Graham Daily Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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1 -VOL. I, }to. 20. GRAHAM, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL - !_PRICE 6 CENTS.
ANOTHER WAR NOW THREATENS EUROPE
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20,000 BARRELS»
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Tlie total production of the
Young county field at this time
is over 20,000 barrels daily, ac-
cording to $ conservative esti-
of the larger companies. Pipe?
line runs are averaging some-
thing like 7,000 barrels daily,
according to actual guage
readings of the Prairie Pipe
"Line Company, . the remain-1
|der ; of the 20,000 barrels
being stored in tankage erected
by the larger coniapnies. .
It is estinmtnFthat the McCluskey
luase is producing 5,000 barrels daily;
Godley, 4,000; 'HeBboardr ^^ftOd; Mid-
Texas, 2,000; 6. P| & G. C<41,500;
Shamrock. 1,500; Roxana, l,300,and
Conner, 500.
This makes a totale of 18,300 .bar-
rels daily, to * say nothing of pro-
ALLEGED MUIffiERERS
Amarillo, April 1.—Sheriff GeOfga
Frampleton of Lawton, Okla., left
Ferryton. today for “some point in
Oklahoma” with Cleo Gobfh and Wil-
ttanrTate-trfter officials here declared
they had obtained confessions from
the two men that they had muraer-
ed Russell Sprague of Lawton and
burfcjd' his body in a creek. Two wo-
men were arrested with the men.
HUGE HUM CM
TO BE SVEN MAI
Ten Persons Meved To flaveHUNGARUUMCI
saturdIrTt 9"p.‘a Drowned In Sterner Collision IS fABBIHI ON
ACK OF SCENES
The bodge touring car tor Which
the local post of the American
gfbn has been selling tickets for the
last two weeks will be givfen arway
at Che sh'oy grounds tomorrow night,
it was announced today, ---——
■ Members of the Legion are en-
deavoring to sell as, many tickets as,
possible in order to raise sufficient
money to help build a community
house ?n~ Graham where the* focal
post _ca,1 hold regular meetings.
A large number of tickets are ex-
pected to be disposed of between now
and 9 ' o’clock Saturday night, at
Hart land
. , Steamer Governor Sinks when
Thirteejri Negroes f Rammed by Fr
Murdered On Farm
•y United Pr*n
Covington, Ca., Apr.l 1.—The
RELIEF FROM HIGH
JpIGHT BY FARMERS
■ They came here under the auafrtcefl
By I’nltrd Pre«» |bf. tfcc American Legion and are anx-
-Washington, April 1. Jtepresmta- jous jq have large crowds today
tives of all farmers livestock organ- an(j Saturday, the last two days-of
izatioas throughout.ibp country will^ #ilows. r
meet here during the first' Week of
the new , congress to frame a na-
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of barrels actually produced daily in
the field. ^
Insufficient Pipe Lines
Thcr Prsirie Pipe Line Company
has never been able to care for the
full product Ibn of the Young county
field, even though they have -just
completed the installation of an ad-
ditional line to the field. The total
capacity of the pumping station is
only 10,000 barrels daily, and illus-
trates only too elearly the need pf
Vddittonalpipe line fscilttlw 1n one
of the most important oil field! Ifl
the United Ststee.
- Production figures hsve ' jumped
during the last week through the
completion of three good well*—
namely, the Godley’s Nos. 4.and 5
tioul fwm policy, ond It to OIVE SEASON
WINNER
duct ton of smaller companies. These President Harding and congress,
figures tare very conservative and : representatives will demand relief
death of two more negroes, mak-
ing a total of thirteen, murdered
on Jasper county’s famous ‘‘death
farm,” were cleared up here to-
day by alleged disclosures before
state offlials.
■' The- officials said an unnamed H
witness testified that the two
negroes were killed under orders
Poland Williams, son of John
Willtoma, owner of the farm. ._
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CALL FOR BIDS ON
CONSTRUCTION OF
SflUTRERN^flElfFfvi
tyol, emergency tax revision, nation-
al mid for co-operative marketing
and -an. amendment to the railroad
laws in the fnterest of the* public and
consumers. r.___«——
TUP Wich.’ta Falls & Southern will
call for bids today for the construe*
ftwnv—bitwuun—Mart and -Fourth
HF N1MF mNTFST— of » height depot, Chief En-
Uft IVIITIL UUIllLUl ! gjneer McFarlandvsaid this morning.
The freight room will cover a
Tf you Want to win a season ticket space 100x30 feet,. -It will also have
ort Townsend
By United Piww
Seattle, .April I.—Teg persons
are -believed to .have lout their
\ lives today when the freighter
• i W«t Hart land and the steamer
TGovernor crashed together' off
Port Townsend, the Governor
sinking. The West Hartland ml*
ahough badly damaged, 1s ex-
pected to limp into Seattle with
the survivors of the Governor,
estimated at 291. According to
wireless reports, three members
of the crew and seven passea-
grs are missing.
San Francisco, April 1.—All
'of the 125 passengers of the ill-
fated steamer Governor, whih
sank in a"rollisoin off Port Town-
send today; are "being taken to
■hnmrA the steamer West
Hartland, ac<rOrdinal to wireless
reports receive here. '
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London, April i.—Another
widespread war that again
threatens to involve the whole
of Europe today hung on the
ate of the Hapsburg prince,
ormer Emperor Charles,, in his
afforts to regain-the Hungarian
throne. r>~t'L
Hidden away in the midst of
Europe, with all lines of com-
munication broken and a strict
censorship placed on all publica-
tions, the Hungariah~diama is
being enacted behind the scenes.
Conflicting reports today said
the Horthy regency was still
functioning. They also added
that the regency had abdicated
PROMINENT GRAHAM
CITIZEN, R. G. HALLAM,
DIES THIS MORNING 2*
The entire city wss made sad this
morning when the news spread that
R. G. Hsllsm was dead He had
been seriously ill for some time with
Bright’s disease, but the- ffrst of the
and the- Seaboar&V No* - -aH-aw the [weak it w«M*Pblfed that he Jfsftjffir
proving and his friends hoped soon
again.
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If. K. Graham These wells are pro-
ducing over 2/000 barrels each. The
Mid-Texas’ Graham Syndicate well
yesterday increased Its flow to 2,400
barrels when the Seaboard No. 1
btew^ hr twt the same Isase.--------
These wells hsve produced s wave
of renewed activity in Young county
and are regarded as the forrunner
of a . lively drilling campaign this
spring." * * '—
to see him or^. the atrarta
Wednesday he., became critically
Dr. Bell of Fort Worth wss caT
yesterday but the disease claimed
)il« body and he passed away at 7:30
o’clock this morning."
Mr. Hallam was born and raised
in Ellis county, and lived there until
about fifteen years ago. He received
hia elementary education in the Ellis
and have the honor of naming Gra-
ham’s baseball dab, then, you’ll have
to get busy right away and send in
a name to f. Jv Gallaher at tnc Dol-
man House. '
The contest will dose on April 5
and all names must be in by that
Manager Carl Van Zant an-
TOicad today:—1---
"The Wlnnlnv hamr will ha selected
by S. T. Gallkhvr, psadden
cldb; 'Miltoo McConneft, secretary of
the Chamber oLfommerce, and James
B. Norris of The Leader. K .
- All names should be appropriate,
vrrthrb the -prnnt- TimA- saggaat-
thing- in keeping with the qoslfty and
character of Graham’s dub. The
name should stand out and attract
attention when HTTs IMBCfejlied on
the sporting pages of the newspapers
at the itaia ., — _1...... ...’•_______il_____
Everybody is tirged to join in the
contest, both ,old and youngT* "Bend
all letters to J. J. Gallaher at the
Dolman Houser*""*
about 2,000 feet of platform space.
Mr. McFarland was unible to fur-
nish any information as to rumors
that a (union depot would be built
here, saying this was a matter that
is now being worked <?ot by officials
of the raad. „ „ —-
iWJIRORAW. RANGERS
FROM STRIKE DUTY
AROUND GALVESTON
Texas Drug Company
ill Open April 9
Graham will have another
dnn? store by April 9, it became
known today when ft was stated by
thaaa nnyfnl liith fha T^tss ~
Company*that a complete stock of
eupplfes and fixtures will be in-
stalled m the budding formerly oc-
As an indfcation of the widespread county public schools. He later at-
confidence in the Young county field, tended Grayson -College at Whiter
wright, Texas where, he received his
academic degree. He *ra» one of the
most popular teachers In his county
for several years. In 1905 he was
elected to a position in. the Carlysle
Military Acadepiy at Arlington, Ten-
After two years’ efficient ser-
euptad by EJdlenian Brothers by that
date. The Texas Drug Company is a
Ranger firm and is headed by T. J.
Harness, who together with Mrs.
Harness, is now in ’ Graham. The
company will- continue to operate
another store, gt Ranger.
The building, located at 525 Fourth
dj United Pm,
Gaveston, April 1.—Nine months
of state-adnrihistered law ended here
today when the state rangers, who
relieved the nattienal gard in the
longshoremen’s strike situation, were,
withdrawn by orders of Governor
la favpr of Charlcw,
jvelppments include the threats
of war against Hungary by—
Czechoslovakia, Roumania and
Jugo-Slavia. and an uftimatum
from the allies declaring . that 1
they .will not tolerate Charles*
return to,the throne.
Paris, April K-^AdmiralHerthy has-
abdicated fh favor of former Em-;-
peror Charles, according to a. Buda-
pest -dispatch. This was also re-
ported to London through the Ex-
change Telegraph.,
Charles is reported advancing on
Budapest with monarchist troops. ■
Count Julius > Aodrassy is .said to
have been named president of the ■
council of ministers to conduct tha
Silk Merchant Thinks
Grahaiiif A Live Town
Alexander McLane and his daogh
ter. Miss Catherine, of New Jersey,
arrived in Graham last- hight-to vfcit
his son, N. V. McLane who has been
resumes the throne. r
The Lehar army favarfng Charles*
return is expected * to
tonight, where the garrison is re-
ported ready to go oyer without re-
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The above dispatch was received
after1 denials bad been made of the
*"i —ports that Horthv ha resigned
in business m Graham for several ^he *llfcs throuFh
months. TxT bassadors warned Hungary against
Mr. McLaneNs . prominent silk'th* “disastrous consequence, which
merchant. ‘ He expressed himself well I wiU if Ch«‘Ie» ^
pleased with Texas and thins. Gra-! not* declared that the
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a prominent reflnexy man remarked
this morning that wells in the county
would he producing twelve years
from now. He also added the pre-
1 diction that within the next eighteen
months this ' TTurfly'^f 'outstrip
Stephens county. _
“My belief in the future of Young VfC<, jn this institution, he- resigned
county,” he said, “iij, based on the
fact that this section is producing
from five oil sands and not lime, aa
as.
T. P. WILL REOBEE
WAGES OF ALL ITS
MEN AND OFFICIALS
every
li^ss of skilled employes, including
officers and subordinate officials, will
ham Js a live, hustling tofn and a
street, is now being remodled. When i Food place for a young man to make
the-wwrk-i*- oompletod-the store will : a future. ________________ ^ _
be one of the most up-to-date ones i After a two days’ visit m Graham
in the city. L. F. Mallow, pharma-1 and South Bend Mr. McLane and his
cist, will be connected with the-Uom- daughter will return home, going
pany here.
Line-Up For Game
Tomorrow Announced
by steamer from New Orleans.
GERMANY iTuMl’ING
GOODS IN BELGIUM
I
ia the oase with Stephens county
And my beltef is stirtiulated all the ^ V1.^ __________
/more because the Yeung county field gfggtttjed last year he was elect-
ia being drilled 1n the right manner. ed
Local baseball faha are preparing
if
With new' locations extending in
all directions from he McCluskey pool
and with two wells now drillJng in
the Bunger diatrictr thia county may
, reasonably expect on® of the moat
active summers in it* history.
his position and moved to Graham
‘nd <"'"r*d UmebheT.“ bV'ihe T™, * rtdfc o* in »«" »<«• “
grain business and has been success-1 Railrcmd, inclusive of allied lines, ef-
ful. " When the Guaranty State Bank i fwtWfl" May 1, according to a re-
ceiver’s notice today, requesting a
lon'ferenle, of representatives and em-
ployes.
CHAMBER MEETING
POSTPONED DUE TO
DEATH OF CITIZEN
The meeting ef 4*“ Chamber of
Commerce which wgs acheduled to
be held tonight at the courthouse
has been postponed on account of
the death of R. G. Hallam vice-presi-
3ent of the Guaranty *8t«te Bank
which occurred this morning at 7:30
o’clock, tt ym* announced this thom-
ing by Secretary McConnell follow-
ing n conference with the board of
directors.
Mr. HalHlh’s death has caused
widespread regret throughout the
citfv.*n4ltie^Erectors .therefore feel
that the Meeting should be postponed
out at respect fotl,Mr. Hallam, whWr
'for many yean has been Intimately
Identified with the business and so-
cial affain of the eity. The meeting
will probably be held Masiday night.
vice-president, which position he
held at the time of his death. For,
the past fourteen years, he has been
recognized as one of the prominent
and successful business men1 of Gra^
He, has alway been one of those
>lg hearted1, public spirited men who
‘ound time for' community interests.
H(|He was for some time a member of
the local school board and for sever-
years has been chairman^ of the
county board of education for Young
-county. His education and previous
school experience fitted him well for
these duties He took great interest
in the educational "-affairs of the
county. ^ ,
He was*a successful business map,
active in civic affairs and a member
of the Masonic and Woodman orders
but always found time for hla church
dutiee. He was an active and hon-
ored member of th* Presbyterian
church being an Elder in the church.
He will be greatly missed by his pas
tor and church; a
Mr. Hallam is survived by his wife,
four ohildren, three sisters and one
brother, all except the brother being
present when the final summons
came. *
The funeral sendees will be held
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MUSTARD GAS DISCOVERED ^
LONG BEFORE WORLD WAR.
Viscount Haldane stated while
presiding at a lecture in King’s Col;
lege, Londoh, a short time . ago that
tnustard gis was discovered many
yean before the great war. The lec-
ture was one of a series on “Scifrn-
tffie-Aspects of Warfare,” Professor
Aljmand dealing with the subjects of
“Chemical Warfare.**
Professor Allmand pointed out that
chemistry "had for a. long period
witness the game between the locals
j»nd the team from South Bend which
will be played -at the old ball park.
As a-result offhe game Manager
Carl Van. Zant expects to pick some
likely ^material for Graham’s newly
organized club which is now a menv-_
her of the Texas-Oklahoma league.
Rans are expected to assfet in the
selection of some of the players.
The following is announced by Van
Zant aa. th«.prob&hle Une-up^for Gra-
ham ip tomorrow’s game:
Rpvey, eff StognejL ss; Crawford,
2b; Quettiebaum, H>; Myers,*v rf;
McKay, Sb; * Albert, If; Rainey or
Blair, c, and- Reed or Coop, p.
By Uhlt«tf Press
Brussels, (By Mail.)—In a for;
mal note addressed to the Belgain
government, the. Belgain Federatipn
of Contractors charges* Germany with
perfri*t^ig a gigantic system of
, allies would not tolerate his return.
Paris, April 1.—.Former Emperor
to leave Hungary
according to the newspaper Bon Soi,
which declares that Charles’' depar-
ture is only a matter oi hours/- The
newspaper1 reports that Charles and
his representatives reached surh an/
agreement at Steiimmaager.
AprSC 4^_The .'’Hortfiy r* -
gency had not . resigned last night,
according to a dipatch to the French
foreign office fYom the French charge
IWairs at Budapest:
Frisco Shfjws Will
Close Saturday Night
played a part in war, but that chem-
ical warfare only began when the
Germans used poinson gas. One of
thh highest tests of discipline was
the wearing of a protective mask,
and the allies excelled in it. Gas
was more inhuman- thaat,other wea-
pons of war, and something could be
done, in a more human rdanner With
it than wfth high explosives, butjts
effects on the unprotected ciVil pop
ulation were so terrible that he
thought the use shouli
in land war. The Gefans in a day
changed over their chemical works
to the manufacture o/ poison gases,
dumping. This is declared to be so
formidable that no industry -outride
of Germany can.ght against it un-
less determined and rapid agtion is
taken at once.
It is further charged that tire
whole financial power of the German
state has been placed at the disposal
of German industry, enabling German
firms to-grant thw most liberal kind
of terms the way of long time cred-
its. This is protection the Belgain
contractors 'declare. L
This incident arose between the
Belgian government and the Bel-
Federation of Contractors, when the
government recently accepted a Ger-
man proposal to supply rolling stock
ASKEW WELL IS NOW
DOWN 1,400 FEET IN
BUNGER TERRITORY
at the Presbyterian church tomorrow (and now changed thetn hack to turn
afternoon at 8:80 o’clock. lout dyes and chemiqals.
Althqggh the weather has been
rather unfavorable uring the engage-
ment of the Frisco Exposition Shows
under the auspices of the Graham
Post of the American Legion the last
two days, today and tomorrow, gflre
every evidence of drawing the larg-
est crowds, and tomorrow night will
be the last opportunity to attend the
many. aUraclons carried by this big
show. This in alt probability will
he forbtdden ^be the largest exhibition of its kind
to visit Graham thia season and from
now Ori the rFlsco Shows will only
play the large* cities and are booked
at all the larger northwestern fairs
and throogh British Colombia. i
- Incorporated In the protest is a
denunciation of governmental policy
in ordering German goods at an ap-
parent saving of 18,000,000 francs
when, it is declared, Belgium will in
the long run stand to lose 21,000,000
francs by reason of unemployment
end soforth.
The protect declares it is a false
policy to conaMer solely, and wholly
the mere question of lowness in
price and quickness fit delivery and
makes a plea for government
assistance for strictly national fh-
dustrie* now suffering from scarcity
of foreign orders, thereby making
local bu*in«to all the more valuable.
The AskeW, well beinJCffirilled. by
the Union Oil Company In the Bun-
ger district, has reached a depth of
Qver 1,400. feet and ta now drilling
‘le after getting through
ime. r7 7__I
is, being Watched with " ' *
rest and should roach the
1,800-foot sand wflhln a weak, m*
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real production, however, Is expected
from 2400 to 2,500 foot and results
at this point should soon bo known.
Ambassadors Prepare
More Hun Penalties
AMBASSADORS—1
Bit United Freni _
Paris, April 1.—Tha. allied ambas-
sadors hsve been instructed to pre-
pare pHhi’Tor further penalties br-sr
bo inflicted upon Germany an ambas-
sador’s communique said today. Tha
decision whs reached fallowing Ger-
many's failure to team on April %
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