The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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th* evan-
r to infor-
<* tar a» i«
ha* been
lion then*.
liilllllllli
iinitiirm
imi: o/ow mfiicwtuk
“Small Profit', M.tnv Sul■»
STOCKMAN F
JUARh MILKS OF LIVESTOCK TERRITORY I—
I) <>7.I>\1 MIH'l Vlll.l
mall |*i«• * it•«. Mum Su-le*"'
1
“OUT IN THE WEST,
WHERE THE MR IS PURE,
THE
CLIMATE AGREEABLE, AND
THE PEOPLE FRIENDLY—THE REST PLACE ON EARTH TO CALL HOME
VOL It -
StiJIli per Near
O/ON \, CKOCKKTT COIATY.
1 (A VS. nil H>!).\V, \pril It. |HJ7. <•'!. , ,pv \0, 1
IhisWeek 47 Known Dead In
RocK Springs Storm
10,000 SPRING CASUAUTYLIST v
LAMES SOLD AT MAY REACH 100 ;
10& 11 CENTS RESULTSTORM
i Mutton* Brin10 And ,Tlfan ,150Jhlurtl , . V ,
Ewes 11 In Sales ?8 Seriously; Over
Here Saturday Mi Million Damage
TWO BUYERS HERE MARTIAL LAW
NEW BUILDING PROPOSED
FOR HOSPITAL PROJECT;
ABANDON KINCAID PLAN
By Arthur Brisbane
“GOING TO GET DRUNK."
$10.000,000,000 CONCERN.
RAW WHEAT FOR VITAMIN B.
ANDY WAS WRONG.
do.
i nation is drifting toward a
• . . ; < i ll! . I I 17 t I VI t n ki'i
! r April in tho central coal
Tin- Yank. ■ farmer "g‘ mg
• n to get drunk, and I ' id how
. ;ui it’ wus no mori I'.clisli
a country that forc.-is iimus-
civil war, surely coming, and
nothing to prevent it.
pi • it mi
advr r«'
Th» I'ooplo own Jin’ coal fields—
a . vi rything else iit tho nation—
■ i i in right of oiWncnt domain,
tin i ait do a- they choose.
I'Ll v suffer tie loss and mron-
v. mi rui- of all strikes, pay tho
lull.- in the end, and still they ”go
to lown to get drunk.”
Ho l'nltod Stati Tost Office
(Y'aiiUly forhiil. smiling the
“1 ecumoron,” hy 1 aveacrin, through
Hi mails. That d another wise
■ i. ion which should not have
Hi i i pustpoi.od m> long. Mailing
or - i !yng that hook should carry
v, iii, it a senti re to prison.
I-Ianduri' Oil in the last three
ninths has paid dividends of more
1 :,i: $f.4100.(100. That'. at the
i;111 id’ more than live per cent on
iiilliou dollar'; so there is a
fo .. hillion dollar concern right
there,
l! you wait a few years it will
In a ten tuition dollar concern. Hut,
H you know, Mr Rockefeller
doe.sn’t own all of it, or even half
of it.
) A great deal of Standard Oil
pnvspirity, hy the way, has ho«*n
ncKcvid in a nvarket of hard coin-
tion hv intelligi at newspaper
[tiring. It i to he hoped the
at !• mm : vrr knew t! at. an !
n alize tl fit t l iy t«- talk directly
to the peoplt throng'- newspaper
advertising. Tl i w r>t< i. hv the
way, hasn’t one dollar’s interest in
nnv newspaper advertirind, any-
ivh.wi
Paris, advised hy Andre l.aphin,
eats raw' wheat and feels bitte>.
Monsieur l-aphin - a tahlr
poonfu) of k'i inuriating wheat,
eaten In-fore luncheon, supplie,
vitamins lacking in other food,
i-ji.cLalh the vitamin H that
stimulates nervous em rgy.
Ronmn soldiers, as they marched
toward Paris under Caesar, ate
raw wheat slung in a bag at the
lu It. not bothering to soften it hy
germinating in water. Their skulls',
dug up now, show marvellously
Strong teeth, ground down, hut not
mu missing or decayed.
Coo l bread, if you chew it well,
i.. Iwtter for you, however.
(hivemor Martin, of Florida, ha
forbidden rure track gambling in
lu Suite, and is to lie congratu
luted. !<•*<► gambling money will
go to Miami and other gambling
points, hut in the long run the
state will la* better off. ft will
attract fewer blacklegs, thieves
and other undesirables.
Hubert T. Parson, president of
the Wool worth Company, who
deals, through his stores, with mil
lion- of Americans, predicts that
(hi Spring's business generally
Vjj. tVsia Ki«v«rf«t in t
of the United State*. That nhoul.i
comfort the pessimist*.
This world will he better off. a
safer place for human beings and
tn* animals will be happier when
a . life except human 11f* shall
Lave vanished, from the e|< ph ml
, the jungle to llie typhoid germs
ii driiiKing water
P then* wen- no crocisiile then
vi,...Id lie no sleeping sicker - If
there were no (nnsquttoos then
would be no yellow fever, no nu
lana. lf there* wen no cat or
dogs many disease- would di-ap
pear Children g<*t them from tht
fur of “pela.” If there wire no
r.,t* or ground squirrels' to feed
f'.e no fleas t< bite humans.
, *r would be no bubonic plague,
e-, 1 th'-r* were no vermin spread
i i < mnmn rleanlin.'s ■ there
’ l. no . eurtly t.vphu.t.
Frank Cargile And Jess Relief Parties From Sur
Elrod Take Spring rounding Towns Lend
Crops
Assistance
k'tt Con tr-
im! ! I gent -
past v. * t K accord-
ri M uft' 'ii lambs
dlillg at 10 cents
- . 11 bringing M
do b
Contracting of Croi
| ty spring lambs at Hi .
la pun ml for fall * i«• t i v
I five during tl * pa-t \
! ing to reports
are generally
j while ewe lam
cents,
.less F.ll'od III San Angelo bought
1 lie spri rig i rop of (ieorpe I lean re -
eently at III ceil' a pound for mix-
ed lambs. Mr. than topp'd "tit
| approximately |m>. hov.t • r. : "in
a I lock of approximately 1 «'»00, sell-
ing ! JPO mixed lamb- at in cent.
I
I Frank Cargole nt San Angelo
; contracted for from between 'j.ofio
and lo.iin Crockett CounVy lambs
last Saturday a’ 10 cent- toi mat
I tons and II cents for ewe lambs.
! Crockett County ranchers contract
ing with Cargile at these price.-
I wen Cha-. Davids' n. dr . Cat Dee.
| Hill (irimmer. Clay Montgomery.
Kay Diner and ( am I.ongley.
\\ it h range t onhDon t he lu I
| in several war-. lambs plentiful
and in fine condition, ranchmen
in this sect ion an
ger fall deliverio
! years.
With IT known dead, more than
I .'iti injured, 7s seriously, and pro-
perty damage estimated at more
than half a million dollars. (Lock
s[iviiigs, county seat id I'.dward.
count;., was unilm martial law
Hiursday while oldiers from
Krai ketvilb and nt izeii ivliel par
tie from surrounding tow n gnth
■ red uj' 1 he dead and administer
. d to the injut ed
disastrous i ya lone
With the li t of
-teadil;
moirg t
oil lima
is a result of a
Tuesday night
dead mounting
of deaths a-
•••me it and ad
bodl
1 h
ng
it nt r
lie t le Veil 111
Will r.
■ach
DIO. ll is believed t ha
! he de
atli
11 -r i.s m.w oy er 7(1, bu
it was
imp
o ..i I,!, to -e. Ui '• a "it.
i»|ete i
die.
k Thursday morning
iwirt:a
1 bsl ol the dead, the on!
availabe check late Wmlrmsd
| night, is as follow *
II. It. (iriffith, (mints Vtlmm
Mona l.rilfith, In- d.iughtei
Mr. and Mrs. (iu> Mender-
looking for Inr- ; and two children, ranchman.
than in many
Dramatic Club
i Is Organized
Hester Bunger Named
I President; Mrs. Grim-
mer Director
* Organi/.ation of tin Ozona Dra
j malic Cluh was perfected al a
ineeting Friday p gin at 'in ('/m s
| Theater after the regular -how
I program and plans made fur stag-
ing the first ph.y in the near fu
J ture.
Miss Hester Kungt r \y.i> elected
I president of th< new organization
•and Miss (iertrude North secreta
I ry-treasurer. Mrs. Kill (irimmer
J was unanimously chosen director
and has accepted the post,
The next meeting of the dub
will be held Thursday night after
the picture show and at that time
officers hope t.- have something
i definite in the way of plans for
•the first play. A li-t of plays is
to be secured between now and
j the next meeting and submitted i
I at that time for arhoice of the nia- !
j teriul. As soon as a play is select- j
: oil practice will liegiu and it w ill I
j be presented as -non a- possible. |
Dues in the organization were!
I fixed at al) ii lit a month Mon
j oy secured in this way will he us-
, isl at first in buying play, cos
turned, etc.
{
Stale Supervisor
Of English Praises
Ozona Studen* ’vork
Some time ago Miss Kaderli
staged a theme-writing contest
t with Crockett County history as
the subject. The best history was
to be published in the ’’KneyiTo-
pedia of American County Seats’’,
I published at Jackson, Miss, hour
I of the best histories were also sent
| Miss Carrie Ki ll Fterrett. State
j Department
visor, at her r
•Sited On
(Cont in tic
f Film
r*
Iturnet Hnbb
Charlie Maker, Ke-laurant.
Key and Mrs. H. D. Spires, p
tin Melhodist ( Inn eh.
David McKinney, l.abotei.
Itaby Ken h o.
Mr-. 1‘ennitigton. widow, ow •
hoarding Hoti-e.
/.ol lie 'lae I'ennington.
daughter.
Mi. and Mrs. Ferris, lalun e
Mrs. |*ete \\ ittinbiiig, '
llW IH*I'.
Deter Frank Witlenlung to
Mis. Phelps.
K. iKdlahite, editor.
M.ittir* Dollahile, his dam.i
Mr. W illis, ranchman
Mrs. \\ illi-. hi- molhei
Mrs. Walter \dam-, wife "t 1
borer.
Her -on. fir-t name unknown
Sy hie Millings.
Mrs. Mou-ier. employee
Mr. and Mr-, l olman t ow.tin
Mahy Cow den.
Ml-, S. A. Henry.
Charles Mi Mains
Joe Hillings and family
Mrs. Seth \ oung
Victor Saldanas
fristoxnl Uosa.
Maria Fuente-
I'edro Fuentes
Manuel l.o/ano
liefugio Nev ares
F-meialda Duran
tiloria Fuentes
Merced Htientelln
’ Mexican children, unnh n ' "
The storm, corning 11 « ■
northwest, strui k between 7
8 o’clock Tuesday night and
hut at'out five minutes, a
to survivor- The tw ■•• •
tin* town squarely and wet
and building Has touched. '
not completely demob-h* ;
• •.idly damaged I to* dead a
juii'd yv**re picked up from *
bris of wrecked house-, fi*""i
streets and <-yen miles ouf »•
in pastures.
Ilejief parties Hill rush,
the stricken town as -<mn a- *
went forth of the disasto M
than a dozen airplanes h
Hrooks Field at Sa nAnfortio.
eg doetoi s and nurses u.
rushed there Wednesday mon n
il.iui e.- 1 coin Del !»••». Fan \
1 A able, Si n >ra, Kra< Kelt •
ni other places.
Mart, a I law was proclaimed at
i'Io - W'eiim -day night and a
,o hmettt t : ■ "Idiei.s from Fort
■ tr lb ai ki 1' v ilie, with Major
. tut- et mmait ling took • liarge
• ' n. Only relict • ar» car-
■ clothing arid bend s g
e b iirb ted tot he ,-**'•« ken : ••••
\ ; I ■!• ' i ••uintunication wer»
...,.,11. (h. fori < of * he twi ■*.
, i (hi 1.1\\ n was piunged in
(hi ugh destruction of
• ; ■ !• plant. New - • f till di ■
a - - j. ,'• ad by - urvivor.s
■ - • their way to nearby
.'•ol phoned for ht-lj'. ( riio
. i! and d> i ng i illed ' h<
; ir.' oi's who were not >«
;t worked all night rt n
•• - .. th- injured and gath*
- (.,.•■- of tin dead,
i' be and injured were
ui the ‘torape hou-e f
• i a ai ds t ouidy Wool and Mo
• '..rag.- Company, and dec
id uur-' »endi t • d t ir.-i d
•* injured.
tVoik o’ burying the dead got
■ lei Wa Weiill- alav afti'inoou.
• iii he •*r<• lit ing bias! ed out
he ■ . metei'v for the Mexican
, • at d n • mb. fan til-- ..ml
• l ut • • . n izi i. w ei'e digging
■;i I - t or t he o! hef bod ie - .
!■ ' fe broke out in tin post of I cc
id -e\ en or •-.'grit other buildings
. postof! ii'e. "lie or two gar
and • evt. * a i • - idences w er>
b I . .-,1 by fin File I ewer Ii" ■ ■••
.VI eck.'ll b. III • X pi" - ion
. a.line ,n -torag* . oresumably a.-
*. .it o. I '..Mil ulog. It is belli:'.
S. A. HOSPITAL
MAN ESTIMATES
/■'APT r»/A ftf.A
lu.m !hu,u00
Would Take $18,000 To
Fix Up Temporarily
In Kincaid House
Abundonm. nt of tin j '-op' -e.:
plat ' ■ l-'.r base tht old k. n . b
lion.* 'em; .iiiil equip |( a a ' m
purary r.t» pita I until a m v build
ing c lid iie t-n I'ted wa- y> !< d . '
a p.u .... ng ■ -1 ■ to ho - pita' comr. ■
1 u*e a ad i iii • r, ted r it; .■• n - at ' >
I i I (it el O. oia M< aid a., nig !. arb
plan look ng ’ ' ard th. r. ' i
t ;■ ui - ' -i new tuii lib ng immediate
, ! were -tl-'. . * eo.
DeeiMon to abandon the idea "1
.••.UipMiig (hi Kin'aid boa-. f**r
' hospital ■ ii | " ' was reached af-
ter a :' !»" t ' f a ■ ■ rnmittee named
*o gat.hi r . -1mint* on t he po-
!'!♦* c-' > ; !. no\at ■ up and chai.g
mg tlie building’ to iL.ik. it sti'ta
, hb* f..r the purp-. I- va* • •'
d tl
-« hos-pit-
,i jh* titers
< ont rad -
• -.! >v *, ()(•'•
e COSt Of
t>uiJding
in af- d at flPJMMi Tin
im (hi total co ' $40.U0'h
inti'! out. and when c.tin -
II i tl . ver
d I,• v th
Ut Opill:"ii \
.* e pi • sent l h.
Hindi LI, nerd •
ml 11 t'i proof
express-
i inn Id ing
U Id tie . -
amount
to deler■
however.
• otmni.H-
Mi ■ Hoov.
Mr. K
a h
ii sttooo
S’.Oi ' It a- . 1 .mated » cat
ipment lor the buiIding we,old
■i', sbooo am a Hi
f i t«( k <
■ . .v'.tMFt prii! xi i! . n the build 4j
i.g, and lot. the t"’al > . .mated ‘ ,,,
i -1 d the temporary p1 pieci w
i■ laced at iflH.onn,
P 'A .. ' he I om ell 1-1'! ; < li !.h
If hough t
the on!.
u i bi-
ding
<i out the fact
m unity hoc-pit-
that: projxi.sed
"t tie *<> it -lip-
l least d would
wing card for
a-*set to the
arimfig t ho-1 pr.
r -ent at (*
. meet
1 (»\V li
It will
not on
,1) holt
i nioncv
, » j it | h ,p f f; i ■ \v a
‘or Du ’. mporni
uimniniou- vote
abandon compl.
to turn that pn
pital.
- too nup f
i! Was i|f.
Tell • i,l r* to
r et fort j
1
j»;itror:
rt;an <
AdiHtv
\ cornr
( .ai.
.Ver th
... t. ll
1 I'li. g
hosppal
Tl tires
. im • i
*
HU(\ .1
t n i? n
f roll:
s rhtiir
J othre
K. v. !’
tig
.f H.
Dr
to •!!
lidding in
■ hurch n.
ai; mIwik' j ti \ h« :
1*^ I.. 0 . i . i ,,
buiunng.
11 > ’Ho f>J i • *17n- .
Vit li t ho • \n ;
""h amt -
/ Mon1, t*c.fi
you wnu!
■ h w a - consul ■
' bough ii
rood the force
'al- are h
t han any ol b- •
buildings
Cases If
ie city w a - d*
and ha*
■ t in c.i ( Ii n
ricked. ’lh,.
any 1 hing
nd Prexliyter
ing "
e completely
' In my
t he bus Id; ng
Would Mi
esfroyed yver.
from the
. the Masonu
y u do i ,
County isad
Dr. IV
iarage i a new
li'le fuel
Cox Co. Opens
Branch Here
G. L. Bunker Building
Is Secured For new
Feed Store g
t I'Ue t tl
bar!
d th
hr.:!:. • house
< ■ i p.my ol Karn-
Kunper building
. : . " _ Ac
. . tm k n 1 he new
first of
t opened
■t. it
hurt'll
N. ws F lei jo* hi
'.i'Lngl the Chevrolet Sale.* A
e \latiio l umber Co., offiee
.' A are hott.se, picture show post
. • <■ -i lit Mil hoilding, Kiowii tail-
h p, -t ore- ol f ldt',11 e boos-
and other bui!di* vs. '1 ie A W
i en* general stol e w a partly
-t I ' "d J|S W' Ir (hi V a lent Ita
■let. i he courth u; ; ..n.f pi I. ti .
1 fate* and Fir -. Nat "iti.,1
. and the J X I ... k’. \ gen
\ .0 OOtl gallon -lam I If ' fr>.in
it'll t tic ft t«*« tiled ii • \> .,'• ■'
pi v was blow n dow r* ;•■.■; ' • .-t
into a heap of rink ’j 1, ■ ! .v. r
• ' ".it vt atei, a large op u («u
tug tilled With debris, r’P itei
t.eii'g I UI II It'll III Cl Of: ' ■
I'll..* casualty ti-t wiitil ! e »v»
e!y Is . n mui h heav n r h i I u
li.uio * ruck about t hir i n
• - later An • ntertn'i.mi m had
en planned at th»* *i h«. ) hou-.
r the evening and 'vmii-1 have
.'t.d .A—;;; A k. A
,wd wa expected and h !
trrtaitJWMfUt b* ell I It prugt
lid led would I;5ody hay
(('•inliniifd on page *»)
•nion ti * ii
und up and
MUggerteit two
s of organizing for j
the hospital drive, om* *. term , (j
i orpoi'ation and • ■ it •' *• t he ,
com ern and t hr a h. t ■ .
nations, I;v unanin. • u
pr- sent derided to f.i. . th<* *
alion route ami ;un '. .
posed 111 .1 u.lge ( has 1 i r, . .
Dr. (, I Coates, M I . , , 1
••r arid (((hro A dan ■ w , ■ •
ed to 1 md out tin cla - .-*' i
al tl.lt? is 'Jeed.it here. Up . .' ri .
' d < o-t, to i i pie all • ) ' j.,
drawing ol the proposed t mid •
it po. Slid*' lilld III m.'lkl apple nr,..*
• "I charter. This , * .,
.■•so empowered to ?.*, .. • p
''on- for stock in the lio*j :.'il . ..m
!'he pr >po«ed hoxpila! ! . i • * ,■ l
1 would be located on a ha a I.
• fHe draw donated I Mr- ill
■' •' a Hoover for (ha' purp" > 1 m
d i Ho'ierhas worked J ad f ! ally I ip
foi ‘ ' eral months in the ii
! h* hospital prop t am
m un ■ d at the me. ting that
A rr*ji1. !e -to* !• o! 1 eed*tufIs.
gt. i bay and I’m iria D eed Mill
• :••*'• ’ • Will hi . arm d by the
m u ’• • •■ > . tin branch hmi -•• being
• ’ ., Ul.'l!" d l"e ! . order to he in
• i Men in '1.1 111 io< atiop for
t i o< k» 11 ( •Hint y raiichim ii.
li.* i'• i' , * building ha- been
thorougnly i . conditioned to re
1' flu ng- an -1»night, ned
In’, t h. slim w II (.. t u. t her
■ m< re altrue
e i ol ding 1* (,eot , v ,.u
■'mg. r of th. Ki.
Sm t h. w ! i re- ent |y )h*-
■ • 'iim-i tei] with ' h< firm as
tor < 'r>» kei i ('ounty. will
• eig* i "t I be local hr am h
I • f*'i *• going into the « m-
•f 1b" I K Cm C. Smith
rm • hanie at 1)a Dudle . mo-
arty of Ozona Ha pi infs in-
i’ Mr. and Ml- t \ (.my,
I M Fulmer, Mr- A (
t and Mr- A I. D< land are
| n San Antonio this week attend-
ing the Stale Kapl:-f Sunday
j .school meet ing. m s. -'-ion there
D-orn Tuesday through dhursday.
.4 .. .. U I M
. I to
Mr-. D. I
Wed
i M
d l Dr. C
L. (
’A o’suit and
t for Temple
*• Mr*. Wif-
wilJ undergo
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