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ST 2,1940
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940
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Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Hurdt.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Prichard of
Duncan, Okla., visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Avery. Mrs.
Prichard, and Mrs. . Avery are
sisters.
ARTISTIC
When the pie was served at the
Christmas dinner its edge wad
seen to be scalloped in a peculiar
manner.
“How did you ornament this aie
so beautifully?” asked Mrs. Snuh
of her cook.
“Shure mum, that was aav
enough. I jist run me false teem
around it.”
IT’S JUST a can of soup. But
during a long lifetime, ,the man
who made it found some way to
advertise it. At first just a sign
over his little soup kitchen, a
few newspaper ads, a few bill-
boards. But as the advertising
grew, so did the buisness.
Now the business employs
thousands of workers, helps to
support tens of thousands of
retail clerks and transportation
men, and gives the housewife a
better, cheaper soup than she
could prepare at home.
Back in every heavily adver-
tised article is a romantic story
of this kind.—the kind of ro-
mance that built America.
GOODYEAR’S FAMOUS
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says Verna S.: “Since using Ad-
lerika the pimples are gone. My
skin is smooth and glows with
health.” Adlerika helps wash
BOTH bowels, and relieves tem-
porary constipation that often
aggravates bad complexion. G.
O. Slaughter & Co., Druggists,
and Griffin’s Drug Store.
Every Goodyear Tire
carries a written
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WHERE TO BUY IT
“I want some grapes for my sick
husband. Do you know if any-
poison has been sprayed on these
you have?”
“No, ma’am; you’ll have to get
‘pt ir?
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Well folks, the order of the day
in the farming section is the build-
ing of “trench” silos. Never be-
fore (at least not for many years),
has there been made such a crop
of feed stuff. Many people are
planning to save it in silos. Many
others are building great stacks of
hay over their farms. Things are
certainly “looking up” for the old
cow in this section.
The prices of feed stuff will,
apparently, be so low that there
will be no profiUto sell it. That
means that' the country is to be
in a fine shape for making a crop
another year. Often times cheap
feed prices are to the advantage
of the farmer ... there is no temp.
M^ion to sell.
“ Charles Goodnight
One day, several years ago, I
was sitting in a barber shop in the
town of Jacksboro when a car
drew up to the curb. A very
stately old man got out of it. By
appearances he must have been
80 or 85 years old. He had a long
gray beard, nicely trimmed 'and
cared for. Despite his age he
was as straight as the 'proverbal,
ramrod. He walked with an elas-’
** YES-HE'S ALL PUFFED UP OVER "w
WHAT HE SAVED AT THE ANNUAL
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By Ola Fee Holland
Mrs. Bond Harris of Dallas
spent the week-end with her fa-
ther, J. H. Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan visit-
ed relatives in Lookeba, Okla.,
last week.
Eight of Mrs. G. R. Miller’s
children came in Saturday so they
could all be together. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Milldr and children, Mary and
Sonny, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller
and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
Miller and family pfLubbock,
Mr. and MfiTHoyte Fafsofi? Mr7
and Mrs. Jess Richardson and
son, Don, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey
Perryman and son, ‘Elbert of
Wichita Falls and Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Steadham and children.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Gardner are
the proud parents of an 8*4 pound
boy. He was given the name of
Jgck.
Miss Opal Wood of Dentdn who
is attending N. T. S. T. ,C., spent
the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Wood.
Several from here went to
Montague to hear the election re-
turns Saturday night.
’ Miss Hazel Williams who is at-
tending N. T. S. T. C., at Denton,
came home to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williams over
the week-end. •
A homecoming will be held at
Mallard Sunday, August 4, at the
Baptist Church. ~The public is
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Prospects for
Good Pecan Crop
For This Fall
■»-Some of the pecan producers
in the Brushy and Sandy creek
valleys on the south side of Mon-
tague County report that present
.•indications are for a fair produc-
tion of pecans on both native and
improved variety trees this sea-
son. The early April freeze did
Very little damage to the heavy
crop which was forming at the
time of the freeze, and the crop
had support of sufficient moisture
during the spring and early sum-
mer seasons, but some damage
has been done to it by insects
during, recent weeks. [
Frank Whitaker® in the .Sandy
' uf Sunset, own- .....
of the largest papershell vari-f ting right on t
ety pecan orchard on the south ■ work and prevents his having
other day fliathe has prospects aU day wsd^ng^or’ the"'chance of
| This stabilized local pea market
was '
ership of Morgan and Hill? with
these local men operating the
market for the present. It wasn’t
done with the speaking of just a
few words, nor just in the time
of a day or so, but it took plan-
ning ahead of time and earnestly
pushing efforts time after time
to get the market fully established
on its present basis. Its establish-
ment incurred considerable efforts
and the expenditure of some
money on the part-fif the local
men who led the way in.setting
up the system here and now it
appears only reasonable that pro-
ducers should make every pos-
sible effort to keep the .market,
and further develop preparations
for supplying its capacity require-
ments. As to the handling of
blackeyed peas this local market is
unlimited, it took a long time to
get it properly established here,
and it is well worth holding.
Furthermore,, if an unlimited,
Stabilized, green pea market can
be successfully operated here, as
we know it is being done, isn’t
that good proof that stabilized
markets for other 'truck farm
products might be established in-
Bowie? • ‘
Market for Blackeyed Peas
May Be Found in Bowie Now
GOODYEAR'S NEW
ALL-AMERICAN
TIRE
NOW ONLY
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Mrs. Harper were united in mar-
riage on September 20, 1896, the
day before his 23rd birthday. She
was only about 18 years of age
at the time of their marriage.
Prior to the marriage she was
Miss Dora Miller, and she was
reared in the Lake Valley com-
munity. The marriage was at the
home of her parents and’the mar-
riage ceremony was performed
by Rev. Bob Kelley, who was at
the time pastor of the Lake Valley
Baptist Church.
Following their marriage they
went over to the home which he
had already provided and through
the long period of years they have
continued at that same place.
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HOUDINI
“You can not get eggs without
hens,” said the speaker, stressing
the point.
“My dad can,” piped a small
voice from the rear.
“Please explain yourself, little
boy,” said the speaker.
"He keeps ducks," yelled the
boyish voice from the rear.
was rather difficult to change the
left rear and put on the .spare.
Mr. Gray worked as much as I did
and talked all the time. He
asked me where my home was
and when I told him it was Bowie,
he recognized the town at once
and told me that he used to work
for the Burlington Railroad sys-
tem and had been in Bowie often
in his younger days.
When I got back to the park, I
found out that I had been talking
to the great Zane Gray.
A few months ago, he, too,
crossed the Great Divide, but his
books will be read for many
years to come. --77,
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SALES
BOOKS
We now carry stock sales
pads. Original and du-
plicate. Carbon Paper.
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sold by chain stores, and
other tires, in its price class.
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6.25— 16 or 6.50-16 11.10
5.25— 18 or 5.50—IS 8.15
CaiA prices with yovr old fire
OTHER SIZES
PRICED IN PROPORTION ’
White tldewalli slightly higher
685 $615
G.00-16 S.2S-17or
SIZE 5^0-17 SIZE
5 prices with yovr old tire
EASY-PAY TERMS *
</«< YOVR CREDIT
TEXAS TRAVEL FARES:
Amarillo to Dallas------- |G.OO
Austin to Tyler---------------14.00
Curpua to San Antonio----12.»0
Dalian Io Houston --------- $3.00
Hr»n«fon to Corpua $3.00
Fun Angelo to FL Worth $4.00
Kan Antonio to Dallaa...----_$4.tf
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Mrs. Estell Kennedy is spending
her vacation in Dallas this week.
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Miss May Basham visited
friends in Fort Worth Monday.
pecans on them this year, now
showing prospects of producing
approximately 2,000 pounds of the
71 7 7711 usually bring him 25
to 30 cents a pound. A number
of other producers in- the Sunset
area also have some of their na-
tive trees grafted with the im-
proved varieties, which are doing
well this season.
If the native pecans and the
improved varieties make as good
as present prospects indicate the
sale of peCans next fall will bring
goodly sums of money to quite a
vari- number of citizens in the Sunset
section.
tic step and his dynamic person-
ality radiated out from him. I
did no tknow at that time who he
was but I knew the moment I saw
him that he had made his mark in
the world. I knew that he was a
leader of men.
When his barber work was
finished, he left the shop and
went his way but I shall never
forget that great man and his im-
pression on me.
On December 13, 1929 fie died
and was buried in the little town
of Goodnight, situated in the ter-
ritory that he had conquered for
America. He is gone but yet he
lives in the homes of happy fami-
lies who, unconsciously owe so
much to him.
Zane Gray, The Novelist
In the little town of Encenitis,
California, there is a little tourist
park on the north side of the
town. It is situated some 150
yards from the Pacific Ocean. In
the day, a few years ago, to which
I refer these parks were called
Camp Grounds. I was camped
there. . •_ •
My stop here had been partly
caused by the fact that my brake
bands had become worn and
were nbt safe for mountain driv-
ing and I wanted to go into the
mountains to Yosemite and Se-
quoia National Parks. The own-
er of this park was also a me-
chanic and' was working on my
car. .
A very large man came to him
and asked him for some service
on his car. This man wanted the
mechanic to go to his home, which
was situated a few hundred feet
away on the bluff that borders the
ocean. The mechanic asked me
if I would go with Mr. Gray and
change a casing for him. This I
did, never realizing at the time
that it was the Zane Gray whose
books were so popular at that
time.
His car was a Cadilac. and it
Producing and- selling green
peas at the usual prevailing mar-
keting prices would be a difficult
route io follow in efforts to reach
the accumulation of a fortune, but
it is proving io many producers
in the Bowie area as a means of
providing some extra dollars of
income during the pea harvesting
season, adding a little more to the
total income from their entire
farm produce sales of this year.
No person in this area has hope
of getting enough money from the
sale of green peas this year to
pay the living expenses of the
entire year but some of them are
getting enough money from the
sale of green peas to be a big
help in bearing the living expen-
ses, thereby saving an equal
amount which would otherwise
have to be taken from some other
source of income if they had nbt
grown and marketed .the peas.
It is a fact that the price for
green peas isn't so enticing but
the stability of the local market
in Bowie makes the selling of peas
more profitable and far more sat-
isfactory than was the Case often
in previous years ““—
peas were sold under haphazard
mark’eting conditions: Very like-
ly, there are producers in all sec-
tions of this country who have
sometime in past years gathered
and hauled green peas for miles
to some marketing center and
found on arriving no demand for
the peas that day, incurring not
alone the expenses of the trip but
in many instances the loss of the
peas.
This stabilized local pea mar-
ket in Bowie eliminates the neces-
sity of chasing for rniles-in effort
to locate a possible market, and
then perhaps waiting for hours
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along and decide "^whether he
wants to offer some price on the
produce. This market sets up
something dependable and re-
lieves the producer of bothering
as to whether he may be able to
find an acceptable outlet for his
-products. It's unlimited-accept--
ance of grOen peas assures the, .
producer that any quantity he : pel ministry, but such is the case
hauls in will be readily taken, j with Rev. A. C. Harper. And
Moreover, he is assured that the : since his unusual beginnnng he
cash will be handed to him, for j has faithfully gone forward in
his products as soon as the weigh-i the work. ,
ing is done regardless of the ! Mr. Harper was born at Elby,
quantity of his products; ; Ala . September 21, 1873, and
Again, -this stabilized marketing i came to Montague county in the
system eliminates the waste of j fall of 1889. He resided for one
time on the part of the producer. | year in. the Huddleston
If a producer knows how long it | munity and then moved to Lake
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ket and back home he will be ft*s
able to judge close to the time re- j’“" . . . ..
quired in disposing of the load ent place for 44 year?, where he
of peas, because as soon as he ar-
rives with them they will be
taken and weighed without delay
and payment for them will be
made promptly. The other after-
noon a man brought in a load of
green peas for which he'received
$15 and within less than 20 minu-
tes from the time he arrived he> .
was ready to start on the way
back hftnvsr—And so it is with-L
such dispatch that this pear mar-
., . ket is being operated. This sys-
creek valley west df Sunset, own- teTn assists the producer in get-
er of the largest papershell van- ting right on the way back to his
ety pecan orchard on the south j work and prevents his having Jo
side of this county, reported the! gfand around for maybe-a whole
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this time for more pecans than he buyer
^atheTed ^fronr-lTts torch arcT last f p___
year, but due to the infestation of | was‘ established under the lead-
insects, especially the pecan borer, l
his crop isn’t as prospective as it
was a month ago. In addition to
the many trees of the improved
varieties in his orchard he has a
large number of- native trees
which are bearing pecans.
Mr. ‘Whitaker is an expert pecan
culturist, has made‘a very close
study of insect infestation and its
possible control, but he says he
doesn’t know why the pecan bor-
er does a great deal more damage
in pecan orchards some years
than it does during others. He
doesn’t believe the weather con-
ditions has anything to do with it.
He doesn’t believe the frequent,
rains this season had anything to
do with bringing about a rather
unusually large number of this
type of insect this year. He says
tney just unexpectedly show up
some years in large numbers and
no way has yet been discovered
for successfully fighting against
them. He says this borer insect is
different and works differently
from the worm which makes a
small -round hole—in the pecan
shell. It isn’t yet known as to
just how much damage may be
done to this crop by these two, the
most troublesome of all, pecan in-
sects, but Mr. Whitaker’s opinion
is that a fair per cent of the pe-
cans will escape the damaging in-
festation and mature in good con-
dition.
Almost every individual farm
in the Brushy and Sandy creek
valleys on the south side of this
county, and across the line in
Wise County, has some pecan
trees on it, and they range in
number from just a few to several
hundred trees to each farm. The
number of trees »,so limited on
sonje of the places that their best
crop production amounts to only
a few hundred pounds, while oth-
ers are large enough for the pro-
dto’tion o* tefi to fifteen hous- _,
and pounds each good crop year* kind which usually
altogether amounting up to a to- ' —
tai of many thousands of pounds
of pecans in that section every
year t)ie crop makes. And the
sale of the crop brings helpful
sums of money to the owners of
these orchards eVery year the
crop makes,
mr. Whitaker now has more
than 300 thrifty native pecan
trees which are supporting
branches of the papersheu vari-
H| *-eties and most of these trees have
Nine years ago this month Rev.
A. C. Harper of Lake Valley was
called to the pastorate of the
Union Hill Baptist Church,-in an
adjoining community; and on the
second Sunday in August follow-
ing he was ordained to the gos-
pel ministry, in order to his ac-
ceptance of the election to the
Union Hill pastorate. He was
past 47 years of age at the time
the call to the pastorate was made
and had never claimed himself as
being a minister prior to that
but he accepted and has deliver-
ed at least one sermon on most
every Sunday since his ordination
to the ministry.
However, for a while prior to
his call to the Union Hill pastor-
ate he had been delivering a re-
ligious lecture occasionally,
was the delivery of some lectures
at Union Hill that led to his being
previous years he had conducted
a number of vocal music schools,
had taught the Bible in Sunday
School, had served as local church
deacon for a long while, and so
he was accustomed to serving and
speaking before the public when'
he entered the gospel ministry
and it was comparatively easy fpr
him to begin and go forward m
the gospel ministry.
’ Directly following his ordina-
tion he was called to the pastor-
ate of the Mount .Zion Baptist
Church at Jonestown, Wise Coun-
ty, for one-fourth time, and he
yet .holds that pastorate; After
for some possible buyer to come five years of one-fourth time
' ’ • • services he resigned from the
Union Hill church. ,
It is very seldom any person
ever begins in the gospel ministry
afterJ|RT>asses the.agd of 50 years,
jrit is unusual that a person is
■r called to a church pastorate
. before he has. announced..his in-
tentions of beginning in the gos-
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cash will be handed to him for . has faithfully gone forward m
ing is done regardless of the : Mr. Harper was born at Elby.
quantity of his products. oi iqio
Again,-this stabilized marketing | .came ^to
oj oiCii. v.......•—o the waste t— , . .
time on the part of the producer, i year in. the Huddleston com-
If a producer knows how long it , munity and then moved to Lake
will take him to drive to the mar^fVaHey,—where he has continued
residence for a period of 50
years. He has resided at his pres-
and his wife reared their family
of sons and daughters. Mr. and
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