The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1939 Page: 2 of 8
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Friday, May 12,1939
The Winkler County News
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cooperating with
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Annual Field Day
For Farmers And
Ranchers, May 20
Sam McGhen of Odessa spent last
week-end in Wink visiting friends.
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this summer with
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three month of 1939,
to previous years.
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Jim and Ed Miller of Barstow were
visitors in Wink last week-end.
Summer Round-Up
Of Children To Be
Held In Wink
Pink Mitchell was a business visi-
tor in Pecos Tuesday.
WINK
Phone 202
drive carefully and respect the other
drivers’ rights.
Traffic Accidents
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burrows and
family left Monday for a vacation
in San Francisco, Calif. While there
they will visit the Fair and other
points of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Bur-
rows will return to their home , in
Kermit in two weeks.
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McCAMEY—McCamey’s new $40,000
public swimming pool, built with a
PWA grant and a county-wide bond
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BROWNFIELD — Brownfield will
greet its first West Point graduate
soon after June 12th, when Ray
Brownfield, Jr., receives his diploma
that starts him on the road to be-
come a general—The Terry County
Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Henry and
daughter, Virginia, visited relatives
PERRYS DAIRY
Winkler County Grade A Permit No. 1
Miss Rose Marie Rutledge of Pecos,
formerly of Wink, was here last
week-end visiting in the home of
Miss Lucille Joseph.
other motorists
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Your Family!
Perry’s Milk is richer in
all the minerals and vita-
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and growth. Everyone in
the family should drink it
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MONAHANS—Storage tanks will be
moved from Odessa to Anderson-
Prichard Oil Corporation and Mon-
te Warner’s No. 1 M. I. Masterson,
Ordovician strike in northern Pe-
cos county, and are expected to be
up by the end of the week.—Mona-
hans News.
distant points thronged to
TF it’s action you’re after, just get
J- back of the wheel of an Oldsmo-
bile—a fast-stepping 90 H. P. Olds
Sixty! From the first eager response
to the throttle to the last easy swing
into a parking place, you’ll find thrills
aplenty! Acceleration that leaves
other cars at the post on the get-
away. Power that pulls the steepest
hills without a sign of effort. Life
and action on the open road that
put new zest in driving. Treat your-
self to a grand spring tonic. Get into
an Olds—give ’er the gun—and go!
Paul Thompson of Odessa was in
Kermit and Wink this last week-
end visiting relatives and friends.
Bluff reservoir and Lake Balmorhea
in search of the finny tribe. Both
places were crowded with sportsmen
from early morning until late at
night, and in most instances the
fishermen’s efforts were crowned
with success.—Pecos Enterprise.
cos, neighboring towns
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with children beginning school next
fall to bring or make arrangements:
for sending their child to the round-
up. Registration begins at 9 a. m.-
1 p. m.
Special to The News
AUSTIN, May 11—Julian Montgom-
ery, State Highway Engineer, called
attention to a noteworthy reduction
in persons killed and injured in mo-
tor vehicle- traffic accidents the first
The I Delta Slam bridge club met
Wednesday afternoon in the home
of Mrs. Maxwell Williams. Mrs. W.
O. Crosby won high score and Mrs.
Clyde Barton won second high.
An ice course was served to the
following members: Mmes. Mike
Geary, W. O. Crosby, Clyde Barton,
W. H. McClure, W. H. Wilson, H. G.
Owen, S. A. Parker, and the host-
ess, Mrs. Williams.
MONAHANS—P. D. Lewis, superin-
tendent of schools in the Monahans-
Wickett Independent School District
for the past year, handed a letter
of resignation to J. E. Middleton,
president of the school board, last
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Lewis had recently been re-
elected for another year at an in-
crease in salary and his resignation
comes as a distinct surprise to board
members and citizens alike.—Mona-
hans News.
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of friendship and understanding between the peor’e of Eritain and the people of the United S a .
PECOS — Twenty-four votes were
cast in Pecos Saturday for the can-
cellation of $46,000 in authorized but
unissued and unsold school bonds.
There were no votes against the
revocation move.—Pecos Enterprise.
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On Saturday, May 20, the Texas Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station at
Balmorhea will hold its Annual
Field Day for farmers and ranchers
of West Texas. At this time the
Station cattle feeding experiments
of the past winter will be closed and
results of these tests will be dis-
cussed by representatives of the Ex-
periment Station, the Extension
Service, the State veterinarians, and
ranchers.
Feeding tests during the past year
have been fonducted with 6 lots of
Hereford yearling steers fed largely
on home grown feeds in different
combinations of milo, cottonseed
meal and alfalfa, and including a
comparison of hegari silage and dry
ground hegari fodder. These cattle
will be graded by a representative
of the Fort Worth commission com-
A Summer Round-up of all child-
ren entering school for the first
time this fall, which will be held in
the Presbyterian Church, Friday,
May 19, was announced by Lee
Johnson, Superintendent of Wink
Independent School District. The
purpose of this round-up is to dis-
cover just what is needed to have
your child physically fit upon en-
trance; thus, to avoid withdrawal
because of preventable illness or to
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PECOS—The fishing season opened ■
with a successful bang in this sec- ;
tion Monday, giving promise of in-
creasing popularity throughout the
season.
Hundreds of fishermen from Pe-
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’ Published Every Friday in Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
BY: THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Jack Bills, Editor
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panies and will be sent to that mar-
ket immediately after the close of
this meeting.
Representatives of the larger ma-
chinery companies will demonstrate
some of their most up to date equip-
ment during the day. The usual bar-
becue dinner will be served on the
। grounds at noon. A varied program
of interest to farmers, ranchers, and'
feeders will be presented and the
occasion will give everyone an op-
portunity to meet many old friends,
livestock men, market representa-
tives and others. A cordial invitation
is extended to all who are interest-
ed in the production or feeding of
livestock to visit the Experiment
Station at Balmorhea on May 20th.
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Biggs of Pecos from trespassing on the District’s property and
from persuading or influencing others to do the same.
It’s funny about Kyle Biggs and that suit!
Prior to the time he testified against Red Bluff in the other
lawsuit they were. involved in several months- ago, Biggs was
employed in Pecos in a pretty good position. Shortly after testi-
fying he was laid off. After a sufficient length of time—about
long enough for him to live up what little surplus he might have
accumulated—the injunction suit was filed against him.
Fighting lawsuits costs money. After six or seven weeks of
idleness, Kyle Biggs has a right to be financially impoverished
or at least so low in funds that he couldn’t afford to employ law-
yers and go to court to battle for a principle.
But Kyle Biggs will be in court Saturday, when the injunc-
tion suit comes up for a hearing before Judge J. A. Drane. And
Kyle Biggs will be represented by competent counsel, just as all
other “trespassers” on Red Bluff will be represented in future
court actions.
Not only will Kyle Biggs be represented by competent coun-
sel at the hearing Saturday in Pecos—he will be represented at
the final hearing by additional counsel who, if named here,
might cause some legal pars in this neighborhood to twitch with
surprise. We’ll predict here and now that if it costs $10,000.00
in cold hard cash, the case of Red Bluff Water Power Control
District vs Kyle Biggs will be carried to the highest courts in
the land. There’s money in these sandhills and the boys who
have it will spend it for what they think is a right idea.
It’s a shame that money will have to be spent in any such
cause. The men who are willing to spend it had much rather
spend it for recreational fees at Red Bluff, thereby keeping it in
this country to provide improvements that will benefit them. But
when they are told that more than $10,000.00 was collected at
Red Bluff in 1938 for recreational fees and that only about
$1,100.00 of that amount was used for improvements, they rebel.
Especially when they know the lake was created by the impound-
ing of the waters of a public stream.
Furthermore, practically all of the sportsmen from this aiea
who go to Red Bluff go there to fish. They don’t go to camp,
boat or swim. If the recreational fee is an open and above board
proposition, WHY WON’T THE RED BLUFF AGENTS GIVE
THE FISHERMEN A PERMIT TO FISH? Why, when the fish-
ermen offer to pay the $1.60 per day if the permit will be made
to read “For Fishing Privileges” wont the agents take the $1.00,
, issue the fishing permit and go about their business? Is it law-
lessness and mob rule for a man to refuse to pay for a boating,
swimming or camping permit when he isn’t doing any of those
things; when he’s " merely trying to enjoy the sport of fishing?
Wednesday and Thursday of this week, we made a personal
investigation of this matter. We asked an even twenty men in
Kermit and Wink if they had ever refused to pay the $1.00 fee.
Each said he had never refused to pay the fee if the agent would
make it out “For Fishing.” Each reported that the agents refused
to issue such permits and left them with threats to “get out an
injunction.”
In the matter of injunctions, why haven’t the Red bu
officials made good some of those threats to get injunctions
against men like those leaders in the Association as well as a
long list of others from Winkler and Ward counties. Why weie
a couple of major oil company employees threatened with loss
of their jobs if they didn’t pay the fee, instead of being arrested
for trespass or enjoined by court procedure—if they were tres-
passing or committing illegal acts by sitting on the bank of Red
Bluff with a fishing line dangling in the water? Why was a
man who has been out of work for several weeks selected as the
target for the “horrible example,” instead of one of the above
named men who could employ counsel to protect his name and
his rights? Why did Kyle Biggs lose his job?
All of these questions are questions that remain in the minds
of the men who are opposed to the present Red Bluff policy.
All of these questions must be answered in the minds of the
men who would use Red Bluff for recreation and pay the freight,
before they will be willing to accept the charge as legal, fair and
just and quit fighting it.
We know the men who comprise the Permian Basin Game
and Fish Protective Association. We’re a member ourself ana
have attended many of their meetings. We know they are just
ordinary, every-day men like E. B. Barron, Luke Snelson, Law-
son Goodrich, Frank Sharp, E. W. Sweatt, L. D. Boxley and J. E.
Couch. They’re not men given over to lawless acts and mob
rule They’re men who make pretty good livings, enjoy sports
of all kinds and who are willing to pay their way when they go
fishing or on any other outdoor recreational venture. However,
they’re the kind of men who resent having something they dont
understand or think is just forced down their throats without
an explanation. They’re the kind of men who, when some pomp-
ously disdainful gentleman tells them they’ve got to do certain
things and then adds that he’ll make them do them whether
they’re legal and just or not, have enough spunk to reply, “Show
me, judge!”
Not only that, but they’re the kind of men who will find a
way to do some showing themselves. For instance, one of the
simplest things in the world would be for them to buy New Mex-
ico fishing licenses and drive over into Mexico to launch their
boats in Red Bluff. After that, they would be on the waters in a
legal manner and we don’t believe anyone could chase them off
until they had finished with their sport. The simplest form of
arithmetic will show how much that would cost the State of
Texas and Red Bluff in the loss of licenses and fees during a
year’s time.
By this piece, we’re not trying to foment additional trouble
or encourage more “lawlessness and mob rule.” We’ll string
along with the men who comprise the Permian Basin Game and
Fish Protective Association to act in lawful manner in all their
undertakings. We’ll plead with them and argue with them to
settle their differences peacefully and we’ll have some little in-
fluence with some of the leaders. But if we’re going to be classed
with criminals and mobsters for our acts, we see no reason for
meeting with the men who classify us and our friends in that
category •
Since Judge Starley has announced that the lake will be
closed to everyone after May 15 except those who pay the fees,
and since he definitely has committed the District to employing
officers and enforcing the no trespassing order, we see no reason
for a meeting. The only path we see to follow is “to the court-
house,” which means, in this case, the higher courts.
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SEMINOLE—Rotarians from twelve
South Plains cities are expected
here Friday night for a charter
night program for the newly organ-
ized Seminole Rotary Club.
The preliminary organization for
the Seminole Club was made several
weeks ago, sponsored by the Lamesa
Rotary Club—Seminole Sentinel.
KERMIT
Phone 55
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ery said, “was the result of an in-
tensive educational campaign being
carried on by the Traffic and Safe-
ty Division of the Highway Depart-
ment in conjunction with the De-
partment of Public Safety and other
enforcement agencies. It also shows
a splendid co-operation by the trav-
eling public of Texas, but we must
keep up the good work.”
Sunday continues to lead all oth-
er days in the number of accidents,
with Saturday in second place. 6 p.
m. to 8 p. m. are hours in which
most accidents occur, and passenger
cars were involved in 70% of all ac-
cidents. 62% of all accidents hap-
pened while the vehicles were going
straight ahead, and 14% of all acci-
dents happened while the operators
were driving too fast for conditions.
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Bills, Jack. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1939, newspaper, May 12, 1939; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1484241/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.