The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 6, 1929 Page: 1 of 6
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AND EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 1929
Bourland
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Claudine Bourland, secretary
n Angora Breeders’ Associa-
will leave some time next week
dy on October 9th, for Dallas,
jhe will be in charge of a
set apart for the Angora goat
at the State Fair of Texas
The officials of the fair this year
suivc made every effort possible to
lag before the public the magnitude
the goat industry, and the superior
ity of fabrics manufactured from
aohair, and with this in mind, they
the • American • Angora Goat
Association to select some
familiar with the industry, ai-
with a suitable person to proper-
ad vcrtise the products of the mo-
industry, to be present at the
^ fair, at which place suitable quar- j
Sera would be provided, in order that ■
display of goods may be made,
also a booth to be used for the
la of general matter pertain- J
n^to the industry.
TL J. Cohn of St. Louis, represent-
Whitman Co„ was seiect-
Association to have on dis-
cioths and garments manu-
from mohair, and a very large
will be displayed by this gen-
Association then selected its
•secretary. Miss Claudine
, to attend the fair, and have
•of the booth set apart for ad-
purposes and she will give
lands of pieces of literature
jlojft. the mohair, industry. Nat-
.miny questions will have to be
by the party having the
3 charge, and the American
f (3oat Breeders’ Association
have selected anyone more
the ins and outs of the
than is Miss Claudine.
=matter and bulletins
jfurnished by the Angora
. Lesher, Whiteman Co., U, S.
of Agriculture, while sev-
booldets will be fur-
by the Rocksprings Record,
Edwards county and its
more particularly
fy, which will be
, by Miss Bourland during
r^at Dallas.
Price Paid For
Mohair Too Low
Thurman Favors
Record’s Stand
J. E. Thurman bnd Sons have just
finished shearing around 6000 head of
sheep, and they report that the clip
was very satisfactory this fall.
Mr; Thurman is heartily in accord
with the Record in its stand for a co-
operative marketing association, and
like the Record, feels that this can-
not be accomplished in fact unless the
warehouse interests, or at least a ma-
jority of them get together, and then
in turn have the growers stand with
the organization of warehouse men.
“You know,” said Mr. Thurman, “A
house divided within itself cannot sur-
vive, and it looks like the members j San Saba, Brady, Lampasas, San Mar-
cos are said to have been sold while
that of the Wool Growers Central
Storage Company of San Aneglo and
the Texas Wool and Mohair Com-
pany of the same city have not been
disposed of. Other unsold accumula-
Setting an average price of 46 cents
for adult hair and 56 cents a pound
for kid hair, three Boston buyers ac-
quired during the week six million
pounds of the seven million pounds
of the Texas fall mohair clip, while
producers over the southwest protest-
ed the inadequacy of the price.
The Junction Wool and Mohair
Company sold more than 300,000
pounds to C. G. Murfitt and Company
of Boston, which also bought the
nearly half million pound accumula-
tion of the Del Rio Wool and Mo-
hair Company. The accumulations at
Texans Will
Attend Meeting
of the warehouse associations in Tex-
as are among the largest growers of
wool and mohair, and naturally they
would want to receive the largest
price possible for wool and mohair,
and to attempt to form some sort of
cooperative association in Texas, leav-|tjons are sajd to be Horner at Uval-
ing the members of the different ware- de and that at Sanderson and Mer-
houses out of the association, would tzon. Reports differed as to whether
be suicide at the very beginning. Brackettville has sold. It is the low-
“I see no reason for this dual or- est price for hair since the autumn of
ganization, but feel that pf all will 1923.
get their heads together, this coopera-
tive organization may be perfected
within the organizations housing the
vast clips today, and in this organi-
zation should be banded all the grow-
ers of both wTOol and mohair in Texas. | Some of the hair is already being
Quarantine In
Several Counties
Martial Law
Now At Borger
Tyler and Yal Verde counties are j' Martial law was proclaimed in Bor-
Chief buyers have been J. M. Lea, j
being held under blanket quarantine
pending improvement of sheep scabies
conditions now current, according to
the August Live Stock Sanitary Com-
mission report. In the former county
nine inspections were made, 31 infec-
tions revealed, a total of 253 sheep
found exposed to the trouble while
216 were found free, the sheep of both
totals being dipped.
In Val Verde county 6,000 were
found free from the disease with only
1,263 exposed and dipped, and no pos-
itive infections were made, according
to the report.
No infections were reported out-
side of Tyler and Hardin counties.
Eight inspections were made in Con-
cho county, with no exposures and
dipping. Crockett county had 25 in-
spections, finding 273 exposed, these
being dipped. Gillespie drew 21 in-
spections, and 57 exposures and dip-
pings. Irion had only two needless in-
spections. Kerr had three of a like
sort. Kimble showed an exposure and
a dipping out of two inspections. Lam-
pasas’ total of inspections was seven,
ger and all of Hutchinson county Sun-
day morning by Governor Moody,
with the announcement that “state’s
forces will stay in Borger until it is
cleaned up, or until the end of my
of Draper and Company, Tom Par-1 with 11 found exposed and dipped.
term of office and my successor re- of this month.
moves them.”
Gov. Moody went on and stated
among other things that “reports
reaching me show that the lack of law
ker of R^gler and Brown, and E. G.
Wentworth of C. G. Murfitt and Com-
pany.
The warehouse men in Texas have
been very liberal in loans through
their connections, and many of us have
been able to increase our flocks and
better our conditions through this
source, and I feel that they will perfect
some sort of cooperative marketing as-
sociation within their several organi-
zations that will be of everlasting bene-
fit to the growers of the nation, and
to cause strife as between the grow-
er and the men responsible for a great-
er, part of the success of the industry
at this time seems to be out of place.
“While I feel we were taken to a
cleaning this fall on our mohair, and
no doubt will be slapped in the face
when it comes to marketing our wool,
yet we must be reasonable, and not
lay this at the door of the several
for I am confi-
dent that they received every penny
for our products that they felt they
could receive, and they, like the grow-
shipped to Boston.
Earlier in the week the two other
Del Rio houses sold their accumula-
tion with a top price of 47 1-2 and 57
cents a pound. J. M. Lea bought more
than three million pounds at San An-
tonio the first of the week.
The prices received for this fall’s
clip are lowest received since the fall
of 1923 when the average for grown
hair was 45 cents while kid hair
brought 85 cents a pound that year.—
San Angelo Times.
Stock Sales
Handed Record
' The following stock sales and trades
have been reported during the past
few days:
O. Q. Marshall bought 2000 mixed
I Rio.—The Texas Association j
id Mohair warehouses took j
______ step toward uniting itself
cooperative unit by declaring here
1/ to send to Chicago Oct-
4, (Friday) two men from south-
Tezas to learn just what the plan
>e Federal Farm Board is for co-
selling of wool
: meeting here was called by the
C. C. Bekcher, who was
to name the two men to
o. One man from Del
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one from San Angelo likely j
selected. These two men will
to a meeting to be held in San
► some time in November.
Miles O’Daniel, secretary-treas-
of the Wool Growers’ Central
Company of San Angelo re-
on Bis trip to Washington
he appeared before the Federal
Board. 7
opt of town wool house men
raiser W. P. Riley of Junction,
Montague of Bandera, Walker
of Rocksprings, Jake Sch-
of Uvalde, V. A. Brown of
and Mr. O’Daniel.
'woo! and mohair warehouses
Texas handle more than 75
of the annual wool and mo-
of the state. There are about
houses in Texas. The first
« organized in 1909.
ciii^amGets
The Dixie Series
cr, were under the thumb screw of a jlambs from }oe gy peter50n at 59.
mighty organization having for its m mixed ,ambs ,rom Elmo Boyce al
purpose the lowering of prices on mo-
hair, and the same influence will be
felt when the wool is sold within a
short time.
“Organization and cooperation is
necessary, but it cannot be accomplish-
ed unless a greater majority of the
growers of wool and mohair in Ameri-
ca are members of such an organiza-
tion,”
G. & W. T. Favors
A. & S. Extension
i
Ala., Oct2.—Birming-
baseball championship
! defeating Dallas, 7 to 5,
in the sixth game of the
Both teams were far be-
playing form and loose
fielding figured conspi-
•coring. '
the Texas League
Barons stole a total
Two delayed double
completed. Six pitchers
during their respec-
meund were accord-
A surprise feature of the first day’s
session Wednesday of the Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing on
the application of the Abilene & Sou-
thernthern to extend its line from the
present southern terminus at Ballin-
ger to San Angelo being conducted
at the Gunter Hotel by Examiner, H.
C. Davis was the intervention of the
Gulf'& West Texas Railroad in behalf
of the A. & S.
The G. & W. T. joined delegation^
from San Angelo and other towns
of Tom Green county, also delegat-
es from Runnels and Concho counties
and important business interests from
Fort Worth and Dallas as an inter-
vention in behalf of the extension.
G. O. Bateman, assistant counsel
for the Texas . & Pacific Railraod,
said Wednesday afternoon, it is pro-
bable that the hearing will continue j Dtl R 0—Article, of agreement ce-
through the rema.nder of th., week. I mentinsr the wool and mohair w3re.
He Mid they had a large number hou3c, of th. state into a mon perftc,
$5.50; 296 lambs from Gus Young at
$5.50. Mr. Marshall sold three fat
steers to Henke Bros., Kerrville at
$90 per head.
R. H. Earwood traded Tom Hen-
derson 790 head of sheep for an equal
number of goats.
Last week O. L. McNealy pur-
chased of E. W. Bacon 4000 ewes and
iambs which he will run on his large
acreage southeast of Rocksprings.
Heretofore Mr. McNealy has run mut-
ton goats exclusively, but will in the
future stock his range w'ith a suffici-
ent number of sheep to take care of
the grass on his holdings.
Tom Dragoo purchased 350 year-
lings and two-year-old mutton sheep
from T. J, Dragoo, delivery being
made last week.
Walter Thurman reports that he re-
ceived last week 700 mixed lambs from
Kennith Guthrie, at $6 per head.
T. C. Hampton sold a registered
billy to Doc Laughlin last week, re-
ceiving $500 for the animal.
Mrs. Alice Thompson has bought
several head of Rambouillet ewes and
one buck, of the Bullard strain, from
John Harrison.
enforcement at Borger had become, purchased the business at that
notorious, and the failure of the local
peace officers to cooperate with the
state rangers destroyed the effectiven-
ess of the rangers. There was left only
one thing to do to handle the situa-
tion—declaration of martial law.”
The governor’s marti<^ law procla-
mation was issued Saturday afternoon
and went into effect Sunday afternoon.
Governor Moody has appointed
Clem Calhoun as district attorney, of
the Hutchinson county district to fill
the vacancy caused by the assasina-
tion of District Attorney, A. Holmes,
some three weeks ago.
The governor’s proclamation declar-
ing martial law in that district, sus-
pends local peace officers so far as
Miller and
R. S.
Weldon & Miller, a
composed of Forrest Weldon
ton Miller, of Junction,
chased the Rocksprings
pany. Ford dealers, and
will be given not later
The Rocksprings Motor
has been operated saccexsfaifer
past five years by, Dr. Jf
ler and his son, E. I. Miller
Menard county had seven inspec-jlaw enforcement is concerned, and
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Wool Mohair
Houses Unite
of witnesses to be placed on the stand
in behalf of the petition.
VITAL STATISTICS
September 17 to Mrs. T. M, Wright,
a boy.
September 22 to Mrs. Antonio Pirez
a boy.
September 19th to Mrs. T. R. Ow- a desire to help the growers.
union for the betterment of market-
, ing conditions were signed at a meet-
*ing of the Texas Association of Wool
and Mohair Houses in a meeting at
Del Rio on Saturday, September 28.
Just what the agreement specifies has
p.ot been announced.
At that meeting there was shown ! two positions,
a great willingness to cooperate and
tions and four exposures and dippings.
San Saba Schleicher and Sterling
counties were given a clean slate af-
ter 4, 11, and 2 inspections were made,
respectively, in the trio of counties.
Tom Green needed 15 inspections, 163
exposures were found, and the 163
sheep dipped. Upton and Uvalde had
two and three investigations respecti-
vely, with no trouble being found in
either.
A total of four quaratines were is-
sued and 45 left in force in the sheep
districts over the state. Three hundred
and twelve form A certificates were
issued. Two herds were held pend-
ing further dipping, and seven coun-
ties contained quarantined premises.
Goat scabies is responsible for 16
premises being held in quarantine over
the state, and a like number of herds
was held pending further dipping, re-
veals the statement issued by J. H.
Rasco chief inspector. The only coun-
ty in which dipping was found neces-
sary was in Mills county, where 3,-
750 goats were dipped. No infections
and exposures were found in other
counties.
Mohair Brings
Record Prices
Del Rio, Sept. 27.—The Producers
Wool and Mohair Company today
sold approximately 450,000 of fall mo-
hair at 47 1-2 and 571-2 cents—the
highest price reported this season.
J. Cauthorn of Lampasas bought
the mohair for the Goodall Worsted
Mills of Sanford, Mass. It will be
shipped from here next week.
0. L McNealy Is
Honored At SMA
San Marcos, Tex., Oct. 2.—Military
j prospects for the current year San
Marcos Academy were given added
impetus when the announcement was
made by Major Joe. M. Brown, com-
mandant of the school, of the selec-
tion of the following staff officers:
Ben Reed, Corsicana, cadet major, C.
W. Cowden, Abilene 1st Lieut. Adj.,
W. W. McCutcheon. Jr., Ft. Davis
Capt. B Co., Daniel Arnold, Menard
2nd Lieut B Co., O. L. McNealy,
Rocksprings, Capt., A Co., Neal Dav-
is, Richland Springs, Lieut. A Co.,
Ralph Harrell, Menard, Capt. C Co.,
and Wayne Andrews, Weslacs, 2nd
Lieut. C Co. Three additional staff
officers will be appointed after the
boys have had an opportunity to dis-
play their ability to direct military
activities.
Reed who has received the highest
student commission is also captain of
the football team. He has been a stu-
dent in the Academy for the past four
years and is well qualified to fill these
r
er.3, a boy.
September 6th to Mrs. Jose Gon-
zales, a boy.
September 15th to Mrs. Andreka
Roderigues, a boy.
August 19th to Mrs. Librado Are-
donda, a girl
No deaths during the month of Sept-
ember,
MRS. J. A. HENRY,
Local Registrar.
One warehouse executive said at the
conclusion of the meeting held just
after the mohair campaign which
brought the lowest mohair prices in
six years: “The low’ price of wool and
mohair may be the best thing after
all for us. It is going to cause the
wool houses to work together. We
are going to send a representative to
Chicago to confer with the National
Wool Marketing Association and
Farm Board.”
Mohair Is Sold
At 46 and 36 cents
Del Rio, Sept. 26.—The Val Verde
Wool & Mohair Company today an-
nounced the sale of 150,000 pounds
of mohair at 45 and 56 cents. This
represents the entire accumulation.
E. G. Wentworth, buyer for G. C.
Murfitt & Co., Boston, secured the
clip.
Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters of
Houston, commander of the cavalry of
the Texas National Guard, is placed
in supreme command of the martial
law zone. Assistant District Attorney,
Paul D. Page Jr., has been designed
as legal adviser and accompanied Gen-
eral Wolters to Borger.
Officers removed from office in-
clude the mayor and city commis-
sioners, J. W. Crabtree, chief of police,
and all members of the police depart-
ment of the city of Borger; Constable
Mitchell and all of his deputies: Wal-
ter Broomhall, justice of the peace;
Sheriff Joe Ownbey and all of his de-
puties; the city attorney and the city
judge of Borger. All of these officers
are suspended and restrained “from
performing or discharging any duty
appertaining to their respective offices
with respect to enforcing the penal
laws of the state of Texas.”
Glenn A. Pace, mayor of Rorgw,
was arrested at 1:30 Sunday afternoon
on a felony warrant charging that he
forced a witness in a. murder case to
leave the jurisdiction of the district
court here.
The warrant, sworn out by Ranger
Capt. Frank Hamer, was served by
Ranger J. W. Aldrich of headquarters
company, Austin. Pace was taken to
the Black Hotel, headquarters of the
Rangers and other state forces inves-
tigating the assassination on Sept. 13
of District Attorney John A. Holmes,
Later Mayor Pace was taken by
three Rangers to Stinnett, Hutchinson
county seat, 12 miles north of here,
and arraigned before the county judge
Henry M, Hood Jr,, who set his bond
at $3,000.
Bond was signed by about 40 Stin-
nett and Borger citizens and the ma-
yor was released.
Martial law’ rode into Borger on
a seven-car troop train carrying 84
Texas National Gardsmen.
Alighting from the train at 8:38
o’clock this morning. Brig. General,
Jacob Wolters announced within two
minutes that Borger and Hutchinson
county were under military rule. Snap-
pily the guardsmen lined up against
their coaches as the general read two
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Capital Mourns
Hudspeth Move
Washington.—Annou neement of
Rep. Claude Hudspeth that he intend-
ed to retire at expiration of present
term, came as great surprise to of-
ficial Washington Monday and
brought many expressions of regret.
Foremost among these was that of
Sen. Morris Sheppard of Texas, who
said: “I learn of Claude Hudspeth’s
plans to retire with deepest regret.
He was one of the finest men person-
ally and one of the most effective
members of congress I have ever
known. In all matters affecting his
district, both locally, nationally and
internationally, he was a veritable
power of strength.”
Rep. Quinn Williams of Decatur
said: “I haven’t words enough in my
vocabulary to express my apprecia-
tion of Representative Hudspeth. I
learn with deepest regret of his deci-
sion to retire from politics at the ex-
piration of his term.”
Senator Tom Connally and Rep.
John Garner, minority leader, who
returned from Texas Monday, made
no comment. V'
16 -rt
from T. J. Moore, now. of Hunt
The buildings of this institution are
among the most attractive in
city, being centrally located, and
business has steadily grown,
result that this is generally
as among the best business j
tions in the city.
We understand that both Mr.
don and Mr. Miller will make '
homes in Rocksprings, and we
to welcome these gentlemen and
families among us. VVj§§
The new owners of this
not by any means strangers
people of this section of the
west, for they have been
ong us for a number of
those of us here who
have come in contact with
peatedly. They are both
business men, and will no
tinue to advance the
Motor Company along the.
as has their p
The Millers will
a while at least, alt!
ed that E. I. will
trip over a large poi
States accompanied by
at present in bad health,
to find some climatic
will prove beneficial to 1
Business dealings with
have been very pleasant
have been their
people of Edwards
are sorry that they
ing away in the
feel assured that
highest esteem of
m m
mi
V
they may go.
E. Webb
Price
E. Webb, largq
Kinney and Edwards
gets his mail at B
Rocksprings the first of
and told the Record i
just received returns
good Iambs, which he
Worth. These iambs
average of 64 pound each,
11 1-2 cents per pound,
cording to Mr. Webb,
netted him $6.90 per pc
of the wool.
This is a mighty good
it seems to us that mon
prosperous ranchmen are
a better grade of »
and are seeing to it
the best condition
that they might top the
illustrated in the case
Coops. Met At
Tlvaldef
-
Below will be found a
tion from the secretary’s
American Mohair
ative Marketing Associat
“The directors of the
hair Producers
Corporation met Sa:
28th and completed
connection with
Texas and all other
nation, soliciting
entire goat fraternity.
“Encouragement h;
all sections and parties
we are glad to
tion that we hope to be able
1930 to have a cooperative
tion second to none
tance to one of the t
dustries of the nation.
“The law passed by the
gress known as Federal
has made our success
Him
San Angelo shipped 14
of wool of the 1929 crop,
more than one-third of
pounds which Tex
The fall dip wtl!
September sod is
about 7,000,000
000,000 last fall
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