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VOLUME XX
OLNEY, YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1929
NUMBER NINETEEN
ANNUAL MEETING
OF TRUSTEES
i One-of the greatest school events
of the year took place in Grahafh,
August 19th,. in an all day meeting
of the County Board of Trustees,
dural trustees, County Superinten-
dent, Representatives from the four
Independent Districts and our State
Superintendent S. M. N. Marrs, of
Austin along with friends of educt-
ion, teachers and school peaple.
The meeting was called to order
<by the chairman of the County
School Board at; ten a. m. ,who intro-
duced the speaker of the day, Super-
intendent S. M. N. Marrs. The entire _ ...
morning was taken by Mr. Ma'rrs in' merce;- Committees representing both
FIRST COMMUNITY
DAY OCTOBER 7
A definite decision to hold a ser-
ies of Community Days in Olney this
fall was made at a meeting of mer-
chants held in the chamber, of com-
merce office Tuesday morning. The
first Community Day will be held
October 7 and will continue there-
after on the first Monday of each
month.
Last year it will be remembered
these Community Days brought sev-
eral thousand visitors to Olney.
These special events are being spon-
sored by the Retail Merchants Asso-
ciation and the chamber of corn-
telling of the new Rural Aid Laws,
consolidation and transportation. The
-State of Texas has guaranteed us
six and one half months free school
■juat a set schedule for salaries oiit of
State and County funds alone. This
is one-half month more than the last
j,two years. All bus drivers must be
21 years of age and carry liability
insurance with minimum at $2,000.
The bus must be equipped in a cer-
tain way for protection, and the
driver must stop at all railroad
crossings. Aid is given by the State
'on transportation and bonuses are
given for consolidation. This alto-
A/ gether is a great help to the new
consolidated district which is strug-
gling to get started.
As the noon whistle jriew, Mr.
Lockridge, chairman, introduced
Judge S. A. Penix; chairman of the
Graham Board, who invited all trust-
ees from all districts to a luncheon
in the club rooms of the Driver
Hotel. All trustees and Some friends
* were the guests of the Graham
Board at this luncheon. The eats
f were delicious. During the hour
short talks were given by the follow-
ing: I. T. Gilmer, Superntendent
Graham Independent District; W.
Harris, Secretary of Board at
ia.sville’; J. B. St. Clair, Principal
Jigh School at Olney; Russell
wn, Secretary of School Board
Newcastle; Miss Norfleet Grimes
unty Demonstration Agent; Mrs.
yr W. Berry, County Superintendent
Young county; Mr. Marrs, State
Superintendent of Texas. Judge S.
A. Penix acted as chairman during,
the hour.
The meeting was called to order
at 1:30 p. m. and Mr. Marrs spoke
on the new laws of citizenship; high
4 school tuition; trustee laws; and the
duties of the trustees. This was en-
lightening to all present, for many
<# trustees do. not hold regular meet-
ings nor always act in abody when
they perform official duties.
Mrs. Berry, County Superinten-
dent, read the classification of all
schools; made some announcements
concerning the- State Aid Schools;
library books; and the insurance poli-
cies of all districts. After this the
county board went into an official
meeting. At this meeting the most
important work done was the con-
solidation of the Komo district with
the Eliasville district. This was done
*> upon petition of the majority of
voters of that district includng
two trustees. The board heard from
some districts concerning their clas-
sificaton. Orth was classified as a
7 grade school. All members of the
board were instructed to meet again
at the courthouse on Friday August
23, for a special meeting.
During the day some 250 people
atended the speaking. They were
front all parts of the county, and
showed their interest in the school
? _ work of the county.
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organizations attended the meeting
Tuesday to formulate plans for the
first event.
Merchants serving on these com-
mittees and taking active part in
planning for the series of special
events are: Earl Williamson, J. C.
Lovelace, Rhea Anderson, Rhome
Paschall, W. C. Harrell, Bruce Neel-
ey, S. O. Dyer, J. P. Alexandder and
Sam Casey.
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SCHOOL LIBRARY
« . BEING CATALOGUED
Work of cataloguing all books in
the high school library is being
completed this week according to
an announcement made by Supt.
B. C. Schulkey, Tuesday. Shelf cards
for all volumes now in the librar}’-
and1 other details of cataloguing are
in progress of being by Mr. Schulkey
* assisted by Etheridge Eagan, a for-
mer Olney man, who has been doing
work in the library of Texas Tech
at Lubbock. Mr. Eagan arrived in
* Olney Tuesday afternoon to begin
. the work, which it was thought
would be completed by the end of
the week.
Between 1200 and 1500 volumes
are in the library now, all of them
correctly catalogued 'according to the
most .up-to-date methods, with the
completion of this week’s work.
WILL EXPECT MUCH
FROM COACH ACKER
The Olney Cubs will start prelimi-
nary football practice next Monday
afternoon, according to Coach A. S.
Acker. Prospects for another dis-
trict championship team are looking
good with the return of several vet-
erans of last years squad.
Coach Acker is attending a school
for coaches at the Southern Metho-
dist Unversity at Dallas. He is
under the tutorship of such
prominently known coaches as Pop
Warner and—Kniate Rockne.
With Coach Acker drilling the
boys along such tactics as he will
have learned from Warner and
Rockne, the Enterprise feels safe
:n making the assertion that the lo-
cal team will win the champion lau
rels of the district again this season.
APPEARED’ BEFORE
C«. COMMISSIONERS
W C. Harrell and O. T. Anderson,
representatives of ’the local chamber
of commerce app^Sf^d before the
County Commissieftrs Court in Gra-
ham this week pn| interest of the
road situation ip this territory. The
newly graded road %iej)J the Brazos
River has been almost impassable
during the past few weeks. Several
automobiles have been stuck in the
sand on this newly constructed road.
The committee requested the court
to take immediate action to relieve
the situation.
Members of the Commissioners
Court willingly agreed to place a
man with a team at the bridge to
assist the automobiles through the
sand bed and to take immediate
steps to improve the general condi-
tion of the road. Engineer Guy R.
Johnson assured Merle Gruver,
secretary of the local chamber of
commerce ii; a telephone commui-
cation Tuesday morning that efforts
would be made immediately to clay
the roadbed.
DRILLING PERMITS
ISSUED RECENTLY
The following drilling permits
have been issued from the office of
Geo. W. Tilley, Deputy Supervisor
of the Oil & Gas Division for Ar-
cher, Young and Jack counties:
Primrose Refining Co. et ai No
2, J. A. Kunkel, Thos. McCoy Sur-
vey Archer county; Perkins and Cul-
lum No. 2, G. A., Lauster, B. B. B.
& C. RR. Co. Survey, Archercounty;
Panhandle Refining Company No. 5,
P. K. Pitman, W. Mathews Survey,
Young county; Petroleum Producers
Company No. 1-C. A. M. Kunkel
Guardian “C”, B. B. B. & C. RR.
Co Survey, Archer county; L. G.
Bradstreet No. ‘3, Lucy Webb, J.
Saunders Survey, Archer county;
L. G. Bradstreet No. 2, L. T. Rich-
ardson, J. G. Maupin Survey, Young
county; Dr. Charles E. William Wal-
lace No. 4, K. & K. Lease, J. A.
Kemp’s Lands Survey, Archer coun-
ty; R. A. Clampitt et al No. 1,
Clampitt-Richardson “A”, South
Anderson Ranch Survey, Archer
county; Panhandle Refining Com-
pany No. 1, Eaton & Daniels, Isaac
Hughson Survey, Jack county; Harry
Hines No. 1, M. Willis Jackson, W.
B. Aldridge Survey, Archer county;
Gilliland-Rosser Oil Co. No. 1, A.
C. O’Donnell, Isaac Holman Survey,
Archer county; Trinity Oil Com-
pany No. 1, A. C. Barrett, E. W.
Seargent Survey, Young county;
W. R. Stafford No. 2, E. T. Brown,
Survey No. 290, Young county;
Amos Mitchell No. 1, J. A. Kunkel,
Thos. McCoy Survey, Archer coun-
ty; Panhandle Refining Company
No. 1-D, Nellie Prideaux “D”, I &
G. N. RR. Co. Survey, Young-
county; Holbrook Woods No. 1,
F. M. Cullers, Young County School
Lands Survey, Young county; Con-
tinental Oil Company No. 1-A, Kemp
and Kemper “A”, Robt. Me Kim
Purvey, Archer county; Bridwell Oil
Company No. 1, A. J. DeMoss
Jeferson County School Lands Sur-
vey, Archer county; L. T. Burns No.
2 “C”, J. M. Turbeville, Robert
Carson Survey, Archer county; A.
H. Parks No. 1, Johnson Estate,
Richardson Bros. Subd. W. Sargeni
-survey,. Young county; F. H. E. Oil
Company & Kay Kimball No. 4, J.
M. Daughterty, Isaac Hughson Sur-
vey,, Jack county; Roamer Oil Com-
pany No. 1 Mrs. E. McClatchy, T. E.
& L. Co. Survey, Young county;
J. D. Carpenter et al No. 9, W. H.
Barrett, Sargent Survey, Young
county; J. D. Carpenter et al No. S,
Wr H. Barrett, Sargent Survey,
Young county.
OLD STONE FORT
MAY BE RESTORED
FACULTY MEETING
SEPTEMBER SEVEN
B. C. Schulkey, superintendent of
the Olney Independent School Dis-
trict returned Monday evening from
Lubbock where he has been taking
special work in the college there
during the summer months. Accord-
ng to Mr. Schulkey, the faculty for
the local schools is complete. The
first meeting of members of the
faculty is scheduled for September
7, the Saturday before school open-
ing on the 9th of September.
HUNTING SEASON
OPENS SEPT. FIRST
Dimmitt—Erection of $100,000
high school building started here.
Formation of the Robert E. Lee
highway association has resulted in
a proposal to restore the old wood
and stone Fort Crogan at Burnet,
in which General Lee was cared' for
while leading troops into the south-
west before, the war.' The famed
Southerner then was a lieutenant.
J. H. Faubion of Leander, presi-
dent of the Williamson County Old
Settlers’ Association, is searching
memoirs of pioneer Central Texas
settlers in the hope of obtaining
other information about Lee’s pres-
ence in Texas when he commanded
troops which protected settlers from
Indians.
As a result of the investigation,
a giant live oak tree at Jolleyville
has been identified as a favorite
campng place of General Lee in his
early military career.
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Hamilton—New electric store and
office of Texas-Louisiaha Power
Company formally opened to pub-
lic.
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El Paso—Work will start soon on
grading and paving of Rim Road.
J.G. BISHOP SPEAKS
AT LIONS CLUB
J. G. Bishop, agricultural agent
for the chamber of commerce spoke
before the Lions club at their regu-
lar meeting here /Wednesday noon.
Mr. Bishop outlined the agricultural
program of the chamber of com-
merce giving an account of the
various demonstrations in terracing,
caponizing, culling and vaccination
that have been held during the
past few months.
Of particular interest mentioned
in Mr. Bishop’s talk was the work
that the local organization is doing
in organizing Community Exhibits
for the Young County Fair to be
held in Graham September 18-21.
The Padgitt and Bitter Creek com-
munities have both been organized
and will enter community exhibits,
according to Mr. Bishop. Farmers
throughout this district have mani-
fested considerable merest in the
Fair this year and a number of good
live stock and poultry exhibits as
well as agricultural pi-oducts will .be
sent to Graham from this territory,
Mr. Bishop said. Member's of the
vocational agricultural class of the
local high school will enter exhibits
at the Fair.
Mr. Bishop told of the campaign
now under way for the- testing ,of
cows for tuberculosis. The chamber
of commerce started the campaign
some weeks ago and beginning next
Monday morning at least 150 dairy
cows in this district will be placed
under test. It is expected that more
dairymen will follow with the test-
ing of their cows at a later date.
The Lions club appointed a com-
mittee to work with the chamber
of commerce agricultural committee
•in/studying- milk ordinances with a
new of making recommendations to
he Gty .Council for; the pa-sage of
i standard milk ordinance to pro-
ect the health of local consumers,
dr. D, R. Woods and J. C. Lovelace
vere appointed on the committee.
SEEP ORDINANCE
HELP FIRE BOYS
To make a hasty run to a fir'e and
;o do effective work after reaching
he blaze it is very essential the
ocal fire boys have the cooperation
of the citizens. C. T. Steele, the
lew tuck driver from Wichita Falls,
requests that the citizens comply
with the ordinance that instructs a
motorist to “head in” to thecurb
wherever he- may be when the fire
alarm is sounded.
He also issues a note of warning to
those hanging on the truck Who
are not members of the fire depart-
ment. It is dangerous and is also
a handicap to members of the de-
partment in their attempt to hong
fahe moving truck.
NOT AS DRY AS
IT USED TO BE
Talk about dry spells, the present
is not a patching to those this
country went through 25 and 30
years ago.
Old timers well remember when
every source of water supply dried
up. Hot winds swept the country
as though they were a breath from
the lower regions. Following this) and
sometimes mixed in it were sand
storms that blew at a hurricane
speed. Darkened the skies in the
middle of the afternoon until the
chickens thinking night had come
went to roosts. Sometimes a rain
would fall as the sandstorm blew
and the sides' of the buildings would
be smeared with a coating of mud..
Those were days that tried men’s
nerves and lots of those pioneers
are here today with their nerve as
sound as they ever were. They will
be here until they finish their task
here on earth for there is no coun-
try under the sun that has this one
beat.
Some may be a little more for-
tunate this year relative to the
rainfall, but take it from one year
to another the Olney Community
skins ’em gwine and a-comin’.
INTERESTING MEET
ROYALTY OWNERS
E. G. Bedord of Midland president
of the Mid-Continent Royalty Own-
ers Association was the principal
speaker at a banquet given the -or-
ganization by the local chamber of
commerce.
Chas1. S. Richardson presided as
toastmaster for * the banquet and
meeting that followed. Mayor Frank
Power, of Archer City responded j
to the welcome address given by *
Merle Gruver, secretary of the local
chamber o commerce.
The High School Faculty orches-
tra, supplemented by several local
musicians, rendered acme c::e::Ient
music during the banquet. Mrs. R.
E. Dailey contributed to the pro-
gram with a special piano solo.
L. E. Wandell, of Fort Worth, and
secretary of the Mr1-Cont;pe~,J
Royalty Owners'* Assoviation, made
a short talk following the main ad-
dress of the evening. Sexeral out-of-
town visitors attended.
TESTING STARTS
SEPTEMBER 2
The campaign or tubercular test-
ing of milk cows in this district
sponsored by the Olney Chamber of
Commerce, wll .begin Monday morn-
ing, September 2, according to J. G~
Bishop, agricultural agent. During;
the past two weeks letters have been>
sent out from the local office to
dairymen in North Young county
and to date arrangements have bee®
made for the testing of at least
150 head.
This is the first campaign of this
nature to be started in the county
and from all indications the above-
number will be more than doubled
before the campaign is over. Special1
rates have been made to those inter-
ested in testing their cows. The rate
will range- from fifty to seventy—
£ive cents per head depending upon*
the number in each heard.
Mayor Ohas. S. Richardson has
issued a statement urging every,
dairyman who sells milk in Olney
to have their cows tested as it is-
a safeguard to health. A large per-
centage of tuberculosis is traceable
to milk and milk products.
The Olney territory will be divided
into two sectons for testing and it.
will require about four days to
complete the test. Those interested:
who have’ not arranged for this
testing are urged to get in touch
with chamber of commerce officials ■
this week.
Those who have signed for the
testng to date are: M. II. Simms,
Edwards Dairy, Sloans Dairy, R. H„
Rachuig, Ed Deitrich, C. F. Kunkel,
PI. O. Kunkel, W. J. Kunkel, Arthur
Gambrel, J. H. Wilson, S. P.Craw-
ford, John York, W. J. McClure,
A. S. Acker, Roy Dunnagan, J. W.
..'eetar. Joe. Bishop, Johnnie Wilson,
Robert Allison and S. A. Morris.
It will soon be time for huntsmen
to be getting ready for that sport
as the1 season opens the first of Sep-
tember, aftef^ which date licenses
"an be secured at the office 4of the
county clerk.
Residents of Young county need
no licenses to hunt in the county,
but must have them if they hunt
outside of the county in which they
live. The same is true of other coun-
ties.
Licenses to hunt in the State,
outside of the hunter’s own county,
cost $2. A hunter from outside the
State must pay $25 for a license.
The resident trapper must pay $1.
Hunting boat registration cost $2
and a shooting preserve license
cost $5. Fishermen, using artificial
lure, who angle in the State but
outside their home counties roust
pay $1.10 each for licenses. If they
live outside the State it will cost
them $5. A five-day license for
non-resident fisherman using artifi-
cial lure costs $1.10.
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Fort Worth—Chamber of Com-
merce of this city placing 593 road
markers on highways throughout the
state.
EXHIBITS AT.
COUNTY FAIR
The Padgitt and Bitter Creek
Communities will both have commun-
-ty exhibits at the Young County
Fair to be held in Graham, Septem-
ber 19-21, according to J. G. Bishop,
local chamber of commerce, agricul-
tural agent who has charge of all
agricultural exhibits from the North-
ern part of the county. W. C. Hale,
county agent and Mr. Bishop have
been holding meetings in the rural
sections during the past few weeks
in interest of the Fair.
V. V. Heard has been selected as
chairman of the Community Exhibit
from Padgitt and J. L. Castleman
has charge of the exhibits from the
Bitter Creek community.
BUTTON REMOVED
FROM MAN’S EAR
Quanah.—Removal of a small but-
ton which had been in his ear for
over 50 years has restored his hear-
ing to J. L. Thompson who for many
years operated a hamburger stand
in Quanah, but moved to his farm
near Olustee, Okla., a couple years
ago.
Mr. Thompson had been deaf in
one ear since he was a small child.
The other ear became affected the
past year an dan poeration was de-
cided uppn. During the operaton
the button was removed. It had been
i entirely covered with a growth of
j flesh. 1^|operation w^s performed
1 in Dali
PECOS CO. HOLDS
OIL LEAD FOR JULY
According to the mlonthly survey
of the State Oil and Gas Bureau,
Pecos County, holds the lead during
July for the 19 counties in West
Texas, with 45 new wells recorded
ns producers and 5 dry wells.
There was a total of 89 6 hew
locations made in the state during
the month, 471 producers brought in
282 dry holes recorded, 120 wells
shot, 329 plugged, 39 gas wells
brought in, according to the sum-
mary. July was the second heaviest
month this year in new locations,
second only to the 9 39 wells on
which notices to drill were filed the
previous month, June. A total of
5,670 wells had been located this
year up to Aug. 1.
OLNEY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN SEPT. 9
Monday September 9, the Olney
-ehools will start on their 1929-30
term. It would be taking consider-
-ble risk to say the coming term has
a more promising prospect to excel
he: one last year for that would he
difficult to do. It can be said; how-
ever, with no risk attached', that the
faculty will leave nothing undone
to make the term the premier of
all gone before if hard work and
cooperation will do it.
Another thing the local high school,
will enter the term with a greater
number cf affiliated credits than
it did lost year aho. with '■he ad-
dition that the school has become af-
filiated with the Southern Associa-?
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, which entitles the high
school student at graduation to
enter any college or university with-
out being compelled to take an ex-
amination. The school now has
twenty-seven and one-half units • of
affiliation.
HUNDRED BILLION
CIGARETTES USED
Americans consumed more than
100.000. 000.000 cigarettes in the
year ending June 30, according to
figures issued by the internal reve
nue bureau.
The production was given as 113,-
9 78,898,000 icigaj-ettes,’ exceeding
the preceeding year by more than
13.000. 000.000. A small per cent
was exported.
The cigar production was 6,548,-
676.000, an increase of one per cent.
The country consumed about 339,-
743,000 pounds of smoking tobacco
and 39,593,000 pounds of snuff.
Texas leads all the states in
variety of bird.life with nearly 600
different species.
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As railroad building bonuses Tex-
as gave 35,000,000 acres of its
public domain—roughly equivalent
of 43 Counties of the average size
of 900 square miles.
GET READY FOR
FORT WORTH CATS
Next month the Fort Worth Cats
will start on a “barn-storming’,
tour of West Texas. Qne of the
points the team wiir^visit will be
Olney.
They are scheduled to ife here '
either the _16 or 17 of Sfeptem'ber
to play the local teamy'^Of course ‘
we would be sprprided and: so
would the Cats' shouTcf Olney defeat
them, nevertheless, it is possible.
Olney should see that it thas aa :
strong a team as possible and make
the Fort Worth aggregation feel?
they have been to a full man-sized %
ball game when the ninth inning:-'"
has been played. Very few towns
the size of Olney are granted this,
honor. The Cats played here lastt
year and t(f favor the. town with a
return engagement speaks well for
this city.
Estelline—$6,000 bond issue ap-
proved to provide funds for erection
of city hall, fire station and jail.
T’WAS CRIME TO; GAMBLE
HORSES OPT THEIR SPEED
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Stanford, Ky.—Musty records in
the Lincoln County courthouse re-
veal that it was a crime against
horseflesh and the law of man to
gamble their ownership on their
speed.
Court records of 1783 sfyow that
Azor Rees was fined $50 for losisug
a mare at racing and Isaac Hite and
Wiliams Field were fined $60 and
$50 respectively for winning,mares
at racing.
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