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dressed
■ora, in her water bleyele.
C. C. DIRECTORS
DALHART WOMAN IS
naid Suter, president of the Dalhart Busi-
ness and Professional Women's club.
SHIPSHITINFOG
chatged it was inhumane.
the
"He‘s Proud."
He looked at Jane with unseeing eyes
1,006 at the present time.
according to Mr. Vernon, is 1.500 and
handy. Any druggist. Me. Me, $1.00. h
TO TIIE VOTERS OF AMARILLO
It seems to me
his subject.
KNOB-KNOCKERS get <s»<
•'dock
Methodist Church in Stratford.
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MRS. MARTIN HENSEL
WILL BE BURIED TODAY
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will be with him.
ne eleet the mayor to
while I get It
pity building inspeetor.
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Mr. Trobaugh had been a resident ।
dyble cheek" on the
hot a little el
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Samuel P. Maxey, 48, died at 10
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trek
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WOMAN FILES SUIT
AGAINST TRUCK MAN
FOR $20,000 DAMAGES
Tahoka Lizard
Rival for
Eastland Toad
Strutford by the Boxwell Brothers.
Funeral serviees will be held at 3
1 which Wednesday night des
the stoek of the Plains Whole-
over a distance of 1400 miles for a
purse of <2,000, becoming the first
American six-day cycling champion.
"I hope I ean kee
quite so lonely," Ji
and Mr. Gage seems
filled dui
never wal
t
FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY
FOR CLARENDON FIRMER
dall, Mrs. J. W. Van Doran and Flor-
ence Doran.
is placing the Dalhart unit in
forefront of Texas cluba.
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There is a way to be SURF
obout the Aspirin you buy. look
for the none BAYER an package
and the word GENUINE printed,in
red. Ift your gurantee of purify
« en hb
oLCiaren-
and the waz
ness."
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OFFICIALS TO SETTLE
SITE FOR PLAINVIEW
POSTAL BUILDING
Alleging that Mrs. Ada Husky, 606
North Grant, was permanently in-
jured on the night of July 23 when
ths rar in which she was riding
bumped into an iron pipe protruding
from a truck on the Panhandle high-
way. William Husky has joined his
wife in a suit against W. A. Tabor
for <20,000.
Mra Husky received numerous and
severe injuries, according to the pe-
tition. that will result in her right
side being paralysed, it is charged.
She is in a local hospital as a result
worse F
ght it won
Mat come
tag Wto
head.
It war obvious to a blind person
that Rita was out to capture Jack.
“She won't make it!" Insisted Red.
"Imagine any girl thinking she can
take s guy away from Jane!"
Shoemacher shrugged his should-
her from being
• said quietly,
grateful.
it of the grunt
la it was rain-
t he told
Ms name
front him
it broke
s engaged
him over
were alive
and send a —
. just as I
wrell known in this section of the
state.
Mrs. W. R. Andrews, the daughter,
is a former resident of Amarillo.
Burial serviees probably will
bold in California.
Jana leaned forwar
hand on the philanthr
"You're paid tan m
silly quarrel," she -1
“He ought to come b
all the good you‘v•
money."
Mr. Gage nodded.
SMITHS ENTERTAIN
FOR ROTARY CLUB
running against
Ernest Smith.
New let ever
one to “check al
not a seetional ,
A girl paddled a “water bicycle"
is a freak one-mile race from the
Battery to Midland Beach at Now
York. She was the forerunner of the
channel swimmers who monopolized
page one of newspapers a in years
ago
A man started to walk backward,
from Philadelphia to San Franeiseo,
plodding along holding a mirror in
front of his face to see where he was
going.
Another "endurer" went on a long
Rite Files
Dressed in a smart frock of scar-
let. Rita Ray, of ''Manhattan Nighta,"
by Mary Jane Higgins. state presi- ,
dent, and close friends of Miss Suter
say she will necept the appointment.
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his hands. He sat motionless for <
long time before he continue
there for some time, it was said.
The petition charges that a port-
able house was being moved on the
track, that the iron pipe protruded
several feet, and did not bear a tail-
light, in violation of the state laws.
The night was dark, the petitioners
charge. and the pipe was not vtsible.
They charge negligence, and ask ths
court to give them judgment for $20,-
toO. Tabor was not driving the truck,
but it said to be the owner.
It has rove to my attention that the mayor, who in not a
eandidate in his election, is doing everything le hie power to
elect my oppnet and has made numerous visits to the north
wttement is without any
• any thinking man or
» believe thnt if I am
hair who sat across the desk from
him and looked at him with such
sympathetic eyes to be his daughter.
“He did not die, Jane," Mr. Gage
said after a time. Jane started in
her astonishment. She had always
assumed that the Gage heir had died
just after his return from France.
Mr. Gage had dropped his face into
Art Harris' cak was standing
under the ports eachgts and he was
swimming elaases.
Certificates of graduation have
been awarded to the fallowing swim:
mors, elgnitying thelr completion of
the elementary water coursos:
Beginners
Walter Thompson, Allison Moody.
Richard Hill, Vernon Evans, J- C.
Wright, Mrs. Faneber Upshaw, Mra.
Tom Weaver, Mrs. C. E. Langmack,
Mildred Gladman, C. O. Kight, Ma-
rion Ames. Juanita Bering, Addis
Beck, Cora Lee Carter, Bett B. El-
liot, Gail Gallagher, Viola Hawkins,
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the doctors prescribe. If reliever
sain promptly, harmleasly. It doo
not depress the heart. Relieves
colds, headaches, sore threat, pain
from various causes.
Charles Nash, William Griffsn, Mor-
ris Beek. Bob Blasdel, Albert Lain.
Charles Lawler, Jack Richards.
Swimmers
Marjorie Allan, Patricia Blasdell,
hr,, will slow the aid b
Va» work la harmony wit
lets good for the city •
lelme call your attentiov
B । quarter of a pnge in
hn, you belleve that if
theprenent City Manager:
Oficer, city Engineert.6
Ininet, that I practically
• wa- vu V J _ - 2
Back in the days of hard-boiled derbies, weep-
Don't take Chances,be
SURE
When You buy Aspivin
look (of ilt« name
BAYER
( By The Associated Pressn)
metnoaist vnurca in puratzora. j HOUSTON, July 31- Knob knockers
Besides her parents, the deeeased j believed to have hidden in the Klein
is survived by two brothers, Ronald le Cream Company plant late last
Wiliam and J. L Jr, and one sister, nizht Eot into the company safe early
Marjorie Maxine ‘ today and escaped with between 1450
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when bo rcund out
boat and dome mi
rd been getting we
kia kind-That‘s,v1
started things. Th
wanted him to wot
his only walvation. I
into the businesa."
another. Thea ho
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR JOSEPH HEYDON
mJonsph Haydon. 48, Swisher eouty
MQaadasanan.dkzdin a local bespit.
Mdi M MMkabkhzenmern
were out of commission.
Salvage steamers rushed from 9 ,
braltar to the disabled vessels, » •
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Sunburn. Bashes, Bites
eased by coot, antineptie zemo4
on the feasibility of a municipal or-
ganization, sponsored by the chamber
and the legion, will be made at the
next meeting of the board.
Membership in the chamber, re-
ported by Manager O. V. Vernon, is
""the attitado of a esar. » hnvenot one "uP-
Imrant as to make such statement.
" RESPECTFULLY.
M. N. TWADDELL.
just as freakish and exhauating.
Times and methods may
canned xoodl
ook in hia eyes
mmudha
the national president
Miss Suter is a talented woman
and through co-operation of members
Juanita Hollingshead. Mary C. Me-
redith, Bessie Ma. Mitchell, Shirley ,
Meyer, Patsy Moore, Catherine j
Pearee, Dorothy Roots, Myra Smith, !
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ee-we—
said he
Jot ean quarrell rWe aid terrible
things to each, other f Ho was an
idealist, my boy. He existed at 17,
lied about his age, and,was away in
Ssu Antonio flying anold jenny be-
fore I knew! Then he fame back. He
was a fine soldier Arte citations
MEMBERSHIP HAS REACHED
1,006, COMMITTEE
REPORTS
“I have hoped that I
he might relent some
us a sign. He wasg __ ~ _
am, but I’d eraw on toy hands and
knses to the ends of he earth to
bring him buck for his mother'a
non Weston walked 500 miles against pushed up on her forehead. She
time in the old Industrial Hall at posed sitting on the side of the coek-
Newark. N J. He compieted the di.-i showing expanse of
tance in the amazing time of six " ‘
[days, lacking juat 22 minutes, sheer silk hose, and she insisted that
I A few years later came the gruel-1 Jack stand beside her.
Life saving classes condueted by
the Red Croat and the By freut
orgaaiaatfone began yesterday wit
an enrolment of 150, Many of thse
millions. pug- r and
I’ll never forret the
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Tama..u
STAKT DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE
. ATFLLMORE AND SEC-
ONDSTLL MYSTERY
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Althqugh the origin of the $120,
land put her
}e‘a.
9 for just a .
M decidedly,
k. Think of
me with the
OEFGIBRALTER j-
(erTmeagnoelated Prses)
CEBRATAR, July 31-The British
Damage to the stock on the first flosr
•ud in the basement was caused
Drug company.
Fire Chief George Cooper
derbies” revived the almost lost art
of running.
Another man received nationwide
publicity by pushing a peanut up
Pika's Peak with his nose.
Just now, the tree-sitters and re-
fuel flyers hold the spotlight. And
you esn't bs sure whst freakish stunt
is eoming nsxt. .
•I've speak a fortune Sa Ung for
him. I’ve always thought h, wont
back to Franes. i .
MISSOURI BANK CLOSES
wesfOR,spp3ulyt."K2ma, and
Bro th srs ^suklno Company, second
oldentadMBin Missouri, closed today.
(gye/n}
’ ling six-day bicycle marathons, in | "Impossible, Miss Ray," he eaid,
which one man rode the entire time, eurtly. and walked toward the hang-
it drew fire of the reformer!, who i are. Instead of being angry, Rita
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•Mo fire-fightinc equipment in Ama-
rille to the scene of the bless, which
attracted a large crowd, especially
‘atter flames had eaten their way
to the grocery company's stock of
matches.
final day in almost a semi-conscious
condition.
In 1898, the New York legislature
took action to prohibit one man rid-
ing more than 12 hours of every 24.
The two-man teams, now used in this
type of marathan, then made their
debut.
Jane ahook her head,
"Come and have tupper with ua . ’
in the apartment. Jak will be over
• zining, a. they
Ho bo eariy.
play a littio
in the Northwest Texas hospital, was : In the middle of his speech the lights
take Thursday night overland t> went out.
the snapshot of the handsome young
soldier. Rita nodded her pretty head
in a satisfied manner. She was well
satisfied with the day's findings.
“I'm prstty smart to think of it!”
she thought.
As for the airport. It bussed and
hummed. The way Rita elung to the
arm of her teacher-pilot was “some-
thing to write home about," as Red
Three members of th* Rotary by
ths name of Smith entertained that
club Thursday by making speeches
on the subject of classification.
Willard Smith, of the Southwes-
tern Public Service company, acted
as master of ceremonies. The first
Smith to speak was Dorsey who gave
an interesting talk on the safety of
the modern world. He said that the
main cause of accidents in this mad
world are thoughtlessnees and care-
lessness, and that the only remedy
ry state in the union
borrow. He traveled
nd wore out ulna
He supposed by thin time «hed have • chopping,
heard the story. Moat of his friends I
did. He felt the need of talking to
somebody, and he would have so
liked the girl with the mass of blond I
ent commodities out of storage here."
A. A. Roberto of the baying and
selling departments.
The building in which the whole-
sale grocery was located is a two
story briek structure. The roof caved
in, but practically all of the fire
damag. was confined to the top floor.
In “the good old day" of fights-to -a-finish when the apeetatora took time out for
mealn, fouls were unknown in the boxing same and you could hit your opponent with al-
this afternoon
Mrs. fenrletta Augusta Hsnsal, 48.
wife of Martin Hensel, 1820 Buchan-
i an Street, died in a local hospital
at 4 o’clock Tkursday afternoon. She
is survived hy her huebend, two sons
and three daughters, Albert and Wal-
ter Henael of Dodge City, Kee., end
Missea Agnes, Dorothy end Leone
Hensel of Amarillo.
Funeral services will be held in
the Griggs Funeral Chapel at 4
o’clock this afternoon conducted by
Rev. Henry Strobel, pastor of the
Lutheran Church of Canyon. The
body will bo sent on the early morn-
ing Santa Fe train Saturday morning
to the eld home in Dodge City, Kas.,
for burial.
talked and watchsd the handsome
Rita vamp the best pilot on the field.
“All My Fault"
Jane had been out to fly in the
morning, but mercifully, aa she put
it, she had to work in the afternoon.
ante Grocers company and damaged
the building at 100 Pierce has not
aqen determined definitely, it is be-
ieveArenerally Ue blaze was stori-
ed bp defecttve wiring in Ue eleva-
tor shaft.
Pirmen called to the acene by an
Firemen sailed to the scene by an
and yet she hsd a sufficient sense of
humor to know that the lesson would
be well worth watching — for some-
body else!
"Rita's a beauty, and no mistake,"
Jane mused as sho sat in the big
library at Westonside, just as Jack
was lifting the daasling brunette
into the cockpit of the ship in which
he had taught Jana to fly.
There was a lump in JanaN throat.
She laved that old training ship, even
if she were now flying a speedy plane
whieh landed at fifty miles an hour.
Mr. Gage came into the room and
o’eloek Thuraday
farm five miles as
from the
Crawford. Walter Moody, Etos Cha
mora. Jack Sparks, Billy Budd, Har- I
old Rose, Jimmy Nicholanon, C. R
Warren, Harlem Adams. Robert Ro-
ney, Marshall Noll, Luciene Upshaw,
Ruis Boering, Tom Gallagher, Joseph
Whittington, Bob Wiseman. Ed Wise-
man, Jim Blossom, Donald Seales,
I will Kt opvse everything that
but when he is right
The people did . n
If he is going to be ....________
Commission form pf rovernment? I am
this that every onto , a while I get it i
ruff, Agnes Adams, Vernon Allen,
Eugene Blaadel, Henry G. Blasdel,
John Brands, Rea Blossom, Jack
Cage, Bill Doe, Billy Elliott, Murray
Elson, W. 8. Mellor, Clifford Flan-
ders, Woodrow Erickson, Albert Ran-
This will automatieally place Miss I
Suter on the executive board of Tex- Proposal of a municipal band for
as. She recently attended the state Amarillo was taken under Advine
convention at Harlingen and respond - ment Thursday afternoon by the di
ed to the address of welcome from I rectors of the chamber of commerce
I at a meeting held in the orfees of the
oranization.
The ban4, a vroject ef the Amari-
can Legion, was presented to the
finished J m 205 hapoi-
raine, Harry Riggs, Norton Rainey,
Fancher Upshaw, Frederick Wood-
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plenty of other atunta that were, took her first flying lesson. She
I took it to the aecompaniment of a
corps of photographers from the tab-
changed, but human n. tureshasnot, loids. Over her smooth black hair
A half century ago the American
public got a thrill when Edward Pay- she wore a helmet, and goggles were
Emancipation of woman hadn’t real-
ly started in 1896, but the fair sex
decided to conduct a bike race of
their own. Nearly all of them drop-
ped out after the 36-hour mark, but
one, lass named Frankla Nelson cour*
"I'm afraid the vor19~woula ba a
pretty hard pinee forh a. He didn’t
finish al Prir
Th* goal, ageourly kept on through the entire [ Lynch said with a .hake of his red
i ion -n | week, finishing alone after riding the
safely it clears away skin troubles? *
_____—. . . ----Ineluding stubborn dsndraff and E
ways had money Wh n he came back ugly pimples. Try this safe, rellable
we had more and mo i. I was maldg antiseptic after shaving: it eases
" " ’ ' razorsmart. Always have Zama 1
"We quarreled! We qrarrelede
sank into the chair behind his desk, only people who love ech other a
Pegazpt collided today ia a dense fag.
ho m lies taut of Gibraltar.
Wireless report from the Nerbudde 2 .
said aha might be able to keep aflont *
while the Lagaipi said her engines
Speela! to The New
TAHOKA. July 31—Lynn Coun-
ty has a rival to Eastland Coun-
ty* famous horned frog. A local
reptile has lived IS days without
food, water, or air, and etill had
energy enough left to. scamper
away to safety when turned Ims*.
Inez. 16, an Modelle, H. daugh-
enrolling for thia Wark have com-
pleted the advanced and beginners’
WII(8 op lo VE
- —idente. I will am
the city of Amarillo. [ probably won'
Depend on cooling, soothing Zemo to
Iraw th a heat and sting out of sun- :
2------ , burn and bring comfort to summer f
book. You know' The/he came back, skin itch. Known and praised for 20
He was >1 and unyppy and hurt, years. Millions know bow quickly and. t
He’d seen sights inFrance enough aafaly it clears away akin troubles *
Thursday he had no positive Idas nes” and rrotesssonal women 5 cub,
about how the blaze started. The has been asked to nccept the post of
ate chief ordered ell of the avail- publicity chairman for the state of
Texas. This offer has been tendered
_ seemed amused and delighted. She
In New York’s old Madison Square had wondered about it. And things
ing willow mustaches and free luneh, bicycle
riding was all the rage, although at times it
was hard to distinguish between the handlebars When Jane came
and the rider’a.mustache-and het. house onto the ver
them getting off to a fine start. The little lady —
is Milly Barrett, forerunner of the channel swim- 1 :
"Don’t put any money on it, Red,"
he warned. "Men are queer! Things
haven't been going any too well with
Jane and her pilot these days.
They've done a lot of quarreling and
Jack hates that Count chap. He's
proud, and Rita’s quite a 'number,'
you must admit!”
Red only laughed, and somebody
board by Will Benton and Lewis
Fields, representing the legion and
several members of the local mu-
sicians union. The matter was re-
ferred to R. C. Martini, director, by
President W. F Herring A report
, safety and reliability.
Of the injuries, and will be confinedt Genuine Bayer Aspirin Is what
The Love Story of a Girl Aviator
„ j later, I think. I‘s
"You're morbid, Mr. Gazel Howwon’t be flying,
could you be responsible for your, Weu have supper i
son's death!” I bridge or something")« eo r I
Mr. Gege looked et Jere fixedly They stopped at a small grocery
She was serious, he could nee that, and Gladys and Jane 4d some quick
waiting to drive her home.
“Mey I esk Gledys. toor" she called.
He nodded end Jana ywent back for
her roommate. The to women were
grateful for tke ride thzoggh the
rain, and Art Baked them both to
come to dinner with him.
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* Jane eat waiting.
«I tried to trace bin
me he wee going to eh
nod we'd never uan or 1
again. We never ha
hla mother'a heart. Ha
to a nice girl and ahe tl
when she found we‘d 0
Mr. Gage aeetaed rel
bed spoken.
and the Croix de Guchre before the
cad tamo. You’ve seey the squadron
—____ gave him two small rabbits which he
Joo Trobaugh, pioneer resident of is enjoying playing with.
Plainview, Tex, ia deed at the home---
et his daughter, Mra W. R. Andrews Mra Roy Slay and Mina Winona
et Los Angeles, Calif, according to, GriKK: returned Wednesday from on
e mesnage received in Amarillo I extended vocation in California.
Wednenday by Mias Jeasie Mae An-
drewa, mecretary ta the office of the
•peed. I win i
any proposition
Now, friend
covering more t
noon Globe-New
my opponent.
They would
would dinchatxe
the City Realei
Department and
•11 of the deped
•• for ad to he
candidney to ta
■ion ia a eonatj
Rueb ebeui
•nd to an Inal
They would kJ
that I would al
porter who ia I
“That's all right, befon his ts rm of of I
voted 1 ES oo man then hls middle n
I What I want |q e to get on the
« I and double chock" evmything that goev
to* shaft, where the motor wes
k eased.
Eatimate of the loss, <120,000, wes
made by A. C. Adkins, general mana
ger for the wholesale company, who
fhorsday was making arrangements
Yoga new location, although the firm
wa» open for business Thuraday
morning, having establshed a tem-
moot anything except a two-by-four. The old print above shows "The Battle of the Glants."
between John L. Sullivan and Paddy Ryaa in 1882. The pleture below shows Barney Old-
field. pioneer race driver, and Henry Ford, who used to be an enduraneer, too. Twenty-five
yeara ago Oldfield burned up the dusty roods in this horselesa carriage, constructed by
Ford, and Henry himself drove it for a world record. Henry. in those days, was a strug-
gliag sato mechanic.
nnd enst aide lining i workers to fight me.
thnt the people of Am St He should elect "
without the mayor’s intference.
If you want Amarib to continue to
elect my opponent Cit} Commisnioner.
one-man (own ever sineCoL Thom peon wi
have no fight to make er my opponent, be I
he Is not North Amarllo’s candidate for
not Fast Amarillo's canidate, he la not
date, he is not Amarillo candidate, he la (
pleked candidate, and thre la ae ean to beg
if my opponent le eeted, a meeting of
• ill be very much Ikea meeting of the 1
Co. of America, INCOrORATED." The
motions and declare theresult le one breatl
A fellow aald that he other day whes
writing my opponent’s imiform—that be al
and thnt by force M bit he signed it I
stoat thst time the Kiv Fish who waa look
noticed the error a di oiled hla attention tc
Mario Shelly, Edith Taylor, Jane Jo
____-_____ _ Medley, Margaret Woodruff, Albert
»:47 e’clock aay the first names they Andre. Billy Hill, Davney Rogers
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principally by water and smoke.
The Junior Coffer company, oc-
cupying nn adjoining building. Thura-
day morning estimated its damage nt
BIJU*, according to T. B Donnell,
’ manager.
There also was some damage to the
stock of the B F. Avery A Son Plowl
company, but most of the stock had
boon moved to a new location before
the fire. The plow compeny ia mov-
• ing to a building on Grant atreet I
fomerly occupied by the Ainsworth
to break any man's jheart. We'd al-
SERVICES HELD TODAY
at all times."
FOR HOLLOWAY CHILD
। machinery; its classification and im- ।
—.......— , portance in th a modern world.
The body of Areille May, six-year- Willard was Iha last Smith to
eld daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. L.speak. Being Interested in the elec-
Holloway, prominent residents of a trie service that
, the Public Endured Endurance Contests
Back in the Good Old Days, just as Now
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community 25 miles southeast of He contributed much of the progress
Stratford, who died early Thursday of electricity to Thomas A. Edison.
porary location at the rear of the
building occupied by the Brown
Crocker A Candy company, 118 North
1aylor. The firm carried $100,000
- 'ifodkneco | Evelyn Crewa, Dorothy Coard, Thel-
| severai carloads of merchandise ma Math.— Frane.. Ross, Mary E.
Arrved Thursday morning and we IThompson, Dorothy Leo Willlams,
cweh able to pieZup about 50 differ. Owen Ray, Bill Cassell, 5 ernon Hum
“ere at ie to pica P Carl HilL, Jr., Alfred Lee, Rob
ert McNeil, David Millwee, Nat Per- j
Garden in 1891 "Plugger Bill” Mar- were happening just as she thought
tin, singly defeated 26 competitors - they would. Her friend had brought
By BERYL MILLER.
NEA Service Writer.
Thia endurance erase business isn'tj
anything new—it's just a quaint old
Ameriean custom.
Trse sitter., flagpole aitters, refuel-
aviators and the liko may be having
their inning just now, but back in
the good old daya—or the bod, ac-
| cording to your viewpoint — there
Having no price to go, he walked
100 miles in an endurance contest
in a collaeum at Newark, N. J., •
half century ago. Ye., the nash
helped him win—in a walk.
„0nmopmbca
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I FIRE ft SAVING CLASSES I Vpc
An GRADUATE 150 HERE * 57
CAN NOT "
as he picked up some notes he had
made, preparatory for the afternoon'a
dictation.
"Mrs. Gage is coming home in a
day or two," he told her. "I’m afraid
the change hasn’t done her much
good." And Western Gage sighed as
folks without money never would be-
lieve folks with it could sigh. Jane
felt aorry for th. philanthropist. He
looked tired and worn.
"I think you'll like my wife," he
continued. "She's a lovely woman,
congenial, gentle. Seeing her in such
bad health is a terrible thing for me.
We used to do everything together,
ride, golf, swim, travel, but that's
all been over for a long time."
Jan. .at and looked up at th.
picture of th. handsome lad over th.
mantelpiece. Mr. Gag. nodded. "Yen,
over since he went the', been this
way. It just about broke her heart.”
“It made old folka ot both of ua.
I’m under SO but I look like a man
of 70!"
He sighed again.
"The worst of it is that it ia all my
own fault. We learn hard lessons in
this world, but nemo of them seem
too eruell"
“Your .fault! How ean you aay
such things, Mr. Gage?" Jane felt
that he waa morbid on th. subject.
"I love my wife and I loved my son
better than anything else in the
world. I ruined both of them.”
Boxing devotees still talk about the
old-time "fights to a finish" that
lasted until one of the contestants
sank to the floor unconscious.
At some of these long bouts, spee-
tators went out for mealn, and then
came back to witness the remainder
of the scrap.
In the longest bare-knuckle battle
on record in the United States, J.
Fitspatrick and James O'Neil went 4
hours and 40 minutes at Merwiek,
Mo., on Dec. 4. I860.
Jake Kilrain and John L. Sullivan
fought 75 rounds in their famous en-
counter. eaeh round ending when a
man waa knocked, fell or waa thrown
to the ground. Some days, thesa were.
The first automobiles added an-
other thrilling chapter to the history
of endurance stunts in ths day of
the gold-toothed soubrette end the
20-cent luneh for business men.
Henry Ford, then s struggling
young mechanic, and Barney Oldfield,
the racing driver, broke world rec-
ords with their famous "999" racing
car ip 1902. Ford himself drove the
ear to a world straightaway record.
Oldfield startled the country when
he appeared in the firat 24-hour auto-
mobile endurance race at Columbus,
Ohio, in 1905.
Newspapers in 1910 hailed the 65-
mile airplana flight by the late
Glenn H. Curtis from Euclid Beech
Park at Cleveland, Ohio, to Cedar
Point, Ohio, as one of the greatest
feats of the century. It wes the long-
est over-water flight on record st
thst time.
Thst obviated the necessity at her
witnessing the flying lesson. Jane
wss under no illusions about Rite
Speeial to The News
WASHINGTON. July 81 — Post
office officials will settle the ques
ties of the location of the now fed-
oral building to be built at Plain-
•dew. Texaa, on August 21. when of-
' fleers of various sites in thst city
will be considered for selection, it
was announeed here today.
The project at Plainview Involves
the expenditure of $100,000 for a site
and building combinsd. Fine) con-
/'•Mention also ia koi to be given
to the alte of a postoffice and court-
h««»e at Fort Werth on which the
government will spend more than $1,
Stat XXX)
Hers'a Edward P. Weston, the fa-
mous pedestrian of bygone yeara, all
is expected to be reached by the mid-
die of September This mark will
give the body the largest member-
ship in its history.
Aceording to conelusions resched in
the meeting, the status of the trade
extension department will remain as
it is now.
A report of the right-of-way com-
mittee, working on the obtaining of
100 foot properties through Potter
county for the new Santa Fe line
north, was made by Bill Lampe, vice
president and chairman of the high
way committee. According to the re-
port, the railway company may pro-
ceed with work of construction
through all properties in the county.
Settlement with owners not already
agreed With will be made through a
board of arbitration or by condem-
nation, according to the agreement
made with the various owners, Lampe
reported.
Attending the meeting were W. E.
Herring, president, Lawrence Noblea,
Neal Ainsworth, R. C. Martini
Walter A. Barlow, Bill Lampe, T. W.
Cotten and Dean Kirk, directors.
Tuernm-
MB AMARILLO DAILY NEwS.
Indil Steamship Company1! steamer
Netudda and the Spanish steamship
PLAINVIEW PIONEER Romer EIIl, the tower top aitter
< •mvv--v < had a guest for dinner Wednesday ।
DIES IN CALIFORNIA wanin."reztaonGuR"atmnin1.
•IV 111 -n-i uuun tower top. Mra. Mickey Meislahe
DALHART, July 31- Miss Clara
Then Miss Davis came ta with some
mail, and the day’s toubit, began.
It waa aa though Mr. Gab had Mt
spoken, and Jan* had Berception
enough to forget and geta to work *
without mor* comment Bore she
left; however, aha saidLshs‘woula be
>o glad to meet Mra. Aage.
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