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visiting here this week.
Big Bend Food Market
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The Winkler County News
Pblished Every Thursday in Kermit, the County Seat of
Winkler County, Texas,
By
Golden West Free Press, Inc.
Nev. H. Williams, Editor and General Manager
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OUTLAWS OF THE CATTLE
COUNTRY.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publica-
tion of all the local news printed in this newspaper, as well as all AP
news dispatches.
“Jim” Slaughter
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$2.00 Per Year in Winkler County — $2.50 Per Year Elsewhere
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UT BUREAU OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Any erroneous reflections upon the standing, character, or reputation
of any person, firm, or corporation which may appear in the columns
of The News will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the
attention of the management.
W. L. GRAY VISITING
PARENTS THIS WEEK
PET MILK SUPPLIES EXTRA VITAMIN D
grandchild, Mrs. W. L. Burleson
PERCENT
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to make his kill in an open flat
or on a bald hill and, like the
cowboy himself, the lobo always
chooses good veal to any other
meat.
E. W. Tate of
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INDEX OF TEXAS BUSINESS.—An August gain in the Texas index of business activity
pushed business more than 100 per cent above the prewar average and placed activity close to
where it stood when the Japanese surrendered in August, 1945, the University of Texas Bureau
of Business Research reported. (Ap Photo).
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TRUE STORES OF WEST TEXANS
By N. H. KINCAID
Mrs. Mae Erwin and Mrs. F. E.
Summers have returned from a
vacation trip to Fort Worth,
Ranger and Eastland. While in
Eastland they visited Mrs. Erwin’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Greer.
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J. B. SALMONS HAVE
VISITORS THIS WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McClana-
han, Austin, were visitors the
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William Leonard Gray, of the
Marine Corps, is visiting this
When John T. George left the
spring round-up on his ranch in
King County to chase a lobo wolf,
he was expressing the cattleman’s
hatred of that cunning outlaw. As
the lobo cut back through the
herd he was joined in the chase
by three of his comrades, Al and
Joe Jay and George Goodall.
“We roped that lobo time after
time but she cut the. rope in two
with her teeth, like cutting a
thread with a pair of scissors,” Joe
Jay recalled over half a century
later.
But the cattlemen persisted and
eventually the wolf was cornered.
George Goodall had tightened a
rope around her neck before she
could snap it and, running full
speed, had thus choked her down.
Mr. George wanted the honor of
killing her; she had been living
too long on his young calf crops!
A lobo wolf requires a big calf
every other day in the summer
time, and often two make the kill
together. They are as detrimental
to a herd of cattle as is an epi-
demic. Thus the cattlemen of
West Texas put a price on the
lobo’s head and after that he be-
came the most hunted outlaw of
the Great Plains.
Yet a lobo wolf is practically
immune to catching by traps or
poisoning. But after a heavy series
of losses one winter Al Jay, work-
ing on the George ranch, vowed
to break this hoax. Wearing his
gloves throughout, he took some
fresh meat, inserted poison with
a knife and fork and placed it
in a clean, scalded bucket. He
then rode to the dead calf and,
remaining on his horse, dropped
the poisoned meat beside it with
the fork and again rode away,
never touching the meat or
bucket with his hands nor the
ground with his feet.
And Al succeeded. Four loboes
were killed from one calf by this
method.
“From 50 to 75 miles below the
cap-rock of the plains was the
greatest lobo wolf breeding ground
in the world,” said Joe Ray. “And
the wolves seemed to congregate
on the George, the Pitchfork, the
Eight and the Matador ranches
during the eighties and nineties.”
But the lobo is a lone wolf and
seldom hunts in a pack. Thirty-
six was once reported to have
been seen together. This was
most unusual, for if he chose com-
panions they were usually limited
to two or three. And he prefers
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Sheriff and Mrs. L. L. Gray. The
Marine has been stationed in
Oceanside, Calif., and is home on
a short leave before reporting
back to his California station
where he is scheduled to leave
soon for China. He expects to be
overseas two years.
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ANO MANY OTHER PACKAGES AND INDI-
VIDUAL PARTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
"Leto" Relieves
"Gum" Discomfort
You can can not look, nor expect
to feel your best with irritated
“GUMS.” Druggists refund money
if “LETO’S” fails to .satisfy.
KERMIT PHARMACY
past week-end in the home of his
sister, Judge and Mrs. J. B. Sal-
mon.
The Salmons’ daughter and
According to the latest reports, the oil supply outlook for the
coming winter is not entirely favorable. However, the industry
has taken every possible step to meet the expected demand, and
if the public will co-operate by adopting reasonable conservation
measures, nothing more serious than local and temporary diffi-
culties are likely to be encountered.
The gasoline supply problem, the reports state, has been
pretty well solved. The most important current problem remains
that of fuel oil. Certain unpredictable factors are involved here.
If, for instance, the coming winter is abnormally cold, the
situation will be more critical than is forecast. However, due
to the industry’s informational campaign in the Midwest and
elsewhere, consumer tanks are better filled than ever before at
this time of the year. That will relieve to some dggree the strain
on industry storage facilities.
Dr. Robert E. Wilson, Chairman of Standard Oil Com-
pay of Indiana, made an interesting observation when he said:
“Seldom has there been a better example of what individual
enterprise can accomplish than has been shown in connection
with the supply question. The competitive forces of the in-
dustry have concentrated on supplying each company’s own
customers almost regardless of cost, whereas if a government
edict had forced the pooling of all products, no company would
have felt justified in incurring such costs unless the government
had adopted a gigantic reimbursement plan ...”
This aggressive competititive spirit, coupled with the great
development campaign now underway throughout the entire
oil industry, is responsible for meeting an all-time record de-
mand with a minimum of delays and shortages.
i Congratulations
with his parents, DeputyMr. and Mrs. J. M. Dulin, a boy,
Dedicated to the spirit of civic progress; to the
unification of the townspeople in a common purpose for
the betterment of our community; to our churches, schools
and homes, that Kermit shall ever be a good place in
which to live and rear our children. And, above all,
honesty, decency, justice, tolerance, faith in Almighty
God—these shall be our citadel. . —N.H.W.
There is always a good deal of talk concerning the relative
virtues of “big business” and “small business.” One important
and frequently overlooked aspect is that small business is often
the training ground for big business—and that, conversely, train-
ing received in big business often enables a man to start a small
business and make a go of it.
This is particularly well illustrated in retail merchandising.
The “big businessmen” in retailing were almost all “little busi-
nessmen” in the past. The major chain systems all developed
from small stores. And the largest department stores, for the
most part, were once little outlets run by one or two people.
Again, many men and women have gone to work for large
retail stores in minor capacities, have gained the desired expe-
rience, and then have opened their own stores and prospered.
Of late, a legion of veterans have been learning in this fashion,
and it is to the credit of the retail industry that established
chains and independents willingly provided a training ground
for men who will be their competitors in the future.
America has ben a country where small business, under
efficient and intelligent management, becomes big business—and
where the big business that is too lethargic to move with the
times gradually becomes small business and eventually goes out
of business altogether. That kind of opportunity, and the eco-
nomic system which makes it possible, must be perpetuated.
INDEX OF TEXAS BUSINESS
ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION ppCENT
1935-39=100 PER-EN
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1939 1940
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1944 1945
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Hospital Notes
The following patients were
registered at the Robinson-Mc-
Clure Hospital - Clinic this week:
Mrs. Gilbert Phillips, medical
patients; Mrs. M. Fryer of Odessa,
Tonsillectomy; Mrs. D. H. Carroll,
surgery; Larry Thompson, 9-year-
old ,son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Thompson, appendectomy, and
Nancy Linn Atkinson, daughter of
Fan and Mrs. Strauss Atkinson,
mml patient.
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1947, newspaper, October 16, 1947; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1457779/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.