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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1921
Page
7
Vernon oil circles report Triangle well drilling 2 045 feet with planned 2 100 feet depth, slight oil shows but no producer yet. Pyramid rig on location faces heavy water, liner being set as officials monitor if water can be shut off. VW and FS dismantle Pig on location south of town and may move materials to Duncan field awaiting results.
J De Rouse traveled to Chirendon yesterday on business and plans to return to MTraWn. Record Classified Ads Bring Results.
Mrs. J. C. Doll wife of a naval lieutenant demonstrates shipboard stoking on the transport Hancock travelling between the Atlantic coast and Diego Cal. She handles engine room tasks shoveling coal and manipulating large levers while reversing engines and slowing speeds. She says she enjoys playing about the big men aboard the ship.
The Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company will sell at public auction at 10 a m on Saturday May 28 1921 one carload of slack coal shipped by Santa Fe Coal Company Timpson Texas January 7 in Mo LP car 64028 consigned to Watton Coal Company, remaining on hand refused and unclaimed. The sale aims to satisfy freight war tax storage and other charges against the shipment up to the sale date and hour. Freight Claim Agent W B Kellustt and Local Agent G H W Wheeler oversee the action.
Texas lawmakers propose constitutional amendments to set salaries for governor secretary of state attorney general comptroller treasurer land commissioner and to revise mileage and per diem for legislators. Election set for July to approve or reject the amendments with official ballots and timing details.
A constitutional amendment proposal in Texas outlines voter eligibility limited to native born or naturalized U S citizens and allows either spouse to pay the others poll tax with receipt. It authorizes absentee voting, requires a July election, and directs the governor to issue proclamations with a $5000 fiscal appropriation for publication and election costs.
The resolution amends Article 17 Section 58 to abolish the Board of Prison Commissioners and to grant the Legislature full power to provide by law for the supervision and management of the Prison System. The measure indicates the Legislature may enact laws governing the system as amended.
The text outlines a constitutional amendment to abolish the Board of Prison Commissioners and to empower the Legislature to regulate the prison system. It directs the governor to issue a proclamation for the general election, specifies the ballot wording for and against the amendment, and appropriates 5000 dollars for publication and election expenses. The document is labeled True Copy.
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