The Wellington Leader (Wellington, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25,19».
ONES SPECIAL DAY S
'TIE
BY THE LEADER PRINTING CO-
J. CLAUDE WELLS. Editor.
WELLII8T0N LEADER
COME SEE WHAT YOUR DOLLARS AND QUARTERS
TUESDAY. MARC II 1
21 •; Yards 10-1 Sheeting for
s Yards Brown Domestic for
S Yards Bleached Domestic for
1.00
1.00
1.00
< Cans Talcum for
’ Pair Canva-»- G)o\
*> lb.!; Laundered Collars f"f
S Pair Men’s Sox for
Monday is Dollar Day—Tuesday is 25c Day
HILL BUY. BAGAINS AWAIT YOU IN EVER DEPARTMENT
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2>T1I DOLLAR DAY
SLOO
1.00
LOO
1.00
_ 1.00 i
Pair ChiidiSm's I back H<>
Cards Pearl Buttons for
Entered hr second-class matter Aug.
25. 1909. at the post office at Welling-
ton, Texas. under the act of March
3, 1979.
$2.00 Cash per Year
FcmciiTu ‘
THE AMETOt AN HRf.Vi AShcMlATKJN J |
LINE OF I \DIES' SPRING ( OAT SUITS
HI RR \H I OR WELLINGTON.
E. STONE & COMPANY
.L. 114. *L'<
-What
vile
-'on
'MARI lUH.
you
ordi
Han ■
TH \l I i<
at
PR I NIN’G THE TREE.
an
Rue
of
GRE \T
irding Will Take Oath from Lincoln Inaugural Table
biotasJteb
In tl *
moist
that
lublic
\Ve can
sfwll.
.'. ;th a I
City Drug Store
whin Abraham Lincoln took oath
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
is
SERVICE AND QUALITY
OUR MOTTO
PHONE 3
WELLINGTON, TEXAS.
be-
tl.<
per
de-
vour
pro-
and
the
Th -
al-
A
andle’
» <»♦{<• i
( ODE
FOR PEDESTRIANS.
■
&£•'- >•
WRi.'.
jSS ts- ■
Dalia. Auto Spark
'it-j I* rd p<_
'< th extracted
’! ix sMlliag
or the left
give three i
did time-,
-trument
the bud.
.!<>;• nil
lion left
crossing
wear a
and a red light
A
1 HE mil ON EX kHE HEST
lie V a- !. Vf . very c»r»fi
Rl k \L SANITATION.
In. you think it is healthy Vi
’r -er, I kr.-.w
We., Harry?
i <■:> , ’• »ch»: fl*h bit*
A HYFr 1OT 1ST IS A
man who at
HOME > <*ATO
no : A • Tl baby
■Zr- ' >70 SLEEP
. f hen- wen culled one
50 of which
< Hie flock
The other
and •'tx for the ini
of their holdings. They
tl • .r word that the next
be more than twice the1
n* just ended, and that
hall -how a forrespond-
I HE It VI \ WORI D MEN ACE.
.r .ng hl I' c •>«
Yr . can’t
taste
me thing
J.
"1 would rat'
handle
To go him - ne belief
■ ifW>
• than in
re • ; ‘
the
manner.
Each pede-truir before
Rule 1 :
boule, ant.
vv’.ite light in
in the rear.
Ruh
right
shall
horn
---------
IS THE PASH \M»I.E.
The
____ , only
on voar-old rood It might lx* added
nt .1 r>' i.' ' |' uned «i»-r
cultivate,! oon cea. <• to produce
f oin another
re .eg , added a
■ >.v v buxines
night shall
front
from leaving the ship for the shore.
<>r from pa -ing frx>m ‘-ne shop to
another I he-e thing- fchould be re-
quired by State law and city
nance.
With the fol upply baked
for him. and hi* shelter gone
vation and exposure will add to the
effectiveness of work with trap, and
poisons, an<i the menace of the rat
will cease to be a real hazard Mgmo-t
Am» rir.<n live? and pr. perty
• l ho value of the food
.1. I annualy by
individual it at $2. Keeping
■yithin the boundaries of con
teil
kr th*
Wai
(By W B. Bell, B ol.gicai Survey,
■ I nited State- Department of Ag-
ricultures
The necessity of a carnpa gn of un-
varying efficiency againat the rnm
mon brown rat is an outstanding one.
No other animal or insect u so dan-- uouslv and syitematicallv at al) rat-
go’ou. and per.-.--tent an enemy, and infe-b-d plan . Rat |h sons, e-pec-
no other enemy -.uceeil sin inflicting ialiy barium carbonate preparations
the .. .mage that th< rat annually im- a< recently developed bv the Biolo-
lc> e- upon humanity. Ehe rat pop- ■ gc.-itl Surrey, should be employed. In
uiati- n of the United State-, is at furthering the destruction of the rat.
least e«iual to the human population, community or civic organization is of
an<l the ame . atio h'ohG true for the greatest impo'-tanre It doe- no
piactpa.ly ever t. untry untiei th* good to drive the rat- from one cel-
sun. T'.. _____ . „ . .. ------ „
ve\ I n tori S'at< Department of Ag- to breed unmole t<-'t
riculture, pla<
• md property
each
tyell (
servati.-m thi- mean- that each year,
in this ..country alone, we produce
No one wou<d think of planting
a. re .if corn an*i leaving it to make
what it would with no U.itin ng or
cultivation. Proper <uit nation and
to a
the quid • .
ing improve,menu
The .ho-.v v i- conductive to public
good in < ie- matters aside ft*>m
-tmiul-i’ np- through competition.- It
was the medium, through which de-
pendah'e poultry literature was
bin!-, of -ntere.strMl
and ii.voogh A, <Ung
to the judgment of tiio-e m charge,
added “hundreds of people w ho will
vo into t e husines- with profit
them'■•■■■ v<-.- and benefit, nc-.i.-ntally.
«o me i uuoiy at largo.
in the exposition^.) enterprises and
the inc’rien'al and xlfiewl activities
the ount. judge an i the cooimis-
ioners of the county joined a live
agricultural agent and a home dem-
onatration ager
county. To this
eommitee of the'
anil m fe -innai men in Wellington
and in tl , way the affair became
one of the greatest import-»rce not
' . . ' -i
town.
Through her acUon in this matter.
Well ngton a. made a pattern which
other citie- and town; r ay adopt
Product'>n n a ea ini
surrounding a community
meh
im-
counbe, will do Well l’->
*-van-pl-.- Am-uillo Daily
When Prc.-ddent-eleCt Warrer
O Harding steps forward to take
the oath of office In Washington
March 4, the l,ftt1<- mahogany table
upon whirh will rest the Holv
Bible very likely will b< th.-
source of a great- inspiral.ior to
him t(> fniflii th* duties of h»
<»(’"re with ’'Jt-.tk.--tn nit ' !' f
t’i atm- ’ ib’>- -i < x i.r..i
r-nrollo.l in Hie Gevi
bred Sire Campaign?
countv agent to furnish the enroll-
ment blank and -gn the pk <lge to
use only pur-ehred sines on
fanri, thy- lining up w th the
gre.+sive farmers of thi- county
the rest of the country.
3. Have you children or <1
know of children that ought to be
in the < ganized club work of thi-
countv’ Help the countv agent get
them inter, steel T he I'rogr,- -ivc
F.rnier
Th « > ’ the question pmpounded by
- ’ vtonsion Service which
.. . _ c to 'suggest three prtc-
American Is still there Even
president a rice Lincoln baa taken
oath from this 114tie stand except
Taft—due to last minute Inaugu-
ral chang-s due to bad weather
Th*-stand I* in posss/sion of Wat-
ron S Clark, son or the Capitol
arrhitoct The Inserts ar* of
Edward B M*L*ai» Washington
publlbher, Chairman of the Wash-
ington- -itixeti tnauxur.yl commit-
tee and a - nupxbnt of the Capitol
stop," jn-.t.a* the Harding tnnigu-
■ -j . ■ t
d- Li-o-
ng '-|U|i:n
■unties com
pri.-ing Ate northwest tomer of
Texas tinri Ir-tier kno.-u as the Pan
handle. Ct e ne thirty-two new pa
pen R ■ c, Mel - - • hi®gr ■ in-
a << , notype, and th,, comment
via- ira.ii ( It t«-.e Panhandle i
field crop. Yet many people neglect
to cultivate and prune their or-
, chard An agncultu.-a! bulic'm
gives thi- following a objects
1 p-rrufWng,
First -To establish a tuiiann-
/ tween the rtxit and the top <>f
newly planted tree.
Second—To form a ivw open
l lm type of tree >- < a. cr to prun*
and spray and the fruit ■- more crci-
i ly harve.-ted.
Third—To force new wood.
f ;u t of th* p. a > i,- produced
t an urn- l.-itle boy t*
meant oi 'diver* d>
WTien an inc perienc.il
made nervwiu bv a pedes-
’ trian he shall ndi< ate the same nn<t
the pt-de.-trim .shall hide behind a
li(">t.. ■; f’-i!
than any phto- I know of.’’
would
be . in Tanhapdle broke
some section., I kmcv of with
my j oAiMs'full of money.” Grra'
tl. r.‘ ’ it. ’’'. - C’ankd'.an IJecnrrf.
------—----- .
“ARE YOU MAKING ANY USE
OF THE COUNTV AGENT?"
turning to the
the pedestrian
hurt 1’a.-ts on a
.ml.-- in riiame-
tomobile tire-
Rule ■> In (lodging .ai’emobile-
pede,trian la I not run m •• Pan
< ver in ■ an hour.
Rule r-ilestrian,> mu-t i"e> ■'.■■
at the beginning of each ycai and
pay a lici-n e fee vf $5.00
Ride 7 Pedestrians w II not lx-
allowed t< emd cigaret’e smoke on
any Lh-uI--..vd in an : •• >nd
un nece -4i
Rule 8
I.--riving hi- license to wa k upon a
Call on the automol ' <> ti e r occupant ■ in c - 25,000,000 human being- Oth.r dis-
6a es .almost as dreadful, are trac.-d
to the common rat. Thus, from the
standpoint of public health, as well
a sfrom th.- nia*ssity of controbng
the drain upon the public purse, it is
os ential that the rat he exterminat-
ed. Once the extermination is com
plete.or ;v- nearly so a> modem meth-
rib- «d permit, every precaution
must be taken to prevent the rat
from multiplying and regaining lost
ground.
Trapping should be done contin-
On M- ’ . ”f thi.» week Welhng
, < tl ■ metrojioli ■ and capital
•if Colling-worth county, held
.1! r the at-pices of the conimor-
organization, its -.pring poultry-
tow. Thi- event was gotten to-
gi.-this- b.Urrit'Uy, and yet somewhat
more than four hundred fifty stylish
birds were a enibled for public in-
spection, inspiration and approval,
<’f the individuals being with-
held from tran for at $50 each.
According to <■ timate.- of those m
tduch with this show, the poultry in-
terests f Colling worth county Lave
been advanced at least fitfy
cent Num. :ou growers hav.
term'iied t ■ < large their Hocks, and
still ' others
breedmg -t
provement
have giver:
-how shall
You need good sharp in- j
md iioldd cut ju-t abmi-:
Branches should I*- cut
nd pa urn ? • ith tl.'- p.-r-
N- v<_r leave a stub a. it
■ ‘ r. t bud ml . : ’.
.‘i .>1 i- funri t‘> < :it< r.
I have «.-igood literature 'oh'
t: . ■ ■ - fi-r ■ r r
she v rk. If 1 can lie of any a- i
‘ui-.-e t<v any on.- < all on roe.'
A. U NOWI.TN. Count v Agent. |
-----’■ ■ ■■ . ; ...
■c tu.'i ' ■ automobile ha*
Kul.. 4 | . de trian shall not carry
tl-.eir po-ket- anv suht ime which
. I > s- apt ' • . t ■■■•
LXKlMllltUIA iMI’OKTANT.
lawyer Madam v-<u io-t you-
:.nun b a toe tr<- < . u-ciriexit; but Kov-
ar you p:ove it u worth *3,000 you
ha.e sur-l the rrr for?
lady 1' ;vnt ff It wan th* thuran
I kept my hu ba. d under.-Pick «v
wavs -f u ng t.‘.- countv agent
now.
Haw 'on a big flock of hen-
will .-at their head- off tip-
cial inve-t y itor a-ked a native.
"lAiu. . 1 duni Ie Orawlod; “but
I trf-en a kmpin rry I isg< there for
fourteen ear* an ! 1 amt never loet
'mr er. era -t Ixiu villr Haith
, and Hygiene
DON 1 FAIL TO SEE OUR NEW M -.1 NERY—FISK HATS
DRESSES, (OATS, ETC. I RI( l-S RK.HT.
an* '
tv .-at
ernge of 10 to the litter.
Building Should Be Rat Proof.
In connection with th* 6xtermina
lion campaigns, preventive m.-a jre-
•hould l-< employed again t thi
rodent. First among these i
protection of all food -upp'i*-
■ s T prime importance Th* remov-
al and destruction iT refu«* is th*
next .-t« p m preventio n, a abandoned
dumps and piles of wa t* mat. ria1
furriAh excellent shelter and food for
of the dreaded .* rat* that have b«en rinv.-n ft- r.i
kdlc-d more hu- tli«« house?, and cellar.-.
■/n.i a* o -ir'f >re A!! bu’Mmg- should be rat p -i 'ed .ca_^ ucem.nt yr v ng and grumW.nr
an.t u» g> -m are bv t( e I.her-al us* of rem.-nt and tin. once
aiit-nX |
■ , . ■■ I “Lok here, Sarah
" 'it r'Of'
-•• free sbiEingd I here-, i«
’-’ ,u ' ’’ sva-U. v .n „ one w,, „ >t, n' i_r prival
Is Efficient Germ ( arrier
But the roden’t; enmity i far from
bt-ini at-.-fa-I bv thi ! ,.g-- wa ,-ni.-
injury A :reon-n’e of fdl th*
place- that -are vie and !oath«ome.
th* rat is a must
. riet The germ-
’ .<k death” l .>
nun beings than
.world’s history
with piuf
mediately
is a mailer, of importance to
‘on-mi-i'v. uui thin fact ha
pre <*l • ■ ' up»n Wellington to it-
own. benefit and th* good of
■ ntirc coun’ y--
All oth*r
follow th
.n<fb''.'17' When
t’l.n i- an :'-*r<-:l. *
over 1910, when
tw-' -ty-turn- incor-
tywns with i population of
•5.you i f-, -ipp- i ’.it* Uio fact
i’ > ■ r L ■ < ' loping
T! J’.-.ni anrile i. the great, t
: -I
-ior of K>k Rhea., r .'.ft- treasurer,
Th* Bureau of Biological Sur- lar into the next if they are allowed
in their new
quart-ti-. Wb*n the campaign >■>
made general the next is allowed no . ,
u-t am no opportunity to intrench Rru",n* '\just ‘onducne
„ . „ ’ ir ,r good emp from an orchard a.< to any
in a new i» -iti< n. . If one pair if rat- f,. , r„ „ , ........
is left they .an reprtxiure the ongina.
number in a little while, a* rats breed
“What
anything ■ !h a
o ightn t t" •
ingt. n Stai
right
1.
that
winter?
Two flock
______f_____ <un.-isted of 75 birds,
now acquiring j day •» bort t ine ag"
we<-e culled out and -out
flock numbe r about 100, and 60 of
these were discarded. The owners
of these tu > flocks report that they
get as many egg- as before the culI -
injif hink tliut. In
th* first case the feed bill reduced
trji one-third, and in the ^i-cond case
rut to less than half what it would ........ . , / ' • . t
have- he*n had th* eulling not been U.ub--.a.id mu I at-nwnt*:■*<< ’* un , nt' du-■ nt<. Jiur ■’ ■'<
<k)n* with no apprf^iablc in examining b<Bini his >kill >n dodft- the bit** o‘ a rat * fr I’d-a. du ain*,*, m a n« u nj
the egir yield leaping, crawling, and extricat longer » than 1W6. the bubunic nn<< jt .hl>ufd appbrd to
•’ Are you using purebred -sires ng him elf from maehiner- plague kd’i TOOO.OOO j-r-.n- In f,u 14 . r n t A ,,,nn / , |M1,
exciuMvelv on your farm? Have m-u Rule !t pedestrians w;J> b* h< '-.1 Europe, during the 14th rentur. it ,jrnjn .
. . .1- r-... ... I—-re rnTT.nr--rr-r -ttl -la.vs to— ♦«*>— Isa- — Si ' u C. . I t,- hss-.is.Lt4-u--s.t-. dsssl— is. . — (' 11,11 a r |, I. I -. r 1 !e -
vices, ana at the seaport*, where the
rat finds entrance tt> the country, the
port authonti*- should <e that all
-hip- ar* fun> gau d and every pre
caution taken bv means of hawser- 'feimh
-*<L' $200.000,‘>00 worth t.f food t< n
other purp- e than to f-eri oui I *
In another way, *200,000 men in t!
t'nited Stat* are -level"
labor to th) ■ ■ ■ ■
(»00 rats.
amount.
Hunt i To thin trie f-u.-t ti
j-'oriuc. i bi:tU>! grade.
L ftli-. W<- m.ght add t<. m.hox-
the dead or -t>.cried yv- >d ar- pre-
RE'F \R( If
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a- ft- •••<--• w
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Wells, J. Claude. The Wellington Leader (Wellington, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921, newspaper, February 25, 1921; Wellington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1187169/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .