The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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NTY-8IXTH YEAR
NEA & UNITED PRESS
SHAMROCK. WHEEI.ER COUNTY. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY SI. 1929
SEMIWEEKLY
NUMBR 2*
m KILLED. KILN INJURED IN 1UT0 WRECK
MANY CITIES SAY
THEY FAVWCK
ISLAND EXTENSION
HHAMKtK’K WITNESSES WERE
TO TAKE STAND TODAY AT
FORT WORTH HEARING
PORT WORTH—WitneuM from
kluuni ' .. Wellington and Amarillo
were scheduled to appear before
Chari. i D Muhaffie of the Inter-
■ stale Commerce Commission Wed-
nesday and give their views of the
two proposed rati extensions In the
Eastern Panliandle.
A delegation of eight cittern* of
Quanah allowed to supply inter-
nmliu testimony Tuesday, slated
they lavored granting of a permit
to the Rock Island and Prisco rail-
road*. eonlendlng that they are no:
adequately served by rail
The Quanah group, represent ng 1
the Qua mill Chamber of Comm-tr
Ssclantl that their section of the
mtuu would be belter aerved and
^Matter trade territory ofiened to
them by the proposed lines of the |
PrUco and Hock Island road*
Gey Hill la Testify
I Witnesses from Quanah. Vernon
Hhamrorx Wellington and Amarillo 1
will be called to the stand Wednes-
day to tell why the Rock Island
khould be built
B. I. Winn of Wellington Ouy
lHU of Shamrock and S J. Cole.
Walter Barlow and John Hill of
i Amarillo, have been summoned
Hark Island officials Tuesday out-
lined Ibelr plana lor new construe-
two.
Testimony supporting the Rock
Man»> side In the fight with the
Denver over new line* was begun
late this afternoon at the Interstate
Omnmrrct commission hearing
Bark Island Oatllnes Program
The Penliandtr was declared to be
the failest growing section of like
vise in the United Buie* today by
L. C. Frileh. of Chicago, vice pretl-
dent and T. H Wilhelm, general
freight agent of the Rock Island
They were on the stand an hour
and explained in detail their pro-
posed expansion program
Prediction that the Panhandle
including the Oklahoma atrip to
the north, will be producltw 100.000,-
000 bushels of wheal In five years,
was made by Wilhelm
He mid it was vitally essential
* a new trunk line for the move-
of this wheal to the Texas
be provided Mr Wilhelm (old
general development through-
• territory to be served by the
W>
id carbon black and gasoline
on was on the Increase, and
gas district north of Am*
steadily being widened
til Resin Needed
all of the country south
«k to Quanah ts potential
nd. and that much of It.
south of Shamrock In
th county and north of
without adequate rail
of 30 miles wide
■ road at Chll-
Wellmgton
te new Rock
<1
thamrock to
lies long and
ely M.000.000
is* been sur-
rvlce, both paa-
would be opera-
. illo to Port Worth
\ Prltch U>ld the
will be operated, he
oad would save 78 miles
eaent route from Amartl-
Worth by way of 81 Reno
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A Tra n Goes Through a Bridge
4V I
All-steel ran smashed like papier-mache when a Herlt Island train
crashed through a bridge al Stratton, Colo., and carried nine pro pie
la their deaths Pictured here la wreckage of two of the steel cars.
SINGLES TOURNEY AFTER 17 DAYS IN
MAKING PROGRESS AIR, PLANE LANDS
PRELIMINARIES Ot‘T OP WAY
QUARTER FINALS ARB
WELL FORWARD
With the interest of tennis fans
at a high pilch the city champkm-
shlp singles tournament was well
under way Wednesday The pre-
liminaries. In which S3 players were
entered, had all been completed
and ol the eight matches resulting
from them, live have been played
These five resulted In A C Hall-
msrk bring matched against Speck
Roger In the quarter (Inal*, and
Pete While against Charlie Lum-
mu* J. Smith’s opponent has not
yet been decided, and one other
match has not been played out.
Both the aeml-finals and finals
remain to be decided, but the pros-
pects were that the lasue will have
simmered down to a fine point by
the end of live week Thursday.
Prlday. and Saturday nights are ex-
limed to bring out some of the fin-
est amateur tennis playing that has
ever been seen In Shamrock The
tournament Is going forward on
the court ol the West Trass UlUI-
llrs company, which Is lighted
every night, and spectators sre wel-
come.
;R IMPRESSED
TH CITY’S GROWTH
dm are sure humming ground
ufs town." ssld O. P Msrtln
circulation department ol th"
Oklahoman and Time* o'
oma City, who visited Shsm-
rueaday for the first time
■ rapid growth of your city
ts large territory are amas-
ne said "Th* type residence*
Hidnena building* you ar* *-
if convince* * vleltor you mean
a real city here
tg probability of a north
i rallfbtd and a oounly-
t road program under
i rock surely doe* have a
outlook."
LEGION POST
MAKES PLANS
Attendance Poor. Hut leaden
Net Dismayed will lt«id
Automobile Raffle
Although si tendance at the meet-
ing Monday night sraa poor. Charles
Dekhaso Post of the American
Legion wa* not dismayed, and those
who were In attendance decided to
carry on with plan* for increasing
the membership and the treasury
About 38 are enrolled now as paid
up member*.
Later oil the post plan* to leg*c
a local theatre for an afternoon
or a night, and sell ticket* which
will also be good aa chance* on a
car which they will buy from a
I oral agency Thl* method. It has
born proved by other posts, la usu-
ally successful In raising consider-
able money
"We do not Intend to give up
because the member* will not at-
tend the meetings." said Jama*
Halthrope Wednesday. "We can
count on a doten or so coming to
the meetings, and with those few
faithful one* we ran accomplish a
great deal. It uaimlly happens that
Just s mere handful of pioneers
have all the work of organisation
on their hand\ and after they have
worked out all the detail* and have
the poet going smoothly and suc-
cessfully, the reel will climb on anti
have a ride We would like to have
them all turn out and lend a hand,
but If they will not, we don’t Intend
to give up."
ST. LOUIS ROBIN SETS NEW
ENDURANCE RECORD WITH
It* HOURS ALOFT
8T LOUfB—After having lived
In the skies for 17 and oos-half
days, exceeding the record of the
Angeleno by seven full day*. Dale
Jackson and forest O Brine brought
| their ship, (he 81 Louts Robin down
at 7 3> o'clock Tuesday night They
had been In the air far 430 hours.
31 minutes
The plane made a perfect landing
In the middle of the field with about
1V000 spectator* watching them
Both men were pronounced In ex-
cellent physical condition O'Brlne
had gained two pounds since he and
Jackson went up. July II. scaling
HO pound* tonight aa again*! 13*
pounds when Uic (light began Jack-
ton1* weight was the same a* when
he went aloft. 184 pounds
The heart action of both men
wa* pronounced normal and physi-
cians aald their hearing was normal
They converted easily with the re-
porters and friends In the hangs/
Jackson told newspaper men he
draught they could have flown the
8t Louis Robin 100 hours longer
O’Rrlnr declared they could lake
the tame plane as It now stands and
break their own record
Both men agreed that their big-
gest thrill of the entire flight was
Tuesday afternoon when they flew
low over the field and saw a crowd
of 8,000 to 10000 watchers standing
In the rain walling to aee them land
Both sold die first 100 hour* of
flying wa* die hardest and after
dial It wa* not bad al all,
DEATH CLAIMS
LOCAL YOUTH
Ueyd Hawk. IT, ftareembs After
attack of IMood Talannlaf;
Funeral Wednesday
Palling to rally from tn attack
of blood polaonlng, Lloyd Hawk. 17,
son of Mr and Mrs H 0 Hawk
died about o'clock Tuesday after-
noon at the home of his parent*
Lloyd Hawk wa* a popular mem-
ber of the younger social sst of
Shamrock srul had many friend*
among Ills schoolmates In Sham-
rock High school Ha would have
graduated following the next term
He had. with his parents lived here
about 14 year*
Funeral service* were held at 3
o’clock Wednesday afternoon at tlir
nemo, under dliecdon of the Bm th*
Hnntin Funeral Company. Inter-
ment wa* made In Shamrock Cem-
etery.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HERE MAY RESIGN
LACK OF COOPBBATION MAY
PROVE COST I t l «> t 1TY
PROPERTY OWNERS
Several of the Shamrock volunteer
lire deportment are on die verge ol
r'signing. II became known Wed-
nesday os a result ol the lack ol
co-QperaUou on die port of the
eillxeiuhlp
There wa* a grass fire Tuesday
allemoon end rootorUM swarmed
the street* and the neighborhood
horn where the alarm wo* turned
-n to the extent that the Hie de-
. .rtnient would hate been powerless
had the blase been a serlouv one
The lire dejyartment ha* asked
and begged with matoruts to co-
operate by pulling to tor curb when
the truck start* down a rtreel and
to remain at least 100 fret away
l-nm the truck when It parks
members ol the Department said
But cltuens insist on Disregarding
die pleas and refuse to rkerctae any
reason greatly handicapping the
firemen
The (re lighting hi entirely vol-
untary °n our part.” Mid one of the
firemen, and If die people don't
think enough of their property to
stay out of the way and help us all
they can why I don’t eee any rea-
son for us to be worrying and work-
ing our heads off"
If the fir* boys tan be prevailed
upon to continue Uietr work city
officials will be asked to instruct
officer* to arrest and prosecute ev-
ery person who violates ordinance
affecting the work of fire fighting
I
Hill MeKrehnle.
a* manager nf th
llsnal Lea«ar team
R. B. Waltz, 12, Dies
Instantly When Truck
Capsizes in Sand Bed
When the truck he wait riding in struck a sandbed at
the foot of a hill and overturned. R. B. Waltz, 12, son of
Mrs. Emma Walt*, of Gould, Okla., was instantly killed
aliout 10 o'clock Tuesday night, four miles out of Zybach.
Of eight persona in the truck, young Waltz alone was killed,
and W. A. Cypert suffered a broken shoulder. Cypert ia in
the Wheeler hospital. All others escaped with little or no
injury,
The eight men had star'gd from Zybach to go to the
farm of Steve Wheeler, where they were to obtain work for
three of the crowd, chopping cotton, according to informa-
tion given The Texan Wednesday morning by Virgil Waltz,
brother of the dead boy. in the truck, besides Virgil and
K. B. Wait/., were W. A. Cypert, Otto Tucker, Chester Clark,
__who was driving, Frank Cooper, a man named Wright, and
' j another whose name was unavailable,
show drpstrg At a point Hbout four miles out of Zybach, after going
si u«iv Na- down a hill, the front wheels of the Ford truck struck deep
inisr after k* hod wm** **!**' VV*,K^ •favo them a sudden twist, throwing the car
nanl silk I hr Cords teal muon,
again to manaxrr of (hr rteb, Hr
I *ai appointed te swrrrrd Billy
snuihoorth In mtd - sra-on after
Sooth sort h had failed to krrp the
rteb In the pennant rax*.
out of control of the driver. It slued around in the road
and turned completely over. All those who were riding in
the body were thrown out. R. B. Walt* fell in the road
and the truck toppled over on him, continuing its tumble
until it was again right side up.
Placing the hoy’s body in the truck the party drove on
to a nearby furnt house where they phoned for the ambu-
lance of the M. M.»Nix Funeral Company of this city. The
ambulance made a fast run to the scene of the accident,
rrTn rnnn ivriivr but th‘‘ toy had been instantly killed. His neck had been
III IS llllllll MillI broken, his left leg fiuctured and his ribs on the left side
ULIU UUUIJ UlfUIN |crushed. The body was brought back to Shamrock to be
prepared for the return to Gould.
All the men in the truck were from Gould with the ex-
ception of the one named Wright, whose people live at
Hollu.
GOLF TOURNAMENT
FIRINGS (OMPLl fill AND
FEW MATCHES HAVE
BEEN PLAYED
EW OWNER TAKES
pionatiip golf tournament had all (D
been completed Wednesday, and a j U
ILL GRAY BURIED
MANY SIGNING
Meserrn and Mrsdamm A J. Aus-
tin, R. T, Hill, Mrs Orsen Burk-
halter and Ml** Mary flmlth left
this week for a trip to Alabama
CHARGE OF DIXIE
I SERVICE STATION’S BUYER
WAS ACTIVE IN CIVIC
AFFAIRS OF FARIS
Having bought the Dixie Service
Button from Ward McPherson
Jame* H Bentley formerly of
Part*. IV***. recently arrived tn
Shamrock to take charge of the
business He was accompanied by
Mrs Bentley
Before coming here Mr Bentley
was lor several year* connected with
the First National Hank of Part* a*
teller, and wa* *ervlng hi* sec-
ond term as county treasurer He U
a past president of the Young Men *
Luncheon Club ol Port*, which or-
gan! nation honored hm with a
special program and elected him an
honorary member just before hu
departure He U also a member ol
the Masonic lodge and American
Legion post of Pari*, and has been
prominent In a number ol civic un-
dertaking* and other enterprise* lor
public welfare or entertainment He
Is a youngest son ol the late T B
Bentley, old time resident of La-
mar county Of Mr* Bentley the
Parts Morning New* *syi
"Mr* Bentley grew up In Part*
and hu been closely identified with
various social and cldc organisa-
tions She taught In the public
schools of Part* before her mar-
riage and since then hu taught ex-
pression and amateur dramatic
work She Is chairman of the pro-
gram committee of the nualneaa and
Professional Women * club, and hu
been president of lira American Lit-
erature club, and officer In the Sec-
ond ward Parent-Tescher associa-
tion and th# women» organ lutton*
of first Presbyterian church She
hu aided In the direction of numer-
ous public entertainment* and ben-
efit* for various organisation* of
the city, and hu always given her
•crvlce* willingly end wholehearted-
ly In any enterprise undertaken ’’
Mr* Bentley wu alao a director
of the Little Theatre movement In
Paris, and a director of the Lamar
County Fair Association^
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Mrs. Cecil Blake Is the guest of
Mrs Seibert Worley In Krlck Okla
ATHENE MFN HOI,I)
TIIKEHHING IIKCOKD
LONOVIEW tUPt. -J, L. Henry
and Sons of Athens, bellsvt they
have a record for thrashing pea*
On the opening day of the thrash-
ing season last weak they thrashed
3.000 pounds.
Ml** Oracle aoodmsn left Wed-
nesday morning for Hhawnee, Okla
where she will visit her father.
MIm Cooler Pike returned home
Sunday from Cleburne where she
hu been attending school. 8h*
will remain her* * short white be-
fore entering Medical school al
Tempts. Texas
find night Billy Holmes best W H
Walker two up. and Ted Roger*
beat R P. Douglas two up The
first night t* being played for the
championship of the club and a
handsome silver loving cup tn the
second nighl Lyle Holme* brat
C L Clement 8 up The second
and third Right* are bring played
for striking trophic*, figures of
golfers In the set of putting done
in sliver The trophies are on dis-
play at lira Pendleton drug More
Those qualifying in the first night
were John Sherwood va HI Purcell;
nm> Holmes v*. W H Walker; Fred
Nicholson vs. E C. Hunter. Ted
Roger* va R r Douglas Fred
Staggs va O T Nicholson. Chute*
Stags* vs Dr R M Barkley. B
F Holmes n. Dr John Cox. and
Noel Woodley va W 8 Pendleton
Jr
Those qualifying in the wound
flight were Ralph Balthropr vt A
Monroe. Edwin Griffin n Darner -
on Spruill: Joe Ganner V* law
Wallace, Oliver Gooch vs. Flake
George. C, L Clement » Lyle
Holnwt; Homer Ewton vs. Jewell
Lyle; H E Pendleton vs A N
Holmes, end Fred Abbott v* W R
Watt.
In the third flight J R Benson
wu matched against Hubert Tin-
dall. 8 B Morn* against Qulllman
Scott. Bennie Skidmore bye, O P
Purcell bye. Dr Gardner against
Jimmie Rawlings. Harry Wofford
bye. L ft lltulell bye. and H P.
Kuhlman bye
HOLDS RELIEF
PLAN IS SANE
Walfr Declare* Cengrrw* Is en
The Way te Provide Real
Help For Former
DALLAS (UPi —Attention to th*
work nf Cotigrea* In attempting to
formulate farm relief and especial-
ly In the cotton region* wu pointed
out by M II Wolfe, ute* agent for
the Farmer* Marketing Association
of America here recently,
He says the ways and means of
accomplishing th# purpose* set
forth by Congress In rallsving the
fanners are sane and sound:
"I, By minimising speculation
"2 By preventing Inefficient and
wasteful methods of distribution
"1, By sncouraglng th* organisa-
tion of producers Into sffsctly* **-
vorlattona or corporations, under
their own control, for grester unity
and effort In marketing and by
promoting th* establishment of a
farm r> ling system of produc-
er-own 1 producer-controlled
oo-ore soctatlon* and other
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IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR SCOUT CAMP
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FORMER SHAMROCK ORt OGIXT PREPARATIONS ARE REPORTED
HI I’d MR* A ITER ILLNRRM PRACTICALLY COMPLETE;
OF SEVERAL MONTH* CAMP OPEN* IITH
Funeral service* were conducted
in Oklahoma City Monday for W
H (BUli Gray. 38 years old. farm-
er Shamrock resident, who died Fri-
day alter an Ultra** of several
months
Oray wu employed u a druggist
her* (or more than a year He first
worked al Uie Corner Drug Store
and biter for Pendleton Drug Com-
pany Hr and Mrs Oray made
many friend* during their stay here
who were deeply grieved to learn
of his death
lie rented u assistant secretary
of the Oklahoma senate during the
last union Bate* coming to
Shamrock Gray wu located at
Hydro He wu s leading athlete
white a student at Central State
Teachers College it Edmond where
hr spent his boyhood snd wu s
crack goller
He I* survived by hi* wife, father
and mother and one sister
LELA REVIVAL
NEARS CLOSE
Tea Iteeeme Chare h Members Aa
Lvangrlht Point* Owl
"Road to Calvary"
"There’s no lime for fussing snd
fighting." said evangelist H H
Duck. In hte sermon at Lela Hill
last night. "Jsaus of Nazareth I*
passing by, If you fall to accept
HI* salvation now He may raft pas*
your wsy again "
"When the blind man. Tlartlma-
eus. railed to Jesus. ” declared the
evangelist. Hr wu on HI* way to
be crucified If Bartimaeu* had
not called at the specific moment
hte sight would never have been
restored, for Jesus never passed
that way again"
"He Is paulng your way tonight,
saying. Come unto me, all yt that
labour snd are heavy laden, and I
will give you real.' “
There have been ten accessions
to the church, the majority of whom
rsm* for baptism As the aervlos*
continue throughout this week,
many more are extracted, and a
baptismal service will be announced
later, which will be solemnised
Sunday afternoon
"The Road to Calvary” will con-
tinue to be th* subject of th* evan-
gelist ths remainder of th* wsek.
and the meetlifg* wlU oome to s
clout. Including Sunday night’s ter-
ete*
Registration* for the Area Boy
Seoul Camp al Camp Warner ar*
piling up In th* Scout of (let. and
preparations for the beginning of
the tramp are practically complete,
according to Informalon received
from I E. Jolly, scout executive. Al-
ter Saturday. August I. ail registra-
tions should be rent to Camp War-
ner. al Claude. Texas. Mr Jolly
aald
Scout supplies have been shipped
to Claude and the Junior OfBoera
and leader* are ready to so to camp
Sunday. August 4th to get th* comp
ready for the opening on lira 11th.
Tire test of drinking water has been
sent to the Stale Board of Health.
Die following Junior Offloen are
planning on attending camp;
From Memphis Jerry SMtOR,
VAcndall Iterrtoon. Ted Read. R O.
Pearson. Mayo Odom. J. P. Boltea.
Spurgeon Miller. Melvin Joota and
Orville Sawyer From Clarendon
Homer Eat lack. James and Benton
Smith From McLean. Don Mc-
Combs. Norvln Ashby. From
Shamrock Theodore Martin, and
Leon Harvey and from Wellington
John Parker and Clark Chapman.
The following Senior Patrol
Leaders are attending camp:
I. E Jolly. Scout Executive and
Csmp Director. Vance Swlnburn aa
Assistant Comp Director: Kenney
Lane, swimming and Ilfs saving;
Dr Warner of Claude a* ramp phy*
Urlan. Revein.il It W Wilkin* aa
camp pastor, W B Kendall, charge
of ground*: Joe Hatcher, Scout
Master: Clarion Hear*. Scout Com-
mlaaloner, A. M Duvall. 0. W.
Foot*. Rev E T. Miller, J. Claud*
Wells and Reverend J. H Mann and
others for pari time attendance
Several Breokenridge scouts snd
former friends of Scout Executive I
R. Jolly are planning on attending
the Boy Scout esiup at Csmp War-
ner.
SKELI.EY Oil, MAKES
PRODUCTION RECORD
BORDER (UP> Production of
the Bxelley Oil company on th*
Schafer ranch in Carson snd Oray
counties te one of the outstanding
records of ths Texas Panhandle.
The company has under lea** a-
bout 13,130 acres, with 14 wells pro-
ducing an avsrag* of 3.140 barrels
dally and about 88.000,000 ruble feet
of go* from which <5,000 gallons of
finished gasoline ts mad* dally
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