The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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ocksprings
AND EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH, 1929
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inthly membership meeting
it lirachcon at
Saturday evening,
forty present,
sick, was un-
the chair was
y chairman of
Directors. ^
men of Rock-
by their ab-
s, the min-
meeting were read,
the road committee,
last meeting, to con-
■■pi|for< the
City Develop-
Uon’s Club,
"fejpests. of
_ made their
Lockley.
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at Sonora, was
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and was
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Tax Collections
Total $124,039.66
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Tax collections in Edwards county,
made by Tax Collector Ed S. Young,
up to March first totaled $124,039.66,
out of a total rendition amounting to
around $127,000.00, which shows that
there remains about $3,000.00 to be
collected. *
Mr. Young reports that up to-date
700 automobiles have been registered,
and his department has collected $5,-
700.00 in automobile taxes.
The total money of every nature col-
lected and deposited in the depository
this year so far is as follows;
Automobile, $5,700; State, $31,107.-
83; County, $92,931.66.
Not having the treasurer’s quarter-
ly report before us, it is impossible
for the Record to give the distribution
of this tax money, showing balances,
if there be any, in each fund of the
county’s financial budget. Heretofore
we have printed the quartely report
of the county treasurer, but guess
this also went out when the other
printing contracts was conceled with
the Record.
play
eases Sales
About three months ago the Alamo
IfUraber Company had a thorough
housecleaning, installed new fixtures
and display tables, as w’ell as hew
shelving throughout. 5
Then the entire interior was paint-
ed in two-tone colors to harmonize,
and Mr. Richardson tells us that they
have found the new arrangement very
satisfactory, amt adds that he thinks
•.he improvements will pay for them-
selves in a short time through increas-
ed patronage brought about by proper
display of articles offiered for sale.
articles offiered
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LA. Clark Has
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registered
Delaine
A..
breeder, reports that the range on his
ranch is looking excellent, and white
He fca3 fed his ewes to the present time
as he always does, he has now turn-
them on the range, and expects
returns this spring than com-
provkfed the weather conditions
not materially affect them dur-
tambing and immediately follow-
commit
of the
nrf-
iilitary
entertainments
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>wn to pos-
retained, with
who stated
fact that he
he deemed is
removed from the
r much a.scus-
to place another
committee in place
which resulted in
selected, and made
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to look
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of one of our
the cost
had rais-
reported
hoard had not
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Mrs. Clark has a nice bunch of re-
tered Angoras, and expects to ma-
increase her flock ihis spring,
has one of the most attractive and
best apportioned chicken yards and
ses to be fonnd anywhere in the
i State ,and she finds ready sale for her
chickens. , ^' Vv
Hero you will find registered Jer-
lsey cattle, for milk and butter. This
1. J couple are indeed living at home and
eating at the same place,-in that they
have everything on their ranch that
makes life, really attractive. With re-
gistered sheep, goats, Jerseys, Essex
hogs, chickens and turkeys, and a fine
{garden then there is no question but
that Mr, and Mrs. Clark are enjoy-
f ing the many blessings that come with
a well-apportioned ranch in Edwards
tmfly ."- *
This is among the best improved
ranches in this section of the south-
west, and everything that tends to
improve the flocks, as well as living
and other conditions necessary to the
I industry will be found at this ranch.
The improvement, while not elabor-
ate, yet are elegant in every respect;
(the home being strictly modern, and
its furnishings in line with the elegance
of the building, while the barn is of
the latest type concrete construction,
two-stories, and having every conven-
ience desired by Jbfe stockraiser.
Taking it all in all, The Clark Ranch
is a place that unit attract anyone who
will drive out and take a look over
the premises and what they contain.
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Another Building
For R, S. Loan Qo.
V. A. Brown and Lon R. Smart
were visitors to Camp Wood Monday,
the object of this trip being a busi-
ness mission, in connection with the
construction of a second unit of ware-
faeiHtica for the Rocksprings
Livestock Loan Company, at that
tells us that the new
x 75 feet and con-
—ill i
Clean Up Your
Premises Now!
The matter of cleaning up our city
this spring was gone into by the of-
ficials at their meeting Tuesday after-
noon.
After quite a good deal of discus-
sion it was decided that this clean-up
campaign get under way as soon a9
possible, in that the city may be clean-
ed up by the first of April, if possible
for files will soon be with us, and as
these are carriers of many disease
germs, it is hoped that all trash be
removed from premises and vacant
lots be cleared1 of all rubbish that would
calculate to mar the beauty of the
city, as well as cause ideal hatching
places for disease bearing insects.
It is hoped that the citizenship,
using open toilets will look into having
them properly boxed and > screened
before the warm weather sets in. In
this connection, we wish to say that
the city has toilet boxes and cans for
sale at a reasonable price, and every
toilet should be provided with these,
in order that every danger from dis-
ease carried by flies may be reduced
to a minimum.
We understand the city officials will
ask that each and every resident of
the city assist in this movement by
cleaning up their premises, and it is
hoped that a number of trucks will
be. donated for this clean-up, so that
there will be no. expense attached to
the same. It may be the Boy Scouts
will be interested in this campaign and
donate their services and drive the
trucks to the dump grounds, and look
into the general* beautification of
Rocksprings through its clean-up cam-
paign, and thus assist in one of the
most worthy moves a community can
advance. •
The Woman's Club might be inter-
ested in this campaign.
The Flying Eagle
Makes Round Trip
Brownsville^ Texas.—While 20,000
people looked on. Charles A. Lind-
bergh,idol of the air, sailed gracefully
to the ground at the local airport Sat-
urday afternoon, inaugurating inter-
national mail, between the United
States and Mexico by a new route,
►ana inaugurating a new epoch in the
history of this border city. The n«#
line puts Mexico City 36 hours away
from New York.
The Flying Eagle added another ac-
complishment to his chain of con-
quests, bringing the mail in without a
hitch, and Sunday he look the first
air mail back to Mexico, completing
the ’-auguration of the line both
ways.
.
Mr. Young Has
Tonsils Removed
T. C. Hampton and Gus Young
returned the first of the week from
Temple, where Mr. Young went thru
Scott and White’s clinic, and Mr.
Young had his tonsils removed.
These men report that good rains
fell all the way from this section of
the country to Temple, and that every-
thing looks very prosperous through
the entire sections traveled by them.
Mr. Hampton reported a small am-
ount of hail fell with a good rain ai$
his place Monday night, but no dam-
age was done by the hail, yet much
good will result from this timely rain.
New York To
Have Big Hotel
New York.—A new and more sum-
ptuous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel than
the ofie soon to give way to a sky-
scraper, will rise on fashionable Park
Avenue, announcement by Lucius M.
Boomer, president of the Hotel Cor-
poration, disclosed.
The new hotel, to be known as the
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, will be erect-
ed at a cost of more than $40,000,000.
It will be upward of 40 stories in hei-
ght, with more than 2,000 rooms and
will occupy the entire block bound
by Park and Lexington Avenues and
49th and 50 th streets, construction
wilt be started in the fall.
The
Wood
road to Leakey from Camp
via Kaolin mines which has
of eight weeks under the supervision
of J. W. Giidart was cotnpleded and
otlMtwwk. —
Joseph & Buswell’s
Big Style Show
The first style show for Rock-
springs was that put on by the enter-
prising firm of Joseph & Buswell at
the Owens & Smart Theatre last Mon-
day night, and was attended by a very
large gathering from both the city
and ranches surrounding.
The music for this occasion was
furnished by Mrs. Gus Fleischer, at
the piano, and an interesting dance
number was that given by Mrs. C. F.
Saville.
This style show followed an excel-
lent picture given by the management
of the theatre.
§ome of the handsomest gowns we
have seen anywhere were worn by the
ladies on this occasion, and it is claim-
ed that $15,000 wqrth of garments pas-
sed before the audience on living mod-
els, on this occasion.
The one model to bring down the
house, was tiny Miss Doris Jean
Balentine, the baby girl of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Balentine.
Those ladies who posed as madels
for the different gowns on this oc-
casion were:
Mesdames Ben L. Wheat, Alice
Thompson, Laurence Johnson, Wal-
ker Ragsdale, H. A. Hamer, W. P.
Hendrix, C. F. Saville, Betty Lewis,
A. E. Aiken, H. R. Bean, Joe W.
Ragsdale. Misses Julia Weaver, Vivian
Balentine, Claudine Bourland, Dor-
othy Buswell, Kate Wellborn, Kath-
rine Suttles, Elizabeth Morriss, Helen
Barnes of Junction, and Little Miss
Doris Jean Balentine.
The first display was that of Vir-
ginia Hart Wash Dresses, Second,
Dresses for Sport Wear. Third, Dress-
es for Street Wear. Fourth, Afternoon
and Party Dresses. Fifth, Pajama
Parade.
Mrs. Saville gave a dance during the
display. *
This event was pronounced one of
the most enjoyable of the season, and
while the merchants putting on the
show have no doubt soW mano* dress-
es on account of vTTyet it musTHBe
said that the show' will materially sti-
mulate sales of dresses by all the Rock-
springs merchants ,and many dollars
will find their way into local chan-
nels of business that have been going
oat of town heretofore, on account of
the ladies of this community not be-
ing acquainted with the quality of mer-
chandise to be found at home.
Election To
Be Held Soon
Elsewhere in this issue of the Record
will be found a notice of city elec-
tion, at which you are to vote on
a mayor and three aldermen. As we
see it, Rocksprings is ably managed,
and is a city that is forging to the
front through the efforts pf. the
gentlemen who compose our present
administration.
Mr. Brown is making us an excel-
lent mayor and those who ‘are serv-
ing w'ith him are looking to the wel-
fare of the city as it should be look-
ed after, and we think the future of
our city will be well guarded and ad-
vanced by those who are now at its
head, and they should be returned to
office.
Alamo Lbr. Co.
Buys Griffith
Del Rio, Texas.—Sale of the Grif-
fith lumber yard in this city to the
Alamo Lumber Company, was an-
nounced this week by Johnson Grif-
fith, owner. Griffith also sold his yards
in Charlotte, Poteet, Jourdanton,
Pleasanton and Goliad to the Alamo.
The consideration of the yard in Del
Rio was said to be $92,000.
Seven or eight years ago the Grif-
fith yard was opened in Del Rio and
was managed for several years by W.
F. Easterling, former mayor of this
city. The last two years S. L. Mat-
son has been manager, and the state-
ment is made by the Alamo Company
that there will be no change in the
personnel of the local organization.
Last year this yard sold a little over
$100,000 worth of materials, and Mat-
son had personal charge of the erec-
tion of the Hotel Baker and the
three-story building of A McDougald
& Sons, in addition to the erection of
30 residences and many ranch build-
been under construction for a period ings. Matson is now building a two-
room addition to the San Felipe School
No. I, and also has charge of six
Present War
Is Different
While any kind of wrarefare is de-
plorable, and more especially that
kind of warefare that gets a nation
nowhere toward settlements of dis-
putes, contentions and other things
that even lead into religion, yet we
must say that the present uprising in
Mexico is quite a good deal different
from any other uprising that war-
stricken country has ever experienc-
ed in the past in that the present revo-
lution has done away with the tactics
of Villa, which characterized his, as
well as all other revolutions. In fact,
it looks as if the day of the Mexican
bandit at the head of guerilla army
is a thing of the past
The men leading the present revo-
lution are men of education. Many of
them possess college degrees, and
have had long military training.
It will be noted that no longer does
the rebel commander summarily exe-
cute his prisoners of war with a fir-
ing squad before the most convenient
abode wall—he dignifies his position
by simply calling them “prisoners of
war.”
At the very beginning of this upris-
ing General Valles, in charge of the
rebel forces, declared that he had or-
ders to take all town* in the state
of Chihuahua “without bloodshed.”
He stated also there was to be no loot-
ing in Jauret. V
Federal soldiers would not be harm-
ed if they surrendered to the rebel
cause, said Valles.
“Will there be any executions,” he
was asked. * . -
“I do not know',” he replied. “I have
given orders to my soldiers not to
take anything without paying for it.
There will be no looting.”
General Valles also declared to El
Continental that he carried about $200,-
000 m gold to pay for any damage
done to private property during the
battle of Juarez. He added that “every-
body's property would be protected.”
“Cutting
Somel
>f the county i
One thiM noted ia the present up-
rising m Mexico That will appeal to
the general citizen, and that is the
two armies there may meet in battle "
extending over a period of a few days,
and after the “smoke” has blown iS ,
it will be seen that about all the da-
mage done wait the burning of many
thousands of rounds of ammunition
and the destruction of a few houses.
.
Need More Rural
I Fire
“Farm fires in the United States,”
says a pamphlet recently issued by the
Agricultural Committee of the Nation-
al Fire Waste Council, “costs froth
2000 to 3000 lives every year and
from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 m
property loss. At the minimum esti-
mate the condition is appalling. It is
the more depressing because the waste
to a large extent is needless. +
“First of all, fire should be prevent-
ed by taking every possible precau-
tion against the' known hazards. But
in addition to these precautions, each
rural community can add to its se-
curity by the organization of a ru-
ral fire department
“Rural fire departments are now in
use in many part of the country and
are very successful. No longer in
farm communities that have a well
trained fire company with modern
motorized equipment which can be
called by telephone, docs the farmer
have to sit idly by and watch his
buildings and their valuable contents
—often his savings of a lifetime of
hard work—go up in smoke. - A'
“While much has been accomplish-
ed in providing farm fire protection
in some states much more
be done in this broad field,
half the people of the United States
live pn farms or in small country
towns and many of these, localities
still lack the-protection of organized,
fire departments.”
Some counties are
penditures to «uch a
feel it will become
in the end these c
by such actions,
ness insitutions,
welfare o
the mere fact of
to the quick will
fit them, for it
county, state or m
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Lockley s Store
Making Changes
r furnishings,
.h«Ur^p
The h
For the past several weeks, Green
Lockley, who has active management
of the J. N. Lockley store, has beenj
changing the interior
that he might matte a
of the merchandise, and bos
the crowded
would not
tui di.pl
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T. C.
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Hutt, J. W. The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1929, newspaper, March 15, 1929; Rocksprings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1096383/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .