The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1927 Page: 2 of 8
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TKE (MONA STOCK**!*
TgUtSPAY, JULY l* Vm
THK OZONA
STOCKMAN
County Seat
Published Every Thursday Morning at Ozi»na, Texas,
of Crockett County by
WJSVART WHITE EDITOR and PUBLISHER
Entered at the Post Office at Ozona. Texas, as Second Claaa .Mail Mat-
ter under Act of Congress, March 3rd, 137!*
want a modern building from the
start. At any rate, committees
working on the project were led
to that conclusion from interview-
ing prospective donors and now
effort is turned in that direction.
Ozona. Texas, Thursday July 14. 19:27
--- ! the youth, and there is likely not
“An ordinance prohibiting with, a parent who would sa> that
in the corporate limits of the city .tent show or carnival
of Fort Stockton, exhibitions by harmless or uplifting,
any person, firm, association or. Well, anyway, regulation along
corporation, Hieir agents and em-’th.s line could be one service of
ployes. of any Circus, wild west the municipal government were O-
show, waxworks, side shows, mod-i aorta incorporated. But if such
id me shows, sleight of hand per- j regulation did. not meet with the
formances, foot or vehicle peddlers j approval of the people of course,
of wares and merchandise. earm-jit could not be invoked, for a mu-
vals. or other exhibitions of a sim-
ilar nature exhibited »n open or
under tents and not in building of
permanent nature, and providing
exemptions and penalty "
That is the caption of an ordi-
nance recently passed by the city
comaissum <»f the city of Fort
Stockton.
Just as au example, it would-be
mcipal government like any other
unit in the United States is a re-
sponsible government, and subject
to the will of the governed.
While we are on the subject, it
occurs that a little talk about the
| hospital project wouldn't hurt an-
! vthing and wouldn't cost a cent.
I Leaders ia the hospital movement
; .ire more or less in the dark ou the
a | attitude ot the people. The Ottna
either J Stockman Is ready and anxioue to
1 permit free use of its editorial and
; news columns to further the ca
of the hospital movement aad
i any other community project
for that matter, as we announced
: in the beginning, and we again ine
vite Stockman readers to take ad
vantage of this offer for an open
forum discussion of the hospital
project or any other matter of pub
lie concern; Lfyou differ with the
editorial opinion of the Stockman
as expressed no-this page, we in-
the i vite you to write your reply and so
the bounds
ft. Elephant tank*
6. Thirteen.
7. There are seven red stripes and
six whit* stripe*
8. A sapphire Is blue—uu emerald
green,
ft. Diogenes.
10! Victor Hugo.
worth the iMmmal annual city tax gMin l
While we are waiting for
si hool board to get things in shape long'as ketf within .... ____„„
t<* *Hum'h t*1** r,ew school building „f propriety, we guarantee to pub-
Plans, the time would not be wast- ll#h your comments. lfyou have an
ed in getting
the
h<i
ball rolliim »>-
1 for Ozuoa.
a aoepita!
to the people of Otoh* just to have Although nqvqte haa been taken
such nn ordinance on it scity books I on thee^eaiion, the matter seems
As it is today, the merchants I pretty definitely settled that O-
and business men of Ozona have! zona people do not want a hospi-
no protection whatever against, tal in temporary quarters, but
peddlers and take salesmen of mer
i independent opiums ou an? mat-
1 ter of public moment, you will aid
the development of pour town by
a free expression of it.
---»-
Miss Clarice Carr of San Ange-
lo ia visiting Mum Mildred Davis.
chandise If a peddler comes with-
in striking distance of Ozona, he
has nothing to do but strike, and
he usually ,l<*es He doesn't have
to pa' .i tuv he doesn't have ft) get
anybody'-* consent to "peddle," he
has all to gam and nothing to In- •
He conies m, free as the wind, com
rotes with local merchants—who
pay county and state taxes and j
keep thi- county’s government in
• ’Iteration, help pay for road mi-
, ravctnr'ii work, law enforcement SE*
public buildings and other conven ~—
lences of a civilized government-
swindles the public, pocket.- tvs
gains and breezes out, tax free, tie
youd the reach of justice
Furtlier'more, the people of O-
zona have no protection against
the invasion of the degrading road
show r .-ti nival Not that il
road *how < and carnivals are U>*
grading, some ot them are not
quite that perhaps. t>ut most of
them are and none ot them are
particularly uplifting
Of course it is argued, it s
whether or not they patronize such
wheter or not they patronize such
institutions, whether a not they
liuv merchandise from the 11 rier
I* Get Am
(n« • job of aoMuuul wbiknl i ■
Test o’ Ten Answers
1. Spain
2. Art American 'educator, notes*
for bis reform in tbe school sys*-
tem of Massachusetts.
S. Thomas Alva Ediauu.
4. William Howard Taft.
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Delicious Food
That’s the only kind we serve. We hav
one expert cook on full time who can pre-
pare any kind o fregular or special order
exactly to suit your taste.
Palace Coffee Shop
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Plate Lunches
Sandwiches
Short Orders
Hamburgers
m
ant peddle
r But that is not t.h
• • r* 1 v CO ft,.;
IrmtiHM In every c:>*?
munit v there are person* w h*> a
be duped b
v a sw m.J|«*r There ar
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proposition* going tn
rounds and
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is trade that it liffi
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the mer it-
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if every pei
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Plain anti Fancy
BUILDING
No matter what your
building ideas may be we
can supply the materials
you need anc£ at the low-
est possible cost. For man-
y years we have supplied
the building materials for
Ozona and we feel that
this leadership has been
established on quality materials at a saving price. This
standard has been maintined and always will be, so it
will be r.< your advantage to come here before placing
> our order.
Whether it. be a new home, a barn, a garage or only
genera! repairing, we have the materials you need. First
grade lumbers only for finishing but second cuts for
n:»tk-rural work which we can tell you how to be used.
Building Materials of All Kind at Lowest Prices
j|| ff A Modern Newspaper
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White, W. Evart. The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1927, newspaper, July 14, 1927; Ozona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098360/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .