The Bowie Booster (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1935 Page: 3 of 8
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EBtablinhwi Feb 9. 1022.
. KOHT JHTKPHY. editor
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE RAILROAD LEAVES
( From The Mason City, Iowa, Glgbe Gazette )
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Entered cttw matter .Oct. What '^PPens when railroad facilities are lost to a community
1,1022, at the post office at Bowie-!wr region is being well '"illustrated just now overin northeastern
Texas/under the Act of March 3, Ilf1?;) Nebraska. •"* v............r
-----—-About two years ago. on the showing of unprofitable operation,
•SUBSCRIITION RATES theO/naha railroad was penafttted by the- interstate commerce com
One year ii.oc mission to abandon a 50-mile bramjhjhig^between Sioux City and
Six months 00 Wynot, Nebraska. Muclil'of its business had been lost to truckers
, and it was reasoned that the Temainder could be han{31e(jjii this
'11 gro;it. sacrifice tri SHtppera 'TUB year of■ prace -al
(Cash invariably in Advance) - lowed by the I . C C. was allowed to expire by the-communities
- --- i served by that branch line and the tracks were torn up.
ADVEK1IS1NG RATES Here we take up the story as It was presented to the G rainv£hd assuGng(v
Outplay, per inch, Insertion - 20c Fleed Review of Minneapolis: - ,
Locals, per line, each inaertidh - 5c j “The truckers assu red the townspeople and the farmers that,
they would be entirely able to till their transportation needs. They |
pointed.,out that the bulk' rtf transportation service’ already was 'hr !y " t'< i vice woifld tend to
jduce the number of
F roe
Chauffeur
Furnished Drunks
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
CLASSIFIED ADS
Corpus CHristi, Texas, Sept.
21(ap)— Police here ,today an
nou need the iimu.gmrfttn>o,.o'f Iraaa -fti/\N |jfie'Flint you sumnKifrfyy
making Publication o.f . this Oita
(No local taken for less than 25c,)'
chauffeur service for drunks.
They announced tbat any-per
Son-who has been drinking, .and
feels it would be unsafe for him
to operate his automobile may
call police- and an officer will
drive him home.
The announcement' added re
that such persons
will not be jailed unless there is
a “necessary” reason fur it.
Oftieers said they believed the
re-
THE STATE OF TEXAS. >
To the Sheriff or any. Constable of [ .TO TRADE—ydi it tops for
Montague County - (1 KlvETINt.'.:J Rhode Island Red liens. Apply
VOU ARE hereby COM
at ibe Booster Office,
aMasou fit. .'______. —-----
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lof liquor.
Itonior «rfv»ri«inVj chai-o-Bft! their hands and that they.could handle what little remained. IT" “UU"J“I •*' p,MM)ns
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solution and tributes of respect: also j territory, Fivst of all, the graiii ra'te by-.rail to Sioux City and the
all lodge or church notices where there I was8 cents per hundred from the farthest point on the line.
Now the rate is 10 gents a Amabel to Sioux Gityv • Coal was laid
down, in t|ie farthest town for 20 cents a ton', wJiilg a>, present^
truckers are offering Uv deliver coal to close-in points at $2 a ton., .
j Com mission has anmmiiited open
lion in some newspaper publish
ed in' the County of Monta-
gue if there be a newspaper
published therein, but if not,
then in the nearest County
where a newspaper is^ublish
ed, one in xeach week for
four consecutive week's'previous
to the return day hereof satrie
being the 21st day of October
whose residence is unknown, to
.be and....appear, before the Hon.
District. Court, of the next regu
lar let in thereof, to be holden in
lib S.
FOR SALE—A life time schol-
arship of Brantley- Draughn
Business College, Fort Worth,
Texas, $25 cash Apply at the
Bowie Booster office, lib South
Mason St.
is a fee charged
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character standing or reputation of
any* individual, firm or corporation,
which'may appear in the columns of
The Rooster will he gladly corrected
upon its being brought U) the atten-
tion of the editor-
Printed Weekly at Howie,
Montague County,
Texas
Thursday, Sept. 26, 1935
Civil Service Examinations
Thu United States Civil Service
“l°urposc Is What (jives
■ Life AVaniiu)."
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l will think—talk—write . . -
Texas Centennial in 1936! This
Js to be my celebration. In its
'achievement l may give free play
to my patriotic love for Texas’
heroic past; my confidence in its
gloriej that are to be......
Regimenting the Spud
become
. bu reati-
• The humble soutl hits
the latest target for tjte
' crat. . .
Under a law passed by theTaSt
Congress, the Irish potato is (£4
have its turn in, so-vot'lt-d crop
conU'ok Growers" whit produce
more U,an tive bushels a year
must submit to. a stringent-licen-
sing system -and it they pro-
duce more than their'quota, -a.
. fine may be levied against them
Opposition arguinen-ts. bused: on
the fact that the spud is an ec-
centric; soft of'animal, whose pro
dactivity is almost impossible to
control, have no avail
Thd n'trw 1a'W, did nut have Ad-
ministrative support, and seems
to be regarded coldly by Secre-
, tar.y Wallace. .It was put thru
by zealots who feel that nature
should be regimented, as thor,
oughl.y as possible.
FTo'wovev, it, is encouraging to
report that various groups, led
by well known tnetH,ha!veannoun
ced defiance to such a libert'y-de-
atjroying law—and have challeng
Farm values have depreciated from 50 percent to 75 percetit. Some j
farmers an? 50 miles from a railroad. ''Homes iu the towns, elected
at a cost, of $4,000, are begging for buyers at levels as low as $500
and there are no buyers Lastly, the Omaha l oad paid $28,000 each
year.in taxes, and this sum has been shifted <pvbr“ the remaining
taxpayers. ~ •
"This is not a nice picture, yet if tlie rural merchants and the
rural community does not awaken, it is a scene that is going to be
enacted in scores of towns that, are today, thriving trading psfwts,”
'fTie moral rtf tl.iis little tale is that America tit,ust begin to give
greater recognition to-the important role played by railroads in its
business structu fe, as a direct servantapd as a stabilizer and check
oil transportation rates, in competing agencies.
Printed by Request, T. S. DUTTON,iEmproyer,
-In Interest of'Every-Taxpayerin the United States.
flte (Tonnty of Montague on the
21st day of October A I). P.Kiu at
the < 'em rt House thereof in Mon*
tague then and there to aqswer a
petition filed in said Court, on
the 11th day of September A •!)-.
competitive examinations as fol- in a suit nuinbered' on the
lous: - docket of said Court- No. sT'.H),
' Public land surveyor,, 5*2,000 a wherein Cecil Staff is plaintiff-
year, Field Service, General' Land and Kmainief Staff is defendant.
Office, Department of the inter The nature of the plaintiff’s tie
' tnand being as fojlows, to wit: .
supervisor (psychia-1 _ Plaintiff sites for DivorcefaE
trie), $5,(500 a year, Department Edging that she is now and has
ul the Interior been for a period of twelve
"■ Full information may be obtain months prior to tlte filing of this
ed from T II Pierce Secretary ,,vtitiT,n. an actual bonalide in
of tin-E S. Civil Service. Board habitimt of the State- of Texas,
of Examiners',-at the post ^office and has resided . in. Montague
in this city. • j County, longer than six-months,
that residence of the Defendant.
ior.
Medical
-Buy It In Bowie-
Wliat Fire Proven-
tion Means to Yon
laKSfilBSKS
Tee coming of Fire Prevention
Week, which will be observed be-
tween Oetober;() and 12, makes it
worthwhile to ineiAitate on what
fire prevention' means to you asll
an individual, a taxpayer, a home I ]
owner'and a w.orker.’
Fire prevention saves lives—
fo'5 r s anef your Joverl ones.
Thousands of people are .now,
•cremated each year — Because I ]
Burlington
Route
Travel Safely and
Comfortably
THRU AIR-CONDiTIONED TRAINS
No changes enroute "
, AIR - COOLED COACH FARS
each
someone was careless.
Fire prevention is the friend of
the ‘home. .Without it, your
home may be turned to ashes— ,
ami irrsaVance can never • replace
the many intangible vaSRes each
hi i mu- m prose n ts. Mo n ey-ca n no t
I'ompensate.fqr eveaything. .
* Fire prevention tends to keep,I
taxes down. Each time a lire
destroys tax-paying property,*!-|
thus removing It from the tax.
rolls, higher taxes iniisti’ ‘he paid
by all itther- property Within the
Amarillo '
Childress
■ (liarendon
Henrietta
Pueblo
Quanah ..........
Ti-xline ••- ,.....
Trinidad .....-.
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Wichita Falls-— ..
For I’d 11 ma n
BOWIE
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BJectra.......
Fort Worth
....$5 35
t. 3Up
■ • ■ 4.20
- -. .55
-■-*■12 80
* - - - 2 48
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■ ■ • 10 43
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Service Charges Slightly HighO'
Memphis . . -
Cbj^udif ......
Colorado Springs.
•Dallas . . . i ...
-Demi.nl'. —~—. --i
Dalbart ■ • • .
Denver..........
■ •$! 45
• ■ 1 38
■ ‘3 66
.. 4 HO
. 18 20
..; 2.02
• - 57
• ■ 0 00
• 14 67
is iitiknown."' Plaintiff alledges
that, they were married ,4 illy 81st,
1083,-and separated March l()th,
1085; ibat plaintiff treated de
leudant wit.lt chic respect, but
I defendant cursed, and abutted-
her, told her he did not, love her,
and struck her on tnarty be.
easiOns; that she lias not lived
with defendant since separation;
i Plaintiff prays' for. divorce and
for sueffother and further relief
j.. HEREIN ..FAiL NO'IV And
[ ftave you befo/e said Court, on
the said first day of the next
term t,Hereof, this Writ with
your endorsement, t hereon, show-
ing how.you have executed the
j saute.
Given tinder tn.v hand arid seal
-SALESMAN WANTED .
“MEN WA-NTED for Rawleigh
Routes itt Jack and North 'l^tr-
r.aitt counties Write t, o d a y.
Rawleigh Co . Dept. TXT-73-SB
Memphis, Ti*nu. 4t.
FOR SACK—TWO canary' bird
singers, 2 hens, 2 cages, and 2
wall racks for $1 >. Apply at the
Bowie' B'ooster office:
llte Booster is now prepared
to furnish all those having
Springfield Autographic Regis-
ters in any kind of form print-
ing When out of stationery for
these machines call on us and we
will take pleasure |n filling your
order promptly, T Adv.
FOR SALE 2(10 acres prairie
farm, 135 acres in cultivation
situated 7 mile's west of Bowie
near 'Leona High Schopj. Living
water spring, windmill, modern.’,
improvements, small orchard.
Brice $27 50 per fiCTe.„ Apply to'
Tlie Bovyie Ii(Vister,. Bowie, Tex,
FOR SALE*—300 bales*of good
Hay; Farm Radio with set new
batteries; Crosley Electric Radio;
Singer.Sewing Machine; Hiipyer'
Cleaner; Whirlpool Wa*8her> 100
pound .captlcit.v • ice Box' Will
sell at it bargain for. q-uiotc sale,' ’
See Cu t'lee, Coffield Motor (,.ki, ,i •,
Work To Start Soon
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On Nocona rostoih-oe
Dayligfit'TfaTn for
(Plain view
(Lubbock
$5 13
5 85
-Npbona—Aceo'pdjng. to lates-L
reports, the long delayed' wot.k *
on a federal postoffice at Nocona
will begin soon. Word from,
WTMitngTTvn“irt!rrities the situat-
ion considerably. Mrs. Mary S„
Strong, postmaster hery,,' is in
' receipt,'of a telegram from Con,
'tressa,a n W. I). McFatTafvo
, „ , r.. ,s . which says that conti^kftt. will, be-
Ele'k District Court Montague ,
... ,,, . awarded in a fe
C,omvty.— I irxas . - i
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:bf'sail! CTdurt, at offix'.e in. Monta
gue this, the 12th day of Septem 1
her A. D. 11)35
I'TiED McGREf ;t)R Y,
days,
com arffriity
Fire prevention, keeps insui —
a.nce rates clown. Over a period
of fbars, the rate for each loc'aji
ty is based upon' ti;i;e loss-^-.man.y
lires mean high rates:
Fire prevention is the friend
of employ (ijetvt: When a fire de
stt'pys a.business, jobs are , lost,,
and thousands of dollars in pur
chasing power is lost with them
Untold privat.ioq and misery can
■res'it It, ‘|k~
Fire prevention, means . pro-
gressive towns and cities. Cas-
es are oil neoord where a single
fire, destroying a, towrr’s main in-.
(1 os try, has resulted in perma-
nent retrogression,, at, the ex-
pense of property and all other
valued in the community.
.Prevent lire- and. save lives
Have by using RepUeed Rhund*Trfj| Fares
FORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY
F. C. Green, Agentr 3
Subscribe for
10 8 35 only $181 year.
The Booster at
EHSH
SEE US FOR YOUR
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Building Materials
For pure savnitary milk buy it from ..
The West Side Dairy
Estimates Cheerfully
ed its enforcement. The pioneerm0ney. Do your part' dur
spirit, which detests any kind of j ingj Pipe 'Prevention Week —In-
dictatorship, is not'yet dead ard dustrial News Review.
demands the right to'eat spuds! -—--1
without political supervision -In ) Another trouble witfi a vacat.
dustrial News Review, . ' • iotr i-s that it is usually such a
Given.
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and
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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If there is a mark in Another th.ipg this worlrd
this square it means needs, is a pair of white liant.s
that your, time 'n that won’t show grass stains.’
this paper has- ex
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Murphy, Robert. The Bowie Booster (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1935, newspaper, September 26, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth641702/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.