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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
7
The Espada Ditch Company filed a formal request Monday with the Texas state board of water engineers to divert water from the San Antonio River for irrigation. The ditch, near Missionfield, has irrigated about 450 acres for over a century, with a dam aiding water flow.
City Tax Collector V Villemain said Monday he extended the due date for city taxes by one day due to bad weather and crowds. Taxpayers may pay without penalty Tuesday, with penalties starting Wednesday morning. crowds filled the office all day Monday as the extension was granted to ease the rush.
San Antonio reports the lowest monthly fire loss in city history with Chief Phil Wright noting May totals at about 4500 to 4700 dollars. A 500 dollar blaze at C H Dean’s vehicle store on Main Avenue was contained, preventing greater damage to autos valued at 10,000 dollars. A second Saturday night fire damaged a house for around 500 dollars, with total costs rising due to weekend incidents and spontaneous combustion in used rags.
Clay Cuffins transfers to Rachel Henry and H C cuffins on lot 10 block 12 original city lot Vargas street. Clay Cuffs to Fred Cuffins north lot 2 block 18 new city block 1513 Var gas street. Henry Hagelstein to P J Merritt lots 9 and 10 block 11 new city block 3112 Foxs Beacon Hill addition. Los Angeles Heights Improvement Company to P J Merritt lot 7 block 25 Angeles Heights for 350 dollars. W R and Mary Kay to C W Bishop 100 acres five miles southwest of San Antonio on south side of old Rock Port road for 1 dollar. Floyd Mize and wife to J T Gallant lot 15 block 2 Marlborough Place for 500 dollars. D Grootemoat to Carter Barker lot 11 block 113 Lakeview addition for 175 dollars. M H Townsend to J E Young lot 5 Stop 5 Brackenridge Place subdivision.
Four delegates from the James Lewis Baraca class of Government Hill Methodist Church will attend the Baraca and Philathea convention in Waco June 6 to 10. Delegates to leave on a special San Antonio train with other church groups. The class met and chose R. C. Rowland as devotional committee chairman to fill a vacancy.
The police chief issues a formal expression of regret regarding the arrival or actions of a women’s delegation. The notice outlines apology and diplomatic tone, indicating remorse and a desire for cordial relations.
District Judge Brown commanded the grand jury to investigate claims of an ice trust operating in Fort Worth. An advertisement seeks a white chambermaid and one male dishwasher at the Eighteen Hotel on 104 South Street, white or colored.
Garrett P. Serviss explains that stars and constellations are constantly changing positions and distances. He notes galaxies and nebulae drift, stars race away or approach, and the Andromeda Nebula speeds toward us at about 180 miles per second, illustrating the universe in perpetual motion.
Max Mayer, the pearl merchant who owned a $500000 necklace stolen en route from Paris to London, seeks to assemble 200 pearls for a $1.5 million necklace. He has twelve pearls left and notes two rows are complete with stones valued at $5,000 to $7,000 each, blending in color.
Berlin June 1 A geologist named Herr Golsche warns in a scientific review that Europe faces a future split by crevasses. He notes Iceland and Greenland already separated from Scandinavia and a channel forming near England. He foresees sea intrusion into the Ural, spreading across the Kirghiz Steppes to the Obi and Arctic, turning Europe into an island.
ST. PETERSBURG June 1 M Kasso Russian minister of education has introduced a plan aimed at preserving game and education reform. The proposal seeks to integrate cultural and natural resources into schooling and develop national programs.
A proposal calls for managing over 850000 acres of state forests in Kuban Caucasus as a Yellowstone style wild preserve for bison and ibexes. No towns, villages, farming, or mining would be allowed to safeguard the wildlife.
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