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The Hereford Brand
VOLUME 13
HEREFORD. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9. 1914
12 Pages
NUMBER 49
POLITICAL BUI
GAME PROSPECTS
More Men on Practice Field This
Week—Some Raw Material
Bnt Promising.
Coach Aspi Rant Ambition was
tickled to an almost untimely death
this week when a lot more men tog*
ged their padded breaches, trotted
out for inspection and try-out for tne
first team in the Political Pie Ball
Game for the season of 1914. The
last man out last week, who came
too late for his complete inspection,
was Alexander Opher Thompson,
better known as Alec Thompson.
The old timers nearly lauft their
sleeves off when they laid their eye*
pieces on him. Armed with a kit of
tinner's tools, including a pipe wrench
and wire stretchers, he presented a
somewhat incompatable appearance.
Coach Ambition stuck out his chest,
walked up to the applicant, took
hold of his sinewy arms, turned him
half around and asked him in loud
and sonorous tones what he expected
to do in a ball game with a pipe
wrench and wire stretchers. "Do
you think there's any leaker pipes
and bibs in this game ; do you imagine
there's any lose nuts? And what are
you going to do with those wire
stretchers? Perhaps you imagine
that the slack in the side lines need
taking up. Not much. That sold-
ered iron may be needed on a leaky
wash boiler, but it's of no use in a
game we're playing. But if you can
stop the leaks in the line when our
opponents plung against us, you'll
do." This the coach rattled off at
a flying rate and nearly took Alec
off his two spot. About that time a
lot of raw recruits came rushing
down the field chasing the kicked
ball and nearly upset Alec's tool
kit. In that crowd were some husky
fellows: William Alforsen Miller,
alias A1 Miller, Willie Moses Meg-
ert, an old timer as end ; and last,
but not the youngest man to be in
the game, was Jeems Heedful Head.
The first thing Al did was to make a
flying tackle at the assessor dummy
and scooted past the dangling form
under the strident legs of Heedful,
who caught his balance and made a
leap for the fumbled ball and both of
-them went down on the ground for a
"down." The referee called time
and penalized both ten yards for an
even start. Al kicked off and Head
made a good catch in at the 30-yard
line.
Just at that moment Walter M.
Megert hove into sight with his
avoirdupois and stopt a mass play
for the Judges center, holding his
own against all odds as no opponent
so far had dared to face his heavy
pounding. He had not more'n as-
tonished the coach, when little Hold
On Hubbert, alias Henry, paced
across the white lines and faced the
big, red faced Irishman in the scrub
team tor a tryout to see who could
tote shootin' irons in the winning
team for 1914. The coach took his
measure tor a good sue belt ar.d
brace of 45's. The practice gam-;
for this week was drawing to a (.lose
when another black-eyed and bruad-
smiled husky with a heavy ballast,
squared himself for a look over and
a tryout for the score keeper of the
game. He'ed played the garr.e be-
fore and just couldn't keep cii the
tield when he heard the practice
whistle blow. To show 'em he knew
how, he chased the ball across to
the 50-yard line and kicked a goal.
While his name is Smith; yes. Cen-! AQT||fICTC l/IFU/
tergrade Enfield Smith, and he's ||| | ||f||)J | |j TILT?
facing a little guy on the other side j
by the name of Jones and anotner
pipe fixer with a heavy monkey
wrench concealed in his breaches,
ne may be a match for both of them.;
OF NEW YEAR
Business Men Express Faith ia
Future Growth of Community
Will Poll Together.
State Bank and Trust Company
Elects Officers.' j *
At a meeting of the stockholders; News Faker for the Braod made a
of the First State Bank and Trust hurried trip around the business
Company, a banking institution of! circle of the city yesterday and
this city. Tuesday of this week thei found most of the merchants in op-
following directorate was chosen,
grass and good wheat and oats.
After the "lean ' years, we look for
a number of good "fat" years.
E B. Posey, cashier First National
Bank Business outlook for myself
not bright; started in New Year
j broke—broke first of year, broke all
year. I have a feeling that we are
, going to have a prosperous year,
and with the usual amount of "bene-
' volent solicitude" added, this should
make a fairly good write up towards
a prosperous 1914
WITH COUNTRY
NEWSPAPERS
Department of Scissors and Paste-
pot—Clippings and Comments
—Politics et Cetera.
Clarendon News.—Editor Adams
of the P lam view News does not hit*
the way some of bis exchanges are
talking about his friend, Cyclon?
Davis. They say ae is wuhy washy.
record for consistency not surpassed
by any public man in the state. Thia
writer admits that his information
concerning the Hon. Cyclone is that
the gentleman has been a democrat,
a populist, a republican, an anti, a
pro ; in short, that he has tit, bled
and died on every side of every
question he ever run across. As
J.J Clark, junior member of the #
timistic mood over the prospects for fifm Betts-Clark. Druggists Going i d has been on different sides at
the New Year All express faith in tQ uke ever>thmg that corae, my| numerous public questions. on the
the near and rapidly development of I w#y a um# Qn ,he #idft fof ^ other hand, the News says he has a
the community and are ready to pull; bugl0eM. Betts added Will
together for the general good of the (hra#h th# bu<be, for more butiQeM
country. ^ watcjj t^e "flash pan."
iid Johnson, head man for the jDoQ't put JQJ# l0> but say we're ex-
John A. Johnson Grocery Co: WejpectiQg the best business for 1914.
had a good business during 1913 and q. P. Garrison of the tirm of Gar-
can count many new faces among rison Bros. Business outlook very
our customers. The feeling for flattering. indeed, better than we've!The News says, he has never held
better times is good and the outlook had in a good many years. With P°hlic office (so far as we know) but
for 1914 looks mighty good to me. j the extra tine season m the ground, i *e don l tbat «*" •* Mr
D- RnG" .^r member of the we hope for bumper crop, ; outlook |
m of D. R. Gass & Son Our bust- for 1914 good self in that particular, and we really
was better during 1913 than \ p Murchison. cashier First believe that he would willingly hold
His partnership is demanding more the previous vear and the prospects State B*r.k and Trust Co We have two or three offices at once, so great
and more of his attention and he de- for the future much brighter than it best out.ook for the farming interests !18 h" "Vmpathy for his fellow bur-
sired to be relieved of the duties as has been in a long time. The good smce l4 years. „heQ general good Jj"If ^cIone Da™ 18 "Qt
... . j j wisny-washy, and several other
president of the bank. He still re- season ia the ground aud otner de- crops maintaiQed. Early grass wtll (too humorous to mention, he
tains a place on the directorate. velopiog advantages to materialize be good tor tae stockmen . prospects has been libeled more than any man
Henry Wilkinson, vice-president w'" ma^e business more staole than cr>ps makes outlook for WlS Cin think of right now
and for some years past active officer ! ever ^ 4 hope for a good 19;4 very good. Why*is Cyclone Davis - Tell us
Editor Adams to what tribe he be-
some of the members being hold-
overs : J. C. Hatiey of Waco, W.
O'Brien, Allan G. Bell, Carl Gilli*
land, W. S. Higgins, T. M. Palmer
and S. B. Edwards. On the next
day the directors met and elected
the following officers: J. C. Haney,
President; W. O'Brien and A. G.
Bell, vice-presidents; A. P. Murchi-
son, cashier; J. C. Burkhalter, asst.
cashier.
S. B. Edwards, former president,
resigned for the purpose of engaging
more extensively in his already firm
rapidly growing real estate business, ness
of the bank, having sold his stock in
and assistant cashier.
year
I that institution will, in all probaoil- Jona McL-an, member of the tirm
1 ity, take a place in the Western of Stocking & McLean, proprietors
! National Bank of this city, where in of the Corner Drug Store : Looks
former years he was book-keeper i better to me, expect to do more
business in 1914. W< had a good
run of business for the old year; our
Christmas trade being ex-ra tine.
We believe everyone should smile
and go ahead.
Orville Newell, manager for the
J. G. Callens Store: What is the
longeth. If he is not wishy-washy,
why is he not washy-wishy? Sit lax'
! Dr. Fred Stocking to Dalhart.
Dr. Fred Stocking has been em
1 ployed by Dr. Dawscn as assistant
| at the samtaiium. He comes aigb-
I ly recommended and will relieve Dr.
; Dawson of the overload which he
has been carrying looking aiter the i,,1<)ok ,nd (or 19U? Pretty i
i sanitarium and his large local prac- „ . , . ,
j tice. Dr. blocking is a graduate of fair takin« everything into consideta-
[ Rush Medical College. Chicago, and Hon- i*l3 was better than 1912
following his graduation served a and 1914 shouli be extra good for
year and a half as interne in the
Cook county hospital. After several
years practice in Minnesota in medi-
cine and surgery he went to Europ-
where he spent a year under the
tutelage of some of the best men in
Vienna.—Dalhart Texan
Dr. Stocking is a brother of our
local fellow citizen and druggist,
Roy Stocking. The frieods of Dr.
the farmer, stockman and msrcaar.t.
Col. Bill Ray, proprietor the W.
H. Ray, Jeweler : Can't keep a good
man down, neither can you hold
back a good town. Hereford has
already come back. My Christmas
trade was much better than ever be-
fore and I expect more business in
the New Year. 1914 is sure to be a
Stocking will note with pleasure his Summer
certain upward climb in the medtcal _ , _ „ , , . ,
. . G. A. F. Parker, president of the
profession. Western National Bank : New Year
Mr. and Mrs. C. D Miller will looks pretty well as far as it has
spend a month with-relativ-s ar.d gone, and we are very hopeful of the
friends in Lometa, Texas. In the future. We have had more mud
mean time, Mr. Miller will look this winter than in 20 years; the
after some realty deals. good season ought to mean early
Street Neeus Repairing.
Tnat Oit jf riad where 11th street
intersects 25-Mile avenue n-eds at-
tention F)r sometime tae water! New Irrigation Field.
rrorn tn* Avenue and tae section The Matador Land and Cattle
ire road west runs across the road ' -ompany, who owns a large acreage
or backs i? .n such a manner as to- 00 *and on either side of the Caaa-
nuke a r-*guiar mud hole at that! dian ami have been ranging immense
pitce One thing trat would remedy numbers of cattle, have made a cou-
tn- difficulty of drainage at that tract with the McDonald Company
potT, after 'he repairs are made, Pu* down four test wells at differ-
w 'u i b<* 'he diversion of all the en' places on their ranch. One test
.(o-m witers. tnat r*,ow iown from "ell near the Canadian on the north
tne Rimsey neighborhood into the "de found volumes of water at only
oig 1 <te ot "own This can be ^ feet. This well will be develop-
er- ov a luitaole sue culvert fd, a 40 h. p. oil engine to be in
stalled Some 250 acres of tine
level valley land at this well will oe
irrigated for the purpose of raising
Dragging Streets and Roads.
The city and county authorities
nave been doing good deeds this
week by "dragging" the streets and
roads The work certainly helps
the looks of the thorofares and puts
them in far better condition for
traveling On with the "drag!"
G. J Ness of Summerfield was
over Tuesday attending to tome
ousiness matters and made a call at
this office Mr Ness is in the gen-
eral merchandise business in Sum-
mertield aad is commanding a good
line of trade
"OCEANS OK WATER."
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SANTA Ft PASSENGER STATION AT HF.RK I- ORV
feed to finish off some of their choice
stuff
Proposes Rabbit Drive.
Having heard numerous com-
plaints of depredations that have
been done and of the probable dam
ages that will be done to the wheat
and spring crops by the rabbits. I
believe that it would be well for the
people of the county to get together
and organize a general rabbit drive,
or hunt, and see how many can be
killed. I have naticed that some of
our neighbor counties have done this
and have killed immense numbers
It would add interest to the sport if
there were two or more companies to
take part, and perhaps it would give
/est to the hunt if the company tnit
brought in the least numoe: o: rati-
ons would have to pay tor a supper
to the winners
Believing that something ir ieiit
should be done to lessen *ne numoers
;f tnese pests, I will tas tae . er'y
' i '"•ill a mass meet it. g it tne j.:~
n>,use tomorrow, Sataria* i
Move* Hardwire Mkh: t>
Hereford.
.•11; Du'uap is moving his sti.:* o:
.."iw,tre from Ci nyor baca to
Hereford and is occupying h;s own
..idiag c,n Mam street
J. B. Ellistou aa-.l family nav?
moved from Twenty-Five Mu<;
Avenue to their 3wn home on Jri
Street
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 13, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1914, newspaper, January 9, 1914; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253739/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.