The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1928 Page: 2 of 10
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in the Yates pool in Pecos county
Shipping San Saba Turkeys
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be known as the leading pecan county
of the country, but is trying to take
parts of Texas are awaking to the
importance of better streets.
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TEXANS
By W. H. MAYES
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u4t no Increase in Price/
George Terrell says that the Demo-
crats should nominate Al Smith for
president and Jesse Jones for vice
president, for they should be easily
elected if all the Smiths and Joneses
.voted for them.
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county have appropriated the- funds
to beautify the courthouse square at
Kerrville and will spend about $8,500
for walks, parkways and other im-
provements.
Beautifying Public Square
Many courthouse squares in Texas
are neglected-looking, unattractive
spots in-the heart of the business dis-
tricts. The commissioners of Kerr
Yates Pool Possibilities
Oil operators at the session of the
oil and gas'bureau of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce freely predict-
Advertising Rates—Local readers 2
cents per word; display rates made
known upon application. All resolu-
tions, cards of thanks, programs and
other matter not general news, will
be classed as advertising and charged
for at the rate of one cent for each
word, and the sender will be held
responsible for payment of bill.
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ing upon trade-at-hcme propaganda
as an excuse for his own non-progres-
siveness.” Good roads have put
country and town, town and city, very
close together, and business goes
where it is sought and where there is
evidence that it is appreciated.
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would reach 500,000,000 barrels—
one of the richest oil pools in the
world.
WENDELL W. MAYES, Publi.her
Planning Year’s Work
The Marble Falls Mesenger says
“If we get the cotton mill in operation
this year, the cheese factory to going
and a cold storage and dressing plant
Marble Falls will step lively this fall”
That looks like a big program, but as
the plans are already laid -’or these
Marble Falls will likely get them go-
ing. Besides there is that gocd roads
movement to push along. There is
lots of latent energy in every town
the size of Marbel Falls, if only it
can be started actively to work.
nation of Al
There will be
the campaign
they will be
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1 with summer temperature. Outside—»
‘ the bite of winter weather. A cold motor.
The start for home. It’s no time for “coax-
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Presidio County Mines
Texas metal mines last year pro-
duced 400 ounces of gold, 1,000,000
ounces of silver and 500,000 pounds
of lead, the greater part of which
came from one mine in Presidio coun-
ty, according to the United States
Bureau of Mines. This mine has been
a consistent producer since 1885 and
since that time has produced 18,987,-
000 ounces of metal. Mining for
metals is perhaps the most neglected
Texas industry, the mining develop-
ment having received comparatively
little attention.
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JEWELRY STORE. We positively
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THE CREAMERY.
The announcement of definite plans
for the establishment of a creamery
in Center by Dixie Creameries, Inc.,
of Louisiana and Arkansas marks the
greatest single forward step made by
Center and Shelby county in recent
years.
The creamery will immediately of-
fer an outlet fcr all the dairy pro-
ducts that can be produced in Shelby
county.
Not only will it insure a demand
for any future supply of milk and
cream, but from the day the cream-
ery is put in operation, farmers own-
ing cows will find a ready market for
their cream, sweet or sour.
There can be no argument that the
greatest opportunity open to the farm
ers of East Texas lies in the develop-
ment of the Hairy industry. The only
obstacle to the proper development of
this industry was the lack of an ade-
quate market.
This obstacle has been overcome
through the establishment of the Cen-
ter plant.
In order to sell whole milk in Tex-
as, it is necessary that the premises
on which the milk is produced meet
sanitary requirements, and to meet
these requirements means the outlay
of some money by the farmer, and
the purchase of better herds.
This requirement does not apply to not
those, who sell sweet or sour cream. L
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What Shall It Be?
Inteerest in many clubs, whether
men’s or women’s organizations, is
lost too often by lack of that “defi-
nite task,” on which interest .can be
centered with sufficient force to suc-
ceed. Even one small thing well
done in a year is far better than a
dozen big efforts started and dropped
It is easy to get “too many irons in
the fire” in civic and club work. Any
one of a dozen cr more things might
be undertaken by any organization in
any town that would be worthy of its
efforts. For instance a number of
Cuero women have formed a “hospital
auxiliary,” the purpose of which is
to beautify the hospital property, fur-
nish the hospital with linens and sup-
plies and make the stay of the pa-
tients there more bright and cheerful.
Could any local work, if well done,
be better than that proposed by these
women? One needs only to look
about to find useful and needed ser-
vice.
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LORECO”
IN ADDITION to the time saved, it is pleasant to know
that the food you are eating is prepared under the most
sanitary and scientific conditions. All our meats and
vegetables are of the choicest qualities, expertly selected
and deliciously cooked. Customers say the meals they
select here always seem more savory and appetizing
than those they get elsewhere.- It’s a compliment we ap-
preciate.
The securing of the creamery for
Center shows in a forceful way the
advantages of having a live chamber
cf commerce in this city. Without
the organization, and without one
alive to the needs of the city, Center
would not have secured the creamery,
for it was not without a determined
effort that it was obtained for this
city. Many already appreciate the
value of such an organization, but
there also are many who have failed
or refused to lend their support to
the chamber of commerce, probably- *
•in the belief' that there is no field
here for its operations, or that its ac-
tivities are not being directed satis-
factorily. If the accomplishments of
the past year do not offer conclusive
evidence that the organization is se-
curing results of great value to the
city and county at a very low cost,
surely the work in securing the cream
ery in Center is satisfactory evidence
of accomplishment. Those who are
now actively supporting the or-
ganization should join it now. that
Sweet cream can be separatd and pis-1with added strength it can hope for
teurized in on^ operation, and mia*.,
for this purpose can be obtained fronr-
Thus, the farmer with a few scrub
cows can immediately begin the sale
of sweet cream to the Center cream-
ery, with the assurance that he will
have a ready cash market every day
fcr his products. Then, through the
money thus obtained, there is the op-
portunity for him to improve his herd
and premises and begin the sale of
whole milk. Those who take advan-
tage of the opportunity should reap
a rich harvest.
In addition to offering the market
for the milk products of the county,
^We’7 establishment of the creamery
here makes Center a manufacturing
and jobbing center for ice cream!,
candy and similar products, an ad-
vantage not to be overlooked. ’
Join Your Town
The Wortham Journal asks its read-
ers, “Have you ‘joined’ Wortham?”
While urging its readers to patronize
the home business whenever possible,
the Journal rightly says: “No trade-
at-home movement founded upon com
pulsion is sound. The trade-at-homa
movement that holds Water is based
on good business an^L civic loyalty.
| In this modern age o$ competition no
alert business man thinks of depend-
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Successful Farming
Starting there five years ago in a
little one-room box shack and soon
making a first payment on 160 acres
of land, A. C. Woodward and wife, at
Lamesa, now have a home valued at
$34,000 and “have money and mater-
ial possessions besides.” They have
done this by working together at in-
telligent farming and stock raising.
Of course, the Lamesa country is a
g^od cjountry, but the Woodwards
would likely have succeeded just as
well in any other part of Texas.
Farming, to be succeeful requires the
same intelligence and effort necessa-
ry to build up any other successful
business.
The establishment of new night air- j
mail routes from Texas points to
Chicago links this section closer to dren.
the more populous parts of the world
and will result in increased interest
in aviation in the Southwest. This
section should be a leader in the use
of the airplane by private individuals,
for nowhere in the United States are
weather conditions so favorable as
here. Establishment of airports is
the only way to attract interest in
aviation, and sooner or later this
county is going to be called upon to
furnish a landing field.
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Uk i greater accomplishments.
can be obtained front' ~P6LmCAL7
State Press in the Dallas News has
solved the political problem of the
democratic party. He proposes a
warranted to at
least half please all of the two fac- j
tions within the organization.
Press says:
“This column is nothing
constructive, hardly anything
political. Therefore it takes
ure in presenting for the behoof of
the democratic party, which State
Press reveres as though it were a veri
table pie counter, a national ticket
and a program of principles which
will clean up the country if the gray-
beards in charge of the secret work-
ings have got sap enough to bring the
recommendation to bud and blossom.
Without any preliminary fafaronade,
without rhetoric and without refer-
ence to gentlemen’s agreements with-
in the citadel, State Press proposes:
For president Alfred E. Smith; for
vice president, J. Frank Norris.
Platform: Up and at ’em coming and
going.”
Working Toward One End
Some women’s organizations could
teach the men’s clubs a good lesson
if only the men were willing to profit
by their observation as to how the the laurels for turkey raising from
women’s clubs accomplish things, its neighboring
Usually it is by working at one thing loch, Burnet, Llano and Brown. One
at a time until it is accomplished.
The men’s clubs too often start num-
bers of worthy efforts only to drop
them for something else, but womens
clubs seldom drop a gocd work until
it is finished. This statement is
prompted by the appearance of a
splendid edition of the Weatherford
papei’ devoted to the Weatherford pub
lie Library and edited by the Business
and Professional Women’s Club of
the city. Editor Phillips in that edi-
tion, after complimenting the club on
what t has done for the library, says:
“Having undertaken a definite task
these ladies have whole heartedly ap-
plied themselves to it. Regardless of
the future what they have done has
been very much worth while. Hav-
ing progressed thus far they are mak-
ing a special effort to build up a larg-
er and better library.” It is a safe
prediction that they will succeed even
beyond their present anticipations.
purchased ten cents worth of calomel
at a drug store and placed it in about
a pint of water. After it had been
thoroughly dissolved, he placed the
liquid in tin can teps and placed them
in his barn.
the business and residence district of The rats have completely disappear
Hear™ tram an ?30,000 bond issue ed, Mr. Cr,ger said. He declared
voted last summer by a majority of t>.at .
m x „ tnac no dead rats had been seen
172 to 13. The small towns m all; ,
parts of Texas are awaking to theiar°Und the P ace and no effensive
smells had been detected. His theo-
ry is that the calomel creates an un-
controllable thirst and that the rats
leave the premises in search of water
and die before they can get back. He
recommends that plan as the most ef-
fective means yet discovered to ex-
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FARMERS KNOWS HOW
TO DESTROY RATS.
“I have solved the rat problem,”
declared R. M. Crager, prominent
farmer of Burke, who was in Lufkin
today.
Mr. Crager said that he recently'terminate rats.—Lufkin Daily News.
“turkey ranch” in that county is shin-
ping breeding turkeys to California
to Vermont and to Saskatchewan,
Canada. In past few weeks turkeys
have gone from this ranche to Okla-
homa, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico
Nevada and Idaho.
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Catching Flies
The Sonora Experiment Station 1
people experimented last spring at i
catching flies on twenty-five Menard !
county ranches in destroying screw- '
worms that affect cattle and sheep 1
disastrously. Some 16,244,000 flies '
were caught in 280 fly traps and I
brought together in one place. A I'
trap that will last four or five years
costs from $3.00 to $5.00 and the
cost of operation is about 65 cents a
month. This suggests the possibility
of eliminating flies altogether, with
the right kind of concerted effort. It
also suggests that right now is the
time to begin campaigns against the
swarms of flies and mosquitoes with
which many places will be inflicted
next summer if preventive measures
are not adopted early.
It’s going to be a warm campaign
this year, with the Democratic con-
vention in Houston and a half dozen
hot races for state offices,
one political paper, The Crisis,
styled “Weekly Journal Devoted to
the Democratic Faith” has appared
in Dallas. The paper at present is
lending its efforts tc.ward the non.
Smith for president,
others to spring up as
waxes warmer, and
at least interesting.
Then there is the Ferguson
which does its bit to keep
from forgetting politics in
years as well as in balloting
THiy CHAMPION, CENTER, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 8, 1928
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