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The Hereford Brand
Vol. lO
HEREFORD, TEXAS. SEPTEMBER 8. 1910
to. SO
AMARULO WET
BY 61 VOTES
jltett— A Surprise to Prekibition-
Who Wtrt Confident of ,
Victory Over Antis
a vote of eight hundred and
twenty-nine to seven hundred and
eizty-eifht, a majority of sixty-one
votes, Amarillo last Saturday went
on record as favoring the open sa*
loon to the state of affairs that has
existed here for the past two years.
The result of the election was a sur-
prise to many people, although both
factions had claimed victory for two
weeks by majorities anywhere from
75 to 300 votes.
The result in Amarillo city boaes
are as follows:
Precinct 1—For prohibition 107,
Against prohibition 242.
Precinct 2—For prohibition 207,
Against prohibition 198.
Precinct 3—For prohibition 358,
Against prohibition 213.
Precinct 4.—For prohibition 96,
Against prohibition 176.
~Unly 1607 votes on both sides
were cast, a big falling off from the
estimate made by leaders on both'
sides. Possibly one hundred and:
fifty voles were challenged for dif- j
faent causes, but yet the vote was i
much lighter than in the primaries
when no party except the Democratic j
participated. j
It is not believed there was very
much if any illegal voting. Two
arrests were made on complaints for
fraudently casting ballots early in
the evening, and both men were
bound over to await the action of
the grand jury which meets on Mon-
day.
A genuine sensation was sprung
during the afternoon when Attorneys
fl. H. Cooper and J. A. Graham ap-
peared brfore Justice of the Peace
Kent K. Kerr and asked that certain
election officials be arrested for re-
fusing to take the ballot of a man
who had made affidavit to the effect
that he had resided in the county
for over six months and in the state
one year, but who swore that his
home was in Alabama. District
Attorney Henry S. Bishop flatly re-
fused to take part in the affair, and
putting on his hat walked from the
courtroom. Be afterwards return-
ed but refused to act in the case.
Prohibitionists and antis labored
very hard all day yesterday, and
not a stone was left unturned that
might result in victory. From the
time the polls opened at 8 a. m. un-
til 7 p. m. when they closed, ballot-
ing continued steadily. It is be-
lieved that most of the prohibition
ballot was cast early, and the antis'
largest ballott was cast between
eleven a. m. ane six p. m.
Few disorders were reported dur-
ing the day and only one affray was
recorded by the officers. After the
result had been announced the victo-
rious faction marched through the
streets preceded by the Blair Con-
cert band of Dalhart and afterwards
speeches were made by anti speakers
at Fourth and Polk streets.
There will be eight saloons in
Amarillo and possibly more within
two weeks. The applications will
be made Monday. They must be
advertised on the front steps of the
court house for ten days, then pass-
ed on by the court.
for
_ Boys Bake Cake
/%hile the ladies of the Mothers
Club were planning to pull off that
cake contest, silently and without
promise of a prise or the hope of re-
ward, two boys took possession of
the kitchen and pantry at their home
and delved into the secrets of the
culinary art. They were Jim and
Will Lipscomb, sons of A. J. Lips-
comb. While Mrs. Lipscomb is
away on a visit these two boys, with
Jim as chef and Will as assistant,
respectively fourteen and twelve
years o 1 d, have been in charge
of the kitchen. So when the
caSe contest was announced, it put a
idea into their beads. Jim tried to
find his mother's tried and true
recipe for making angel food cake,
but failing, he hunted up an old cook
book and selected one for himself.
When Mr. Lipscomb went home from
his work, he found the proud pro-
ducts of the boys efforts in the form
of a well baked, light, fluffy angel
food cake, one that would set toshame
half the girls of town of older years.
Not only has Jim and Will pre-
pared all the meals while Mrs. Lips-
comb is absent, but they have put up
several jars of grape jelly, water-
melon preserves, plum jelly and oth-
er goodies too good to mention. To
show the friends ot these industrious
lads how well they bakei the cake,
the editor fooled his good wife with
a piece of it, she thinking that some
of the ladies of the club had baked
it, and but for the conscience, she
would be no wiser today. These
boys, especially the older, take a
somewhat commendable pride in the
useful knowledge of the kitchen
mysteries and no greater evidence
can be found than the neat and tidy
appearances of the kitchen at their
home.
Fine Apples
J. C. Murphy handed a Brand
representative this morning a small
limb cut from one of his apple trees
at his home on West Third street, on
which were clinging six large, and
fully developed apples of the Wine-
sap variety. Several of the little
trees a.*e quite full, and Mr. Mur-
phy is quite sure that the Wine-sap
is the apple for the Panhandle.
At Pals Dsn Canyon
H. F. Mitchell and wife, Joe L.
Carter and wife, Geo. Lyle, and
Miss Roberta Wilson, of Hereford,
and Mrs. Eva Gardner of Troy, New
York. Mr. Mittendorfie and wife,
and Homer Hudson, of Dayton,
Ohio, spent a very pleasant day
Tuesday in Palo Dura Canyon. The
scenery there is grand and the fish-
ing fine. When the party returned
late that night, it was with a feeling
that they bad had the asthetic grati-
fied for the time being. The party
went overland in the cars of H. T.
Mitchell and J. H. King.
APPLE TREES
BIG YIELD
Thos. Pes Gets Top Retch Price for
Feurtesn Year Old Orckari—
Smudgtag's Big Asset.
That smudging does yield big re-
turns has again been practically
demonstrated.
The Roswsll Seed Company of this
city closed a deal with Thomas Fee.
yesterday, giving him $330 per acre
for his apple orchard of nine and a
small fraction acreage. To be exact
9.38 acres. The previous high mark
was made by Robert Beers, when he
sold his apples for $321 per acre.
In Mr. Fee's orchard there are
596 trees; 150 Black Twig, 296 Ben
Davis, and 150 Aiken. Last Febru-
ary be bought the orchard, which is
a part of the 450-acre Hagerman,
tract, for $4,800. He says his
smudging cost him $25 per acre and
scraping something like $60; making
his total outlay for the crop $294.50,
or a net investment of $2,805 50.
The orchard is only fourteen years
old and by proper care and attention
is good for some twenty years, yet.
Asked what per cent of this yield
was due to proper smudging, Dr. W.
£. Goodsell, who is a close relative
of Mr. Fee, and who has an orchard
adjoining Fee's said, "1 would say
seventy-five per cent of the crop was
saved by proper smudging, but at
that we did not smudge thoroughly ;
this is our first year at practical or-
charding, but have lived in western
New York state where they have big
orchards and have been careful ob-
servers and I think I am safe in say-
ing that next year we can raise the
yield twenty-five per cent. By
properly spraying I consider that we
have increased the A1 fruit one-
half,"
In orchard blocks immediately
joining Mr. Fee's are examples of
the sad experience of neglected
smudging. Trees the same age and
size will not yield a box to the acre.
—Roawell Register-Tribune.
At The Churches
Last Sunday morning Dr. Burk-
head of Clarendon College preached
at the Methodist church in the ab-
sence of Pastor Story. Rev. Hast-
ings of Oklahoma, a friend of Dr.
Baker, filled the pulpit at the Pres-
byterian church, and Dr. J. D. Ray
of Fort Worth occupied the pulpit at
the Baptist church. Sunday night
Rev. S. W. Smith of Plainview occu-
Caks Baking Contest.
Jarrott & Wilkinson were instru-
mental in giving one of the most
unique advertising schemes ever
held in the city. It was in form of
a cake baking contest, the conditions
being that Cottolene be used in the
cake baking. About 30 cakes were
entered. Mrs. J. T. Rutherford
won first prise and was awarded a
a 501b sack of Sea Foam flour;
Mrs. Laura Fewell, second; and
Mrs. Chas. Sullivan, third; Mrs.
Edgar Johnaon, fourth. Misa Mary
Jackson was awarded a $3.50 bottle
of perfume by E. T. Woodburn ft
Son for the best cake baked by a
a young lady under 18 years. Miss
Mary Dunlap won a set of silver
spoons awarded by the Hereford
Hardware Co. for the best cake bak-
ed on an Arcadian Range. Miss
Carter of Oklahoma was awarded a
fine back comb by the Hubbard Dry
Goods Co. for soliciting the most
contestants.
All the cakes were sold and the
proceeds turned over to the Mothers
Club. A large number of people
crowded the store during the after-
noon on Saturday when the judges
were sampling the cakes. They were
Mr. H. B. Webb, Mesdames E. N.
Mercer and Emmett Cardwell.
COMMERCIAL
HOTEL BURNS
One of Hereford's Old Landmarks
~~($s?Up~ la Flames— Bnildinjjf"
and Csntents Total
Early Tuesday morning a little
after five o'clock a fire alarm awoke
the slumbering population of the city
to find that the Commercial Hotel,
for years known as the Tygert Ho-
tel, was ablaze. It seems that the
fire was under good headway before
an alarm was turned in. Agent R.
E. Bryant at the depot first discov-
ered the fire and gave the alarm.
The fire department responded
promptly and but for the splendid
work, the entire row of shacks on
that side of the street would have
been ashes. A small office building
near the hotel and the property of
Dr. W. H. Walker who owned the
hotel was also burned This had been
occupied by J C. Hunt as a real es-
tate office.
Esq. J. H. Turnbow who was oper-
ating the hotel lost every piece of
furniture, only one small table being
| saved and little of his families own
| wardrobe. The guests of the house
I barely escaped with their board bills.
'The star boarder, Simpson, was the
| only one who saved as much as an
j extra suit, but he lost a valuable
; pair of pants—it is said they con-
| tained $27.50 in good money.
There was no insurance carried
on any of the property, except the
furnishings of the hotel. Nearly
every body in town went to the fire
it was such an unusual occurence.
The volunteer tire fighters deserve
all the credit due for hard work and
some substantial remembrances from
those whose building* were saved.
No doubt they will.
The waterworks system has again
shown its worth ami, no doubt, paid
for itself again Tuesday. A light
south wind would have played havoc
with all of the east side of Mam
who wish her happiness in her new j street had it not been for the water
state. Mr. Terry is a young man J pressure and the hre boys,
of promise. The Brand extends A word about the horses. They
congratulations. behaved beautifully, as a woman
would say, and their trainer deserves
praise At the sound of the gong,
they promptly took their places and
Silence For Five Minutes
Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday,
from 5 :JO to 5 :35, during the funer-
al of the late J. E. Hurley, general
manager of the Eastern Lines of the
Santa Fe, the entire system in all its
departments will stop for five min-
utes. Officers, clerks, operators,
trainmen, in fact every living, mov-
ing thing belonging to the road will
stand still for just five minutes, out
of respect for the departed head of
the great system of railways.
Couple Weda
The friends of these young people,
Douglas Terry and Miss MyrtJe
Bryant, will be pleased to learn of
their happy marriage on August 23.
Rev. O. W. Dean officiated.
Miss Myrtle is an accomplished
young lady and has a host of friends
in
Mrs. J. W. Karr of Friona
up this morning to shop in
came'
our city.
I have two Buick autos to trade
for teams. Mules preferred. A.
O. Thompson. JO-tf
ap-
Mrs. Moss Mason left Monday
for Wellington, Kans., to join her
pied the same pulpit. Wednesdayi husband who has been there for
Rev. Holmes Nichols of Vernon s^me weeks.
preached a trial sermon at the Bap- j ura
tist church.
Will O'Brien left Monday
Zanesville, Ohio, where he haa busi
ness for the next ten days.
Bounding Arkanaaw.
A Baptist preacher at Vega last
Sunday in the course of bis remarks
bounded his native state thus :He said
it was bounded on the north by Mis
souri, on the south by Louisiana, on
the west by Texas and Oklahoma,
and on the east by other states; in
fact nearly all the ether states lie
about Arkansaw. —Vega Sentinel.
School Opening Postponed
On account of some delay in finish-
ing the heating plant, the opening
day for the public school has been
postponed from the twelfth to the
nineteenth. Patrons will please
take notice.
, Jennie Tnomas returned to
| her home in Bowie laat Thursday,
J after a pleasant visit in the home of
he* brother, J H. Wilson.
At Baptiat Church
Next Sunday at both morning and
evening hours, Rev. J. N. McMillen
of Hattiesburg, Miss., will occupy
the pulpit at the Baptist church.
Will Move Store.
The Hubbard Grocery Store will
be moved the first of next week from
the Opera House buiiding to the
north half of the Ray building, now
occupied by the Hubdard Dry Goods
Company. Thus the two businesses
will be in the same building.
500 Telegrams.
Over 500 telegrams were
from Amarillo to the brewers
others on the ar.nouncent of the
hibition election last Saturday,
went wet of course.
sent
and
pro-
It
What courses do you want, voice,
violin, or piano ? You can get eith-
er from an artist at the College.
Ask about it.
| Mrs. R. A. Terrill, of Canyon
City, visited her relatives, Prof. E.
H Wray and wife, and shopped in
Hereford Thursday.
T. S. Clopton and wife, of Ama-
rillo, will arrive tomorrow for a visit
with their friends, W. D Keliehor
and family.
Mrs Beacher Rowan and children
of Dimmitt left Thursday for a three
weeks' visit with relatives at Poners-
ville, Mo. Mr Rowan accompanied
his wife to Hereford.
Mace Hawkins and wife, Mrs.
Mary Hawkins and Mrs. J. H. Stan-
berry returned to their respective
j homes in Midlothian on Monday af-
ter spending two pleasant weeks with
their relatives in Hereford and Can-
yon City.
j were not excited when they
1 proached the burning building.
( Are you insured ? If not, better
see C O Lee, agent. It
| The friends of Miss Debbie Bo-
gard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
jj M Bogard, will be surprised to
| hear of her marriage to Mr. James
i Wheeler at Atoka, Oklahoma. Mrs.
Bogard has friends and relatives at
I Atoka and it was during a viait one
j year ago that these young people
| met and the acquaintance grew into
| marriage vows Mr Wheeler is a
young business man and stands well
| in his community.
Off For Bradley Ranch
This morning about ten o'clock
the "classic hay-wagon" drew up in
front of The Brand office loaded
with "preciousnesses" on their way
to the Bradley raoch for a day in
tne quiet and cool country. The
wagon was a horseless carriage and
managed by the dexterity of oor
versatile Earl Wilson.
In the dim distance came Mes-
dames J. L. Wilson, Buck Roberts
and Esca Harrison bringing up the
rear, and their mission for the day
is to watch that none of this "pre-
ciousness" is lost.
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1910, newspaper, September 2, 1910; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253569/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.