inhalatorium Mystery
Still Remains Unsolved
FORT DAVIS, Tex., May 5, OP>
—A dozen years ago a strange
glass and metal case large enough
for an adult to stand in sat alone
in wind and weather on a ranch
pasture where it had been for per
haps 40 years.
In neat lettering near the top
was the single word,” “Inhalator
ium.”
Some of the strange story of
Baldauf Plans
To Attend
Special Meet
Dr. Richard J. Baldauf, associate
professor in the Department of
Wildlife Management, will attend
a special meeting May 9 called by
the National Science Foundation
for directors of undergraduate re
search programs throughout the
country.
Purpose of the meeting, which
will be held in St. Louis, Mo., is*
to inform the directors of various
programs now . underway in the
U. S.
Baldauf has served as director
of the Undergraduate Research
Participation Program during the
past year. The program was es
tablished by the National Science
Foundation to give undergraduates
the opportunity to participate in
research studies in progress and
to study under competent scien
tists.
Ten A&M students have partici
pated in the program in the past
year.
Baldauf has been named direc
tor of a new undergraduate re
search training program for the
summer of 1960. The project is
designed to give students research
experience in special studies set
up for that purpose.
A&M recently received approval
of a grant of $2,550 for a training
program in which three students
will participate under the direction
of Baldauf.
the case, which looked like a tele
phone booth, is known. Now the
Fort Davis Historical Society is
attempting to find the whole rec
ord.
MOTHER'S SON
(Continued from Page 1)
Curry, was seriously injured in an
automobile accident.
“But whatever Mom is made of
just bends, no breaks,” said Cur
ry. “She broke down for just a
few minutes, and that was it. It
took her about five minutes to re
gain herself, and she never again
lost control at all.”
Because of his father’s condi
tion, Curry had to drop out of
school, since his mother was need
ed to care for his dad—as well as
himself. He was able to resume
studies after the Christmas holi
days, and even though he missed
six weeks of school, Curry man
aged to post a 2.4 grade-point
ration and become a distinguished
student that semester.
A Wife
Another person who has been
close to Curry through his time of
difficulty is his present wife,
Nancy, whom he met at a basket
ball game in Commanche in De
cember of 1956. The following May
after they had met, the couple
were going steady, and in Febru
ary of 1958, they became engaged.
Nancy began working after she
graduated from high school, and
continued until they were married
in the First Methodist Church,
Commanche, Tex., April 13 of this
year. Since that time, the Currys
have been residing at 405 E. Sec
ond Street, College Station.
Curry’s father is now back teach
ing and his mother is getting a
well-deserved rest. Curry is reg
istered for 19 hours this semester
and intends to finish the year as
a -distinguished student for the
second semester. He plans to grad
uate in May or July of 1961, and
go into research in the space pro
gram after graduation as a pro
fession.
It is known that early in this
century a Fort Davis citizen es
tablished a tuberculosis treatment
camp on his x-anch six miles east
of town.
The citizen was Will Pruett, son
of a pioneer family here. His
brother, the late Ben Pruett of
Marfa, said last November that
“Will got the idea after being in
Arizona a couple of years.”
The place was called Tent City.
It was so advertised in newspapers
and pamphlets. Ben Pnxett said
there was a frame recreation and
dining hall and 12 cottages with
adobe walls and tenting roofs. He
says this is all he can recall of
the place.
Mrs. Andrew G. Prude, 82, a
sister of the founder, recalled that
the camp stax-ted early in the cen
tury but she did not know the ex
act date.
Going Concern
Mrs. Nell Davis said she settled
in Fort Davis in 1906 and Tent
City was a going concern then.
Roy D. Bloys, then a youngster,
was hired to drive patients to the
site after they arrived by train.
He remembered that about ten per
sons worked at the encampment.
“But kid-like,” said Bloys, “I paid
little attention to what was there
and cannot now recall the exact
years.”
No One Can Tell
History students can find no
one who can tell of the method of
treatment. They assume that the
inhalatorium must have been for
patients to in while they breathed
medicated vapors.
Barry Scobee, Fort Davis news
man, recalled visiting the site a
dozen years ago. At that time
crumbled adobe gave evidence of
some buildings. The dining hall
was nearly gone, its x’oof sagging
under the weight of leaves and
time.
A week later he returned with
a truck to pick up the inhalator
ium and preserve it. But it had
disappeared;
LOYAL TEXAS AGGIES ARE SUPPORTING
“TIGER” TEAGUE, ’.32
FOR CONGRESS
%
I
THINGS THAT CONGRESSMAN OLIN E. “TIGER” TEAGUE HAS
DONE FOR THE A&M COLLEGE OF TEXAS
• Author of the Korean G.I. Bill which brought thousands of students
to A&M College.
• Introduced and secured passage of legislation to double the uniform al
lowance for ROTC students at A&M College.
© Helped A&M College obtain a classification as a military college.
• Personally arranged for the visit of military dignitaries to Texas
A&M College.
• Received appreciation award from the Corps of Cadets for service that
has been considered above and beyond the call of duty.
• Materially assisted in locating the nuclear reactor at College Station,
Texas. This action has helped to advance research and development
of atomic energy by A&M College.
• Primarily responsible for securing distinguished speakers for the
Great Issues Series and the Student Conference on National Affairs.
• Received Distinguished Service Award from the Memorial Student
Center for the service and assistance that he has given the student
union.
• Assisted in obtaining for A&M College the Nuclear Science Founda
tion which is now under construction.
• Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from A&M College.
Pol. Adv. Pd. for by:
Teague-For-Congress Committee
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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, May 5, 1960
Technologist Co-Author
Of Technical Paper
Marion D. Arnold, research tech
nologist for the A&M division of
the Texas Petroleum Research
Committee, is the co-author of a
technical paper titled “Effect of
Reservoir Fluid Propei-ties on Oil
Recovery by Water Flooding.”
The paper shows the effect of
various properties of petroleum
reservoir crude oils on the opti
mum pressure to initiate a water
flooding program to get the most
oil out of the ground.
“At the present time many oil
fields,” Arnold says, “have to be
abandoned for economic x*easons
when only one barrel of oil has
been produced for each five bar
rels in the field. A successful wa
terflood may increase the oil re
covery by 100 per cent. For this
reason, it is necessary to conduct
research to find the optimum pres
sure to initiate the waterflood.”
Arnold is a native of Waxa-
hachie. •
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MADELIA, Minn. (A 1 )—Thieves
who broke into Loren Smith’s
service station had their party
planned to the last detail.
They took two cases of beer,
eight glasses, nuts, potato chips—
and three bottles of headache pills.
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