The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1929 Page: 1 of 16
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1929
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1 ANNUAL SPUR CLASH
| SLATED FOR TODAY
IS HEART VICTIM Signaled As the Underdogs
I .... Chiefs Hope For
Wife o f Local Druggist Victory
Found Dead Eariy
Friday
BURIED AT LAMESA
Death Unexpected As Last
Two Days Shows
Improvement
BURGLARS ESCAPE
WITH $13 CHANGE
BIG CHAIN STORE
TO OPERATE HERE
Break In Safe Door At
Santa Fe Station
Sunday Night
DUPLICATE OTHERS
Use Same Method Opening
Slated as the underdogs and with
few hoping for a victory against the
(►visitors, the fourth annual elash be-
tween the Spur Bulldogs and the Cros-
by ton Chiefs will begin at 3;30 o'clocx
tins afternoon.
Spur comes smarting wi.Lh defeat ~ . . _■ l 1. \
:'iom the clash last week with the I Safe As xvObberS A
Slaton aggregation, and cai. have only i Month APO
determination to take their spite out | ®
,, , ... ... , oil the handiest team, which this year1
Mrs. Lucille Westerman, -6 years. %vjjj Crosbyton. Another circ'um-i
old, died last Saturday mortvng some-1 r.tanee points to the rivalry which
time between five and einnt o'clock; Spur holds for the Chiefs, ihis being
from heart failure following an attack ! "'at Crosbyton took that team from
United Dry Goods Stores,
Has Leased Fralin
Building
S. M. "UNCLE SAM"
WAS SLAIN BY SON-IN-LAW
FATAL SHOOTING
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oi tonsilitis, which had kept her
Following the same method used
here not more than a mo.itn ago, safe
< rackers broke into the office of the
Santa Fe passenger depot here Sun-
day night, knocked off the front of
the safe and escaped with $13 in cur-:
icncy. , , 1
Robberies of the same -lalure were
A contract was entered into herci — :—
last week between R. H. Fralin and ! RAINFALL AMOUNTS
the United Dry Goods Stores, Inc., ai TO .65 OF AN INCH
chain department store, in which the!
:atter leased the building next door; Light Fall Over tin Three
east of the drug store for four years,
with an option of ten years.
Mr. Nahan, president of the com-
pany, was here last week end from
Ki Paso. While here he measured the
building and is expecting to install
new furniture complete. Tiie corn-
Day S Swells Month's
Record
Quarrel Resulting from Dog
Fight Given As
Reason
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DIED INSTANTLY
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the grid race last year b> defeating
lni them at the first of the sea: on by the
bed for more than a weeic. Her leatb j ...core of 12 to 0.
came as a shock as doctors and. Coach Vaughn has been sending his
iriends believed the case to be only, men through long practices this week executed at the stations at both Ralls
« light one. in preparation for the game today, j ;.nd Idalou the same night, jut no loss
Mrs Westerman was the wife of Scrimmages, signal practice, and! was reported by either of the other
Ii. C. Westerman, manager and phar- . long runs following the practice has'towns. Deposits had*been made dur-
macist of the Carter drug company ( constituted most of the work, and mg the afternoon and ti e remaining
in this city. She had suffered a Vaughn remarks that there will at ■ currency had been taken fr >in the safe
similar attack of this kind last year, ieast be none coming off of the field1 when the station agents closed up for
r.nd from all indications she had been this evening because they are played -he night.
improving for the two or three days -,ut.
before her death. She had also been .
having trouble with her eyes.
Westerman had looked into the
room where his wife slept at about
five o'clock Friday morning, and as
she was sleepjQK-.he (lid. not disturb J
her. At eight o'clock sht was dis- j
covered dead. :
Funeral services were , held Satur-* !
day morning at 7:30 a. m. at the j y ii Whn Viditc Hpvp
home on Grain street. Many friends 1 OUlfi W nO V lSlLS^ rlGlG
and sympathizers were present at the Not Expected To
early morning services, and the house r •
was filled with flowers and wreaths .Uive
presented by friends here, in Abilene
and in Lamesa.
The Rev. T. M.
•words of comfort to the family and
relatives as he spoke a few words to
the many who gathered lit-re. The
funeral was. in charge of D. E. Aynes
Rain amounting to .65 of an inch
'til in Crosbyton over ti:e week end
and during the first part of this week,;
unv is now operating stores in Ta-1 Lgures taken by Edgar Hut,chins, lo-
I'oka, Littlefield, Midland, Eastland, ca' weather .recorded, suy. \
•..nd other points in Texas, with about Sunday rains amounted to .33 of an j
twenty-two stores in Texas and New mfP-_ Monday rams measured .24
Mexico, and some in California.
The contract calls for tne building
beginning the 15th of Novtmber, and
It is supposed that the company will
be in operation by that time, said Mr.
Fralin here yesterday.
Walker Pioneer of County
—Lived Here For
38 Years
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MYSTERY COVERS !
MORROW TRAGEDY
The robbers here brok>' into the
.tation building by cutting a hole in
'.lie screen window on the east side of'
the station, prying open 'he window
and crawling through to the inside.
Using a sledge hammer, the rob-
bers broke off the front n the safe .
by tapping the top edg^ oi the door
until the face and the dial were jar-
zed loose. The cement mixture on the
inside of' the door was then cliipped
out with a sharp ed^; 'ii instrument,
,_>iobably a crowbar.
The papers in the safo were not,
bothered, said officials nere. The
small currency, amounting :u $13 wa.->,
Mystery still enshrouds the tragedy taken, and nothing else vt.: bothered.!
Johnston offered in which J. G. Morrow, son of W. M.1 Nothing else in the officv- was miss-
Morrow of Dallas, and _.tl:i<_ grandson t(1- no currency wa found in the
of Green Harrison, former attorney ^ '^bers
oi Crosbv county, was lound last ^ w'thout bothering- t„e pape.-s.
* ' N^w floors will have to, jo placed on
GAS IS DISCOVERED
ON HUMPHRIES FARM
Seepage Around Well Cas-
ing Stirs.Up Tn
terest
Gas or no gas, it will ou;n, is the!
opinion this week of J. L. Humphries,!
living two miles northwest of Cros-
b>ton. !
The reason for this statement isj
that Humphries has discovo ed a gas
well on his farm,'or rathei his water!
nell turned into one last Mondavi
S. M. Walker, 76 year old farmer
_ i^ing eight miles northwest of herer^
and Tuesday mornings rainfall regis-i -s dead with the full charge of a 12^
tered .08; the total amou: ting to .65 guage shot gun in his heart.
f n i Walker was killed by his son-in-law
lhe coldest weather trus fall was' . . , ,, .
recorded during the heaw i reeze last j Joe Hawklns. following an argument
Thursday morning when tl.e thermom-1 resulting from a dog fight. Hawkins
eter here crawled down «.o <24 degrees, j ,'s lodged in the Crosby county jail,
lhe weather has barely been below j ^m| 0fficers here state that every
forty degrees during the remainder of ... . , . . ..
effort will be made to keep him with-
out bail. He is held charged with
murder.
Walker drove up .to the front gate
of his son-in-law's home with anotb^
man in the car, several men who wero
witnesses to the shooting stated
Monday evening. He was returning
from work in his garden, an I in pass-
ing the houes of Hawkins, noticed
i that several men were grouped to-
Fee Rate Practically Cut In'lether.i" (™nt of ti , nouse. He
tt ,,n • i-i. n ! ^0PPed to investigate.
Hall Light r assenger j The men were near the farm house
Automobiles ! v'alVhin* two dZ*s fi ht wh«n '
| ei drove up. He remonstrated wttn
r „i c * . -ww. the younger man and asked him to
Good news for over 1,000,000 car
the week, with the exception of one
time when 38 degrees wa recorded.
CAR LICENSE FEE
GIVEN SHARP CUT
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Undertaking, assisted by Rix Under-! >veek unconscious and critically injur-. lh; safes
taking Parlors of Lubbock. *rH "i t" th-1 i°t. Nothing was discover, d b\ officers
" * Late reports state that hb identify the burglar
evening when a hissing noise foretold; 1 the younger man
the event that gas was .^eping upj Good news for over 1,000,000 car, ,^0p the fight.
around the casing of his .vindmill. \ owners in the State of Tex^o, and for Hawkins refused and told the
Humphries discovered the phenome-- o\er 2500 cars in Crosby county is. older man to go home, witnesses stat-
being written bv countv tax collectors ed„ Wa,^er refused and an argument
j, , 4 , followed between the two men.
und by Llmer Reed, tax collectors of
'his countv.
Mrs. Westerman was taken to La-
n.esa, the fonner home ot both she j
and hier husband, where services were
held with th§ Rev. Johnston i.n charge (
. She was buried in the Lanu sa ceme- I
'«.ery. I
She is survived by her husband (
Cecil Westerman; two children, six
Sisters and one brother. Only one
sister is single. Miss Fannie Belle
Williams, who lives with her mother
in Abilene and is a stude.it in Mc
Murry College. The children are,
Ocil, Jr., 5, and Celia. '2.
en in a
Stamford.
i:. not expected to live.
Morrow was found near the road
'\\ a car of Merkel people, who plac-
ca him on a passing bus U< be car-
lied to Stamford and plaeeo in the
sanitarium there. His fa'her was
inimediately notified, and he brought
with him to Stamford Dr. Lrank Har-
nson anil a neurologist of Dallas.
Morrow is suffering from concus-
sion >of the brain, information receiv-
ed bv Mrs. Roy Lee, cousin of the in-
jured youth here, states. He has been
cii, jr o, anu uenaunconscious for the greater part of
Mrs Westerman and her husbandKhp w(.ek and has be^n able ^ ^ve
came to Crosbyton some two years
go where he accepted ji position as |
i nly a scattered account of wiiat ha'p-
r . . , • ii,;„ ix ned to him after he left Abilene,
pharmacist and prescription eleik in ^ j prp js
the Carter Drug company. He re- . .. ., '
tained this position until the purchase ,.. .
of a second store by Carter in Spur,
partial paraljtis of the
when Westerman bought
in the store here.
interest
ROTARY CLUB TO
BANQUET RALLS
Football Team With Rotar-
ians and Rotary Anns
To Be Guests
It was decided Tuesday the reg-
ular weekly luncheon of 'he Rotary
dub that a banquet be given on Fri-
day night, November 8, honoring the
Ralls football team, also the RalU
Rotary club together with their Ro-
tary Anns.
Visitors from Ralls Tue&uay were:
A. C. Hyatt, M. G. Harg.oves, Will
Marr, Reed Loflin. A. B. Sanders,
In a conscious moment- Monda>
young Morrow told (1. (1. Fiournoy,1
Stamford chief of police, that he left
AbHene-ftbout 4 a. m. Monday morn- ;
liiK with a man about IJo years old.
wearing a dark suit and -iriving a
Dodge roadster, bearing Oklahoma
license plates. He also a>ktd about;
nis money, stiUing that lie had fifteen
dollars. TheJw> was no mop -v in his
purse when he was found
Morrow is a student in :!ie West
i'oint Preparatory School at Fort Sill.
Oklahoma, and had started on his re- .
turn trip from a visit spent in Abi-
'ene. He came to Abilene t>_> airplane
and spent the week end 'witn student
fiiends at Simmons University where
he had been a student for two years
Upon the day of Morrows arrival in
Abilene he visited the offices of
Couch and Morrow, insurance firm,
with which his father i;^associated,
nd was given $25 on telegraphic in-
to identify the burglars. No signs
were left as far as could '. e discov-
eied here. Tile robbery v.,:.-, not dis-
covered until employees ai the depot
came down to work Monday morning.
Whether the work wa.- dope by the
, same group that robbed Bro«vn Motor
Company, Lieske Chevrolet Company,
and Garber Service Station a little
o\er a month ago is no.; known, al-
M'OUgh the same metl o.l was used
: m breaking into the saf-s.
Probable theories are that the
same group made the robbery, or that
the influx of criminals from the
cleaning up of Borger are working in
Ihis section of the coun'r.i. Several
former Borger gangmen have been
i implicated in robberies in this section
of the state during the la-t lew week;
I and thi.> theory i> higlilx ,>r(ii)al)le.
■ ion Monday afternoon aft.,r coming
'ii from the field and going to the well
U draw some water. Heaii.-ig a hiss-
ing noise at his feet, he stooped and
ound that cold air was coming up
trom around the casing oi the well.
Striking a match and applying it im-
r.iediatelv to the air, the r.iatch was
blown out.
Becoming interested in the experi-
ment, and wondering what was caus-
ing the air, Humphries soaked a cloth
.n kerosene, set it afire and inen plac-
ed it al>ove the easing.
leaped up more than a
than those caused by the burning]
cioth alone. j
Nothing has been done to investi-1
gate the well this week, b^t rnpn on'
the streets have unanimously versed
the opinion that it is gas seeping ut>'
aiound the casing of the well, and1
that th^re is much more of it down I
uider the ground. The g.is seepage
has grown continually stronger since
it was first discovered Monuay.
It records cuts in automobile license
fees averaging 50 per cent of this
year's fees. And registrations for
will start within 60 days.
On the lightest cars, the decrease
will be more than one-half, one med-
ium weight cars just 50 per cent; and
flie flames ' n the heavier machines les. thttn one-
foot higher i i.alf the present registration fees.
But the good news for passenger
car owners does not extend to those
who must registei trucks and com-
PARENT-TEACHERS
TO MEET MONDAY
Program Has Been Arrang-
ed; 41 New Members !
Added
Crosbyton "Kiddie'*
Wins Honors This i
Year, Savs Santa!
Information received
< laus this week state,
ton wins the' honor thi
i.ig the first 'Ikiddi
. structioris' from his mother in Dallas,
member Morrow was absent from Fort Sill
The monthly meeting of the Par-
ent-Teachers Association will be held
Monday night, November 4, is the an-
nouncement made this, week by Mrs.
Ii. S. M. Carter, president of the or-
ganization.
A program for the evening has
been arranged and is as follows:
Song by audience, led by Dr. F. A.
Green.
Pi aver - -Rev. J. C Scotl.
Business.
Devotional.-'Rev C. K Dick.
School Problems and Ch.-nges.—J.
from Santa
that Crosby-
ye.i i of bav-
in tin world to
.. rite him telling him what he wants
for Christmas.
This "kiddie" was Jim K .gan, son
of Dick Ragan of this „cit;., writes
Santa.
' The letter was rather hard to fig-
ure out," says the good old man from
tiie North Pole, "but I can tell that
little Jim is doinjjf his best to im-
prove his handwriting. By next year
I won't have any trouble n ading his
letter. I know."
mereial cars. License fee? for these
were not lowered, but in most cases.
I have been increased.
The reduction in fees wa. made as
an offset to the increase from two tc
lour cents in the gasoline lax rate.
I It will cut down the statewide regis-
i nation total on passenger cars from
| ..bout $20,000,000 a year to under
j .t> 10,000,000. This based on the larg-
et proportion of the light than the
neavy cars being in use.
The news fees are computed wholly
1.1. weight. Old fees were based"^or:
both weight and horsepowe,
For the information of those who
will buy lieenes plates in December
uiid early January, the following table
will show the comparisons between
the old and the new. The 1! .']0 fees
may vary a few cents fiom thes
figures, based on the proportions
within 100-pound brackets adopted as
official, but this shows substantially
G. F. Loyvorn, Lem Moses.
Leslie Mitchell is a nev
and was present Tuesday. on a pass and was due there Tuesday, i. Weatherby.
As a request from Chairman Bill a week ago, one day after the acci- Quartet, led by R, C. Bullei.
Walker, A. B. Sanders of the Ralls nent occurred. Officers there inform- |. m, Prevention.—G. M. McKee. ;
club spoke briefly instructing Leslie ed his parents that he should be ' Fire Prevention Pla>*.—Miss Camp-
in some of the things a new Rotarian brought to-Fort Sill as soon as it was bell
possible to move him, and he was .Musical Number.—-Butlei .nd Rob-
taken last Saturday acn.ss country ; ].in.,
in an ambulance. | Reai'ing. -Miss Harkey. I
Morrow enlisted in the field artil- ; Forty-one members have now been
iery at Fort Sill last February and i enrolled in the local organization,
finished a period of training in that | Mi^s Irwin, chairman of the member-,
department May 1. During the sum- snip committee, has anour.ced. This
mer he acted as life guard at an of-1
ncers camp and entered the West
Point Preparatorv sfHool September
15, his father said. He is a graduate
of Snyder high school and attended
Simmons University for two years
Ik fore entering the army scaool.
OFFENSE TO HUNT
ON ENCLOSED LAND
Act
what next year's
typical cars.
Car
Ford, "T" Model,
F«>rd, "A" Sedan.
Ford, "A" Coupe
C hevrolet coach
Buick, light
Buick, heavy
Cadillac, sedan
fees will be for
Ohi
New
$11.20
$ 5.04
1 ~i--d
H;.20
8.64
ir,.r,o
fl.OO
27.70
18.2-4
^2.:;i
21.12
40.fi8
23.50
shoflld know to become a hundred
percent Rotarian. "The first thing
is attendance," he said, "and when1
absent make up your meeting at some'
other club."
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
SMITH COMMUNITY
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Methodist Congregation Cites Reasons
to Conference for Pastors Return
Resolutions have been drawn up by
the members of the First Methodist
Church requesting of the Quarterly
Conference held here Wednesday
night that the Rev. T. M. Johnston be
returned as pastor of the eongrega-:
tien for the coming year. i
Among the resolutions listed as
reasons for his return for another!
year are that W has built up th
CO
tded mfMribership Comes as a result
>1 the campaign conducted ome time
ago among the students ot the dif-
■'eient classes. |
EXTENSION TO LAl'NDRY 1
Plans Completed; Important,
Talks On Tonight's j
Program !
i
Plans have been completed and the
program announced for this rhonth's
Hawkins said that he would
make him go home, went into the
house and brought out the shotgun
witnesses said. The older man re-
lused to leave and the son-in-law
n.ised the gun and shot him. the bul-
lets entering and lodging in his left
chest, the entire charge taking effect
.it the short range
The top of Walker's heart was
biown off and he died instantly
Llmer Reed, sheriff of tne county,
was notified immediately of the
1 uooting and Hawkins took up his
r.ew (|uarters in the Crosby county
jail at H:t5 o'clock Monday evening.
Nc. resistance was offered in the ar-
'est. The shooting occurred at 4:46
I-. m. Monday.
District Attorney Durwood Bradley,
of Lubbock, came to Crosbyton -short-
ly after Hawkins was placed in jail
here, Monday evening. Aftei investi-
gation of the case, Hawkins was
charged with murder in the first de«
(.'ii-e, and every effort will be made
lo keep him in jail without bond, th<>
district attorney stated.
A long statement was mane by the
e isoner tuvBradley, information leak-
ing out Tuusday morning irom the in-
vestigatLorvftiys." No other reason for
the shooting is known except the
t(uarrel resulting fro mthe dog fight.
The preliminary hearing oi the cas«
had not been set Tuesday morning,
but will be held soon, according to of-
ficials here. - Bradley returned to
Lubbock Tuesday morning.
Walker, known to many has "Uncle
I Sam", was a pioneer settler of tliig
' county, having come to the section
j thirty eight years ago. He was the
owner of several sections ol land ad-
joining his farm home northwest of
I nere; and owned the place on which
: "is son-in-law lives and at which plaCQ
lhe shooting occurred.
Hawkins is thirty-three years old.
* Walker is survived by one sori, W.' Bt
Walker of Throckmorton, anil four
, daughters, Mamie Walker, Mrs. Nora
I L. Goins, Mrs. Vera Wilmeth ami
' Mrs. Jewel Hawkins, all of Ralls
Walker was a frequent visitor in
Crosbyton, coming here on the aver*
age of once a week. <■&
Funeral services were .leld Tue.
| afternoon at 3:00 at the home
' Walker. He was buried at the
! tery at Estacado where bis wife
been buried twenty-eight years ago.
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LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
Fire Sunday Morning At Long's Bat-
tery Shop Easily Extinguished
Fire of unknown origin did little
„ here, that i-ne Sunday ,idamage to the junk house of Long's t* twice its original size.
School nas grown under his supervise - Battery and Junk Shop early Sunday
Hillingsley Says Extension Necessary
to Care for New Business
Work has begun this ^vtek on an
extension to the building which houses
the Ideal Laundry plant h*re, and
when it is finished the building will
ion, that the men of the church have
begun to take a more active interest,
and that under his guidance the
Methodist congregation here are now
in the process of Duilding a new $23,-
000 church building.
REDUCTION FORECAST
itg Distance Rates May Be Lowered
Says Telephone Head
Another substantial reduction Of
itg distance telephone rates is fore-
sted by Walter S. Gifford, Presi-
!ent, American Telephone ana Tele-
graph Company in a quarterly report
to stockholders made public today by
telephone officials.
Tne report points out that 635,000
telephones Have been added during the
first nine months of this year, refers
Pfeviowi induction of long dis-
lance rates on February 1 last and
concludes ml follows: "Another sub-
BtantiaPI reduction in those rates will
mads, effective January 1, 1930."
This announcement was made by
W. H. 'Billingsley, owner and mana-
ger of the plant here, in which he
stated that the extension had become
necessary on account of the increased
business which he has had for the
p3st few months. \
_When completed the pianl will be1
25 bv 80 feet and a large part of the
machinery qwll be moved back to the
new addition on the rear, making
1 -dwards Exchanges Ten Acre Chick- room for offices and other equipment
en Ranch for Place In City ' in the front.
A trade was made tnii week in | "It ia my intention to put in a1
.vhich Jim Edwards exriuincred nisj j;team laundry in the near future,"
morning. The fire was easily ex-
t inguished.
Jim Edwards noticed the tire when
lu was coming to town, a.iu notified
J P. Lott, nightwatchman. who turn-
ed in the alarm. A quick response
kept the fire from spreading.
TRADE MADE MONDAY
of legislature Makes
Owner's Consent
Essential j
,„A revision of the pen.ti code of the
State of Texas made b\ vhe last ses-
sion of the Texas Legislature, second
called session, makes it 'in offense
lor a oerson to hunt, fish or camp
in enclosed Jand of another without'
consent of the owner oi occupant ; K1UKIilm umiuujitcu kji una a
Vttention to this revision ot the code; community program to be held at Cold Weather And Wet
was called this week by County Judge} ginith Ward school ten miles south-
Kdgai* Hutch ins. v/est of Crosbyton, toni^hi, informa-
Tne revised article of tie law in,tlon mailed into the Review office
question Number 1377 of Chapter| Tuesday stated.
^ rea<^ follow.-: ■ i "Everybody is invited. Wt hope to Cold weather and wet mud,
"Whoever shall enter utjon the en-; have a genuine program tnis time ift dampen spooks' spirits when
noised land of another without the nothing happens," M. H. Thomas, I 1 owe'en night comes around, j#.
consent of the owner, proprietor or1 president of the Smith community! don't believe it, you should have
agent in charge thereof, and. therein j unit of the Crosby Chambei of Com-1 ttn up early this morning and
hunt with fiGsarms or tiiereon catch j merce and head of the pragram as-'. f,een for yourself. It 9ccmed—
or take or attempt to catch or take I sociation. writes. R. L. Gibson, sec-1 such weathe/ only gave tnem inOCMr*
any fish from any pond, «ake, tank) retary, adds his okey to this state- tive to work overtime, for-they 0^
or stream or in any manner depredate i ment. I tainly did their share fit our city, ili-'
upon the same, shall b^ guilty of 3; Several important .talks appear on Wagons, &rs and brickbats seemed
misdemeanor, and upon conviction: this month's program as announced to be the spooks delight for they had
thereof shall be fined in any sum ] by the committee. The special ad- them piled everywhere, even Whe%.'.';i
not less than $10 nor more than $2001 dress will be given by W. W. Cooper, I they were not supposed i;o be,
"""* ■""" a forfeiture of his hunting' vice-president of the Citizens Nation- «- —^
Mud Doesn't Dampen
Old Spooks Spirit^
ten acre suburban home jj t outside
the city limits on the south of the
city for Clyde Edwards homo oi. South
Berkshire street. The exchange was
made Monday afternoon.
&dwards had been usin^ tiie ten-
aJte site for a chicken farm, which
he had stocked with oOO chickens
These he retained, howevor, • placing
them upon the jddeken rancn of J. 1
Sieber until fatther arrangements can
be made for them.
s.aid Billingsley. "This will enable me
to do the work in a much shorter
time." At the present he is using
electric equipment.
Miss Clara McCurdy, of Lubbock,
was a week end visitor with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McCurdy.
Mrs. W. P. Walker and Mrs. Ru -
bell McCurdy were visiting in Lub-
b Kk Saturday ♦
and by
license and the right to hunt in the
State of Texas for a period of one
year from the date of his conviction.
By 'Enclosed lands' is mear.t such land
as are in use for agricultural or
grazing purposes, or for any other
purpose, and enclosed by any struc-
ture for fencing, either of wood or
ron or combination thereof, of wo(v*
or wire, or partly by water or stream,
canyon, brush, rock or rocks ,bluffs
or islands. Proof of ownership or
lease may be made by parol, testi-
mony."1
Section two of the artwle j
peace officer the right to
out warrant, when *an$c
found upon the enclosed i
other without the owners
al Bank here. Other taiks will b«
made by W. E. Jones, vocational ag*
xicultre teacher, and W: T. Dunn, sec-
retary of the Crosbyton Chamber of
Commerce.
The complete program is as fol-
lows:
Smith Orchestra.-—Mrs. Ed Wallace*
leade/.
Chorus.—Primary children.
Jokes.—Miss Pauline Cox.
Declamations.—High school girls.
Duet.—Baker sisters. :4
Rotary program.—Dr. F. A. Green,
leader?
of Fair
sidewalks, in the street; and they
tried to put some of, them in
stores, it seems.
The only regret of Hallowe'en tfc
days is that there are no long
urates to remove from Uieir \
and hide upon the neighbor's
porch. v- /"■
Da\
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Curry, W. M. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1929, newspaper, November 1, 1929; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242829/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.