The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1937 Page: 10 of 10
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1, JiOy 9,1987
THE DUBLIN FBOQBI88
SOIL EROSION—
(Continued From First Page)
food U destroyed by erosion as ia
used by crops in growth.
The average farm in this area
has been in cultivation about 40
years. 75 percent of the aandy
land in cultivation la aerioualy
eroded. 60 percent of the heav-
ier upland In cultivation ia ser-
ioualy eroded. 63 percent of the
aandy land In pasture ia seriously
eroded 45 percent of the heavier
land in paature la seriously
'‘SHNAa’1
The trip that is to be taken by
the county agents 1* given In de-
tail below, snow nig the many
methods used in preventing eroe-
• Sir II
—
and giving the farms that will
ha visited. There are four other
tripe besides this one that other
visitors will be routed over today
O. H. Wray: Pasture develop-
bent by mowing weeds.
Oorbell and Henry: Paature
seed multiplication plots.
T. D. Durham: Strip crops
without terraces, terraces and
atrip crops, countour tillage. ■
N. O. Kelt
Ceith: Complete program
on cultivated land, terraces, ter-
race outlet control with paature
atrip, strip cropa. contour tillage,
cover crops, rotation of crope.
Self and Smith: Meadow out-
lets.
Homer Self
land throwing all short rows and
point rows to center of terrace
intervals.
f. Used soil building cropa in
his crop rotation.
g. Followed a crop rotation
h. Planted filter strips along
terrace outlet channel to empty
individual rows into.
3. Paature land
a. Contour ridged 45 acres.
b. Retired 12 acres of cultivat-
ed land to pasture.
c. Plow streaked 14.5 acres to
be nodded to Bermuda grass.
d. Plow sloped gully banks
which were sodded to Bermuda
grass.
e. Mowed 150 acrea of weeds.
Note map of his farm on last
Want Ads Incidents In lie History
Dublin by Earl
• Rates on Classified Advertising •
* la Minimum 30c each Insertion *
FOR SALE-One 2-horse power
pump engine for 312 50. See A
K. Rambo. Proctor. Texas. Up.]
pa**-.
Seen
on way back to Dublin
from J. W. Glenn
J. W. Glenn' Contour ridges,
pasture mowing.
J. E. Reid: Contour ridges.
Leonard Hancock: Contour
ridges, paature mowing, sodded
tank spillway. ,
FOR SALE OR TRADE for Dub-
lin property; 116 acre farm ad-
joining Fitzgeralds Nursery half
mile Lone Oak School on Route
6. Bill Crawford at Post Office.
ltp.
FOR SALE—Nice trash young
milk cow with second calf, for
sale or trade for stock cattle
See W. T. Stevenson. Dublin, 22-tfc
Dt BUN SCOI T8 DOWN
STEPHEN VILLE H4OI’TS
IN FREE HITTING AFFAIR
The Dublin Scouts of Troop
No. 24 turned in their second win
in as \many starts Wednesday
night when they downed the Step-
henville Scouts in a hard fought
game by the score of 16-15. The
Strip crope, ter-1 game was looslcy played end er-
lf Its money you want to save
on your oats, give me s trial Ben
Capell. 22-ltfc
SPECIAL-- Fried Chicken Din-
ners each Sunday at The Hollon
House, 30 cents. Week day din-
ners only 25 cents, Ask for week-
ly rate#. Phone 143-W. 20tfc
(Continued From Last Week)
terest to our people.
July 15’ "What tour months ago
The good woman, whose heart
waa so Intent upon the erection
pf a house of worship, did not live
to enter Its portals, but while yet
the sound of saw and hammer fill-
ed the air the shadows of death
fell Into her home. She went to
the mansions prepared for those
who love the Lord. The building
was of two stories, the upper one
furnished for a Masonic lodge,
the lower with home made desks shall
In It* salutatory The Enterprise was an old cotton patch, la now
■■■M: 14jf Dublin.
states: "We propose to work tor the thriving town
the interest of our town and tain Inf some forty-mix
county, and shall at til times
have our columns open to those
who will, through its medium,
edify and benefit the public and
shall in all caaes exclude anything
that tends to immorality. We
propose to avoid as far as pos-
sible politics, only so far as to
expose fraud and rascality, and
races, contour tillage. ! rors accounted for a greet many
L. M McAdams. Complete pro- runs for both sides. Frame led
gram on aandy pasture land, seed; the Dublin Scouts In hitting, slam-
multiplication plot, contour ridges, lng out two home runs in four
Bermuda sod for revegetation trips to the plate. The bases were
control of weeds with sheep and loaded the first time but none
mowing, pasture channel of brush ! were aboard the second time. Ut-
gullies plowed in and sodded
L. M. McAdams: Sodded out-
let channel and complete program
on cultivated land.
W. S. Perry Contour ridges
aadded to Berm ad* pass, terraces
and terrace outlet, tank.
J. A. Land: Contour ridges.
J. N. Howell: Paature Develop-
ment by mixed grating, contour
ridges, contour listing, contour
farrowing.
As evidence that the average
farmer can put into effect a com-
plete soil and water control pro-
gram on his farm when he has the
determination la shown by the ac-
complishments of Mr. J. W. Glenn
Mr Glenn signed an agreement
with the Soil Conservation Ser-
vice on his farm in the ECW area
IS months ago. Since that time
with the lad of 3 mules, a freeno
Texas Terracer. Kelly plow and
technical advice from the Soil
Conservation Service he has in-
stituted on his farm the following
conservation practices:
1. Crop land
a. Constructed 2.7 miles of
terraces 18 inches effective
height and 22 feet base width
b. Excavated a terrace outlet
channel 400 feet long. 8 feet
wide and Averaging 1.3 feet
«rop.
e.
terback was the winning pitcher
for Dublin, taking over when two
were out in the fifth and Stenhen-
ville was ahead. 12-11. Shilling-
burg was the starting pitcher.
Biggs was the losing pitcher for
Stephen ville He was battered con-
sistently and issued three passes
The scouts will play a teturn en-
gagement in 8tephenville soon.
Score by Innings
Stephenville 033 421 2
Dublin 048 105 x
Runs by Dublin: C. Tipton, 1,
Peacock. 2. Fisher. 2. Sanders. 3.
Utterback, 3. Frame. 2. Shilling-
burg. 2, Denny. I.
Runs by Stephen ville: Carpen-
ter. S. Stlgler. 2. Nance, 1, Biggs.
2. Whitcome. 1, Green. 3, Wilson
1. Ferguson. 1, Garrett. 1.
Guaranteed Good Tear Tires and
Batteries can bs bought si low as
30c per week on time payments of
3 months. Use them whl(e you
pay. Loyd Hines Motor Company.
44-tfc.
11 assume as far as possible
independent position." Of Dub-
Un It says: "The town of DubUn la
one of the oldest and probably
the most noted places In north-
west Texas.”
This first issue was subse-
quent to the beginning of opera-
tions on the Central railroad and
the establishment of a lumber-
con
_ j^pppSausss
completed or in the state of tree
lion The demand tor houses here
VJK-ft , c. aa*. „
making preparations to build a
fine residence We fudge from bis
conversation that he intends to
eclipse anything In the county
Oh! for a few more men of this
stripe in DubUn.
EFd Sr“sa
EXPERT RADIO SERVICE. Phone
ue for quick service on any make
radio. Modern teetlng equipment
Guaranteed repair*. Reasonable
rate*. We are members of Radio
Manufacturers Serrloe—Edmonds
Studio. Telephone 109.
FOR SALE—Nice fresh young
milk cow with second calf. See
W. B. Stevenson, Dublin. 21-tfc.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-Young
horse. Broken gentle for riding
purposes. Bay color. See Curtis
Gee at Gee A Son Grocery. 21-tfc.
FOR SALE—Two adjoining farms
70 and 79 acres, 2 miles Highland
school. 20 per cent cash down,
balance 10 years to pay, interest
5 per cent—Frederick G. Harmon,
agent. De Leon. Texaa. 4-tc.
Condition of B. W. Lafferty Worse
B. W. Lafferty. prominent busi-
ness man of Fort Worth and Dub-
lin. ia in Cook's hospital suffering
from a severe stroke which occur-
red Monday night. July 5th.
Word received from his son
Raymond, stated that his con-
dition was critical. The doctor re-
ported that Mr. Lafferty Is parali
zed on the right side. Everything
that it is possible for the doctors
and nurses to do Is being done
many friends here in Dublin
improvement in his con
the near future.
Typewriter Ribbons, 50c
at The Dublin Progress.
.-in* Winstead of De-
Runday for a visit
Mr and Mrs, Joe
ritlng her coua-
Attle
working with
ny in Fort
Sunday vis
Pmitt was
iy, having
ont Station
Noel spent
Lrth in Fort
Scottsboro.
his brother,
sister. Mrs
Local News
Dave Deaton of Hamilton visit-
ed friends and attended the home-
coming reunion last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil FeweU of
Albuquerque. ''New Mexico, arriv-
ed last Friday for a visit with
Mrs. E. C. FeweU and daughter,
they have been spending their va-
cation at Long Beach, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Holman of
Brownwood attended the Reunion
Saturday night.
and seats that it might serve
for a school room also All de-
nominations were given the use
of its pulpit The location was
not far from the bridge of the
railroad ami near the former
Nick Keith home in old Dublin
The building was the pride of
the community, as It was the
most pretentious And rapacious _
one. It became r social as well | H. A. Smith as manager. --------„ _______
tin religion* center. Not social i Mr Smith. Dublin's gentleman-1JJ* Texas from Missouri and made
ever to the losing of its dlstinc- iy and effecient lumber man. has ‘heir home near Dublin In 1878
live religious character. Here 1 built and soon have ready for oc- J- Davies shipped the first
the first public school was cupiuicy a very neat and tidy My °» W«tel from this place
yard by Wiliam Cameron. Capt. late:
H. A. Smith as manager. 1 Dr.
land to Mr. Oldham to Induce
him to move from the old town
and thus help to bring others. He
Mr. Bishop, owned eighty acres
stretching west from Grafton
street. Land was worth very little
money.
Sept. J: Dr. G. P. Herndon has
Iy purchased a fine turn out."
Herndon and family had come
taught by S T Morris. He is said cottage on the comer of Patrick j l*t "Trains are now’ run-
- ^ - (B - | nng through to Otoco."
Oct. 1: "F. C. Oldham's fine
to have been a very successful and Live Oak streets."
the advertisements of1,
lillps ifesmsr&Mr
•ring completion
"Dublin can
, M**h 1;
hr* badly
Plow on a
rains The'
reived at ihj".
•"rushing Th. I
together ‘
age "
The editor
was not
Hvetpt, -£I
says: "I ,
near runlnr »i
“•he most of]
Office wtU g^l
lock and sail"
Ml Alrv but i
•»• seen is
to Minors
bad be*n i
being put u!"
Short ridge of |
ed to Dublin i
»lc This uni (
to our i
tt-e people is |
country to
ol ' In
terprts* chn
W. H Neel is]
*nd quotes to |
from ihe Ha
April 1, is
of the Sunday]
bn, at the Buf
T. Morris. Justice of the — Hot*l •b' "*ilv eh
supper
During the time of Mr Morris. | pence; L. E Gillette. Notary r ts cooduaUd by A. I.
another church organization was Public and land agent; A. I. Tra-: ‘ ™' T?"*”**®**
formed, that of the Methodist vis. dealer in general merchan- „ B*P‘'** JJJ Stephen-
Protestant of which he was n dise; Stephens and Haves, livery.....
member. This church was under, and feed stable; W. F. Dunn,
the pastoral care of Rev. Mr blacksmith and wood workman;
Jackson. Mr Morris subsequently Dublin Iaimber Yard. Wm Vam-
engaged in the practice of law: eron, J. W Gill, manufacturer
went from Dublin to Stephenville, of tombstones, and Dave Sullivan,
Mrs. Gannon became the next selling wines, liquors, cigars and
principal of the school She re- j tobacco.
tains a prominent place in the A , trains
sra:
ber of*thsae*1 g^fw*one^hundred J^bee. meat market; King
and ten. Four of her most ad *nd and ™ntrac:
vanced students assisted her , if?' John Allbright propietor of
These were Miss Pollie Arthur Dublin restaurant; J E Biahop,
and her sister. Miss Josie, Misses de*,e'; ln r*‘“l e*ut*' terml
ville last Sunday. The
given by the ladies of the place
to buy an organ for the Sunday
school proved quiet a success
The fifth Sunday ln April the Mis-
sionary board of Comanche Asso-
ciation will meet In Dublin; Dr
G. P. Herndon, president, and J.
G O'Brien secretary. S. T. Morris
"The Sabbath l
I* certainly «(
dltion. Lut |
full attendance
unusual since
been so pk
mentions the
of Stephen viUe]
of i'oninlands,!
tion of .ioinj
mission and I
April 19
Joe Leslie and Cava Coleman
Mrs. Cannon induced her niece
Mias Mina Everett to come from
her home in Kansas to assist tn
teaching and afterward
come principal.
Miss Mina's sojourn in Dublin
gave rise to the most dramatic
has resigned from the Justice of | lation of the
the Peace and F. M. Browne has mm
the appointment in his stead
Nov. 15: The Dublin Drug and
Grocer House, by J, G. O'Brien,
advertises: "Always on hand
cheap pure drugs and groceries
Good coffee, 16 2-3 cents per
pound, good sugar. 12 1-2 cents
per pound, tobacco. 50 cents, soda
< 1-2 cents, baking poWder. 35
cents, snuff, 33 1-3 cents per
situation tn religious circles ever Ft Worth H
known in Krath County. She ™
Tom Barron and his brother,
Curb, who is here from Scotts-
boro, Alabama, spent the week-
end fishing near Wichita Fall*
The party returned with a big
catch.
Mr and Mrs Wayne McRorey
of Carrtzso Springs, visited in the
home of L. V. Garrett and family
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sivlla had as
rT>ochanan left Thurs-
■ short visit in Dallas
sister. Mr*. J. L. Wll-
/auU
CANDIES
LEMON DROPS
Oyatai
.
Ilpp
m
~ FAMOUS HARRIET CLARK
MARSHMALLOWS
ickland and i
Krath County,
came to 'the school an agnostic.
She encountered the custom of
reading the Bible In the dally
opening exercises and felt that It
would b* unwise to change, even
If she eared about it. Not long
after her coming she was asked to
take a class In the Sabbath
school It was an anomalous si-
tuation but the did not refuse
those who had becomg her friends
The necessary study thus imposed
revealed the truth of the Bible to
her and won her allegiance to its
teachings One Wednesday even-
ing at the mid-week prayer meet-
ing she arose, went foreward
and putting her rings and watch
into Dr. Ross's hands, said to
him and all. "I want to give
everything I have and myself and
every minute to God " In 1881
she left Dublin to become a miss-
ionary to Brazil and subsequently
to Mexico.
In 1877 Dr. R. A. Miller
young 'to
and low prices”; Oldham and
Higginbotham Bros dealers In
general merchandise: Higginbo-
tham and Son dealers in dry
t0 £ fZwr in'brads .h£. ™tT'‘ P
T C Murnhv* blacksml'tlr*M^tier *n“0n Wu««ton' »• 2-3 cents per
»n-l tt dealers In fa".^ £™dnand everything else in por-
grocerles: R Fallon, dealer in) • Si,lew^k Improvement ha* be-
come a mania.''
Dec. 1: "W. T. Miller has pur-
rbased and will soon have ln oper-
ation a first class corn and flour
mill.
Dec 15: "An attempt Is being
made to build a Presbyterian
church in our town. Dr. Alpha
Young, a Waco Presbyterian min-
ister. preached to a good audience
In the new house of Davis and
Bishop on last Tuesday night"
Jan. 1 1882: "It la truly sur-
prising the number of fires oc-
euring within the past two weeks
A Dr. Lewis from Illinois, who
purchased land some time ago at
the head of Walnut creek ar-
rived with a lot of fine horaes
and cattle. Elders Harris and
Ru°** both attended the Baptist
church Chiifitmaa day."
Peb. l: "On Saturday last the
missionary board of the Ooman
che association held it* meeting
with the church at this place
The mast Important business
plicated; private boarding house
by J. W. Chancellor, per day
seventy-five cents, per week.
33 50. per month 315.00; W. B.
Davis, dealer ln dry goods, at
Fort Worth and Waco prices; P.
H. Chilton, proptetor of Stone-
wall saloon; Hurt A Henderson,
house and sign painting; W. D.
Holland, builder and contracted
Johnson A Bros., dealers ln gro-
ceries and hardwares; W B Gen-
try. dealer in saddles and harness;
J. L Keith, grocer; Hollinghead
and Bullion, blacksmiths and
wagon maker* Mr. Cagney's sa-
loon wa* moved from Old Dublin
to the north side of the railroad.
No wonder that the Dublin En-
terprise exaulted over so much
progress "Dublin Booms." These
advertisements show the quick ex-
pansion of all Interests which
followed the coming of th# buai-
ne*a section of the
rs. E. Strickland and son of
AbUene. Mr. and Mra. Joe Har-
per of Dallas. Mr and Mrs.
Earnest Whitfield and daughter
of Breckenridge. They pa seed
many compliments an the reunion
Van Garrett. Jr., who Is a
student at A. A M . Oklahoma,
spent the Fourth of July with Ms
parent*. Mr and Mr* L V Gar-
rett.
Mrs. Norman Martin has been
ill the past week.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Land spent
the Fourth holidays tn Oklahoma
visiting relatives.
fifty Fresh
ORANGE SLICES
FwH flsvoeeg or-
Mr and Mrs A. C Short visited
in Fort Worth last week-end.
They visited Mrs Short's brother.
Carl Mahoney. While there they
went to the Frontier Fleets
Mr and Mrs. Lawrwwe Rouleau
and daughter. Hasel. and Mias
Anita Gee spent the holidays of
th* Fourth in Galveston Mr. and
Mrs Rouleau and Mias Gee re-
turned Tuesday, but Ml** Hasel
Rouleau remained for a visit with
her suat
Mrs. Wilson Pilgrim sad young
son. Jimmie, of VVhlisett are here
for a six week visit in Dublin ■
Raymond Reid made a
trip to Fort Worth Wedn
Paul Blaln left Monday for San
Antonio where he will r
two weeks In Camp Bultls.
D. R Franks made a bu
trip to Waco Thursday. He
panted Bemle Hay ter
era Drug Wipres«natlve, on the
trip. Ha wlfl return Friday morn-
Mias Lucille Mf of Ctooo ar-
rived home for a visit with her
meChar. Mra R A. Mf. whom
birthday wa* July 4th.
came to Dublin but remained only
a year A ten-foot room rented
In Mi. Dobkln'a yard was the
arena for their earliest activities
In the little country town. The
attractions of the undeveloped
place were not sufficient to keep
Mm away though, after five year*
absence he returned. HU present
home of comfortable elegance U
In great contrast to the one in
which he first founded shelter in
Dublin. Ki-
ln September of 1877 Dr. J. O.
O’Brien, after making a home at
Harpers Mill for a few months,
moved to Dublin and soon became
—- town. It is
ion ur. n. a Miller a i lnterestlng also to note the names
to Dublin hut rpmuinn.1 .,nti. “O" •» maue uf W. T. Miller's »»--<- **-- — TV>n*rJr' J- «•
cotton gin and grist mill. Also
"Dublin has a dally mall train
both ways giving us dally com-
munication wth even Houston and
Galveston
the popular young bachelor ph
slclan, winning the peopl
by Ms ability In hU profession
phy-
onlv
but also as an entertainer. His
heart wa* with the "girl he left
behind him,” and he soon brought
Mias Carre Ssars to share as his
wife th# pleasures and responsi-
bilities of a new home. HU modest
dwelling became the forerunner
of the modern library in it* "story
telling hour," for the neighbor*
gathered especially on Sunday
afternoons to be enlivened by hU
interesting stories
In 1879 the first surveying
party of the Texas Central Ratl-
«md passed through Dublin
Though It ws* even then s "*nuir
UUl* town doing more business
MKl being livelier generally than
fpy •<""», of Its i, tn fexa*
&sK3urByst*jt
r; z,
StSTiSfTEST
to get a cool drink of water in
ss» £S5r'dS,jru””
Mil laid out a town near the rail
road on ~
on* ocru]
For
“W. J. DavU has been appoin-
ted express agent for thU place
"Dr. John Morgan ha* bought
a lot on Patrick street.”
June 6, 1881: "A. L Traweeh
began work on Ms new home on
Monday last week. From the else
erf Its foundation It promises to be
the mammoth house of Dublin
"Mr. Smith has fixed a good
crossing over the railroad on Pat-
rick street.
"The public crossing on Grafton
street over the railroad has be
come almost impassible and really
dangeroua.
"DubUn has a freight agent.
tot* of lum‘»r <ure con-1
tinualty leaving Dublin tor Com-
anche Brownwood and even much I
farther went. They are fast find-1
•ng out that In quality, quanltyl
and prices DubUn can’t be beat I
In lumber.
, r*c**v#d at the DubUn 1
store, a lot of both Kansas
sf-asss
Oak street. Cage and Daria are
clearing the ground this morning
tor the foundation of a businea*
house on the east side of Patrick
•treet. Mr. Higginbotham, father
hi c Oldham and the
H gginbotham boys of our town,
wlfo. two sons, daughter
arrlv*dfroni
SSJP* f°r
and review* th..
"One year ago ]
owned the land (
longi»tc to the I
planned a toanJ
sale of lota at h|
The present stU
laid off a little i
months ago
•mall house oal
once la gan on Itl
each new house |
to those who '
in what seemed I
riaky enterprise!
have a flour ''
forty-five
sixty-five dwel
a ltat of
name>. have bee*]
firm* had locah
send. Adame,
T. Price:
Batey Kalita 41
•aloon Mr
Dublin in 18771*;]
ton; Dave
8mith both
having saloons, i
I. Traweek,
S. Maben and
W. B Davis foi
of the place. 1
list of Witcher*,]
smiths carpentl
era and pinner* ]
factory, sh
In Dublin's fuh
these the 00*1
tions one Uteri
Un, two pn
house and
church being
Presbyterian),
good depot
easily will ewa |
altogether Lmo“
"the expectati
sanguine."
<CONTUHJED|
TO DKALMtf
have "Invoice
tax receipt
with < arbee,
book We rill
a hundred. Trij
. ><u, • town near the rall-
l a prattler site than the
upiwL sod began to build
..i**.***"1* of the years
1A60-18A4 i am Indebted most
^T-ly to th* Dublin Enterprira
* raml-moothly paper
■J* P^^ider '&
S-eMSaSS
and Texas flour Good and cheap
5*«
SSS'TSSS »lrr.
wi
town could be improved by trim!
£"*«t** record ed these* mm
lng event* and thus «ablaT^
th* taro* erf August
{JtWto'a *xclUment Mh
C. Garrett
im
DRY
GLBARil
for all your
nice lhi
EXPENSIVE or me
Ms* things have «
alMasas- A regular ■
at Bob Easley - wMI*J
met boils and |>
gusrsnt** perfectloa.
your elsthea in their oh
of spotless beauty Rj
thorn live much
more usefully
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