Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1931 Page: 2 of 6
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Thlngt stand now, after the state
has (pent more than a hundred
thousand dollars of money It did
not have (It was operating on a
deficiency basis when the special
session was called), Just where they
stood before the legislature met.
Nobody has explained why lubri-
cating oils dropped not a cent and
gasoline very little while crude oil
was a drug upon the market at
ten and fifteen cents the barrel.
Perhaps our legislators didn't think
to ask these questions while they
had the chief executives of these
big Texas oil companies on the
stand.
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This reckless killing of innocent
people by careless auto drivers, who
persist in driving onto Railroad
tracks when a train is nearing,
should be stopped, if possible. Texas
should have licensed auto drivers.
Each prospective driver should be
examined by an expert who PLAYS
SAFETY FIRST, and after a
rigid examination, the one applying
for a license could not stnd the
test, he should be refused a license
at any price. Then, too, no boy or
girl should be allowed to drive an
automobile, any time and place,
until they are over 16 years of age.
Something must be done; why not
an auto license?
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Again, five lives were snuffed
out in Texas, when an auto driver
drove onto the railroad track, pro-
bably thinking he could beat the
train across. Every auto driver who
tried this perilous task always be-
lieved that he wouldn't be caught,
like thousands of others have but
he did. The only regretable thing
about this is that it killed every-
one in the car. If the accident
could have killed the driver only
and not hurt the balance, that
would not be so bad. Many hasty
drivers of this kind have driven
onto the railroad track, while some
of the occupants of the car were
protesting against it. At the ap-
proach of any railroad crossing,
if the driver would ALWAYS, stop,
look, and listen—only losing a
minutes time—he would save not
only his own life but the lives of
Innocent parties with him. Will
they do it. NO.
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President Hoover has taken care
of Germany, by extending the
payment of her debts over one
year. Why not lake care of The
American Farmer by extending his
debts over one ear. especially for
the farmers who barrowed money
from the Federal Loan Banks!
"Charity begins at home." says
the Holy Bible; but what does
President Hoover care about the
admonition of the Holy Bible or
the American Farmer either. The
Money Gamblers had loaned Ger-
many too much money and some-
thing had to be done to protect
their interest, so they called on
Mr. Hoover and he sallied fourth
without a word of protest. The
American farmer began to cry for
help, but he did not listen to them.
They can go to the dogs, Steal.
Starve or beg. How about the
"down trodden" farmers who voted
for Hoover? Will they do it again?
Not if they have enough intellect-
ual brains to grease the point of
an ordinary gimlet.
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Our Monday morning mail
brought us three mats from a
New York firm. These mats carry-
nice illustrations, and are headed:
"Picnics Are Easier", "Cool Sum-
mer Salads", and "Warm Weathei
Dishes". Most editors do not have
to be told that 98 per cent of such
mall is sent out with the idea in
view that some business firm, cor-
poration Etc.. Is to be advertised
FREE. The experts who write up
such matter and arrange for the
mats are paid a princely salary
for his work, while the poor de-
luted Country Editor is supposed
to publish said ads FREE. We be-
lieve this same iirm has been send-
ing out mats advertising Canada
and products of Canada. For the
past several months The News
man has placed these mats and
copy in the watte basket, where it
belongs. However, we note that a
few Panhandle editors have been
using these historical illustrations
and the copy sent along with them
which is an advertisment pure and
simple. When you do that means
your foreign advertislngswlU be re-
duced In proportion. When this
dope cornea to your office, and you
are In doubt, m to whether it is
advertising matter. Just slip it in
to the waste basket and take no
chancea. IN par cent of such arti-
cles are AUWHTUWO. PURE
AND aatHM. Don't ha "Ouled
ring it, bat throw mm
effort to aave the
to fen! from destruction should
have the support of every cltUen.
Too many years have been spent
in preserving the animals to allow
them destroyed now.
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Subscribers to The Claude News
who are behind on subscription,
are asked to please call at an early
date and renew their subscriptions,
The small amount of $1.50 Is a
small matter to you, but several
hundred of this amount will mean
much to the editor. Call to-day I
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Again, we mention that big rain
which fell In Armstrong county
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Some are estimating the precipita-
tion to be 2M, inches while others
say it was more. Anyway, this
was Just about "What The Doctor
Ordered" and no one is kicking
the barn door off the hinges Just
because this big rain fell at this
time.
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When Woodrow Wilson was Pres-
ident and Alexander M. Dockery of
Missouri, was Postmaster General,
the Postal Department was self-
sustaining. Just now the depart-
ment is faced with a deficit of 140
million dollars. And yet there are
politicians who would have the
people believe that the Democrats
are without business ability of any
sort.—Exchange.
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Sanford, Texas, has a state-
chartered railroad only 7,000 feet
long. It has a gasoline locomotive,
but no depot and no cars of its
own. It is called the Sanford North
Western, but runs northeast and
southwest. It is used to get gravel
from a pit to the C. R. I. & G.
Railroad and on account of being
the original road it gets 33 Vi per
cent of all freight charges accru-
ing on these shipments.
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The McLean Gas Company has
reduced its gas rates from 60c to 30
cents. If other towns can lower the
rates surely Miami ought to be
able to do the same. We'll never
get anywhere by keeping still. Let's
j see to it that we get a reduction
on telephones, light, power and
water natural gas rates before
winter sets in or the poor folks
cannot afford to use these luxuries.
—Miami Chief.
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In our write-up of the Rodeo,
we gave all the information that
we could get at this time. It is not
given in detail, but since some of
the papers were lost and we are
not able to get all the details, it
Is not our fault that every detail
is not given at this time. The
papers carrying the programs for
the Old Settlers Reunion, was
handed in to us by Judge Sid P.
Mathews, therefore, we are giving
this program Just as it happened
Thursday, July 30th, A. D. 1931.
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To prove that Claude never does
things by halves, we call your at-
tention to our Old Settlers Reunion
and Rodeo, pulled off here last
Thursday, when several thousand
people were in attendance, not
only from various parts of Arm-
strong county, but from neighbor-
ing towns and counties. Claude,
the best town its size on the Den-
ver Road, never does things by
halves, but always leads while
others follow. Why not? When
we have the most progressive, pros-
perous and entergetic people that
inhabit the West Texas Plains.
They know what they want and
usually go after it and get it.
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Our last Rodeo was billed to ap-
pear on Thursday. Our Next Rodeo
was booked for Thursday August
6th. 1931. We note that the Lion's
Club has been meeting on Thurs-
days. and there are other meetings
that are called for Thursday. Now.
that is alright for most everybody,
and we are raising no objections,
only that the News Editor and
Force would like very much to at-
tend these gatherings, or a part of
them, and Press Day always arrives
it this office on Thursday, hence,
we are deprived of this privilege,
for on Thursday we have about
16 hours work on hands, which
takes the time of every man in
the shop and then some. Please
jive the News force a chance to
ittend such gatherings by using
ome other day. a part of the time,
it least. Thanks.
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The White Deer Review editor
ays he "Swiped an article from a
.lelghboring town". It was what
'Mi Farmer Brown had written in
rhe Claude News. The Claude
Editor is proud of Parmer Brown
and other farmers of Armstrong
County, who know what they want
ind go after it. But what we want-
d to say. Is that it would have
>een less trouble to have given
redit to The Claude News, using
inly three words to do so Instead
if having written all the above
ibout "swiping this article from a
lear by town." Etc. The News man
akes editorials from various pa-
pers. also writes editorials men-
tioning them time to time and is
never afraid to give them credit
each and every time, especially
Panhandle weeklies. The Claude
Newt mentioned more Panhandle
papers over a period of years than
any other weekly in north Texas.
published here the
and If pNribte aim this
herd tor future generations to be-
hold. The State and even our na-
tion should Interfere with this
needless slaughter of our Panhan-
dle buffalo herd. The late cms.
Goodnight, who, over SO years ago,
started thlr herd of Buffalo, would,
no doubt, raise a protest to-day,
If he knew this herd of buffalo was
to be exterminated, and that fu
ture citizens of the Panhandle
would be deprived of the sight of
the ancient buffalo, raised in the
Panhandle. We are raising our ob-
jections right here and now, and
hope we Bhall have the support of
every good citizen in the Panhan-
dle.
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Among the suggestions from our
best minds as to the best way to
make war one was that public
opinion must be controlled through
organized censorship and propa-
ganda. This is the idea of a well
known editor—a man In a posi-
tion to know. It may be true, but
It sounds funny. It-means that a
nation must be fooled, inflamed and
excited into a war-like frame of
mind, if necessary. It means, too,
that the truth must be suppressed
if it is against us, or if It favors
the other side. It also means ex-
aggerating all the bad features
about the enemy—or plain lying
about him. Yet, it has always been
done in war time, as a natural,
spontaneous sort of movement, but
just the same it seems a little raw
to prepare cold-bloodedly to do it
in advance. It would seem that
when their nation Is at war people
cannot be trusted to know and to
think. They must be dumb. After
all. it is really an illuminating re-
flection on war Itself. —The Path-
finder.
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STOPPED HIS PAPER
We read in the Kyle News pub-
lished down in Hays county that a
fellow identified with a big oil
company has "stopped" his paper
because editor Harwell editorially
said the big companies were trying
to eat up the little fellows.
A country weekly that Is worth
a tinker's damn is not published in
the interest of the big fellows no
how. At times big fellows are ap-
preciated if they want to develop a
country on an honest basis. Some-
[ tunes they are tolerated when they
' act half-way white about it. but
when they get so cocky that they
want to run a nation, trample
state's rights under foot and im-
poverish our citizens, it is time for
every country weekly to wake up
an tell the folks about it.
The big oil companies have al-
ready swallowed up the little fel-
lows. and the special session of the
Legislature was intended to help
them digest what they had already
swallowed. All honors to the Kyle
News for the bold stand taken in
the defense of the common citizen
—the salt of the earth—and the
honest legislators who are fighting
an honest battle for their constit-
utents to the last ditch.—Donley
Couny Leader.
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Our Governor Is
Interested In Our
Cotton Markets
Quite a bit has been said and
written about our cotton markets,
low prices. Etc. Some claim it is
overproduction; others say it is
cotton market manipulators; while
others claim it is under consump-
tion; still others claim It Is the
drawing in of our circulating med-
ium. MONEY. Of course, it is un-
der consumption, alright, but this
under consumption is caused by
the scarity of money to buy with.
If we had 55 per capita in act-
ual circulation, to-day. cotton would
be selling at more than twice what
it is bringing now. A large number
of people, including our Governor,
wants the acerage reduced, have
our farmers cut the acreage from
20 to 40 per cent, or whatever
amount the governors of the south
can agree upon.
The Claude News editor does not
believe this is the way to settle
the matter, but if a majority of
the farmers want to do that as a
tryout. we say let them do it. We
believe the farmers, a majority of
them, should say what reduction
will be made and let a majority
of the farmers settle it, and not
the governors of the Southern
states.
We understand that Governor
Ross Sterling, of the Largest State
in the union, has called a conven-
tion of the governors of the South-
ern states, to talk over and advise
some means of getting a better
price for cotton. It seems that they
are wanting a reduction in the
acreage. As to whether this will
be their advise will be seen later.
Governor Sterling sent out invita-
tions to Governors of the southern
states.
The Governors invited were Gar-
land Pollard. Virginia; William H.
Murray. Oklahoma; Arthur Selig-
man. New Mexico; Huey P. Long.
Louisiana; Theodora Bliboa, Miss-
issippi; James Rolph Jr., California
B. M. Milter. Alabama; George W.
P. Runt. Arisooa; Harvey Paroel,
Arkansas; Doyle M. Carlton. Flor-
ida; Richard RumoU Jt„
Plans (or the building and opera-
ttofc of a Chevrolet apprentice
school of mechanical craftsman-
ship were announced, yesterday,
by W. S. Knudsen. President and
General Manager of the Chevrolet
Motor Company.
The school building, which will
provide approximately 10.000 square
feet of floor space, will be erected
adjacent to the Chevrolet Detroit
Gear and Axle Plant. Work on the
propsed building will be started In
the near future.
When completed the school will
be equiped with every type of ma-
chine necessary to all the finer
mechanical arts and crafts, and
the work will be directed by C. E.
Wetherald, General Manufacturing
Manager of Chevrolet.
The Chevrolet course will be an
exact duplicate of the school oper-
ated by Chevrolet, In Flint. While
preference will be given to sons of
Chevrolet employes, all boys, me-
chanically Inclined, between the
ages of 16 and 16 years, will be
eligible to enter the Chevrolet
school. The normal course will oc-
cupy four years and the class will
be limited to fifty boys.
"However," said Mr. Knudson,
"there * will be no hard and fast
rules governing the length of time
the apprentices will be required to
attend the school. Experience has
shown that some boys progress
much faster than others and these
gifted youngsters will be advanced
as rapidly as their work justifies."
During the first three months all
apprentices entering the school
will be placed on probation; if
their work Justifies the Interest
shown In them, they will be car-
ried on until they are graduated
as skilled craftsmen.
While attending the school the
apprentices will be carried on the
payrolls under a graduated pay
scale. Upon completion of the
course, the graduates will be as-
signed to skilled work in one of
the 53 Chevrolet plants located in
various parts of the country.
The course as outlined by Mr.
Wetherald includes instruction in
tool-making, die-making, pattern-
making and general machine shop
practice.
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FARMER BROWN
TELLS EXPERIENCES
AT SHORT COURSE
(Continued from first page)
ous faced man. The college plant is
immence, hug*' building, built with
our money with no other purpose
and aim than to Instruct and
build character In our Texas boys
and prepare them to make their
own way in life and to serve their
State and Nation.
We visited the orchards, the
livestock (sheep, dairy animals,
horses, hogs, goats and poultry),
the dairy plant, poultry plant field
crop plots, and Experiament Sta-
tion; a huge labratory turning out
true and tried methods of farming
and raising livestock. This in-
formation found out by the Experi-
ment Station Is put In book and
bulletin form and distributed to
us ready for us to use. It is no
guess work, it has been tried and
found workable before it goes Into
bulletin form for our use.
I could write and keep on writ-
ing, but there must be an end. We
left A. & M. College Sunday morn-
ing August 2nd arriving back here
Sunday night to find a wonderfull
rain —FARMER BROWN
FARMER BROWN: the News
Editor will go down with you next
vear if possible.
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JOBLESS REBELLION
MAY COME, WARNS
A. F. OF L. HEAD
New Bedford, Mass.. Aug. 4 1931
—Willian Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Tuesday proposed that President
Hoover either call a conference of
economists In an effort to remedy
employment conditions or admit
"the present economic structure of
the country is an absolute failure."
Mr. Green spoke at the forty-six-
th annual convention of the Mass-
achusetts Federation of Labor. He
outlined organized labor's remedy
for the situation. Including the five-
day week, maintenance of the pres-
ent wage scale and expenditure of
Government moneys for public
works. He warned of "a rebellion of
the army of unemployed which will
upset our present political system
unless Industry and Government
co-operate with labor."
He said "when this depression
came on us in 1939 there were some
who predicted it would be over In
six months, some said a year and
others said less. We are approach-
ing our third winter of this, a
winter which will be full of distress
because of the uavings of all of us
are about exhausted."
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Pretty tough world. It used to be
that only the women-folks were
not safe to be In the streets.
Slogan of the unemployed: "We'll
fight it out on this bread-line if
it takes all summer!"
Henry 8. Caulfleld, Missouri; O.
Max Oardner. North Carolina;
Henry H. Horton Tennessee; and
L C. Blackwood. South
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Drivers of sixes
never wont less
beeauae It taken six eflMari
to give the miaooth, ailemt
power that makea driving
really enjoyable
ojJBia Driven of size* are spoiled
^fi|jj|§pr tor uuythiug lew. Drivers
uf kite* are sold on multiple cylinder*.
They would no mure think of giving up
"lit" performance than any other rtol
advancement of motoring. For them, the
whole cylinder question has been settled.
Siip behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Sis.
kod you'll know why theee drivers feet ae
they do. Step on the starter, let Use motor
idle—and notice its ailnnce. Throw la Um
clutch, shift into "iow"-and feel that
smoothness. Change Into "second," hit a
faster and faeter clip, slip into "high,"
sweep along at top speed—then throttle
down to barely a crawl. The smoothnees
and Scsibility you always get are si*-cyl-
inder smoothnees, six-cyUndtr flexibility.
Annoying vibration is gone!
Over two million owners have tested and
proved this sis-cylinder Cherrolet engine.
They have found that it ooets less for gas
and ell than any ether. They have found
that It actually reduces upkeep coeu, by
holding vibration to a minimum. They
know a si* is hotter in every way—andthiy
r he eatisSed with lees!
Twenty beautiful models, oS prices ranging/rem *4 75 to Ml 7 5
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Phone 23 - - Claude, Texas
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The Cow, Sow and Hen Are Our Friends
CRASH!!!
DOWN COME PRICES ON SHOP WORK
In order to do our bit to relieve the depression, we have decided to make a dractlc re-
duction in the prices for shop work.
Here are a few examples on Chevrolet Cars and Trucks
Grind valves, clean carbon, and tune motor.
Includes removing and replacing cylinder head and gaskets, grinding and refacing
valves, reseating head, replacing necessary valve guides and tuning motor.
Six Cylinder Motors $3.50
4 Cylinder Motors 2.50
Install all piston rings or all piston pins tighten all main
and connecting rod bearings, grind valves and tune
motor.
Includes removing and replacing cylinder head and oil pan. connecting rod and piston
assemblies , fitting piston rings or rebushlng pistons and llttUig pins, align-
ing connecting rods and piston assemblies.
(J Cylinder Motors .$12.00
4 Cylinder Motors 9.00
Ream and hone all cylinders, replace pistons, pins and
rings, tighten all main and connecting rod bearings,
grind valves and tune motor.
Includes removing and replacing cylinder head and oil pan, connecting rod and piston
assemblies, fitting piston rings. rebushlng pistons, fitting pUiS align-
ing connecting rod and piston assemblies.
6 Cylinder Motors $15.00
4 Cylinder Motors 12.00
These prices are for labor only and do not include parts
All Work Strictly Cash
BRING YOUR CAR IN TODAY AND LET US OVER-
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EQUIPMENT AND COMPETENT MECHANICS
ALL WORK GUARANTEED .
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