The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1934 Page: 1 of 6
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THE OZONA STOCKMAN
The Only Paper In Crockett County—3,000 Square Mile* Of Livestock Territory
t In The West, Where The Air Is Pure, The Climate A Rice able, And The People Friendly-—’The Best Place On Earth To Call Home”
♦2.00 Per Year In T*x**~ $2.50 Elsewhere.
OZONA. CROCKETT COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1984.
5 Cents Per Copy
No. 13
ECORD CROWDS THRONG OZONA FOR RODEO
VER 600 SHEEP SOLD THRU RING
FIRST 2 DAYS OF OZONA SALE;
While The Constable
Shakes A Mean Boot,
Thief Pilfers Hat
IUU MORE TO BE SOLD i 0DAY
Show Winners
I with an umreui.lly large num- g\ n*
*Of buvers i>n hn»ul and bidding Uwens, K ldTC
throughout. the annual
nbouiUnt sheep ale in connec-
nth the fair lie»’*‘ thi* we-k
^,rii pi,11 ounce I by offir al/
,w„f tin- must successful ever
ie,| her* More than t>00 head
animals from some of the
grsi flock* in America had
nn sold fm Welter than nverage
<e« the first two days, and a-
another hundred set to be
Crockett Ranchers In
Money At Rambouil-
let Show
highest bidder thiv
to tl
irning
|Thi' sale <>p* ned Tuesday morn*
and continued until noon and
am Wednesday morning. Im-
Jiate!> alter the rodeo program
dnesd.n afternoon, the sale* re-
ined and another half dozen
i were di-posed of In an hour.
• sale was continued this morn-
until noon or until all sheep
lined are sold.
Sales Are Listed
W. Owens and Son* had top-
I the ram sale up to this morn-
vilh a ->tu11 lain going to
he K. Madsen <*| Salt l-uke ( tty,
|»h, fin $:iu0. Madsen sold a
to Mrs Mark Wood of Del
frir $250 and another to the ,
• buyer im 82-10. J. W. Owens
i V I. Pierce and .1, W
and Sons, both Crockett
rit tie here, divided honors
annual Rambouill. t sheep
held in conneetion with the
annual Kodeo. Kan- Meet.
Show and Sale here this w
Mr. Pierce showed iso
Owens
Count>
Ml till
nil IW
iglith
Stork
k
I i rst s
and the champion ewe, two
third, while
< IW (-IIS
i-st-, am! the
chain
- result* of tin
• -In ep
follow s:
l>e*t fleer**.
V 1
<’ type ewe.
V. 1
llere.-ltei when the gilirt
want to dunce with Constable
Tom Mnilb, they must not ob-
ject if he dancen with his hat
on his head, for the constable
is taking no more chances
with these expensive Stetson.
Tuesday mght. the con-
stable was shuffling a wicked
boot toe over the polished con
• Tele dance platform at the
fair i;iminds. His big Sunday
Stetson he parked on one ot
tin bleacher seats surround-
inyr the dunce floor. When
th. dance was over. or his
part o! it, the hat was gone
and ye-terdav he was still
sleuthing in an effort to run
it dow II.
"I: the constable does any
iti'-rc dancinjf. it's going to be
with hi* hat on." Constable
Smith declare*.
BOARD HIKES
ASSESSMENTS
UP $261,800
shows two fi
pimt ram The
show are as I
Kwc with
i Pierce.
(’Immpimt
Pierce
Yearling ewes: t . I! Ilude-peth
first; William Briggs. second and
third, and W. S, Hansen, fourth.
Aged Ewe; V, I Pierce, tirst
and second; -I K. Madsen ot
Mount Pleasant, Utah, third, and
Trained Horse Is
Feature Of Rodeo
Programs Each Day
Property Valuations
Raised On Rendit-
ions For Taxes
STANDS PACKED AS BEST
PRODRAM iN HISTORY IS
UNFOLDED IN 3-DAY FETE
FINAL MEET 21ST
Oil And Pipe Lines
Companies Stand
Most Of Hikes
Son- nf Ozona sold another j Rlink Stock*, fourth
xl nun in I W, Bullard of Worn! R„m w;oi i t l<-
Calif., Im $240, and Virgil , ntHn et
ell paid $225 for a BullaVd; Champion ram. .1. 55. Owens &
Property valuations for Crock-
et; County for (he purpose of tax-
ation will he raised by a total of
approximately $261,800 if hikes
fixed In the commissioners court,
fitting a.- a board of equalization
th> ( i *t <>f the week are made
final
■ Renditions of a number of oil
companies., pipe line companies,
utildie and others were raised by
tin- board and notices made tp
th"M- whose values were raised.
The hoard will meet as a filial
he rd of equalizatton on July 21.
when ’hose ufTected xvill be given
an opportunity to be heard in op
pt'-itimi to the hike,
o *■<-*• * In addition to the oil compan-
Prince is one of the best train- ie* and pipe line companies whose
■d horses in the country outside j valuations were raised, the board
if the circus and bis acts were j hiked those of the West Texas
hot .uglily enjoyed by the rodeo L't lilies Co, troni ♦175,120 to
tudience*
Ozona is host to all West Texas this week as thousands throng
the streets and pack the fair grounds for each day’s program of the
eighth annual Kodeo, Race Meet, Stock Show and Sale which closes
with the conclusion of today’s events at the grounds
A record first-day crowd, estimated at more than 4,000 persons
greeted the opening of the annual celebration Tuesduy and the usual
Icapueitx crowd of between 8,<100
land 10,000 persons packed the
grandstand and grounds for the
Giants Tackle
Del Rio Sunday
Tex Ramsey of Miles, Texas,
and his trained horse. Prince,
proved one ot the feature attrac-
tions this year's rodeo program
Texon Coming Wednes-
day To Play Game
Rained Out Here
will invade I>el
, A. (\ Hoover paid $205 for a Sons
out ram from the Vic Pierce
cl* of Crockett County.
The
Yearling rams: J. \\. Owen- *v
Sons, first; K R. I.yman. second;
two ilav sales, with the \\ 1. Pierce, third, and William
ler. nunihei of head, kind, buy- ■ Briggs, fourth.
er head follow: Aged Rani: I W
yearling ewe* , f j, st; v. I Pierce
Hoover, third, and Bullard Hi
of California, fourth
I and price j
S. Hansel
I. Pierce at $25; 5 range
nstol. 5V Kent of San Angel-
II $45; 1 s’ud rain to J. W. Ow-
at $85. | stud ram to Hank
rk.' of lankerslvy at $70; 12
ranis b> I W. Kent at $31
|yearling «-w<• •< Muster Miller
LU; 1 stud i.itn to Hiram Price
Hillmview ot $150; 1 stud ram
I Abe Miner of San Angelo at
i 25 range i anis to T
! of Ozona it $25. and 15
Owens A Sons
second; \ <
H. It. INCH AM IMPIKtNKS
H. II. Ingham, Crockett rancher
and county commissioner, who;
recently underwent an opci at ion j
in a Temple hospital to hasten the
healing <d a broken bone in bis
A. Kin- ; leg, j« recovering and is expected j
at I to’’be able to leave the hospital
within the next two weeks, accord-
Ji iinggs: .curling ewe* to jug to Mrs. Ingham, w ho letiirned
Pane;.? $.55; 13 yearling a few days ayo to spend the
to (’. H Hudspeth at $20; 1 Fourth here. Mrs. Ingham brought
mdi to A i . Hoover at $110; back her daugbtei . nd son m-law. ,
^vtarling ewes to Albert Whit-• Mr. and Mrs. Hill < onhlin, both
of Miilersview at $17; 1 *tud |of whom underwent appendicitis
to Hiram Priie at $170; 5j operation* while in Temple
ram< tu Pi it-,. ut $*27; - •>
yVarm- ( <>.; 5 yearling ewe* The Victoi Pierce clip ot 8
Urgil Pov t'|| ot Sonora at $25; 1 months wool was sold during the
ram to <;. (i Atkin* of Rank* j jutst week to Tom Richey ot k W
“ ‘ ‘ * ‘ '* Hilliard and Son i t 22' / cud- ..
|M»und through the l< xa*« 55 o«d .v
Mohair ('<*
by
Dancing in perfect
time to music, playing dead. |m>s-
ing with his nose on the ground
and his hind leg* straight and his
master standing on his rump, and
a graceful little bnv. at each round
ot applause are among the devci
tricks in his bag.
The big feature of Prince’s pe
formance. however, came Wedne*
day afternoon when lie tumped
completely oxer an automobile
parked on the race truck in front
. t the grandstand. While hi-, ma -
ter held a long tie rope and swung
him toward tin parked car. Prince
rose gracefully into the air and
cleared the cai without so nun I
as dropping dirt trout his hoof on
it.
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les i
♦’la.j.ooo. The Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co, valuations were
raised from $1,000 to $2,880. The
Ozona’s (Hunt
Rio next Sunday afternoon for a
double header bill with the Del
Rio Cowboys, infants in the West
Texas league contests, in the
second series of trie second halt
pennant battle.
Other than the fact that they
dropped two straight t>> the tough
San Angelo Sheep Herders la-t
Sunday, the Cowboys are un-
known quantities in b ague * <*ni
bat. but their record ot wins out-
side of league competition while
the first hall was in progress
big day Wednesday, July 4th.
And the lug croyvds are finding
their time and money well spent
as one of the snappiest and most,
entertaining programs ever ar-
ranged unfold* each day. Starting
with the sheep sale each morning,
the barbecue it noon each day in
the park when the big crowds are
fed all they can eat. through tho
featured rodeo and ime meet pro-
gram each afternoon and winding
tip with a dance and carnival at-
visitors are
from morn-
Noble Drilling Co, was raised | brands them as a serious threat
from nothing to $25,000 and the to any learn in the league
J.
a ised
Allies Construction (
from nothing to $!9.0<m»
Wildcat Spudded
On Owens Ranch
Eppenaucr To Drill
For Yale* Field
Production
t he
Next Wednesday afternoon at
*4:HO the Cialil* will again entei
tain tin champion Texon Oiler*,
who puked oft a tat win over the
locals here Sunday afternoon at
ter the gods had favored them
with a deluge of rain the d.iv tie
fore in the -.••roml inning, with
tin* Ozona (Hunts three rtm* in
the lead and playing like demons.
This will be >n the nature of a
-up game in the league -taint
mint.
K\ ent*
of ropers and
i the various
a lull entry
horse races
e customers
I t.i-t moving,
nment each
make
ing •
Org
anize Couch
Team Sat. Night
Challenge* Already
Coming In From
Nearby Town*
stud rain to A. <
"f'.i at $120; 5 veal I
Pierce at $24; I
rum t • ( h,irbe Cannon of
field jt $105; | ,((id
iJntlur im nf
i am
Barnhart
[‘f'-ntinu, (»„ Pagei
Mr. and Mrs. Hilly Montgomei'
and Mrs Eula Montgomery are
down from Han Angelo to M*it tin
re!fhi at inn.
Wl'dll Flayers Go Native As 'They Don ^
[Ten-(,allt>n Hats And Six Guns A oil M alxc
Hands In Entertaining Rodeo \ isiturs
fligamzation ot the Mike < mo h
baseball team, to serve a* a second
string t«» the Ozona fliant* for
pi.ntice game* and to engage
learn- from Miriounding town
w II be perfected at ;• meeting ot
|iio-pce!ive member* of
next Saturday mgbt
griwei >
Hu- meeting ha- been ( idled t>-
* to Satuiday night All playci
n;',-i'e*ted m joining the team ur
m ved to be lire*' at and to (mrtii i
11.11hi di ■•cii* ion "f ph
the team
th< < Oin I
K| |»enaeur D. :ng Co. of Sai
5tigcle and otb. t *ptj(i;li«l .M"ii-
| biy a te^t for »il on '•In* rim). or
* I \V Owen* ■ i (izoi i in wo *te> n
j > rockett Count I*.ration i*.
feet out of the n> i*’»• ; *• i orm r of
section 12. block »f(* P’ imIui lion
it the lime thu prodm •■* in Hi<
5 ate* field in I'-on Cniintv at
dcjithe of les- (bail I to t,4*i)
iret will be nought u drilling ;o
..500, if nece-*ai'V.
The wildcat i* about <>' * miles
snutheaNt of Yates It is being
dulled with a National machine.
Kppeuauer and as*ociates have
t block of approximately 4,(MO
res, consisting of *«N-tioiis 3. 6
,.i'd 12 belonging t" J. 55 Owen*,
section* 1 and 2 owned by A t
H >ovei of Ozona. section* l<> and
’o owned by 55’ I Nolke of Smi
Angelo, and section 9 belonging
Dora 8 hloimo k <»f l am
Mi
here
Mis
Mrs.
. and Mrs Itoyd Clayton are
from Fort Stockton visiting
Clayton’s parent*. Mr. and
K, It. Raggett. Jr . and seeing
traction* at night,
literally entertained
ing to night
Many Enter
More than a sc ore <
t idee- i »*i!i pel i llg ill
we.-1 < i n event* and
in each ot the five
daily are giving th
nearly four hour* i.l
hair-raising entei
a f ter noon.
In 1 he iiquiig and riding event*.
Ozona cowhand* are showing the
visitor- oint speed and daring
that i* winning u large share of
lln- ouree* in the vai iou* divis-
ions. Winner- in t tie* various
event- tin first day wuc Miotic
riding, Kay lilavk of Ozone tilist.
Dave \rmstrong «t Marnhart, ••
mid; and Jim Hriggs ot San .-5ii-
gelo, and Plez Dry den of Ozona
tied fdi thud
Steei break.>w a;. : Vi* Montgom
cry id Ozona. first. Dock Lee and
Hill Childres*. tied ini second, and
Hen Robertson, third, lime i I-ft
seconds < alt mping: Fred Mar-
tin/ big sjiow.
i< onl miU'il (Mi i.ast Page
Jinx, Umpires And Providence Again
Conspire To Lift Champion Oilers
To Win Over Ozona In Half Opener
grandstand The i.i.mt* out hit the
Oiler* in to 8 and came short of
a I«*rfeet fielding record by only
one miseiie. vet Tcxmi scored five
Mrs
a*.
Even the frowin of a ill vine
provident! combined with th«
eternally present jinx and cw
umpiring that has followed the t>
zona (Hants g-.me after game and I ruiih off their eight hits while the
season at ler season to hand 11„ l<* ..I* could -queeze over only one
first half champion Texon Oiler* The story odd in the "left on
I a not he I win on the local diamond ba*e iremd. 10 t
Monday afternoon. The score wa
*5 to l. the game the opener
(la-
the
t he
for th
a son
55 M l .
HIINT
t IIP LES
MKKTIVf.
IN
MONO 55
Ml‘‘ f- ■ t,.»n jj,„^ their
fite« uf th« diamond in brand
r,,i" ' the tan ground* thi*
’Uhl KM ’Mother” An-
‘ 1,1 H" tiiants was on the
* gate to the fair
J*a orated in ^ hig '’(*n-
hiio k Stet-on, directing
r*»S t U * tilers to the »n.
^ big show
n *. nionev ,nd bunding
,f‘r 'I'k'-' was I’arl Ihirley,
"ul,iig hard-hitting third
[|l '' ' (••aid*. itov kb it
*' w'- a big for-
"tit vintage but
r • « Mi* news like ;»t»p* ar
’ ’’ * r, tive. a* it wn*.
d putv sheriff route
-I Hi. nt outfielder,
^ k« t InkiIH. p.t«*
l -telae rd- and gap-
ing at (I e Size of the gate !>• *tpt*
Inside the big show, the tan
saw la-t V \5ehkiith pifrhet.......
Knty Kvb- official « on i. .
merchants, pas-mv out a «sn«p»»>
line of chatter for the entertain-
ment end information -»f the u-
toniers a« aniioiinc'-rs over Mu-^
ChsIh** » » loud-jM-akei »y -t< n» i •>
I'hoshi Iste ot th t hi- .igO ' '< ,H
pitching staff, also played a t"'W
mle. that of -{•« ». (•>'
performer. »p|u»rcntly
the brand of western
m< nt offered In 'he d*'
Rex KII-sell on a hoi
other treat f>*r the diamond t..i>
and some nf then! w< re mean
enough to »av that *h«- inanag*
meat wa» training him with «»
view to seeking special disfwnss-
tlon from league nirihoritic* to «l
low him t«* run mnontesl
Severn! < haUciiifc* from team
in nearby towns have I wen i*
,,-ived bv Mi (touch and as soon
tlo team can be oigaiilzed am'
prncticr tiegnu. a schedule of
games will la- arranged Fort
Stockton ha* made a bid for the
iii-t game on the Fort M*wkl*»n
diamond, Mr Cou» h said, ami .i
San \ rig- In team w. nt.» .» gatm*
instead ot
en joy mg
enteitain-
's progi *tr
► r w as all
Mr
vtile,
I aike
Da lb
Jt.hn Martin of Hi
M, ► Mm a Ester A
Mi < Johnnie l’uiket*
*. pcsenl Odom nf Sen
g( In amt 55 ill Odum of Stile*
i istting .del*' sister*, Mr- I
IVcn-f •ini Mr Bi ght Hogg
here d* week Mi * L I
of Brownsville, M * *
Kieugei of Ae»Un »mi
Mis Bank Stock
visiting here
w u
of
\ II
ai e
Hie* es.
It
llci *on
Albert
Me and
are a I *»
Both oil'll* ■ •*! the Baptist 55
M 1’ met at the churrh Monday
.iMerntNin in a mint business and
i.xl gathering Mi ' J '5 •*'“
. - .1 Mr* R F Powell of ihe N>I
...It Circle a* ted a* horte «es.
Punch and cake were served to
• . following member* Mr*. Jim
Patrick. Mi*. I.uthei l.vnch. Mrs
< j. mill*, ,*ir« * i.. iioriurs.
\i II. K Powell. 5(<s (i 55
Smith. Mr Hugh Cray. Mrs S, 1,.
!’. aler. Mr- J ( Hull* i Mi *
., n ( ut* s Mr* J v Whatley.
5P a M M Fulmer, Mis. 55 A.
<; ainly. Mu Maybelle Tuylnr «nd
51 vs. Ilav Dunlap.
Ozona and 6
to hit in the
would mean
dd, old story
* jinx
the (Hants
Iiest game* of
the season Manager Andrews,
Dorlev, ('oX and the two Russell
the infield.
Ratliff.
for Texon Failure
4’lllt riles, when hit*
runs, l* the same
for local Ians- it s
On the defensive,
played one of lh»-
• ci mill hall pennant
West Texas League
To begin with, the providential
deliverance of Texon from a drub-
bing at the hands of the i,iant*
came Sundnv aftermam when rain
halted the rust of the scheduled j brother ( .imposing
two.gam......... With Ozona lead clicker! like a dock and
mg bv a count of 3 to 0 and Hie Wwvei and Wen kline in (be out
Giuills in the !*♦•->« playing form field »<-o»* some fancy and plain
thev have shown this sea on The > one- 1.
local* Wi re pounding Hi Haven in .fox
merry fashion and f,elding an a**ault with the «ti(k on Ritter’s
( I i . 4. I M - ( I — • 4- • 4 - 4 - «• ej
I i p 111 .1 t rttnisirtiitrvn *«fwn»i«i
like a sure fire winner, but th<
luck ot Sni|s> (’oniev and hi* *it-W
the liking of the tan*.
Weirkllne and Dot-ley led the
5|i and Mr- ('«*lbn* Contes and
th» if daughter. Mis Hu* k Pvle, of
1 ml St.s kton ..u here foi th. fall
thi* week
reared it* head and rain (ame, a
lialf inch of it. to halt th. earn
age.
Thai Jinx Again
Then, Monday afternoon the
jinx again boblted up and every
break, of the game w.-nt against
the home team, heljwd m«*-t of the
time h> the umpiring, in the opin-
ion of the second giies»ere In (be
irwru M-iiL («!-/. ..flrtlp*. i*u« L
One *•»< h fot the-* three i»eing
tdfdv*. Weicklinc, however, was
culled out on a < lose play at third
on the mash. Hat lift, R. Russell,
Andrew* and Faraway contribut-
ed am- hit eai h.
The Sunday gam.- that w«* call-
ed in the second inning on ac-
count of ram. will be played over
here next 55'edne- day afternoon,
starling »t 4:30 o'clock
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