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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1910
Page
1
In Austin, February 2, at a Driskill banquet, T H McGregor predicted Tom Love would be called to the executive chair. Governor Campbell echoed the view that Love will be elected, as rumors grow of the retiring insurance commissioner being groomed for the race.
A bridge over Elm fork of the Trinity a mile and a half north of Trinity Mills burned Wednesday morning leaving the structure a total loss. Unknown cause. Workers to start repairs at once and aim to complete by Wednesday night for Thursday morning traffic. Dallas and Wichita trains detoured via Fort Worth and joint track into Dallas. local service runs to Lewisville with mail to Denton and nearby points.
Exchange National Bank welcomes new accounts of any size from $1 up to $1,006 offering courtesy and service to small depositors. A checking account is pitched as safer than carrying cash, with a light reminder that many prefer a ready access checkbook.
A. J. Nance serves as President and J. R. Christal as Vice President. J. C. Coit is Cashier with other listed officers including Ed F. Bates A. M Bush C. A. Williams J. M. Inge Alvin C. Owsl ey.
Tonight and Thursday in New Orleans fair and colder with freezing temperatures likely.
The Great Salt Lake surged above the Southern Pacific tracks on the Lucin cut-off in Salt Lake City Utah today threatening trains. The lake, long thought to be receding, is higher than at any time in six years of records.
Henry S. Graves becomes successor to Gifford Pinchot as chief forester of the United States. Since 1900 he has headed Yale University’s forestry school and earlier served with Pinchot in government service. Graves, born in Marietta Ohio in 1871 and Yale graduate, is famed for European and American forest preservation studies.
Community committees report progress on a $5,000 fundraising drive for the Black Land Experiment Farm. About $3,500 has been subscribed, $1,500 remains, with outside Denton bringing in roughly $1,000. Banks and mills led initial subscriptions while businessmen and residents were still to be canvassed.
Governor Noel ordered a twenty six day extension of the Mississippi legislature as the thirty day limit nears expiry with the deadlock over selecting a U.S. senator continuing unresolved in Jackson.
A settlement of Katy's intangible assets tax in Denton County was completed Tuesday. The company’s check for 547.43 dollars was received, with 6 percent interest added for the amount due from last year as part of a compromise between the company and the commissioners.
Word reached here of the death Tuesday night in Lewisville of Mrs. Jack Hoskins, daughter of W. H. Stockard of that community. Details on the cause of death and funeral arrangements were not available locally.
A dated bank advertisement invites readers to open accounts or use banking services. It promotes wide facilities, capital strength, surplus and undivided profits, labeling the bank as the county’s largest.
Tax Collector Crowder reports a heavy rush on poll tax receipts paid to deputies on January 31. He expects to finish by Thursday night if possible, with property tax receipts needing several more days. Extra deputies assist and a large mail stack covers the desk as corrections and issuances continue.
Cards have been received announcing the wedding of F K McGinnis of Terrell to Miss Myrtle Bolin. The notice implies a ceremony at Quana with the couple’s families and friends invited to attend.
Frank T. Taylor of Des Moines Iowa will wed Miss Ivy May a Denton area resident and daughter of Mr and Mrs J E May at the May home 86 West Cax Street at 6 pm Witnesses will be relatives and intimate friends After the ceremony the couple will travel by flyer to New Orleans and other southern cities for a brief honeymoon and will reside in Des Moines Iowa Mr Taylor is an agency manager for a Chicago wholesale house and met Miss May about two years ago.
Two hundred eighty Denton residents paid $3 into the City Treasury for street tax and received receipts good for $5 later this year. The total marks a rise of seventeen from last year’s 263.
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