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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
8
The Labor day celebration will be at the fair grounds with a street parade a 10 am a race matinee by the San Antonio Driving club a monster band concert by union musicians and a night ball with a queen and king. Prizes include an automobile a bedroom set and a gold watch.
Gilberto Santa Cruz a 15 year old Mexican boy drowned in the Colorado River at Smithville Texas while bathing. He suffered cramps and sank before assistance could reach him.
B F Yoakum buys the stock of the San Benito Land and Water company an irrigation project in the lower Rio Grande valley promoted by Col Alba Heywood and C W Heywood. The sale involves a large sum and does not give control of local rail, interurban, or city interests still held by Heywood. Col Heywood retains valley interests and two former associates Sam Robertson and Albert Heywood will stay with the company under Yoakum management.
Advert shows Hall’s Tex as Wonder promising relief for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. Claims $1.00 bottle gives quick and permanent relief with testimonials from Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis and druggists selling the remedy.
Fire caused by an exploding oil stove wiped out three residences in the North Beach area and severely damaged two more in the Hardin addition. The five houses, owned by W. C. Hardin, suffered about 12000 dollars in losses with 5000 dollars insured.
Special to The Light reports at Texas A and M College in College Station the admitted student roll rose by fifty percent on July 1 compared with the same date last year.
The city hosted a grand Independence Day celebration at baseball park drawing about 15 000 spectators. The maneuver division’s thirteen bands performed in perfect unity with fireworks and artillery salutes, creating a vivid patriotic finale praised for safety and orchestral precision.
E G LeStourgeon of Fort Worth was elected commander of the Texas Department at the United Spanish War Veterans state encampment in Fort Worth. San Antonio will host the 1912 meeting, with Dammeyer of Dallas as senior commander and Whiteside of Fort Worth as junior vice commander. LeStourgeon, a Rough Rider veteran, will tour the state later this week and return to San Antonio.
Austin July 5 State Purchasing Agent John G McKay will open bids Thursday for contracts to supply about 1 000 000 in goods. Bidders from Texas and beyond crowded the capital basement with samples as the deadline passed. Despite rumor of bankruptcy bidders show faith in state obligations and expect busy weeks of awarding contracts for current and future deliveries.
Prof. W C Tisdale superintendent of Callahan county schools says of fifty districts in the county thirty nine levy local taxes for school support. He notes this pattern in Callahan and similar counties in that Texas region reflects progress in educational affairs.
In Weimar on Monday E R Willenberg was elected president and John H Brooks secretary of the Weimar Business League. Thirty new members were added. E Goeth was appointed to travel to Dallas to investigate a proposed dessicated egg fruit and vegetable plant a Dallas party plan.
The program received broad acclaim with the Hunting Song drawing the greatest praise. The entire event was a success, and the band earned wide approval. Local officials and the San Antonio public shared in the satisfaction of a well-received celebration led by Lloyd Spencer and a committee including E C Mills J Hampton Sullivan Robert Schermerhorn Bert J McLean Capt George A Schreiner Ben Hevenor and Harry Boon.
AUSTIN Tex July 5 Consider able interest is being manifested this year in the outcome of the shooting of the Texas rifle team by members of the Texas National guard through out the state. The team has just returned to Camp Mabry and is now practicing and will continue to do so during the remainder of the month after which it leaves for the national match at Camp Perry Ohio. The following is the personnel of the team this year Brigadier General Henry Hutchings coach Major Oscar C Guessar ordnance department San Antonio Major Alfred W Bloor Austin Captain Louis H Younger Austin Captain James M Loving Austin First Lieutenant Clarence L Test Austin First Lieutenant Sam B B Blount Waco First Lieutenant Carl L Pool Gause Captain Charles C Duff Hillsboro First Lieutenant Earl E Bruck Waco First Lieutenant Wallis J Moore Austin Lieutenant John E Edmundson Houston Lieutenant J M Washam Crawford Sergeant Roy E Blount Waco Sergeant Benjamin F Frisch Taylor Sergeant Alvin L Gunn Corsicana Sergeant R E Thomas Waco Sergeant Claude M Easley Waco Lieutenant Allen Roberts Austin
An Austin official rebukes former Governor Campbell for alleging Texas government is dominated by saloon interests. The official insists only a small portion of state power lies with the governor, with heads of departments elected and subordinates appointed, noting departments employ more staff than gubernatorial appointees. The comptroller is cited as not favoring saloon interests.
Carrie Von Allmen, 20, is hospitalized with a probable fatal neck wound after a Fourth of July celebration when bullets were fired from a revolver instead of blanks in a nearby yard. John C. Smith, 81, a clerk, was arrested after admitting he fired ten bullets.
Chinese and Japanese aboard the Panama Maru discuss the Chinese revolution and predict the retirement of Prince Ching. They foresee Yuan Shikai rising to power as successor and note a nationalization plan for existing railways and new lines across China.
Goshen Massachusetts celebrates the Fourth with dedication of a library and town hall funded by a century old $100 bequest from Darwin James Sr.’s will. The fund, now about $20,000, was to divide between church and town after 100 years. Darwin James Jr. and an aunt represented the testator’s heirs.
Fort Worth Tex July 5 An effort by the Texas fish and oyster commission seeks ladders in dams along state streams to aid fish migration Only three ladders exist to date and officials warn that without ladders fish in upper waters could face annihilation The move aims to protect aquatic life and sustain fisheries across Texas
Judge D B Chapin arrives in San Antonio from the Devil's river region praising a planned irrigation scheme. Options cover about 90000 acres with 30000 more sought. New York financiers eye cotton growth and a cotton mill powered by the dam spillway. Project could cost about 5 million, with water for 100000 acres and possible early start despite political timing. Engineers say the plan is feasible and dependable.
Bay City Texas July 5 A jury fixed ninety nine years in the penitentiary for W W Lawrence who was found guilty of killing a young man named Buchheit in the oil fields near Markham last September. The trial drew much attention and lasted a full week requiring summons for 250 jurors. Prosecutor Sam Stiles led for the state and W H Holland defended Lawrence.
In Blanco Texas on July 5 Riley Wren a black boy was fatally wounded by shotgun blasts. Clifton Johnson 18 a second black boy surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed as a suspect.
Grandmothers used sage tea to boost hair growth and color. Now Wend Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, a sulfur enriched formula, is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails to perform. It is priced at fifty cents per bottle.
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