The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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THE COMANCHE CHIEF,JUNE 8, 1915
probably tbs flrat attorney to settle
miles or vonancne, more man mu
The county officials accepted Mr. acres bar* been given over to pecan
COMANCHESLOGAN
and
acquired
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Read the Chief—$1.00 per year. .1
Something New in Comanche
and Rome wheat
The White Frost Round All
Metal Refrigerator
See The Revolving Shelves
the *100 valua-
on
of
[frail children]
- Dlllin CTDUMflTU
of the growth in in*
BUILD STRENGTH
tlon t
RAPIDLY ON
ever
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one
the
for
poultry farming and pecan orchards.
Mayor Eanea declared. Within four
claims to dirtine-
ss thoae of the
ker
tary
being aroused
this section in
Tin
yrope
and <
days
ahowl
pels,
ing c
ns th
back
shoot
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igtibon
girding annexation as federal protec-
tion of thia territory when the war
clouds between the United States and
Tom
the at
dies ai
older,
bits,
s of
an a
hands of D. K. Doyle, editor of the
Comanebe Chief, by M. V. Fleming,
known to his friends M Uncle Mart
Fleming, who lived in • thia section
prior to the founding of Comanche
and- haa watched the town pass
through gb its successive stages of
development. ’ *
CAR OF BROWN COUNTY
X ’ BERRIES TO DENVER
but now I
ve had such good
results that I am
(Brownwood Bulletin)
A full carload of berries was ship-
ped this week by the Bangs Berry As-
sociation to Denver, Colorado, accord-
ing to Albert R. Moore, secretary of
the association who was in Brown-
wood Thursday evening. The car con-
tained twelve thousand quarts of ber-
ries, and was sent by express, arriv-
ing.-in Denver 'in good shape, accord-
ing to a telegram received by the As-
sociation Thursday.
A ready sale of the berries was ex-
pected, the growers being guaranteed
a net price of twenty cents per gallon
fof the* entire lot. The returns from
the sale will be received edrly next
week, according to Secretary Moore.
Berry shipping has been under way at
Bangs for several days, a satisfactory
market being available for the entire
product handled by the association.
If you are interested in South
(Curtis Vinson, staff correspondent
M the Dallas News was in Comanche
tecently on his return from Han An-
gelo, where he attended the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce conven-
tion. On his return to Dallas he was
•topping at towijs along the way and
•ending in writenps of them to The
News, and hie visit to Comanche caM*
•taut in that way. ,Mr. Vincent’s Co-
manche letter to the Dallas News is
tare reproduced. Including th? hehd-
Ing as given it by the News.—Editor
the Chief.)
BY CURTIS VINSON
Staff Correspondent of The Nevft,
Comanche, Texas, June 8.—Rich in
• storied past and bearing a name
that always recalls the fact that its
hills and valleys were once overrun
by the red men, Oomnche county is
taw In the midst of an agricultural
development program that promises to
Make Its preoent-day
tlon as interesting
occupies. The 200 acres of land
divided into lots for the county
Mr. Frost was given the agency to dis-
pose of the land.
The date on which the county seat
was moved from Core to Comanche
was July 18( 1850, according to Mr.
Russell, who cited a most interesting
disclosure, by which he arrives at the
exact date on which the change was
made. Land deeds have been fbdnd,
some of which show by thetr stamp
marks that they were filed July 18.
1850, at Cora, while others show they
were filed July 18, 1850, at Coman-
che. Deeds having been filed on the
same date at both Cora and Coman
che, Mr. Russell is led to believe that
the county seat records were moved
on that day from Cora to Comanche,
the deeds filed at Cora probably be-
ing filed in the morning of that day
and thoae at Comanche in the after-
noon of the same^Jky.
Mr. Russell was only 6 years old
when Camanche county was created.
At the time he was living in Karnes
county. On his arrival at Comanche
Oct. 10, 1876, be was 26 years old.
le b;
rchei
trees, he said, iu the last two yean.
Mr. Eanea himself la interested in a
200-acre pecan orchard on the north
Leon, thirteen miles from town. Two
hundred trees there ware budded last
spreading
De Leon
year. Pecan growing is
fast ia both Comanebe and
vicinities.
Mr. Eanes, who recently
controlling interest in the Comanebe
Chief, weekly newspaper that was es-
tablished in 1873, recalled with a
smile that while on a recent visit to
Comanche Robert T. Hill, well-known
geologist, now of Dallas, recounted
the fact that back in his youthful days
be lived at Comanche, being employ-
ed at the time in the office of the
Comanche Chief. During his spare
hours, the now famous geologist wan-
dered about the hills of Comanche
county, studying the rocks and forma-
tions under the urge of his interest
in geology that he has since develop-
ed.
A copy of “The Comanche Dramatic
Bulletin,” issued March 18, 1876,
which contains the program <Jf a per-
fprmance at College Hall, was brought
to the office of the Comanche Chief
a few days ago. In one corner, un-
der the heading, “Town Directory,” it
carries a list of names, followed by
humorous explanations of who the
persons named are. The list shows i
the name of “R. T. Hill, chief devil,** Plains lands see J. R. Eanes A Co.
Him.
., ws
ie of
to every one. —*•
18th Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn.
Finds a True Friend
“Every woman who values her health
should bo proud to have a true friend
like the Vegetable Compound,’’ says
Mrs. W. E. Shaw, 3227 Walnut Street,
Chicago, Illinois. *1 had female weak-
ness so badly that I could not stand on
my feet. Half of my time was spent in
bed and I had pains in my back which
were unbearable. I tried everything I
could think of to help myself, and when a
friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg-
etable Canpound I began taking it at
once. 1 recommend it without hesi-
tation T
The Comanche county seat of to-
day has a population of approximate-
ly 3,500. One of • the outstanding
characteristics of the town is its
school life. The Comanche high school
had an enrollment during the school
yeqr just closed of 356, more than 10
per cent of the population of the town.
The total scholastic enrollment for
all the schools of the town during the
last school year was 1.060. The high
school graduating class this year in-
cluded sixty]elgbt members. The pres-
ent high school building, completed in
June. 1022, coat *102,000, the school
building and grounds representing an
outlay of *107,000.
Comanebe owns her waterworks
and sewerage systems and both are
operated on a paying basis, accord-
ing to Mayor J. R. Eanes, who was
first elected mayor tn 1915 and is now
serving his fifth term in that office.
Eighty per cent of the town covered
by water and sewer mains, Mayor
Eanes said. A concrete reservoir of
500,000 gallons capacity, set on a hill
near the city, furnishes the city with
water. Thia reservoir is one mile
northwest of the public square. The
city tax rate is 70c
tlon.
Growing interest
among the people
Corn, cotton, oats
Were for many yean the principal
etops of the county. To these has
been added in recent years peanut
growing, particularly in the northern
part of the county, and in the last
two yean or so Comanche county far-
mers have begun to augment their
Staple crops with numerous side lines.
This policy has borne and is bearing
fruit in a growing prosperity. In ad-
dition, there has been an introduc-
tion of better seed in the gran crops
•nd this has demonstrated the differ-
•nce, as County Demonstration Agent
X W. Luker puts it, between merely
Making a crop and making a profita-
ble crop. 1 Considerable attention also
baa been given In the last two yean
or so to improvement of live stock in
the county and interest in this move-
ment is growing. Better bred milch
tows are being emphasised, the Co-
Mancbe County Shorthorn Breeden*
Association, of wjhteii P. A. Pettit I"
president, taking a leading part in
this movement.
Probably one of the- most signifi-
cant indications
tereat In better agricultural develop-
ment Is found In the recent organisa-
tion of the Comanche County {Fair
Association with the announcement
that Comanche county will havtf an
agricultural and live stock fair I this
fall. It haa been several years tinea
the county fair movement haa had any
expression In this county and th? re-
vival of interest marks the beginning
Of a new era of progress, In the dpiq*
Ion of those conversant with coiinty
affairs. At a recent meeting of tem-
porary committees named to look 'Into
the matter of a county fair, pepns-
Dent organisation was perfected and
these various committees were contin-
ued as permanent committees. The or-
ganisation meeting was held in the
office of County Demonstration Agent
- Luker and another meeting has been
scheduled for Tuesday, June 5, when
the committees will take up the con-
sideration of various phases of the
fair, including prise money award?
and other matters. This meeting will
be held in the district court room
here. George Montgomery, who lives
near Comanche, is preaident of the
Fair Association: J. D. Smoot and J.
R. Eanes are vice president?, and C.
E. Frost la secretary. The definite
date for the fair la yet to be selected.
History af Early Days
While the source of the name given
Comanche county is obflous to all who
know that the Comanche Indians once
- roamed throughout this section of the
state, the circumstances under which
. the name was bestowed upon the coun-
ty are probably ~ not so generally
known. The atory, as told by L. B.
Russell of Comanche, who came to this
county. Oct. 10, 1876, and has lived
here since, is one of interest. Mr.
Russell haa more than an ordinary in-
terest in the history of Texas, of
which be is a native son, and partic-
ularly in the history of the section in
which he haa spent the greater part of
his life. He was born in Goliad. Hie
mother came to Texas in'1843, arriv-
ing at Galveston, and his father, C. A.
Russell, came to Texas in 'November,
1845, as a soldier in Gen. Zachary
Taylor's "army of occupation,” sent
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Comanche, Texas;
Minn.—441 had heard no
about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Voge-
when I realized I
needed to take some-
thing to relieve my
pains and backache,
and to help build me
ud I began to take
t. I had been
sick off and on for
FEANUT GROWING AND DAIRY
HERDS ARE TWO OF THE
SIDE UNE8
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meant
though
family fi
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lstanc<
Mexito loomed dark on the borteon.
Mr. Russell has served the city <rf Co-
manche as mayor sad as city clerk.
Be has given his attention largely
throughout his mature years to the
land title business, being at present
a land title specialist, and through
bls familiarity with old titles has ac-
cumulated a large store of historical
Information.
Mr. Russell pointed out, ia com-
menting on the formation of Coman-
che county, that the act of the legis-
lature creating this county was pass-
ed in January, 1856. Col. John Henry
Brown, for whom the John Henry
Brown School in Dallas was named,
was a member of the state legislature
at that time and was Instrumental In
obtaining passage of the act creating
the county. According to a letter re-
ceived some time ago by Mr. Russell
from Tom C. Frost, CoL Brown, who
was a great admirer of the Comanche
tribe of Indians, suggested and ob-
tained the adoption of the name of
Comanche for the new county. Mr.
Frost’s letter, in commenting on the
fprnpitlon of the county, explained
that it was In that way that the name
was chosen, Mr. Russell said.
It is of interest in thio connection
to note that Indian raids in this sec-
tion from which Comanche county
was created did not come until after
the organisation of the county and its
christening after the Indians. Indian
raids in this county began along about ■
1858-50, continued at intervals through |
the civil war period and up until
about 1874. One raid was staged 1
about a mile northwest of where the
present town of Comanche stands.
State rangers succeeded in holding
back the Indians fairly well until af-
ter the civil war but the disruption
of conditions by that conflict left the
country unprotected to a large extent
and In 1866 the worst raids exper-
ienced in thia section were staged, it '
has been recalled.
The first county seat was at Cora,
fourteen miles southeast of here, on
the South Leon creek. The county
clerk’s office there was opened about
June 4, 1856. In 1858 a large part
Of the southeastern section of the
county was cut off for the creation
of Hamilton county. This left Cora,
the county seat. In the extreme south-
eastern portion of the county and as
the result Of this condition the move-
ment for the establishment of a new
county seat was begun.
In the establishment of the new
county seat was reflected the person-
ality of men of that day just ns in
the creation -and naming of the coun-
ty. John Duncan, a plom>er of the
state who had large holdings in Mat-
agorda county, had located a largo
tract of land In whnt afterward be-
came Comanche county in the early
'40. Anxious to have the new county
seat located in the midst of his hold-
ings, Mr. Duncan authorized Tom C.
Frost, the same Frost who wrote Mr.
Russell regarding the creation of the
epunty and who was the founder of
the Frost National Bank of San Anto-
nio, to convey 200 acres of his land to
the county in case the new county seat
was established in th? Duncan tract
of land. Mr. Frost, who had come to
this section from Bell county, was
doubtless referring to Mr Hill's con- ] f
Metlon with tbs Comanche Chief.
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Doyle, Davis K. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1923, newspaper, June 15, 1923; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1196625/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.