moderate League. The second proposes beer and wine sales in hotels, to be settled by summer elector die.
The funeral for Antonio Salinas, a former shorty and prominent Webb County figure, was held yesterday from 807 Lincoln Street to San Agustin Church at 6:30 PM. A large procession formed to honor him, with many floral tributes, then burial at the Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers included Welive- Agustin Salinas and Antonio Salinas among others. honorary pallbearers listed.
The banks of Laredo will close on Monday June 3, a legal holiday marking Jefferson Davis' birthday.
May oil shipments on the Texas-Mexican road totaled 536 carloads, with 244 eastbound and 292 westbound, down from April's 690 carloads. Despite car shortages, production efforts at Cole No 3 and Miera No 1 push toward higher output as industry plans continue. The Lowry and Forrester derricks were damaged by a storm, with rebuilding underway. The Texas-Mexican Oil & Refining Co held its annual stockholders meeting electing a new board and officers, while J N Galbraith requested a new president due to health.
Garfield C Hiatt died Thursday at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. He came to the city in 1912 to practice dentistry and became a leading community figure, Rotary Club founder and officer, Mason, Elk, and Christian Church member. He is survived by wife Mildred and daughter Mary Melissa, six, with funeral services at the Christian Church this morning.
Dr. M. T. Andrews has preached at the First Baptist Church for the past day with strong forceful sermons. The text notes the meeting offered little blessing to many lives and mentions morning services attended despite a funeral.
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway Company and Big Grandes and Faglie Pass Railway Company request a certificate from the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington to abandon Mipera Station as the western terminus with 3,000 feet of track in Webb County Texas. J. D. Merriman, Secretary, signs for the two railway concerns.
The Strand screens the film adaptation of the Broadway hit Success starring Brandon Tynan. The story follows Barry Carleton, a famed actor who loses prestige through dissipation and refuses minor roles, drifting from family and friends until a pivotal reconciliation.
A detailed weekly drilling ledger covering Laredo District notes multiple surveys and operations. Various companies report drilling progress, setbacks, cementing, and derrick activity across numerous blocks and surveys in the Los Ojuelos Grant and surrounding areas, including Magnolia Petroleum, Schott Oil, Ross, and Miranda fields with depths and statuses listed.
Production report lists Webb county fields Schott Mirada Aviators Mid Ojuelos Leaseholders and Miranda Valley with counts of producing oil wells gas wells and gassers. Zapata county fields Miranda Valley Lang noted with several gassers and wells. Readers urged to call 873 with corrections or additions.
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