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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1921
Page
1
Vernon officials await estimates from Dallas firm representative John A. Russell to gauge bond needs for a potential city electric light and ice plant. A bond election likely after data arrives, with rate plans and dividends a key point of debate.
A U S Bureau of the Census report shows Wilbarger county cotton ginned before October 18 amounting to 14 0387 bales, with the state total 1 738 855. Other counties list varied yields. trades day plans are announced by the local Chamber of Commerce for the second Monday in December with bargain offerings from merchants. Great hearted women nationwide salvage rag bags for clothing the destitute and war affected families.
Nov 1 to Nov 9 marriage licenses issued for six couples including T G Wells and Ruby Lee and others. The city reports a light rate of 10 cents per kilowatt and 6 cents for power with 4 cents cooking, electric stoves rising from two to over ten in four years as municipal electric service grows. Steam heat ordered for Parker School in East Vernon by city commissioners.
City commissioners vote to build a one million gallon reservoir on the block with the pump station. Estimated cost is ten thousand dollars with a 110 foot diameter basin dug to hard pan and concrete edging. The project will reduce the key rate by eight cents, with two cents from mains filling and back up to the standpipe creating a large reserve for fire use. William Blackwood and J. M. Kes lead the water committee and bids will be sought after specifications are drawn.
Mr and Mrs W A Mudgett and son Allen will move Sunday to Chickasha Oklahoma to make their home. Mr Mudgett is in business with the Stephenson and Browne Lumber Co at Chickasha. The couple has resided in Vernon five years, formerly from Warf ord. He was connected with Long Bell and Herring Showers Lumber Companies while here. Friends here regret their departure.
W A Walker of Colorado Springs is ill at his sister Mrs Thomas home corner Deaf Smith and Maiden streets and is showing improvement. He suffers heart trouble.
A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hadwards living on Mesquite Street. The mother and baby are doing well.
Reports from Vienna say Karl and Zita attempted to regain the Hungarian throne. Karl led an army of 12,000 marching on Budapest, while Zita entered Hungary by air from Switzerland. Admiral Horty reportedly fled Budapest as Karl advanced.
R R Reppert Texas A and M boll weevil specialist arrives in Vernon today to view infested areas and prepare farmers of Wilbarger county for combating the pest. He will speak tomorrow at 2 30 PM in the district court room and meets county committeemen this Saturday afternoon. He plans to discuss proven methods and advocate measures best suited for the county.
An all day golf tournament at Hill Crest Country Club uses a one day format from qualifying rounds to finals. Players split into eight player main flights with consolation flights for first round losers. Prizes include golf balls and handicaps for E. C. Christian and Jed Morrow.
George A. Knobloch of New York, accused of swindling during Vernon’s 1920 boom, was moved from Fort Worth to Vernon where local officers booked him as a county jail detainee. He faced bond attempts as his attorney accompanied him, with prior arrest following a failure to report.
Farmers in Wilbarger County urge aggressive control of the boll weevil with burning stalks plowing under land and early planting. Local residents report severe damage, note weevils on cotton wagons, and warn that trash and fence rows harboring pests must be removed to curb the infestation.
Harry Mason was elected to a position and Jed Merrow was named Knight during a Tuesday night gathering. The event followed a local smoker and included Mason’s successful term and entertainment by Mr. Mason.
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