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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1922
Page
4
The Wilbarger County Chamber of Commerce announces it will continue in existence and push countywide service. Leaders pledge public spirited goals to serve all citizens including small property owners and merchants, seeking universal approval and renewed activity.
The Chamber of Commerce begins with a clean slate as directors seek efficient service to members. Optimism surrounds the future with a focus on renewed cooperation and removing past indebtedness. Citizens congratulate a body dedicated to service.
A Wednesday night appeal by Johm TL Orr president of the Texas Faro Bureau calls for closer cooperation between farmers and business people. He argues merchants must recognize rural producers influence on prices and the need to share profits beyond city limits, urging a broader unity between agriculture and trade.
The Administration faces a major tax challenge once the Soldier Bonus Bill becomes law. President Harding and Republicans favor a sales tax limited to manufacturers, avoiding wagetail taxes and the old excess profits tax. A production at source tax could work with minimal collection costs.
A fragment notes that the practice has continued until it reaches the threshold affecting every business establishment.
The Chicago Art Institute credits Miss Mary Crateson with the shapeliest limbs in the United States and has added a cast of her feet and limbs to its exhibits. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police post opens at Ponds Tyler in extreme north Maffin's Land, with a staff sergeant as full authority for the territory where Eskimos are the only inhabitants.
The poem imagines a wish to live a life like a true historical figure who despised falsehoods and helped break a tyrant’s yoke. The speaker yearns to emulate George Washington’s faith in God and humanity and to have a life that remembers him alongside history’s builders.
D Vaughn of Wilbarger county announces candidacy for Vernon public weigher. A fifteen year resident and cotton farmer he reports 419 bales grown since arriving. formerly at Lockett, now two miles south of Vernon. Also noted Miss Dora Vlack, Vernon high school English teacher, visiting her parents in Childress.
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