Guaranteed the Largest Paid Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in McCulloch Cot ity. 8 Pages THE BRADY STANDARD 8 P a g e s TWICE-A-WEEK ABSORBED THE BRADY ENTERPRISE AND THE McCULLOCH COUNTY STAR, May 2, 1910. TUESDAY-FRIDAY VOL. XV.. No. 78. THE BRATiY ENTERPRISE Vol. XIII. No. 84 Brady, McCulloch County, Texas. Tuesday, December 18, 1923. McJUlXOCH COUNTY STAE - - Vol. III. No. 1 Whole No. 1353. | LEE DOWNS ACCEPTS OFFER $40,000 FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT WIPES TO COACH MILLIONAIRE PO­ flast week. In addit'on to routine bu­ LO CLCH IN RIVERSIDE. CAL. STATE APPROVES IFIRE ESCAPE IS siness, the commissioners decided to OUT MAYHEW PRODUCE CO. PLANT place a standard stair type fire es- Lee Downs, leader of the Brady MASON ROAD WORK NEW YEAR'S GIFT ’ cape on the court house, thereby com­ Polo club, and well-known citizen of plying with the state law requiring McCulloch county, has just received a fire escapes on all bu ldingg o f three DESTRUCTION INCLUDES BUILDING. 810.000 FEED. 5.000 wire from the Riverside Polo club of SPECIFICATIONS TO COURT H0NSE stories or more. The contract has POUNDS PECANS. TWO CARS SALT. ONE CAR FEATH­ Riverside, Californ a, offering him a been let to the Southern Manufactur­ ERS. 1.200 HEAD DRESSED TURKEYS. AUTO TRUCK. position as polo coach for the club at Just before aujoumment last ing Co., and calls for one standard I The McCulloch county court house a highly remunerative salary. Mr, Thursday, the McCulloch county com- , .. stair type fire escape, to conform in — . * and also thetux jailj«ii art*aiv toiu receive NewiNew . - ■ miasioners received a wire from J. D. y ear>g gifts in the form of substan- every way with specifications of the owns a* annou c u Fuuntleroy, state highway engineer, tial and needed mprovements, accord- [state law of Texas. The new im­ Brady on last Friday night was visited by another most “ ' b“ t‘ j j t Riverg de *dv ,in‘r ,bat th* plans anH •J“‘rifir* ing to decision reached by the county c«rsprovement will cost $467.70 f. o. b. disastrous.. filer , In,ainvolving it vini# intLin eoniDletecomplete destructionuwiu .. of th e store-M a y - 10 take up his new work* The River- tions submitted by' Countv Survevnr hew Produce Co. dressing and cold storage plants and stoie n Fort Worth, Barring unfore- their house, and also th e large huilding- occupied by the company. T h e sille Po!o club is un aggregation of ®d nurrow, acting for the commis- the new fire escape to fire was discovered at 11:30, at which time almost the entire up- millionaire* who have taken a great sioners,su,"‘'rg. °»on the proposed improvement ' be completed by January loth, per structure w as ablaze, and the building was already doomed. fa«cy to the sport of Polo, and Mr. work on the Mason county road had Ma8on county highway system. The The t. The iron-covered roof badly handicapped the fire boys in their downs’ duties w 11 be to train their ibeen finiil|y •pproved, and advising highway wal be 4.7 miles in leng- needed interior" renovtri° ** Til efforts to play water on the blaze, while the dense clouds of polo ponies and to act as coach to the, he commissioners that the matter ,h and wil> convert an indescribably stet. w() k j, . j0" ' . ' s m o k e th a t filled th e m ain p ortion o f th e b u ild in g, p rev en ted g e t- members of the club.. wa* now n shape to cal! for bids. rough and all but impassable Stretch repainted Th * t ^ ™ 'T i t in g in sid e and fig h tin g th e fire at clo se q u a rte rs. T h e c o m - Mr. Downs has raised and trained, The road-building plan includes the of road nto • first-class pike. Q ’ . ‘V . 0" raet was “ f 0 let pany's loss is estimated at $25,000. nolo ponies for many years, his w ork!buildin»r o f a permanent highway County Judge F v .n . v, ' tv. n . anu ac uring to . In addition to the loss sustained by being shipped to the dressing plant at ;dong this line extending back to the fr° m tbe San ®aba river to the Mason placed the advertisement f< r court u so aut or zed advertise- the May haw company, Messrs. W. D. .San Saba. da>* when Conover and Savage made I T my and which would connect the Dallas News the bid* 1 # ^ " T Crother* and D. F. Savage, owner* While plan* o f the company have country famous throughout the * * one anJ OBe*ha^ mile *tretch o f ed on January 15»h thu< fom nlvint V a *-* *\ '"'r i ! * * a o f the building, lost $15,000, with not yet been decided upon, it is as- Eallt b>' r,‘a,on o f the Conover P olo1^ bway bu !t on thia road in Me-j with the law requiring four weeks ad - j n »u in“ McCulloch ** ° f ^ county, Br“ dy the bidsM“ SO" to only $5,000 :nsuranee. The building sured that as soon as adjustment o f P°n es. Mr. Downs frequently accom-, ocb county last year, with the ‘ he opened on January 15th. was one o f the old land-marks in the loss can be made, it will re-estab- Pan'e:l Conover ponies to New 11 _ _________ _____ Brady, and up until the advent of the lish tself, either rebuilding the burn- ' ork, where they were snapped up at, 4444444A4AAAAlii a a . automobile, had been operated as the eJ plant at the old location, or else ^anci' prices by tns>rn polo enthus- -e# **^*^*’♦44444444444 44444444444 Star Livery Stables, under the m an-j on property owned by the company on *fgta- Later he followed the same, agement o f the late J. E. Thompson,, the railroad right-of-way, and on the bne ° f work writh Si Colton. Loss to the amount o f $150 was suf- north bank o f Brady creek. A® captain of the Brady Polo team, JEWELRY GIFTS THAT WILL PLEASE tained by C. E. Strickland, who occu-1 The fire was one o f the most spec- Mr. Downs made an enviable reputa- * * pied a corner o f the Mayhew build-| tacular since the big compress fire o f t‘on f ° r his super or horsemanship i ing with the Gulf Refi ning Co. office, two years ago. the flames mounting i nd wonderful playing. Following "*♦ Practically all of the stock was saved ' high and being viable for miles ,bc “cries of polo games at the Dia-I ■<# howwver. G. C. Kirk sustained about around. The large quantities of feed, mor,d Jubilee in Fort Worth, Major * 0 a $400 loss to his dry cleaning plant pecans, crating and barrels added fuel Pendleton o f the Army Polo team. ^ adjoining the Mayhew plant on the to the flames. The ruins have eon- mn(te up two All-State Polo teams, a alley side. Repa rs were hastily madejtinued smouldering, with occas onul dr“t and second team, placing Mr.! and the plant gotten into temporary .outbreaking* of flames even as late Downs on the first team and rating ^ commission the afternoon following ins today, although a stretm of watei b m ag gccond best man on that team. ^ the fire. Loss fully covered by in-j has been played on the debris e v e r y ------------- — --------- ------ surance. Brady Auto Co. suffered!day since the fire. The popping of NOTICE, sag loss of two plate glass windows, pecans, heated to the exploding point. The Intermediate and Junior i0t cracked by the ntense heat, with in- hes featured the fire-swept wreck. classes o f the E ast Sweden Sun- 1 suranee covering the damage. — — ----------------------- ------- [flay school will give a program ' ^ The fact that there was a slight Death of C. C. Johansnn. the church Friday night, D o- w nd from the southeast alone saved C. C. Johanson, pioneer citizen of Cember 21, at 8 p. m. Every- ^ the north side business block from dis- Brady and McCulloch county, passed body invited to come. * 6 astroua loss. Incidentally, the breeze away at the family residence in North 1 1 ------------ * 0 W e are showing: the most complete line m ved to carry burning embers high Brady at 7:30 o’clock this morning, HOG KILLING TIME kR of jewelry gifts in West Texas. Fully into the air, and at one time the set -1 following an ilness extending oviri See me for large size I a n i & ting of fire to the roof o f the bu lding(the past ten or twelve days. At the Cansf, Sausage Mills and Butchered# 25 per cent lower than merchandise of occupied by the Reagan & Wood time of his death, he w is aged SO Knives. S A M T. W O O D S W i at the same quality. Compare our prices grocery, threatened that business years, 11 months and 18 days. His Side. and then buy from jewelers who know block. passing brings deep regret to his j ------------------------------- ---------- 7 Origin o f the fire is undetermined. many fr ends thr. ut McCulloch] J ust p h on e 5 4 _ an(, th e j jewelry. Some are inclined to th nk a cigarette county and over t e .talc, Mr.