The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
Thursday, April 10, 194T
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Published Every Monday and Thursday
Afternoon* by Albert Cooper, Ted Rogers
and Arval Montgomery, 407 N. Main St.
Albert Cooper ---------------- Publisher
Arval Montgomery ------------------ Editor
Virginia Anderson -------- Society Editor
C. Howell ___________ Local Advertising
Ted Rogers ____________ Mechanical Supt.
PHONE 160
MEMBER
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Texas Press Association
National Editorial Association
Entered at the post office at Shamrock,
Texas, as second-class matter under Act
of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rato by
Mail, in Wheeler and adjoining counties,
$1.50 per year; elsewhere $2.00. By Carrier
Delivery, 5c per week. It is our desire to
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NOTICE TO PUBLIC
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acter, standing or reputation of any per-
son, firm or corporation, which may ap-
pear in the columns of this paper will be
gladly corrected upon due notcle being
given to the editor personally at the office
at 407 North Main St., Shamrock, Texas.
THE THIRD HOUSE
o8*sion
Permanent, organized lobbies
have become so numerous and in
fluential as factors determining
public opinion and legislation that
the vast group of them in Wash-
ington is known as “The Third
House of Congress.’’ After an ex-
haustive study of these pressure
agencies, the Temporary National
Economic Committee has issued a
monograph, which listed about 400
different organizations that main-
tain permanent, paid staffs in the
national capital.
Every possible interest of minor-
ity groups is represented by these
lobbies which once were associated
only with a few businesses that
were “affected with the public in-
terest.” and, hence, subject to gov-
ernment regulation. Agriculture,
business, labor, social reform, sub-
sidy-seeking blocs and even gov-
ernment itself, notably municipal,
nave their lobbies to wangle special
Mministrative or legislative con-
ns for their members.
The TNEC monograph reports
that the effective lobby is com-
posed of a legislative agent and a
staff of research agents as a m ini-
mum. vOthers, such as the farm
have" members who are Sen-
ators and Representatives, and
hence are able to voice opinions of
their pressure group on the floor
of Congress and in the Congres-
sional Record. The latter publica-
tion, then, is sent out over the
country at government expense as
a means of disseminating propa-
ganda of the pressure group which
is disguised as legislative speech-
making.
Lobbies in Washington, accord-
ing to the TNEC monograph, seek
to exercise pressure upon the Chief
Executive principally by blocking
Senate confirmation of appoint-
ments to keep positions. The activi-
ties of the pressure groups even ex-
tend to the courts, where “these
activities go under the more digni-
fied title of litigation, of seeking
an interpretaton of the Constitu-
tion, or of defending individual
rights."'
The TNEC report concedes that,
up to a certain point, lobbies can
perform useful purposes by correct-
ing inefficient administration of
laws, by placing restraints upon
Fort Elliott, Near Old Mobeetie, Was Only
Military Post In Panhandle In Indian Days
Don’t Be Hot and
Bothered . . .
for no matter what the weather
conditions are you will always be
comfortable at the HUCKINS.
Hot or cold, wet or dry
January, August, or July
Good food properly served, cour-
tesy and hospitality are built-in
features of the Huckins.
all the same m this modern Air
Conditioned comfortable and
homelike hotel.
The convenience of driving right
into a clean, Fireproof connect-
ing Garage is still another fea-
ture found
where ecoi
hand with
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With Bath
runs the Tale.
By OLIVE KING DIXON
Fort Elliott, located near Mobee-
tie, the oldest and most historic
town in the Texas Panhandle, was
the only military post In this part
of the State. My husband, William
(Billy) Dixon, was a Government
scout and guide at the time of
which I write and was In company
with the army officer, Maj. James
Biddle, Eighth Cavalry, who select-
ed the site. So that my readers
may have the exact official report
of the War Department, I am here-
with quoting information on this
subject received from the adjut-
ant general’s office, Washington,
D. C.
Fort Elliott, Texas, was estab-
lished June 5, 1875, about the close
of the extensive Indian campaign
of 1874-1875 against the Klowas,
Comanches and Cheyennes, which
involved other sections, northwest-
ern Texas, It was near Mobeetie,
Wheeler County, about one mile
south of the headwater of Sweet-
water Creek, and in latitude 35-31’
and longitude 100-27’. It was a
United States military reservation
on land purchased Oct. 28, 1889,
from William Walter Phelps, about
2,560 acres. It was named In honor
of Maj. Joel H. Elliott, Seventh
Cavalry, who was killed In battle
of that regiment with Indians on
the Washita River, Indian Terri-
tory, Nov. 27, 1868, at the time
Black Kettle’s village was de-
stroyed. During its existence Mo-
beetie was its postoffice. At one
time there was a telegraph station
at the post. At one time there was
daily stage or buckboard from
Fort Elliott to Fort Dodge, Kan., a
distance of 190 miles. About Sep-
tember, 1878, two companies of the
Fourth Cavalry went from Fort
Elliott to Fort Dodge, Kan., In pur-
suit of hostile Northern Cheyennes
who had fled northward from
Fort Reno, Indian Territory. The
fort was abandoned In October,
1890, when transferred by the War
Department to the Interior De-
partment for disposition.”
Cottonwood Buildings
The first buildings erected at
Fort Elliott were of native cotton-
wood logs and cedar pickets. Later
white pine lumber was hauled from
Dodge City, Kan., for the officers’
homes. Pickets were put around the
officers’ quarters, making a solid
fence 900 feet long. Other buildings
were the hospital, nurses' home,
blacksmith shop, Ice plant and mess
hall for the officers. Stables large
enough to hold horses for three
troops of cavalry were erected of
adobe brick.
Gen. John P. Hatch, who was In
command of the fort at one time,
had charge of this work. He em-
ployed Mexican laborers, who were
postmasters In the art of making
these bricks. The general was so
enthusiastic and persistent and put
up so many adobe buildings that
finally he was called (I suspect be-
hind his back) “Doby” Hatch.
The flagpole which so proudly
bore the Stars and Stripes and was
located in the center of the parade
ground was brought there by J. J.
Long, who was a Government team-
ster at the time of which I write.
The flagpole was cut in the cedar
brakes of Antelope Hills, 75 miles
away, and was hauled to the fort
with a six-mule team. When the
fort was abandoned and a public
auction was held., Long bought the
flagpole for $7.50 and moved it to
Mobeetie, where it stood for many
years in front of his place of busi-
ness. Today this same flagpole
stands on the ground of the pub-
lic school building in the present
town of Mobeetie.
Hauled from Kansas
All supplies for the fort were
hauled from Dodge City, Kan., both
oxen and mules being used to pull
the heavy freight wagons. An es-
cort of soldiers always accompanied
these trips With ox teams the
round trip required about 20 days.
After Fort Elliott was established
the Indians caused very little trou-
ble and for the most part remained
quietly on their reservation. Once
in a while a marauling band of sav-
ages would slip away as was the
case when the troops under com-
mand of Capt. Nicholas Nolan,
Tenth Cavalry, had that memora-
ble experience in August, 1877, in
which the detachment barely es-
caped death from thirst when In
pursuit of Comanches far out on
the Staked Plains.
Generally there were from four
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W. R. Wooten transacted business
in Amarillo Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Boston have
been spending the week In Mineral
Wells. They have been attending a
Piggly Wiggly convention.
James Strickland, who is in the
air corps at Marchfield, Calif., vis-
ited his brother, John Strickland
and family, over the week-end. He
was en route to Altus, Okla., to
visit his mother who is ill.
R. C. Hawk said he’d never seen
the fruit trees on his farms so hea-
vy with blooms as they were this
year. Now IF we just don’t have a
late freeze—!
Patsy Puckett, Mary K. and Jul-,
la Beth Holmes, Tommy Holmes
and Juanell Bradley were having
a tea party and general running-
around contest In the Bradley’s
back yard Wednesday morning. In-
cidentally Mr. and Mrs. Euell Brad,
ley have a family of kittens ana
puppies for sale cheap, but In case
anyone wants the entire lot the
Bradleys won’t quibble over the
price.
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B. V. Stewart and Rev. Vernle
Pipes made a business trip to
Jacksboro Monday.
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Joe Cooley, Jim Smith, R. F. Fry,
Jake Tarter, Dola Gragg, Gus Krug,
R. C. Hawk, Bob Lewis, and H. V.
Vermillion attended a convention
of the Dairy Products Association
in Fort Worth Wednesday and to-
day.
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Bill Walker, V. W. Shoemaker
and Jack Montgomery attended the
baseball game between the Chicago
White Sox and the Chicago Cubs,
in Amarillo Wednesday. Ted Ly-
ons, pitcher for the White Sox, was
a former classmate of Bill’s at Bay-
lor University.
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Mrs. C. D. West and Mrs. George
Miller went to Memphis today to
attend a bridal shower for Mrs.
Millers’ niece, Mrs. Billy Thomas.
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J. R. Badley of Phoenix, Ariz.,
visited in the Vernie Pipes home
WOMEN to assist in packing gar-
ments for shipment are needed A*
the Red Cross headquarters, Mrs
J. G. Hamer, chairman said today.
The quota must be shipped by the
first of next week and the gar-
ments must be packed and Red
Cross labels sewed in each one. ^
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Refresh yourself at Berten’s soda
bar—quality, courteous service and
cleanliness. 94-2tc
Rev. H. H. Henry, pastor of th^r
Baptist church at Twltty, was In
The Texan office Wednesday morn-
ing. Rev. Henry is always in a jov-
ial humor and we like to have him
visit us.
; Tuesday. He was called to Wheeler
| on receiving word of the death of
his brother.
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BUY OR SELL THROUGH A
TEXAN WANT-AD
A few pairs of socks, some shawls
and two sweaters have yet to be
knitted before the Red Cross quota
is completed this month. Mrs. Tom
Rooker, knitting chairman, asks fc^_i
assistance in completing these
items and will be glad to help any
woman who will volunteer. SPARE
A LITTLE TIME FOR THE RED
CROSS.
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Mrs. J. A. Brewer of Childress
visited her daughter, Miss Marcelle
Brewer, Tuesday.
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The above pictures were made in 187!) and 1880 at Fort Elliott, near old Mobeetie. Many old-timers will
recall the days when the Fort was the only military base in this section during Indian raiding days.
The top picture shows a cavalry scouting party, about to leave the post". Center, inspection day at the
fort. Bottom, the post’s water wagon.
Edwin T. Griffin
Accounting and Tax Services
to? eight officers with their families
living at the fort. This group
formed an exclusive social set, and
many gay parties and dances were
enjoyed. As time went on and Mo-
beetie became more thickly popu-
lated and the citizens of the two
places, whose history is so closely
interwoven, became better ac-
quainted, the settlers and the offic-
ers’ families maintained the most
cordial relations, thereby develop-
ing a true Western spirit of friend-
ship and hospitality.
Many Lawyers Gathered
With establishment of the fort
and later Mobeetie, many lawyers
from different localities gathered
at Mobeetie. Temple Houston, bril-
of Reid, a 50-foot flagpole, with of Histoife Fort Elliott. White-faced
a bronze plate suitably inscribed cattie graze on the rich mesquite
grass which grows in the valley
was placed on the site.
In 1906 the county seat of Wheel- through whlch the waters of Sweet-
er County was moved from Mobee- j water Creek flows. location J
tie to Wheeler. This was a blow to of the of{icers' quarters and the
the little inland town, which had i foundation of the stables can still
already seen a good many ups and 1 be traced I
downs. In the Spring of 1898 a
Office at 112 West Second Street
(In Bill Walker’s Office)
Office Hours Begin at 8 P. M.
cyclone struck the town, killing
several people and destroying over
30 buildings. Since then the old
town has never been able to come
back. At one time the population
was around 1,200 and the cow
ranches for miles around depended
on its stores for supplies. Often
both sides of the business street
was lined with cow ponies' whose
liant son of General Sam Houston, riders were in town for a few tte>'s
of pleasure which sometimes lasted
executive departments and by se-
curing adequate court interpreta-
tions. But as special pleaders of
minority pressure groups, lobbies
easily become agencies of abuse.
Therefore^, the TNEC recommends
that all of them be registered and
that their names, purposes, activi-
ties and finances be publicized as
a means of preserving democracy.
“The need for registration of lob-
byists and adequate machinery for
publicity grows out of the obscur-
ity in which lobbies operate to af-
fect public policy,” the monograph
states, "and the extent to which
such pressure groups distort the
of petition." — Fort Worth
was one of its most colorful char-
acters. Judge Frank Willis, father
of Judge Newton P. Willis of Pam-
pa, was the first district judge of
the Upper Panhandle and still is
remembered by all old-timers for
his shrewdness and witty remarks.
James N. Browning, later Lieuten-
ant Governor of Texas, was one of
the early citizens of Mobeetie. L.
far into the night.
The completion of the Santa Fe
Railroad from Pampa, Texas, to
Clinton, Okla., was the turning point
in Mobeetie’s history. The new
town of Mobeetie, located one mile
north of the old town on the rail-
road, is in one of the richest cat-
tle raising, dairying and agricul-
tural sections of the Panhandle
D. Miller, called the cowboy law-.
yer, and served as district attorney 'and is destined to be a big trade
"for several times, once lived there
Hotel
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and married into one of the most
prominent families in the town.
At one time 27 counties were at-
tached to Wheeler County for ju-
dicial purposes. In 1879, the county
was organized. Emanuel Dubbs was
elected county judge, an office he
held for a number of years. The
first court was held in a store
building. The first jail in the Texas
Panhandle still stands in Mobeetie.
It was built of native stone.
Stockmen began coming into
Wheeler County in 1880. Among
them was R. B. Masterson Sr., who
brought a herd of range cattle Into
the county that year. Masterson,
for many years before his death in
1930, made his home in Amarillo.
His widow still lives there. There
were no fences in those days and
the cattle grazed on the open range.
Mark Huselby, who owns 12 sec-
tions of ranch land in Wheeler
County, where he has lived for over
60 years, is given credit for build-
ing the first fence in the county.
Huselby, who is well and active
drives his own car, probably knows
more early history of the Panhan-
dle than any other living person.
Flagpole on Site
In 1928, a movement was spon-
sored by a number of prominent
citizens of this part of the State to
erect a monument on the site of
Fort Elliott. One of the most loyal
and enthusiastic promoters of the
projects was the late F. P. Reid of
Pampa. On account of conditions
at the time and lack of funds the
undertaking was not successful and
was finally abandoned. In 1932,
largely due to the untiring efforts
center.
Today very little is to be seen
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1941, newspaper, April 10, 1941; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528461/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.