Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 8.
$1.50 Per Year
DECATUR, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1921.
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An effort is to be made this spring
you to avail yourself of the Courtesy,
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assured in advance that every transaction m
however small, will receive our courteous
consideration.
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TEXAS
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a subscriptit
J. E. Standley, Cashiei
I. L. Rush, Pres.
State Bank in Texas!
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loans.
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S.A. Lillard.Jr
—Office in City National Rank
from the one-crop idea by di-
is shut down al present, await-
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pany
No county is better suit-
versifying.
The well
ing a shipment of casing.
Is now about 2.300 feet deep.
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ACCESSORIES
GR AHAM OIL WELL
• herty of Ohio.
cording to reports received here to-
where from 500 to 1,200 barrels.
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on Wise county farm lands eith-
er sandy or black land—double
optian for the payment of your
On sandy or black land farms.
I am now prepared to close up
loan contracts without delays
travagance in Manage-
ment of Institutions
If Business Men Will Co-op-
erate With Farmers Big
Enterprise Will Start
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ting his money in the bank.
You can do the same.
Do it.
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ed to the raising of many truck crops
than Wise, and with the farmers un-
ited in the movement and a reliable
market assured, this county should
enjoy an unprecendented prosperity
in 1921.-
Come out to the meeting Satur-
day.
Dise Countp Atlessenger
A NEWSPAPER WITH AN OPINION OF ITS OWN.
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Start a bank account and have a fortune |
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Put your money in our bank. "
a the potatoes has been found practi
= cal which could be used on the farm.
5 If this movement is taken up now.
• there is time for the building of the
= plant at Decatur in time for the hand-
= ling of this year’s crop of potatoes.
It will mean that the truck farmers
, will work together in procuring seed
and arranging for the different crops.
Snyder, Texas, Feb. 22.—Numbers
of persons here have by mutual
agreement, started a campaign for
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OILS AND GASS HAVE BEEN MATERI- ■
ALLY REDUCED HERE, BUT OUR SER- S
VICE IS AS HIGH-CLASS AS EVER.
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vict farms were not the only mat-
ters which came to the special inves-
tigating committee appointed by the
legislature to investigate the peni-
tentiary system, according to Sena-
tor Guinn Williams, chairman of the
committee which completed the first
week of its investigation yesterday.
Senator Williams said upon his re-
turn today from a five-day inspection
tour of the penitentiary and its farm
properties that he had been appalled
at the extravagance and inefficiency
with which the business affairs of the
system were being administered
This extravagance, he said, could be
substantiated by figures and infor-
mation now in his possession
, The committee has scarcely begun
. its investigation, Senator Williams in-
timated and would continue its work
with as little interruption as possi-
plants are being installed in sections
suitable for the raising of sweet po-
tatoes.
The cost of these plants are very
small when the benefits are consid-
ered, and, if the proper methods are
employed, it will be an easy matter
to organize a company or association
for the raising of the needed funds.
We have heard many farmers say
they would he glad to take stock in
this enterprise, and we believe every
farmer in the sandy-land belt would
be glad to help in the undertaking.
The sandy-land farms surrounding
■ for the building of a sweet potato
= curing plant for Decatur.
_ The result of the effort depends en- ' at the state penitentiay and on con-
■ tirely on whether or not the farmers
m and business men of this community
= fully appreciate the importance of
m Decatur give a very prolific yield f
_ sweet potatoes of the best variety
• This crop lias been produced in a
u small way in this section since the
“ first farm was worked, but very few
■ farmers have tried to produce pota-
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Carrick, the state health officer, in
figures issued today showing that
there are as many common brown
rats as humans in the state of Texas
and each of the 4.663.228 or more
destroy 22.00 worth of foodstuffs a
Wichita Falls. Feb. 22. The Sea-
Board oil & Gas Company's Graham =
Syndicate well, on the Graham tract. E
west of the NeClucky producers, has —
= President-elect Harding will be:
■ Secretary of State Charles Evans
■ Hughes of New York.
‘ Secretary of Treasury Andrew
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The Phillips Petroleum and Gulf
Production Company are also report-
ed ready to start their test just east
of the old test of the Nocona Oil &
Gas Company, which was lost more
than a year ago, just when it looked |
as though it would prove a good pro- l
ducer.
The test of the Bix Six Oil Com-
• such an enterprise tor this section.
m There is no doubt as to the value
= of these plants, first, to the farmer
• who produces the potatoes; and sec-
• ond. to the merchant who will pror-
= it just as surely as this crop is prop-
5 erly saved and marketted; and third-
Austin, Texas, Feb. 23.—It keeps
9,000 men working full time to sup- _
port the state's rat population. That 5
assertion is made by Dr. Manton M. =
are drilling and several others are to
be started within a few weeks. The
Pure Oil Company is reported about
day is a 1.000-barrel well. Other es-
timates place the production any- =
Mellon of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of War John W. Weeks
of Massachusetts.
Attorney General Harry M. Dav-
organizations ever started in Decatur. ♦
and its possibilities for benefittins ♦
the farming industry are unlimited. •
rear.
They also maintain an efficient
transportation system fo- ‘black - --------
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ble. Just what next steps the inves-
tigators would take is not known.
Senator Williams explained that the
scope of the investigation was so
large that the committee had not for-
mulated definite plans for the contin-
uance of the probe.
•The half of the story has not yet
been told,” Senator Williams added.
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INCREASES FLOW | ^dVerHSer ^gntS
will eliminate waste.
County Agent Kemp has been for
some weeks perfecting these market-
ing associations in the different sec-
tions of Wise county. The farmers
are taking a lively interest in the or-
ganization which will mean so much
benefit to them during the next crop
season. This campaign will greatly
stimulate the farmers in getting
readystospud.in itsotestawhich ‘this I and that the best market will be se-
bead The Justano has a very com- cured for all stuff raised. The crops
plete modern drilling outfit on its wil be marketed with a system which
lease.
D toes in quantity because of the lack
<o Depositor Has Ever Lost a Penny in a • o markactinEatanoiteshondobsaunse
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= Nocona. Texas, Feb. 22. There is
■ considerable activity in this section
= of Montague county. Several wells
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A marketing association was or-
ganized in Decatur last Monday by
the farmers of this section. The meet-
ing was called by County Agent
Kemp, and about seventy-five farm-
ers resvonded. All who attended
were enthusiastic in the matter ol
perfecting the plans for arranging a
market for the different products
raised by the farmers of this com-
munity. Following are the officers
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which always profits when any con-
siderable amount of money is turn-
ed loose in the section at regular in-
tervals.
For several years these plants have
been successfully operated over the
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AT MOST REASONABLE PRICES. WE | Z
PROTECT OUR CUSTOMERS IN ALL 5 by of Michigan.
InVn XIcF MiLc = Secretary of Interior—A. B. Fall
PRICE DECLINES. ■ of New Mexico.
[ ■ Secretary of Agriculture—Henry
I = Wallace of Iowa
I ■ Secretary of Commerce—Herbert
- x • Hoover of California.
Repair Service is Part of Our Business. You । vissoreprneytvania. James J Da
Can Help Us to Improve It. STOKILLSPARROWS
A - * " ■ WITH POISON FOOD
Henry Askey 2
FARM MACHINERY HEADQUARTERS- |
A t B pest is cleaning up the early garden
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of the new organization:
W. S. Gilbert, president.
A. B. Farrington, vice-president.
Jas. W. Smith, secretary-treasurer.
Another meeting has been called
for tomorrow. Saturday. February 26,
at two o'clock to be held at the dis-
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_ m A w • the most important of these is the organization will be perfected. '
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Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921, newspaper, February 25, 1921; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1583660/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .