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The Nolan County News
Serving The Rural Areaof Nolan and Surrounding Counties
volume xxv
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949
NUMBER 30
Women Stimulate Interest
In Girls' Contest To Make
Wool And Mohair Garments
An organization to promote the
"Make It Yourself With Wool”
and the “Make it Yourself With
Mohair” contests of the Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers Auxil-
iary in the Nolan County area
was set up at a meeting of wives
of sheep and goat raisers Wed-
nesday afternoon. The meeting,
called by Mrs. Lance Sears of
Shep
R. O. Brown
Children
Hold Reunion
By Mis. M. I>. Chitwood
SHEP-- The Children of the
late Mr. ami Mrs. R. O. Brown
gathered at ilie City Park in
Sweetwaier Sunday for a re-
union
After the picnic lunch, the
young folks went swimming and
to tiie show, white others went
to the ballgames, enjoyed visit-
ing and reminiscing.
Present for the occasion were
Mrs. Roy Gibson and Dorothy
of Camp Hood; Mr. and Mrs.
Newman Carter and son, Lois,
Mr. and Mrs Odis Karr and
children of Monahans; Mrs.
Claude Brown and son and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Ray Helm and
sons of Rotan; Mr. and Mrs. M.
IJ. Bagwell and children of Mid-
land; Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Chit-
wood of Shep; Mrs. Boh Bard-
well, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bard-
well, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kennedy,
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Shuff and
daughters of Sweetwater.
* * *
TWO-WEEKS ‘DROUTH’
BRINGS NEED OP RAIN
After tw'o weeks of "drouth,”
this country is in need of rain
for gardens and yards. Field
still have some moisture, but a
rain would help.
Small grain has been harvest-
ed and farmers are preparing
the ground for another crop.
..lost eve. y 1‘ulioti ^alcl, .las
choppers and weed cutters busy
along its rows
* * *
TOMMY LINSLEY HOME
Tommy Linsley, who has been
in army service for three years,
two and a half of them over-
seas, arrived home June 29.
* * *
HOLIDAY VISITING: Royce
Gamble home from Texas Tech,
1 ubhock . . . The Roy Brandons
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Helms
and children of Fort Worth
visiting friends and relatives
. . The Norman Hurts of Mid-
land and Frances Hurt of Ahi
(See i\(j. 4—Page 81
Independence Day
jubilee Of Kiwanis
Club Draws Crowd
Tiie Independence Day Jubilee
sponsored by the Sweetwater
Kiwanis Club Saturday night at
Mustang Bowl, drew a crowd es-
timated at more than 3,000 and
netted considerable money for
the club’s underprivileged child-
ren’s fund.
High spots of the evening
were the Tiny Tot Kevue and
I lie fireworks display.
A total of 55 youngs'ers from
one to five years ..f age. com-
peted in the Revue.
Firew'orks were handled by a
crew of seven firemen under di-
rection of Chief A. C. Forgay.
Kiwanis members manned the
*ames, concessions and refresh-
Maryneal, was held in the Rose
Room of the Blue Bonnet Hotel.
Committees were elected to
give the contest publicty, to put
its rules before the public, and
to provide entry blanks to girls
who are interested in competing,
the contest is open to young
women between the ages of H to
21.
Mrs. C L. Bast, Mrs. Billy Ar-
ledge, and Mrs. Jimmie Maddox
were elected to serve on the
radio committee.
Mrs. Clayton Williams, Mrs.
Ray Boothe, and Mrs. Jess Car-
gile will have charge of entry
blanks.
The finance committee in-
cludes Mrs. Lloyd Earwood, Mrs.
Walter Boothe, and Mrs. Price
Maddox.
Mrs. Guy Nations is in charge
of newspaper publicity.
The “Make It Yourself With
Wool” contest was launched last
year by the auxiliary of the
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
Association ,and the "Make It
Yourself With Mohair” contest
is being added this year.
Girls entering the contest will
make coats, suits, or dresses of
wool or mohair, and will model
their garments in the same style
shows. However, separate prizes
will be awarded for the wool and
mohair divisions. The state con-
test will be held in San Antonio
in the autumn
There will be two divisions in
each contest, one for girls 14 18,1
the other for girls 19-21. Prizes
grand prize winner; a $100 sav
—a $150 savings bond for the
grand prize winlner; a $100 sav-
ings bond to the winner in each
of the age groups in the coats,
suits, and dresses divisions. Sec- |
ond place winner will get a $50
bond, third-place winners $25
bonds.
Mrs. Sears stated Wednesday
afternoon that girls who enter
here will probably be judged at
an area contest in San Angelo
in October before competing in
the State Contest,
Although there will be no
county contest from an official
standpoint, the Nolan County
group of auxiliary members will
provide prizes for the Nolan
County girls whose entries are
judged first and second best.
Attending the meeting Wed-
nesday were Mrs. Walter Boothe,
Mrs. T. E. Arledge, Mrs. Price
Maddox, Mrs. Billy Arledge,
Mrs. C. L. Bast, Mrs. Lloyd Ear-
wood, Mrs. Jimmie Maddox, Mrs.
Lance Sears, Mrs. Guy Nations,
and a guest, Mrs. Sol Kelly. tidi n ■ C
Girls and young women of the j Will j-ip I pi
age groups eligible can obtain ■JwUll
entry blanks from the office of
the county home demonstration
agent, Miss Irene Gromatzky.
This competition is open to all
young women, whether or not
they are 4-H Club girls.
i ment counters.
Music was furnished by ‘‘Un-
cle Tom" M jehad. Fair McGee j Council Will
and Dutch LaRue. La Rue was |
Farmers Are
Ready For
More Rain
With their small grain harvest
practically completed, with
weed-growth under control, and
with young feed and cotton
"looking fine” but showing
noontime wilt, most farmers
of the Nolan-Fisher County
area were crying for rain this
week.
Only a few scattered combin-
es were working in the area
this week. It was estimated that
tit) jiercent of the grain harvest
is in government loan. Farmers
are awaiting their loan checks.
Grasshopper and fleahopi>er
intestation has been reported in
a number of cotton fields of the
county, and farmers are poison-
ing in several areas.
Nolan County HD
Hylton
Baptist Meeting
Starts July 15
At Hylton Church
Bv Mrs. R. C. Watts
HYLTON — The Baptist meet-
ing here will liegin Friday night,
July 15, and continue through
the 24tli.
The Rev. Temple Lewis of
Avoea will do the preaching.
Everyone is invited to attend
Nolan County's 1949 Business
Holding Own With Figures Of
Year Ago, Bank Reports Show
Nolan County’s bank deposits
for the June 30 call were practi-
cally unchanged in the aggregate
from a year ago and approxi-
mately $2,000,000 above the
June 30 call in 1946.
The fact that this county’s de-
posits were up to the correspond-
ing total last year was taken as
Sweetwater Hereford Tour
Being Planned By Leaders
encored on a group of clever imi-
tations of radio personalities.
Bailey Choate was master of
ceremonies and the Tiny Tot
Revue was arranged by Dick
Hougham and Grady Callender.
Winners were: Deborah Tut-
tle, 14 months old, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Tuttle, 610
Lamar, first; Scissors VanDever,
two and a half year old “cowboy”
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Van-
Dever, 300 Lamar; Mickey Dog-
gett, 4-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Doggett of
Roscoe Street.
Meet Saturday
The Nolan County Women’s
Home Demonstration Council
will meet Saturday at 2:30 p. m.
in the Justice of Ihe Peace court-
room in (In- courthouse base
ment.
Delegates will he elected for
Hie Stale THDA meeting to be
belli in Mineral Wells in Octob-
er Final plans will be made for
the council play night to be
held this month under spon-
sorship of the finance commit-
tee of the council. Plans will be
•ompleted for the annual Wo-
men’s HD encampment.
Electric
4,493
Show Has
First Night
The largest crowd to attend
an electric show in Sweetwater
thronged the Sweetwater High
School grounds Wednesday
night as the Texas Electric
Show of '49 opened a three-day
presentation. Visitors were
counted as they entered the
school grounds and the total
tally fin me night was 4,493.
An even larger crowd is ex-
pected Thursday night by Tex-
STORY CHILDREN
HOLD REUNION
The children ol the late Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Story and other
relatives and friends got togeth-
er at the Story home place Sun-
day for the annual Story re-
union.
The following Story children
were present: Mrs. Elbert Har-
kins and Mr. Harkins of Little-
iield; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Story
ol Artesia, N. M.; Clyde Story
of Colorado City; Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Story of Loraine; Mr.
and Mrs. O. S. Moore of Nolan, j
Mi and Mrs. Lynn Story of i
Colorado city, Mr and Mrs.; < •_ « j
Leonard Story of Monahans, i I
All and Mrs. John Story of No- tCyiUM IVUMieJ
Ian, Mr and Mrs. Bill Story of j
Hylton, several grandchildren i
and great grand children.
unusually good news in the coun-
ty's business circles because the
past year was one of levelling
off, low crop income due to the
drouth.
In sharp contrast with June 30
a year ago, the cotton crop is
more promising due to larger
acreage and especially due to the
By HELEN NEBLETT
Roving Reporter
Paul Turner, president of the
Sweetwater Area Hereford As-
sociation, Chas. W. I>*wis, presi-
dent of the National Anxiety 4th
Chas. Morgan
Commander
STING IS FATAL
U> YOUNG \ IHITOK
Jerry Turland of Belton, visit-1 , . .
ing at the home ut his grand-; Tiie local American Legion
parents, the A. B. Turlands who j P°st elected Charles Morgan as
live six miles south of Hylton, I post commander at its annual
died last Thursday less than an ! membership Tuesday night at
hour after being stung on the I the Legion Hut.
back of the neck by some insect. | George Ausburne was named
He was 12 years oid. j first vice-commander; Claude
Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs.! Wilson, second vice-commander;
’ T urland of Belton, and his ] James Birmingham, adjutant;
Highland-Maryneal
Highway Contract
Public Invited To Help
Choose Celebration Name
The public will be given an op-
portunity to have a say in se-
lecting a name to be used for
Sweetwater’s annual week of en-
tertainment, it was decided by a
committee Wednesday.
The large list of names re-
cently sent in to the BCD office
was narrowed down to only
ihree. The public is invited to
help make the final decision by
voting for the name, in their
opinions, most appropriate, it
was announced.
“Sweetwater Cross Road
Capers,” "Sweetwater Stam-
pede,” and "Sweetwater Reverie
Round-Up” are the three narars
to be voted upon.
What is your choice?
Choose the name you think
most suitable for the event and
mail it to the BCD office imme-
diately. Wednesday, July 13 will
be the deadline in voting.
After the requests have been
tabulated by the committee, the
name will be announced.
Mail in your choice NOW. The
committee is anxious to dispose
of this portion of their work.
Choose only from the above
three names.
contests, a beauty reveue.
Sam H. Bothwell, city manag
er for 12 years, was resigning [ ported Thursday,
to become Fort Worth city man- Unofficial reports
ager on August 1.
II. B. Shafer’s funeral was held
Backward Glances.....
This Coiner Is Reserved For Nolan Cauuty As II Used To Be
20 YEARS AGO
IN NOLAN COUNTY
Four trappers were employed
full-time to open W'ar on wolves
and other predatory animals
which were causing losses to
Nolan County ranchmen.
The West Texas Press Associa-
tion, headed by Harry F. Swen-
ker of Brady, was to be in an-
nual convention here.
Dates of August 10 and 11 were
set for the “spectacular celebra-
tion” marking the opening and
formal dedication of Sweet wa-
ter's $40,000 airport.
Blackwell was repoortedly
favored as the location for the
ne consolidated rural high
school of south central Nolan
County.
Fred Imken of Roby was Fish-
er County’s entry in the state
Master Farmer contest.
Whippet sedans were advertis-
ed by C S. Boyles Motor Com-
pany at $289, and the coach was
$219.
The F.ntre Nous Club met with
Mrs. R. R. Allen . .. Mr. and Mrs.
I>ester Crabbe entertained mem-
bers of the Thursday Bridge
Luncheon Club and their hus-
bands, guest couples being the
Clyde Paynes and Dr and Mrs
C. A. Rosebrough.
as Electric Service Company of
ficials.
The elaborate display of elec-
trical equipment for the home
and farm drew a steady parade
of visitors who were especially
interested in the demonstration
of electric washers, home freez-
ers, sewing machines and clean-
ers. Feeding the baby pigs from
bottles and the talking Reddy
Kilowatt were two of the show
features that captivated the
youngsters, as well as their par-
ents.
Mystifying tricks with lights Pd 1 hursday when the
were demonstrated in the high ho,™e J}e was nd,n8 ran away
school auditorium by H. G. w*i,P hlm\ , . , .
Schiller, master of ceremonies . ^bp accident occurred about
i for the stage presentation, I °.l,r mdes stH|th Hylton,
Light Sorcery.” More than 1 Inhere the boy was helping his
A. A.
cousin Bobby Harris, were play-
ing in the garden when he was
stung. He died before a doctor
could arrive. Physicians could
not he sure what kind of an in-
sect did the stinging, hut thought
it. was a wasp. His lather is an
electrician at Camp Hood, and
the boy was sending two weeks
with bis grandparents. Other
survivors include a step-sister
anil step-brother.
♦ * *
TROY LYNN HENSLEY
I VII RKI* I N IU N-AWAY
George Renfro was In Win-
ters Saturday to visit Troy Lynn
Hensley, II year old son of the
El wood Hensleys of near Win-
gale, who was seriously injur-
Hereford Breeder’s Association,
J. N. Dulaney and Tom Flack,
local Hereford breeders, were in
Snyder Saturday to visit Win-
ston Brothers in the interest of
the coming Sweetwater Arpa
Hereford lour.
j Last year, one of the high-
) lights of the tour w'as the in-
spection of the Winston Broth-
1 ers Herefords after which the
visitors wpre served a delicious
steak supper prepared only as
thp Winstons "know how.”
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nebiett,
Jr., and daughters, Nancy, Ruth
Ann and Susan Gay of Stephen-
ville, Sallie Ann Kemp of Dal-
las, and Mr. and Mrs. Hasten
Walker of Dublin joined Mrs.
Wade Forester and Wade Jr., at
Merkel and the entire party
made the West Texas Hereford
Association tour.
underground season that was
not here last year.
Also thpre is grass on the
ground. A large grain crop has
been harvested though the mon-
ey is not in the banks because
perhaps 60 per cent of it is
awaiting returns on government
loans. There is a good, though
light grain sorghum crop grow
ing.
Total figures for Nolan Coun-
ty’s three banks on June 30
were: $11,499,444.82.
This compared with $11,498,-
152.33 a year ago and $9,528,000
on June 30, 1946.
Deposit totals as of June 30
were:
Texas Bank and Trust, $5,-
375,379.48.
National Bank of Sweetwater,
$3,258,310.76. This was com-
pared with $2,655,458 a year ago
Roscoe State Bank, $2,865,-
754.58. This represented a gain
over last year although there
is consideiable grain money in
t he region yet to be converted
into cash.
Teresa Johnson, historian.
The executive committee is
composed of W. S. Chennault,
Clarence Hudgins, Marshall Wil-
lis.
Swatters Splits
Wins And Losses
Mrs. Hartgraves
Succumbs; Riles
Held Thursday
Work on the 9.3 miles farm-to-
market paved road extension
from Highland to Maryneal like-
ly will be completed beforp frost,
County Judge Delas Reeves said
this week.
The state highway department
has advertised for bids on the
project and work is expected to
gpt under way soon.
The present road begins at
Roscoe and it is hoped that a
final link from Maryneal to
Blackwell can be obtained before
long. The county judgp has re-
quested this and has fairly good
assurances that it will be given
early consideration.
Such an all-weather mad
would serve a very important
ranching section and could be
used as a cut-off if ana whpn re-
building of Highway 70 from
Sweetwater to Blackwell is
started.
Roscoe's Ater Well
Reported 22 Barrels
The E. A. Ater well south-
west of Roscoe being drilled by
Skelly Oil Company is continu-
ing with core tests, it was re-
are that
this is pretty well established as
a discovery well of much signifi-
T. E. Arledge of Roscoe died, cance and the operators will
Blanche Barry, daughter of the ( probably drill down to find the
(. Q. Barrys of Eskotu, was re- I water table, fully exploring
covering alter surgery in Lull- j,h . ,
After that," iliey would try to
sity of Texas visited ids parents,!shut off <he wa‘er and bapk
tiie W. ft. Maniocs. “P 10 the pay depth—or, fail-
Jackie Bibb had his tonsils re-1 ing to shut off the water they
moved ... A daughter was born 1 could move over and start a new
to Mr. and Mrs. Monde] Russell I hole and drill next time with
. . R. L. Montgomery was hos-ifull knowledge of the forma-
pitalized for treatment of fire- j lions.
cracker burns . Margaret San- j skelly, according to the Abi-
ger of Blackwell ad major sur- j ]ene papt,[-s, ^as made a state-
gerv t * * ment on the well as of several
FIVE YEARS AGO a«"' (tuo'pd as
IN NOLAN COUNTY [having said that the well was
The WASP p.rogram passed in- [ coring ahead with 8 3-8 inch dia-
to histroy, and the last of 53 mond head at 7,128 feet, 44 feet
would-be WASPS who arrived below the top of the Ellenburg-
after Washington had cancelled! er. They said that at no time
the programwere ferried home had the well flowed oil on any
10 YEARS AGO
IN NOLAN COUNTY
Thousands gathered at Lake
Sweetwater for boat races, swim !
by the AAF Transport Command.
Chunky Ritter was commis-
sioner) at Rig Spring . . . Sgt.
Troy R Dooly was killed in
Italy . . O. H. Berry, Jr., be-
came an ensign at Columbia Uni-
versity’s midshipman’s school.
Four violent deaths marked
(he holiday weekend. Guy
Stephens 19, truck driver for
(See NO 5—Page 3)
test so far, nor had casing been
run.
They reported the well had
good oil shows, favorable drill-
stem tests and no water has
j been found in the section to 7,-
128 feet. The best drillstem test
reported was from 7,089-7,105
feet. Tool was open four hours;
iSee NO 0— Page 8)
300 visitors to tiie Electric Sho
attended the two performances
at 8 and 9:30 o’clock.
Cecil Brower’s Western Band
filled in three important inter-
ludes in the evening’s enter-
tainment, playing to crowds that
filled the area behind the gym-
nasium. The band plays each
evening at 7, 9 and 10:30 o’clock.
Tiie soft drink and Dot dog
stand operated by the Youth
Canteen was quickly sold out,
but the group was preparing to
fill all needs at Thursday night’s
show.
Tiie Electric Show continues
through Friday night and is
tree.
New Water, Sewer
Lines To Be Laid
A six blocks extension of water
mains on Arkansas west from
Throckmorton for four blocks
and then south two blocks has
been started by the city water
department.
The new main is six-inch pipe.
It is the first part of a general
water ar.d sewer extension pro-
gram in the southeast part of
the city. The principal expan-
sion will be in laying of new'
sewer lines, Water Works Super-
intendent Roy Duckett said.
The city has funds on hand
for this program, it was stated
by City Manager Thorgrimsen,
and the commission has author-
ized a far-reaching expansion of
the two utilities.
with a group of men
.vorking sheep for George Ren-
fro. The horse broke and ran
without apparent cause and was
not stopped until lie crashed in-
to a wire gate about a mile
away. Tiie boy’s father was giv-
ing chase. Troy Lynn’s head
hit the gate post, knocking him
from the horse. At Winters Hos-
pital it was found that lie suf-
fered from concussion and lac-
erations.
Troy Lynn had ridden tiie
horse often and was a good rid-
er for his age.
Troy’s younger brother, Har
old, was in the Winters Hospital
i about this time last year in a
critical condition from burns
| suffered in April, 1948.
* * •
U’TEH 30 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Watts visit-
ed their cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Owens, in Ballinger Satur-
day night. Another cousin, Ker-
mit Owens, and family of San
Antonio w’ere there. This was
the first time Mr. Watts had
seen Kermit in about 30 years.
+ * *
Mrs. Joe Dunnant, Mrs. Will
Proctor, and Mrs. W. A. Booher.
all of Winters, visited Mrs. John
Cave and Mrs. M. E. Hunter on
Thursday . . . The C. E. Wag
goners and Maudena visited his
cousin, Luther Vandergriff and
Mrs. Vandergriff and his grand-
mother at Aransas Pass this
week . . . Mr. and Mrs. Erdman
Hutchins of Ballinger and Mrs.
Kenneth Talley and son of San
Angelo spent ihe weekend with
(heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
1*. Hutchins . . . H. Stewart has
returned home after a two
(See NO. 2—Page 81
By Bud Worsham
Sweetwater’s Swatters in the
Longhorn baseball League won
four and lost four the past week
in games w ith Ballinger, Odessa,
Roswell and Midland.
The Swatters downed Ballin-
ger, 9-5, with Rollie Merrill get-
ting credit for the win. They
then went to Odessa, to defeat
the Oilers 4-0 behind the six-hit SNYDER. July 7—Bob Jordan
pitching of Lefty Bob Spence, [of Blackwell and the Stanolind
The Odessa team took thejQjj Company won title to the
other two games—8-2 and 14-6. mineral land on Section 579,
Bill Salisbury and Lloyd Angel- Block 97 H&TC Survey, where
la were the losers for Sweet-
water.
Tiie Swatters
Mrs. W. B. Hartgraves, 69, 1206
Ragland street, resident of Nolan
Nancy and Ruth Ann Nebiett County since 1900 died Tuesday
returned to Sweetwater for a j ™f.hp■**** °,clock ,n thp Sweet'
visit with their aunt, Mrs. Wade She HhadP ^Pn iU since last
Forester and family. ; ^jarcft
Mrs. Chas. Nebiett Jr., Charles Mr- Hartgraves was a native
TH, Susan Gay, Mrs. Ned Kemp j of Hamilton County, Texas. She
and Sallie Ann will go to Carls- : w'as born Mary Ella Pelton, on
had, N. V> to visit relatives. : Feb. 2, 1880. In 1900 she and Mr
Nancy ano Ruth Ann will join Hartgraves moved to Maryneal
, ihem at Sweetwater, return to [ She had lived in Sweetwater
Stephenville, then on to Mineral °t ,bp time since 1929.
1 Wells to attend church camp. F“PPral, “7“™ wprp hp'd
!___ p on Thursday at 2:30 p. m. in the
Fundamental Baptist Church
with the pastor, the Rev R. L.
t Patterson, officiating.
| Burial was in the Maryneal
! cemetery' under the direction of
| Patterson Funeral Home.
.Survivors include: Eight sons
—Otho Hartgraves, Maryneal;
Ray Hartgraves, Sweetwater;
I Bascom Hartgraves, Maryneal:
I Louie, Ennis and Elwood Hart-
graves, Sweetwater; Roy Hart
1 graves, Hamlin; and M/Sgt. Har
j old Hartgraves, Lowryr Field,
Denver, Colo.; three daughters—
Mrs. C. H. Arrick, Big Spring,
Mrs. C. G. Crowell, Piainview,
Bob Jorddn And
Stanolind Win
In Biq Oil Suit
twice, 7-2 and 17-1 in an Inde-
pendence Day double-header at
Sportsman Park. Marv Christen-
sen and I.ou Lockhart were the
winning hurlers.
Roswell salvaged the finale,
6-1, Tuesday as Spence lost out.
The Midland Indians copped a
three-game opener at Midland,
10 to 9. Bill Salisbury was giv-
en the defeat.
The Swatter schedule— July
7 8 at Midland; July 9-10, Vernon
[ Sunerior Oil Company recently
racked Roswell drilled a discovery well, accord- ancj Mrs. Spencer Duke, Houston;
ing to findings in district court [ a sister, Mrs. R L. Scott, Sweet
here Wednesday. water; 32 grandchildren and
Judge A. S. Mauzey ruled ir.
favor of the plaintiffs yesterday
and judgement will be entered.
Defendants will appeal, it was
indicated.
On June 20 this case was
heard before Judge Mauzey, at-
tracting wide attention because
of the immense value of a sec-
tion of land with probably a 16
seven great-grandchildren.
While Flal Wheal
Damaged From Rusl
here; July 11-12 at Big Spring; well potential. The case involved
inly 13-15. Midland here.
Boy Scouts Home
From Camp Trip
Sweetwater’s delegation of 17
Boy Scouts returned home Sun- j
day from a week at the Buffalo
Trail scout ranch summer camp.'
They reported a good week and
much advancement in work on :
all lines.
Chunky Ritter's Troop 95 won ;
first place in camp inspection
and first place for the best kept
table at the mess hall. Bill Rice's
Troop 40 won second in each
competition. There were 80
hoys representing eight troops
in camp. Ben McDowell and H
D. Norris also accompanied the
hoys.
many complex legal points.
The discovery well is located
: or Jordan’s ranch which Super-
| ior claimed it had leased. Stano-
lind likewise claimed the lease.
■ Jordan and Stanolind sued
obtain title and possession.
Wheat crops in the White
Flat area were badly damaged
by rust, L. W. Ross, prominent
farmer of that area, reported
here this week. He said that
some heads on stems touched
by the rust were no good while
oilier wheat nearby had well-
matured berries and made good.
He said his crop was disais
to | pointing, averaging only about
! 12 bushels to the acre.
The Thinkin* Philosopher
Four-row
Just As
Cultivator
Tirin'
The One-Row Kind
Quiet Fourth
Heat, Minor
Sweetwater area spent a quiet
Fourth, with heavy traffic but
few automobile accidents.
Thousands made trips and
homes were filled with visitors.
The official high temperature
July 4th was only 98 though at
one time an unofficial check at
the Santa Fe shops showed. 104,
it was reported.
Early Sunday morning two
Monahans women were injured
when their car was wrecked near
the underpass 11 miles east of
Sweetwater on Highway 80. They
were carried to Abilene for first
aid treatment.
Sunday afternoon a car rolled
over on a Lake Sweetwater road.
The sheriff’s department filed
one complaint for aggravated as-
Marked By
Accident
sault beforp Justice of the Peace
M. C. Mar.roe and fine and cost
ran $14.30. One man charged
with drunkenness was fined $14.
Highway Patrolmen reported
an abnormally heavy traffic
movement but few accidents.
City police officers arrested
one man for failing to stop and
render aid to an accident victim.
The defendant was transferred
to the county, where he is being
held in custody after not being
able to pay fine and costs of
$47.40.
Also over the weekend holi-
days. the police department
fined two drivers $5 each for
(Editor's notc.Thr Think-
in' Philosopher on his John-
son grass farm on one of the
ditides seems to he about
normal this week, the follow-
ing letter reveals.)
* * *
Dear editar:
I was out here the oilier day
watchin thing
in to the drone of tractors run-
nin on my neighbor's farms and
tvonderin if my cork was goin
under from the pull of a fish
big enough to lie worth the effort
of yankin up the pole, ain’t no
weather but they are a special 1 use exertin yourself unnecessar-
nuisance in mar..v neighborhoods.: dy in this kind of weather, and
__„„„ 1 got to thinkin what my neigh-
\\e are getting many com- (X)r ^ energetic one, had to
plaints from people who say that yesterday about farm nia-
the foul odors from burning gar- I ehinery.
bage and trash are keeping them -what will
from getting out in the hack they bring out
yard to have some fresh air. j pd^to'^lTnow
Some complain it comes into | R t i 11 admirin
their bedrooms, so they can’t ! and ovetin a
sleep in peace.”
Trash Fires After
Night Are Nuisance—
And Also Illegal
Fire Chief A. C. Forgay said
Tuesday that trash fires after
hours are not only a special fire
menace because of the dry
The city ordinances forbid
burning trash before 6 a. m. or
after 2 p. m. Then only trash
operating a vehicle without li- j in closed metal containers can
cense. Four "drunks” paid $14 be burned. Open fires are not ha() a walkin plow, and I can re
fines each. One parking viola- permitted except with special member when thrv brought out
tor was fined $1. ; permit from the fire department. , the one-row riuin plow and 1
| set of four-row
traetor e q u i p-
ment he'd seen
! in town that
j mornin.
“First they
thought a man with one of them
really had somethin,” he went
on.
"Then when they brought out
a two-row ridin cultivator, the
tellow with the one-row outfit
looked up and said the other fel-
low really had somethin.
"Then when they brought out
grow and listen- i tractors, with three row equip-
ment, the fellow with the tw<>
I row mule-drawn stuff was really
envious.
"Now they got tractors with
four-row equipment. What do
you reckon they'll bring out
[ next?” He walked off in a sort
I of a dream, like he thought
manufacturers was devotin their
| lives to makin farmin a snap.
Now understand 1 pride my-
j self on bein progressive, ain't
never yet stood in the way of
any body who wanted to work
harder, ain’t never envied my
neighbor’s flashy ear or 18
| months time-payments, but my
| -uspicions is that most folks are
I kiddin themselves about pro-
j gress.
The w'av I look at it is, if
you’re workin from sun-up to
■ sun-down with one-row equip-
! ment or four-row equipment,
you’re still w’orkin from sun-up
io sun-down. There may be
some folks who can get some
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