Austin News Briefs Highlight Bonds and Elections
The Attorney General approves 300000 bond issue for Williamson County road district 91. The Commission of Appeals has hosted seventeen judges since 1918. UT's Acting President Sutton travels to Berkeley for the UC president's inauguration and stops at El Paso to inspect the State School of Mines. Austin sees a major building boom with over 1 million dollars in projects and more to come via bonds. Terrell appears three times on July Democratic primary tickets for Comptroller Treasurer and Agriculture. Topographic surveys in Brownwood, Fort Worth, and Cotulla near completion. field parties reduced for summer. R and Duff of Houston cancels 883000 in securities. new issues pending for Livingston to Beaumont and Port Arthur extension. Highway warrants surge as state eases compensation. Highway Department may issue all warrants. Stephen F. Austin letters collected for publication by AHA under Dr. Barker. range from his first Texas arrival to 1827. Board of Control awards 27850 for Library and Women’s Building additions at the Carlebad Sanatorium. Education officials plan to apportion remaining 4 per capita of 12. about 4500000 to schools in April, with total distributed near 11000000. Texarkana Court at Law salaries remain valid until Supreme Court voids the act. Four bronze statues for Littlefield Memorial to the Confederacy ship to Austin for display in the Capitol rotunda. Bronze figures include Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Albert Sydney Johnston, and Woodrow Wilson. Attorney General Keeling consults Supreme Court on automobile tax litigation to prevent delays from judges owning cars.
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Littlefield Memorial
University of Texas
New York
Austin
Capitol
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Albert Sydney Johnston
Woodrow Wilson
Expert predicts rise in crops for 1924 across Texas
Houston report by H. H. Schutz, statistician for the department of agriculture, forecasts increases in six Texas crops for 1924 over 1923 harvested acreage, with sweet potatoes up 18 percent and Irish potatoes down 2 percent. Corn, oats, barley, peanuts and tame hay rise 2 to 10 percent. cotton and kafir not forecast.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
H. H. Schutz
Department of Agriculture
Department
United State
Statistician
Pipe Line Oil Totals Fall in February in Texas
Texas pipelines gathered 9,205,679 barrels of oil in February, down 250,000 from January. Navarro County led with 2,661,971 barrels, followed by Wichita 1,561,776 and Limestone 1,106,301. South Texas counties reported varied outputs including Harris 491,421 and Liberty 771,614.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Navarro County
Wichita
Limestone
South Texas
Brazoria
Caldwell
Chambers
Fort Bend
Hardin
Harris
Jefferson
Liberty
Matagorda
Orange
Growth of deer population in California noted
California faces a growing deer population with estimates from the California Fish and Game Commission and the U S Forest Service placing the state total between 300000 and 400000. The National Forest area, mainly in Northern and Central California, hosts about 185020 deer amid 40000000 acres of deer country.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
California Fish and Game Commission
United States Forest Service
National Forest
First Carson County Oil Field Pipe Line Planned
Construction of the first pipe line from the Carson County oil field is to begin by Texas Company. The line will run from Burnett ranch wells to the Santa Fe railroad east of Panhandle, with right of way secured and completion rushed. It may extend to Kingsville or White Deer.
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Amarillo
Tex
Carson County
The
Texas Company
Burnett Ranch
Santa Fe Railroad
Panhandle
Kingsville
White Deer
Black Panther Oil Co Drills No. 7 in Aviator Field
In Laredo Texas the Black Panther Oil Company drilled No. 7 on survey 607 bringing in a new offset to Laurel No. 5. The swab rate reached 1500 barrels per day matching the Aviator Field yield.
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Laredo
Tex
Aviator
Aviator Field
Black Panther Oil Company
Rebels Withdraw From Puerto Mexico Port Occupied
Rebels quit Puerto Mexico after evacuating the city following the capture of Minatitlan. War Secretary Serrano says federal forces now hold the port under Generals Vicente Gonzales and Juan Dominguez.
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Mexico City
Puerto Mexico
Minatitlan
Serrano
Vicente Gonzales
Juan Dominguez
Flu in England on Wane in London Report
The influenza epidemic nationwide is subsiding though last week's deaths reached nearly 1000, with London reporting continued decline in cases as recovery improves across regions.
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England
London
Breasted Talks Tutankhamun Deadlock and Negotiations
Prominent Egyptologist James Henry Breasted of the University of Chicago is mediating a deadlock over the Tutankhamun tomb between Howard Carter and the Egyptian government. The aim is to determine if the tomb was disturbed before Carter’s excavation and how to divide its treasures. Breasted, born in 1865, is an eminent professor and museum director involved in multiple Egyptian expeditions.
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James H. Breasted
University of Chicago
Tut- Ankh-Amen
Howard Carter
Lady Carnarvon
Carter
James Henry Breasted
Tiinois
Northwestern College
Chicago Theological Seminary
Yale
University of Berlin
Haskell Oriental Museum
Department of
Mesopotamia
Prison System Loses Big in Texas 1923 Report
Austin Texas 1923 state prison system shows an operating loss of 936,68 and with fire and adjustments adds 14860 totaling 9108 528. Vouchers totaled 1 560 182 outstanding 168 862. Expenditures 1 374 104 with 742 990 spent on prisoner care. Convicts 3 806. Prohibition violators top crimes at 570.
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Austin
Tex
State Prison Commission
Clemens
Blue Ridge
Shaw
Wynne
Blakely
Darrington
Eastham
Ferguson
Goree
Imperial
Harlem
Ramsey
Retrieve
Harris County
Dallas
el Paso
Tarrant
Webb
Ellis
Travis
Bexar
McLennan
Kauffman
Kammerer Debate Splits Scientists Over Acquired Traits
The University of Vienna’s Paul Kammerer speaks in the United States amid skepticism about his claims of dramatic changes in animal form color and habit and the inheritance of acquired traits. Supporters and critics clash as the fate of his work may decide Goethe’s long debated question.
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Paul Kammerer
University of
Vienna
Kammerer
Germany
England
America
Dr. Kammerer
Goethe
Paderewski
Burns the Detectives Chief and the Secret Service Split
Burns, a key figure in the Teapot Dome inquiry, heads the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation. He envisions centralizing all federal secret service work under one bureau but faces turf resistance from Treasury Secret Service and other agencies.
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William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
United States Secret Service
Treasury Department
W. H. Moran
Burns
Daugherty
Columbus
Hio
Harding
Secret Service
Post Office
Senator Brookhart heads Senate probe of Attorney General
Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart of Iowa chairs a Senate investigation into the conduct of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty with a bipartisan panel. The committee includes Moses, Jones, Ashurst, and Wheeler, who steered the resolution. Brookhart, born 1869 in Missouri, has been farmer, teacher, lawyer and soldier with six children. His World War II-era roles included lieutenant colonel and marksmanship instructor at Camp Perry and Camp Benning. his term ends March 8, 1925.
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Smith Wildman Brookhart
Iowa
Senate
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Department of Justice
Moses
Rep
N. H
Jones
Wash
Ashurst
Ariz
Wheeler
Mont
Brookhart
Old Guard
LaFollette
Wis
Senator Brookhart
Missouri
Camp Perry
Camp Benning
Farming and Live Stock Prospects in Texas Bright
Fort Worth reports a favorable spring for Texas agriculture with generous rainfall since 1919. Ranges are lush, cattle are in good condition, and losses from disease or exposure are light. Sheep and goats show high condition, Mohair is strong, lambs saved, and cotton planting delayed by two weeks to a month.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
First Strawberries Shipped From Alvin Texas
The first crate of the season's strawberries is shipped from Alvin Texas with good weather expected to boost heavy shipments in the coming week or ten days. The crop is in fine condition with vines loaded with blooms and fruit. outlook for a large blackberry and dewberry crop is favorable.
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Alvin, Tex
Alvin
New gin erected near Kenedy to serve upcoming crop
The Bainesville Gin Company is organized and a new gin built eight miles west of Kenedy Texas Two carloads of new machinery have been delivered and operations will start immediately to prepare for the new crop.
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Kenedy, Tex
Bainesville Gin Company
Kenedy
Beckville Farm Notes Reflect Stable Acreage
Beckville Texas farmers report about 90 percent of land broken and similar total acreage to last season. Cotton area remains near normal with a possible small rise.
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Beckville
Tex
Revenue Bill Urges Speed Up Action Before June 1
President Coolidge urged Senate leaders to hasten revenue bill consideration after Smoot and Curtis indicated passage before June 1 seemed unlikely. The finance committee chair and senator emphasized urgency amid stalled progress.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Smoot
Curtis
Kansas
Finance Committee
No. 2 Cuthrell well spuds in on Carlos lease
New oil well spudded in Navasota Texas as the No. 2 well of the Cuthrell interests begins drilling on the Cuthrell lease near Carlos. The move signals ongoing development in the Carlos area with the Cuthrell prospect entering active drilling phase.
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Navasota
Tex
Cuthrell
Carlos
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