The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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DE LEON COMANI HE COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME. 43 NUMBER 52
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1033^
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Prohibition was a question .of im
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A mass meeting composed of citi-
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eminent for a total of approximately $430,900.90 to be ex-i Springs Hig’hwa^net^at tiw
of Mr. Switzer.
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covering
been til
having'
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over a
cleaning
thus - re-
of acres of
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returned I
recent
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hop? lk' •
the o'ne
ed to pave Texas Streef and several blocks leading out
from Texas street. A
WORTHY GRAND MATRON
O. E. S. TO VISIT
DE LEON ( HAPTER
GREAT LAFAYET’E’
OF CIRCUS FAME
TO DO STUNTS
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unit of the Forestry Ser 25 LBS. SPUDS TO
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on each
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it but to come and see for yourself—
free of charge.
Dryden is. the man who walked
across a tight wire across Niagra
Falls some years ago, carrying
man astride his shoulders, the pas
ser.ger eating a banana meanwhile.
De Leon merchants are featuring
quality merchandise at unusually
low prices this Saturday. Come to
De Leon, enjoy the free entertain-
ment and buy needs at prices worth
the money.
! Bidis,
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Turkey Diseases
And Remedies To Be
Demonstrated Sat’y.
stepped calmly out
wire from F
MEN HOLD HI WAY
MASS MEET HERE
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He apparently
this with utmost ease. /..........
JURY ACQUITS
MRS. BALLARD ON
SLA YING_ CHARGE
Mrs. Julia Mallard, wife of the late
A. T. Ballard, was acquitted of the
charge of slaying her husband, by a
jury in district court at Lubbock
Thursday, June 15. The case went to
trial Monday morning, June 13, and
a legal battle of four days duration
ensued in which the young widow
emerged, exonerated by the court?
The case grew out of charges that
Mrs, Ballard had administered poison
from which her husband died more
than a year ago. When the charge
was formerly made, the body of Al-
bert Ballard was exhumed and one-
eleventh of a grain of strychnine
was found in the viscera? "
The case attracted quite a ’
spread interest here since both
and Mrs. Ballard formerly lived “at
De Leon, he being a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Ballard, and she being a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Mei
Carroll. The couple lived near Lub-
bock for years past.
M. R. Counts, was published. Mr.
Switzer published his valedictory in
the issue, which was dated July 19,
1901. It read inpart:
“We have sold the De Leon Free
Press, together with the subscription
list and good will, to Mr. B. L. Nance
On account of other business engage-
ments, Mr. Nance will not take
Is
On account of our annual meeting 1
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the
At that time
host of good'sing-
’ Texas,
to De
happiness
storm.
We leave about August 15 f-i'I XX. T I. mdaxmilk’was pre-idenl of
, our new _ home. ' V> el f)p Renn—district -singing convrnttnr.
trust our friends will not entirely I ,n |p0d, and called a meeting
us., and that we maypall inert | convention to
Jbut until we do grfbd-bye.
Sincerely, John J. Switzer.
}|,. ! er <>f 'he team. The\ De Leon team
,n | ha.- piaye’1 it succi -sful season thus
j Im and stand- a chance to finish a
j high record. Team members are Ma1'
\in Huey and Otho Scott, pitchers;
Bob II tsley, catcher; Shin*>- .Brown-
lee, 1st; Raynmnd Butler 2nd. and
(ohb Wallace, fl rd 'bnsr; \\ . Wallace
(•■nter field; Fred Shaver,right field
mid Wallace left field.
There will he .no admission, charge
to see ’I,, i .. . ' . ’
invited. ___________
Watchers held their breath as he YE OLD DAYS IN DE LEON FEATURED
IN COPY OF FREE PRESS DATED 1901
bark building, a distance of 300 feet. I , , , ■ 7” ., » .
; John J. Switzer, founder of t..^
. Free Press, who died at his home at
' . . ' ago, was Just
leaving De Leon in 1901 to make his
I home in Weatherford, when an
I copy «>f the Free Press which has
j been preserved all these yearsby Mrs.
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Huge Public Works Program
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'Bunny9 Dryden, High Wire
Walker, at De Leon This Sat
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H-ERE ONE SUES ~BUNNY” DRYDEN COMPLETING A PERFECT
SOMERSAULT ON THE WIRE AND LANDING LPRiGHT
ISM1
MAYOR F. T. DANIELL HAS
AGREED AT THE LAST MO-
MENT TO RIDE ACROSS THE
STREET AT THE DIZZY
HEIGHT OF 38 FT, ASTRIDE
THE NECK OF DRYDEN. THI.4
IS GOING TO BE GOOD—
DON’T MISS IT! TIME, AT
TWO P. M. SATURDAY.
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Potat’-e
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plm'li-d 100
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G "II"
i der of Eastern Star of Texas, will
' J-!‘ to De Leon
j Chapter next Monday night Junp 2G.
R. L. WISDOM NdU
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Miami, I
SINGING \ I PRlMITlV E
BAP I 1ST CHURCH
BASLBALL GAME
DE LEON vs HICO
HAD M \.J( >R OPERA I H1N
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with Ii '.■!
. ing
The Free Press is pleased to an-
nounce that De Leon merchants have
contracted with “Bunny” , Dryden
who is known in the circus world jw
the “Great Lafeyette,” to coilCj' to
Tfc T.eon next Saturday, June 24th,
apa put on his high wire walking
stpnt for the benefit of the people
who are expected to throng the town
oh that day. Saturday crowds are us-
ually large in De Leon. But with the
tvpe of entertainment Dryden is ab-
le io furnish, there will be several
tin es the usual throng, it is believed,
f"r it is a fact, the “Great Lafay-
ett-’s” stunts have been witnessed by
th. isands throughout the United
States and hr Europe, where he tour-
ed with a great circus one past sea-
son.
F'ryden has worked in Brownwood,
Cisco, Rising Star, Cross Plains, Co-
manche and Gorman. The Brown-
w.xd Daily Bulletin gave him a col-
umn on the first page, together with
a picture showing the dare-devil do-
ing a thrilling sommersault on a
tight wire. Crowds estimated as high
a- ' ,000 and 7,000 have turned out to
see his stunts in some of these towns.
Th- Gorman crowd last Trades Day
was estimated at not less than 5,000
pe ople, where Dryden was the princi-
pal attraction. The Brownwood paper
ha 1 this to say of his work:
and culverts, De Leon to Sipe Springs, connecting High- hlen wil1 Push a similar project,
i way 36 at Rising Star with Highways §1 and 67, which
‘ converge at De Leon, thus completing an important arte-
ry of traffic from San Angelo and Coleman, to Fort
Worth and Dallas, the. cost of this project to lie approxi-
mately $230,000.00. It is estimated that this project would
require 18000 work days (8 hours) at a day wage of $2.40
An average of 300 men would be employed during the
period of construction.
The second largest project asked for is the improve-
ment of a 20-acre site owned by the City of De Leon, same
being the old refinery grounds, immediately west of town
Here it is proposed to erect a City Auditorium, City Park,
swimming pool, gymnasium, livestock exhibit building
and agriculture building, athletic park, etc. The estimat-
ed cost of this project would l)e $72,000.00. A total of 18,
000 man work days (8 hours) would be required with an
average of 100 men employed during period of construc-
tion. ' 1
Higgibotham—and every one ■ of
these ads were on- the first page,
three full columns of them, with two
columns of . reading matter.
He then turned and walked "back
the hotel. The wind, was blowing al- ;
ni<.st a I. - - “_____
he-Iate in going through
act. Twice while on
down on his back, balancing.
.After he had returned to the roof
of the hotel he blindfolded himself
unc again walked out on the wire. He
then did balancing acts in chairs bri
the edge of the roof. One slip would
have meant a fall to his death. He
walked on his hands around the e Ige
of the building and then stood on his
’ead and by jumps moved
feet along the sheer edge.
Thrilling Afternoon Act
The act of this fearless ‘iron man’,’
tins afternaan was even more
inc than the morning act.
v aiking the wire he did a
si and on the wire—that is held
i'" 11 n;
I call. .1 a
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T. J. Nabors' ad read as follows:
1 AM GIVING my friends and cus-
tomers some rare bargains in Rearv-
I Made Clothing,Pants, Jumpers, work
and fancy shifts. MY DRYGOODS
LINE is now complete and you will
do well to call and see me. MY FUR
NITURE AND GROCER LINES are
always up-to-date . in—quality and
price, and i carry everything you
need in these departments. Rememb-
er the place—ROCK Store near the
burned district.—T. J. NABORS.
Other advertisers were L. L. Thom-*
as. Druggist; Old Dad Wilson, shoe
cobbler; Sterling Price, physician
and surgeon (No, it was not unethi-
cal for a physjeian to advertise in
1901, like it-ia. now). R. H. Rush,
druggist; Bruce Clift, barber was de-
scribed as doing' business next docjr
to A. P. Taylor’s drug store; John-
son & Carnes were running a Livery,
Sale and Feed Stable and stated that
they had “Splendid Tournouts, reas-
onable charges and first class geeom-
modations,’ C. C. Burrow, barber,
H. Taylor, grocer: Higginbotham
& Co.; Wlbon A Whaley and B. T.
in.'i,,-..
last j
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• this rriday. we have changed
progress' Singing to Friday night before
CITIZENS MAKE APPLICATION
FOR MORE THAN $400,333.00 TOTAL
Dv Leon citizens, led by Mayor F. T. Daniell and Attor-I
1 ncy KO. J aye, Lave- made application to the TederaT Gov-1 of
X. Appleby is in
r,‘e(>v-r-"ing frnm
which she had there
morning. Relatives
i have Is-en at her bedsid.
well pleased with the |
i— making toward recovery.
from De Leon and Sipe Springs
representative from—Rining Star;—
.1 property ow ners along the route
the proposed. De Lem\-Sipe
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pended in the vicinity of De Leon for public improve- ^a11 1JtTe .T“e®.,tay of this week and
■ ments. under the Rehibilitation Act. ; toward acquiring the 17 miles of
The largest of the four main projects is the building of roadway »»<* getting it accepted as
approximately 17 miles of highway, including bridges1 Springs' and”Rising ecstar buain^
, to
those
SPECIAL—Dryden announced just
a» thin paper »Wt to press that he
woold give a daring low-wife show
on street at Saturday.
/
informed ■>!)
of turki ys,
control and other troubles of
turkeys and all who have any sick
turkeys bring' them to the meeting
for at this time Mr. Cunyus will di- |
agnose the ’trouble and give remedy, j
Now if you do not make one of thes.-;
meetings you will miss a -good oppor !
tunity to learn more about the
important. subject pf controlling ;
try disea.M’-. ami parasites.
won
isms!
M r A
mite ri 11 m
operation
Saturday
1 friend.- who
I are well ph
i hi
connect the road up between
cities.
Approximately a hundred
gathered at the City Hall, it
stated, and heard the plan outlined.
Mayor F. T. Daniell presiding. F. O.
J aye presented the matter for De-
Leon. Other talks .were made by W.
C. Lightfoot, C. C. Robinson, repre-
senting.—Rising Star Chamber of
Commerce, J. D. Holmes, Duster far-
mer, A. E. Whitesides, Sipe Springs,
and Rev. David M. Phillips.
A committee composed of W. C.
Lightfoot and_A. E, Whitesides was
named to present application to the ‘
proper authorities at Austin. . F. O.
Jaye is also serving on this commit-
ted.
teams play
Park next
3:00 o’clock.
.diz.i
n mi
will
, and tailed a meeting of th(.
i.> convene with the Tur-
key Cre. k class on the first
Day in August, depressing a
that as good convention as
“was at Johns’*! last May."
Here are a few peyspnals from
the issue: J. W. Gorman and family
returned Saturday from Western
counties where they have been seek-
ing for health.
A: J. Willifoid and family, accom-
panied bv Miss Laura Harvev and J. ■
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trip to Colorado river where they
port catching a 1
fish.
Elmer Gorman, who +iaa been
tending A. & M. College,
home Saturday.
E. A. Murray made a business trip'
to Stephenville Monday.
Mr. Phil Rush of Mississippi visit-
ed the family of his brother, Dr. R. H
Rush".
Simon Smith and Bob Carter took
in the show’ at Gorman Monday.
The ball game last Tuesday
tween De Leon’sYellow Kids
Sipe Springs, resulted in • victory
for the Kids by a score of 21 to 14.
Mr. A- L. D’Spain returned Sat-
urday from a trip to Stephens Couth
ty- - ‘
1). C. Gilder, who lives- out near
Round Grove, is the record potato
grower, thus far reported. Mr. Gil-
der planted 300 pounds of Irish Po-
tato seed and haryested 7,323 pounds
His yield was about 25 pounds of po-
tatoes to one pound of seed planted.
The crop sold for 1c per pound. He
had about an acre planted.
Potatoes have proved one of the
best money-makers of the season
thus far, even with a price somewhat
low( r than it has been in former sea-
sons. However, no ent will go far
wrong in planting "rips that yield
amund $75:00 an acre.
subject. We hope
bet
nr n
f the Antis, claimed Ihcii
s'irn to tie. th,at is abide the decision'
of the majority. This some of the At I
tis claimed their side would not <
but wei.ild sell whiskey in violation J
;J' law i ' tl.i y ei uld not ■ ‘11 it an; '
dther way.’ ■ -j-1 >•
Mr. Paul Cunyus, of the A. & M.
Extension department will be in Co-
manche County one day only, Satur-
day, June 24. At that time two meet-
ings will be held, one at De l.dim
from 9:30 a. m. to 1 a. m. at the Ci-
ty Hall.
The other at Comanche in the. afii ’
noon from 2:30 to 4 p. m. at the Dis-
trict Court Room.
Mr. Cunyus is well
treatment of diseases
worm
all
til i
THIS M \N GOI
j Hi I BS. POTATOES
to I IB >11 p
'! ■. V1
ing for health.
A: J. Willifoid and family, accom-.
panied by Miss Laura Harvey and J. ! Sister Riva C. Burnt’tt of
R. Wood, returned Saturday from a'! Texas, Worthy Grand ^Matron of Or-
large number of fine ; pay her official^ visit
j Vliapitn I1CAV „
I Also Sister Mildred Harris, Grand
I Examiner of Waco, for District 3:
Sister Elsie Friensy, Deputy Grand
Matron .of Eastland, for this section.
Miss Evelyn Golightly will receive
the degree of the Order.
The neaYby Sister Chapters have
been invited to share the pleasure of
meeting these Grand Officers and
listening tp the Worthy Grand ■ Ma-
tron’s address. I
All rtiembers of the 0. E. S.
cordially invited to be present.
Gertruoe Joiner, Sec.
Ladies Comfort Shoes 49, 98, $1.25
Joe• Wlsilbmi and wife'have receiv-
ed a letter from their eldest son, R.
L., who is now in Chicago seeing the
Century of Progress Exposition.
Wisdom working in Monta-
na for some yeark and through other
northern states. He is selling a line
of advertising novelties, he stated.
CO. TAX PAYERS •
LEAGUE TO MEET
COMANCHE SATA.
( h lii’o.an J I). IL hi '
me ing of the Comai"1'
ax Payers League, t > ■
at the TY bict Court Roo
’ i 1 '• at 2o'clock p. m
. .Imo 21. Mr. Holmes • x
.• - a c every tax piij ei
■ght l>o present, and tl.e .;
< a iti.ill/ invited. The pi.i ,>■
Lke muL.iiiig. wilL be to 1'rot • '
aotioii of the County F.ou.
n B mi 1 in rai.-ing the rvnditi"
oropirtj. Also other bu.-ines-
< before the body.
SUBSCRIBERS NOTICE
During the past winter and spring
the Free Press editor offered club-
bing papefs with th^ Free Press It
seems impossible to! handle a rather
large volume of thisjbusiness and not
have errors occur. The object of this
notice is to request anyone who fail-
ed to get the club papers to report
auch failure to the Free Press office
and correction will be made.—R. L.
Scott.
first Sunday in July,
we hope to meet a I.
.■is... S. W. Short.
UNUSU xi. PICTURE
AT THE LIBERTY
On Friday .and Saturday of th's
week, the Liberty Theatre will offer
Gene Raymohd and Izirelta Young in
“Zoo in Budapest” one of the most
unusual pictures ever seen in De
Leon. It has thrills, surprises, mys-
teries. You will like it. Also Zasu
Pitts'and Thelma Todd in “Sneak Ea
sily,” special comedy. A big feature
billed for Sunday, Mondey and Tues-
day. It is George Raft, and Sylvia
Sidney in “Pick Up” taken from Vi-
na Delmar’s finest story since “Bad
Girl.’’ Be sure to see “Pick Up.” On
next Wednesday and Thursday Nan-
cy Carroll and John Boles are offer-1
in “Child Of Manhattan.” Coming
soon, “Eagle and the Hawk,” “Intel- ,
national House" and “Adorable.” /. , .
... V A . w
ilowiqo ' U''
this y< ar. h.j\ - i l’a
. - ci op. I 'ouiid.-' |
"f "c.| and ' 1
of potatoes
■d so that
pu ce of s
quarter
M
i made
<.iI eft'.:
Dryden does not ask you to believe
In addition to the above projects,
an application has been filed for the
location of a i
vice at De Leon, there being
sit-reams in the De Leon terriiorx
proper where several hundred
might be profitably employed <
period of several months,
out stream channels and
claiming many thousands
rich valley land for cultivation which
is now lost because of |>eriodic wat-
er -overflow. *
" hat is Being Done Xbout it '.’
Tuesday afternoon, following a
mass meeting at the Citv Hall, En d
O. Jaye of De Leon and E. A. White
sides of Sipe. Springs, were named as
a ( ommitten to present the Highway
project to the proper authorities at.
Austin. The applications <
♦he other projects have, also I
cd with the proper officials
jprishdiction.
t onto the
Southern Hotel to
my’| witness by the following item:
— “The Antis carried Haskell Co. by
i 23 in the prohibition election of last
me—far beyond I Tuesday. The pros made a good fight
f | and carried the town but some of the
c j ‘coqnty precincts gave the above ma-
and we re j'-ljty for whiskey. There can be no
i aliz.i that through all of them an un- | drtub^t of ., the election doing good, as
j seem hand is. guiding us AX'" say i.it hits caused many people to think
I we do not I and investigate the
forget them. We carry to our new j the Pros will, prove themselves
home precious memories of the eL v - ter citizens and more honorable
en years snent among the good pro- . than some
f pie of De Leon. How.t’hey w lii.-p»-) ■ d
o our hearts when
hovered o'er our
Itenderlv thev have is s-
The entertainment to he furnished i P°nded to every call and hou Jnx
!’■' Dryden will lie absolutely free, have contributed to our- r
The. xVire he will walk will be stretch- I through sunshine and the
er: across Texas Street frpm the top" Mp ^eave about August
-f Higginbotham Bros. <S- Co, dry -1eatherford, our new, home,
tr.’ods to the Counts building:. This is j trust our friends will not
between 30 and 40 feet high. Dryden . -J
■ alks on the wire, turns hand- :‘?ain4.
springs on the wires, balances on a Sincere
.chair, and walks blindfolded. He
sometimes carries a passenger across,
the dizzy height on his shoulders,’
provided someone will volunteer. At
one of the towns where Dryden work
ed a young lady-volunteered and'was
carried safely across astride the dare
devil’s neck. “Bunny” is said to be
the only man in the world who can
balance on one arm, holding his body
upright on the wire. Tt seems impos-
sible. Ripley says “believe it or not.”
Municipal Market and Cannery
An important project which is being proposed and ask-
ed for is a municipal, or farmer’s market, and a public
.canning plant, together with a bonded warehouse an cold
storage. This would easily prove a self-Mquidating project
and is estimated to yield a reasonable annual revenue of
$7,500 a year. The project would cost approximately $52,-
350.00 and would provide 9,000 man days work at $2.40
per day with average of 50 men being employed, during
period of construction.
The fourth main project is a paving program for De-
Leon streets in the business section, wherein it is propos-
I (‘on and Hico
... ball' at North Side
Simdav . < ;.t
rding to Tom Livingston, manag
of I he tea m. The: 1 >•’
playe” a succi
and stand-i
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< ’a do this stunt. He also i
himself up with one hand on t ie wire |
of the most thrilling stunts was
.tl balancing in a chair which was |
sitting on the.'wire. He apparently ' eell,Jian‘* »*-KU'<IhiR
di.i this with utmost ease. Another goodbye to ouy, f menus, but
t,nt that caused the crowd to watch
athlessly was the performance of
id springs around the edge of .the ,
el roof.
Two or three times the crowd
t ught Dryden was falling from the I
w:rq and ran out of the the way."
fre„ | have contributed
to
gale bitt the'-daredevil did not ! ,a
with his
(he wire he lay
John J. Switzer was Mayor of De
Leon in 1901, and in this issue iiis
name was signed to a delinquent tax
list notice in which he, as mayor, ad-
vised certain well known citizens
that their taxes were over-due. He
must have already resigned, as a
■ tiotice of election in the same issue
was signed by T. J. Nabors, mayor
pro-tehi. C. R. Langston was named
..... .........v, ..... ..... as presiding officer. The ('"
charge of the paper until Sept. 1. In 4’^. OU^ unexpired
the meantime H. A. Felder, foreman | ~ f-----
thrilll th® office^ will have charge of the;
onedian<r| Taper, . r.'
__v..«v .o '.iM his *° tne <>l<i Free
bin the air while holding to the i ’V,al1' fields I do s
wme with only one hand. He is said ■ he Pp°ple pf De Leon and
•■e the only man in the world who I have been good to i"“
nulled I 'P> '1,'sp,;ts- .1
business and editorial management I
... ...J paper . , In saying good- I
Press and i
witli reluctance. [
I country |
. I appreciate every one
them. We have been through some ;
mighty rough places . and we re
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Scott, R. L. The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1933, newspaper, June 23, 1933; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278550/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.