The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1940 Page: 8 of 8
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WF*T. THC** AUGUST 1«, IMO.
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Weird Lights Play Across the Fair
By WARREN BAYLEY
RHYOUTE. Nevada—Inasmuch leaps and b.unds, until 12,000
as there are only nine inhabitants people weie living in an earthly
living in this "ghost” city and that "hell.” Money Iiowed like water
real estate is a drug on the market, and vice reigned supreme. I was
X certainly won't be accused cl told that 65 saioons were operating
toeing in cahoots with the Chamber at one time,
ol Commerce in giving the town a Naturally, the eyes of the nation
boost. Anyway, there isn’t any were focused upon this Utopia
Chamber of Commerce that I know where gold could be found in tbe
of and I can think of no one who grass rots. Mining companies were
would care to take up a permanent formed by the score and stock was
'residence in this ghostliest of all sold by the millions. All went well
ghost towns.
Located only a few miles from
the rim of Death Valley, you will
probably see it when you visit the
"valley" as it is considered one of
the most entertaining side trips.
until the panic ol 1906-7 which
shopped the flow of money from
st.ck sales and suddenly the people
realized that the mines had either
petered out or were being operated
at a loss. The exodus was on. Peo-
No doubt but that a considerable pie left as they had come. Buildings
portion of its popularity is caused
toy the fact that the depot lias been
were torn down or moved away
until, today, all that remains are
renovated and turned into a Cas- skeletons with, ut roofs or windows.
Ino—Nevada style, where, as you
know, the sky is the limit.
Naturally, there are many con-
Theie are two exceptions; the
Casino and the Bottle House. The
latter w’as built of empty beer bot-
These penetrating Anger* of light point me rod* Treasure Island skies ench night of the 1040
Golden Gate International Exposition. Hilhoucttrd in the foreground ia the Japanese Pavilion border-
ing the mirrored lake, which is the Lagoon of Ail Nations at the Fair.
Outdoor Revue
Feature at Fair
Dallas, Aug. 15.—"Americana," a
huge outdoor revue, with a line of
24 girls and a cast of more than
150 stage, screen, circus and radio
stars will be presented as the main
entertainment feature it the 1940
Sate Fair of Texas. It has been an-
nounced here by Edgar L. Flippen,
Chairman vf the Attractions Com-
mittee.
"Americana" will be presented on
a stage 300 feet long, in front of
the grandstand, twice each night.
It is the first time one of these out-
door revues has been presetted In
Texas.
Such widely known acts as the
Twelve Aristocrats, The Debutantes,
the Nieto Troup. Eurasian tight
wire artists; the Loyal Repenski's,
the wcrlds greatest equestrian act,
and many other stellar stars and
acts will be presented in the revue
Two shows each night will be
presented. In addition to the pro-
duction numbers, there will be a
number of specialty acts, high act;,
and other features presented.
--(Of-
flirting stories about a place that ties during the heyaay of the city.
had the spectacular growth that It has been kept in good condition
Rhyolite enjoyed. I spent consider- as a tourist attraction,
able time checking them for facts I'm sure you will enjoy your trip
and I've come to the conclusion to Rhyolite, especially your stop at
that "she" must have been a "hum- the Casino which is operated by N.
dinger" while she lasted. C. Westmoreland. He is the Mayor,
It all began back in 1904 when City Council, jailor and Under-
two partners made a strike. The taker. He als, owns the cemetery,
news spread like wildfire and in a where a grave site is yours for the
few days there were several hun- asking. His fantastic stories will
Brooks Tries to
Ride Coat Tail
Of Gov. O’Daniel
Marak Tour
Sidelights
Penelope Items
(Continued from Page 1.)
A thief broke into Mrs. C. W
Alexander’s home in Oklahoma
highway is about 50 percent above iecently and stole three pil-
wafer after you leave the main- Iows' .
iard canning the Islands The
Mart, Aug. 14.--Declaring he
w.uid continue to campaign hon-
estly despite "questicnatoe t radices
revolted to by my opponent," Clin
tired people staking out claims for give you a thrill. Certainly, they CulL;lson told a picnic crowd here
1 rgest bridge is 7 miles and the
aile.=t 65 fret above sea level in
■-e'er that boats may pass under.
K:y West is 7 miles long and 1*4
miles wide. One street connects the
Gu'f and the ocean and is called
Herman Hubbard of Meridian,
Conn., who has been driving an
automobile 33 years recently re-
newed his drivel’s license at the age
of 96.
miles around. In a short period of are not without foundation, riieie today -Lhe watch-word of his term thr lcn"-st stre-t in th» world be
..... .............o 1*0 ovor OOO nonnlo hlir n the . ul* -SI oirO.l ill U1S World De-
tune temporary structures sprang are over 200 people buried in the
up and as additional strikes were cemetery. I wonder how many died
made the population increased by of natural causes.
"Trailer Vagabond” is sponsored and appears in this
paper through the courtesy of
OLD CORNER DRUG STORE
“Only The Best"
Phone 7 West, Texas
Baylor Rodeo is
Tough and Wild
THE STATE OF TEXAS
as railroad comm.sshner would be
the best interest of the consuming
public.
• I am runnihg on my own record
and the serviee I have rendered my
stale in the past.” Culberson said,
aeriding what he dcs;iib:d as an
attempt by B.ocks to ride the coat
tads of the g.vernor.
in?, f-.-r.m ocean to ocean
I". Kev Wc t we employed a guide
who d: ve my,car and pointed out
places of interest, including the
Navy and Marine division. We
spent aVut 2 hours viewing the
city, whi h is Just very ordinary
outside of the U S. fortifications.
The pooulat on in 193G was 36.000.
During the recent hot spell a
thumcmeier placed on the melting
asphalt of a Salt Lake City street
registered a temperature of 128
degrees. About the same time the
ported 71 degrees below zero.
Time magazine reminds us that
tl e Erst experiments with para-
_ “He has continuously embarrass- The Cir.ar Makers Union went n a i cl;ute troops wsge made by the U.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of ed the governor and ills friends by stride and due to labor troubles the S. Army at Brooks Fi.-id. Tex., in
McLennan County—Greeting;*
trying to deceive the people into cigar factories were moved to i
The Bear Club R.deo, now going
on at Waco has lived up to every-
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMAND- t,elicv*n8 he lias Gov. C Daniel's Tampa. The population is now 13.-
ED to summon by making publica-: bl?ssing- Everyone knows he at- 000 but is increasing since the Army
tion of this Citation in some news- ,empted t0 r;de the governor’* and Navy fortifications began ex-
paper published in McLennan Co- band wagon two years ag0 45 8 pandin8-
1029. Two machine gun crews were
landed from planes by parachutes
and set up their weapons for ac-
tion, just to dem-nstrate that it
unty. Texas, once in each week for candidate fcr lieutenant-governor. During a costal storm at Key i-couW done-
thing said about it by officials and tw consecutive weeks Drevious Governor O'Daniel had to stop it West it is reported that a complete
mnnincmant TVifl V* 1 nmtrO.1 *** v w * 1 I ____1 ... .... .... - _ .
management. The stock has proven
the return hereof the unknown then by endor,ing Brcoks’ run-off ’ house floated from Cuba, a distance ;
to be the toughest and wildest seen hsirs ex5cutors and administrators opponent 80 tils People would not of 90 miles, was claimed by a j
in Texas in many years A suf- an(J theif unknown heirs executors t* deceived." Culberson asserted, widow woman who fished It out of
f knt number of horses, calve.'.,, an(, administrators of the estate of Now he 13 palIing the same trick the sea and is now living in the
bulls and steers was procured so A L Green, deceased, to be and !‘Ealn and 1 think the governor’s house. It is identified as being
Same a*d'nai would ”otbe appear before the Honorable D;s- friends rightfully resent it " from Cuba because it is built from
ridden twice Thio .duai paw Dig trict Court f M„L,nnan Countyi Culberson pointed cut that de- «"tain species of cedar grown only
dividends m the way of hrills and Trxas, 54 h judK;ial at tjie .plte the claims by Brocks that he >" Cuba and is built on the order
excitement for the . uecutors. next regular terra thereof, to be w°uld win without a run-off and of 8 1°S house.
"Shorty Grugan. bir time r.deo held ln court House thereof in that he had led the fist primary Our lunch consisted of Yellow-:
clown, and 8am Stewart, the arena the City of Waco, on the First Mon- tlcktt, official returns from the tail fish, recommended by the
• bull fighter have proven big day in September A D. 1940. then Democratic Executive Committee guide. It was really good, but ex-
favorites with the audiences. The and there to answer the Plaintiff’s showed that Culberson had led the pensive.
trick riding ana roping acts also Petmon filed in a suit in said Court entire ticket A 19 candidates by a With no more t; see in Key West.1
« uned big hands at every show. ^ the 31st day c{ July A D 194Q substantial amount. "This Is some- we drove back to Miami. This drive
.nors t: Waco for the rodeo have wherein The tnty of West a muni. what typical of the false issues in- is the most Interesting part of the
r'en ™ in their praises ol tne cipal corporation ^ plaintiff and jected into this campaign." he said, visit because half of the time you
1 r° Tt vf1"*. in,1!^.i The unknown heirs, executors and “The so-called polls of opinion can’t relaize whether you are
J" ThSv "u . .'a* administrators and their unknown and my oponent's prophecy were operating a car or boat. We covered
* msn'it h:irs* executors and administrators not very accurate and were rther about 1659 miles t: Key West,
1 of the estate of A. L. Green, de- efforts to deceive the voters.” Cul- averaging 20 miles per gallon of
tl e former rodeo site ii K itv p„vk.
ceased, are Defendants, and The berson said ’I am confident of gas.
Ob Saurday niph, the final per- state of Texas and McLennan C:- victory August 24 because it has Wednesday about noon. Aug. 7,
li rmance will oe given ami r.f- unty, Texas, and West Indepen-! been conclusively shown that nei- we left Miami along the east shore
t.aals of the oea.' Cl.be;,eve that d;nt school District, taxing units 1 ther Texans nor Texas offices can line, visited St. Augustine and Ft.
* K 'in:? Uir-<" niRh; ‘S are imP!caded defendants. File'be bought by the farces of greed Marion, the oldest Fort
ji eluded in the ratal lor this years number of suit being No 21724 nor the puppets who represent those United States, built by
event, past recar-s w.,1 a.-iiost bo The nature of plaintiffs demand1 interests,” Culberson asserted,
doubled The '.*n thousand j la as follows, to wit;
lvav$ been p-act'cally fi.'ed a. eacn
jptrformance
Four-C College
Fall Term Begins
in the
Spanish
people in 1672. Then we drove along
t The voters do not want a man the shore line to Jacksonville, F7a.
Being a suit to recover of defen- wj*o has already destroyed his use-! *or night. Thursday morning
dants the sum of $13.59, being the fulness by unrestrained attack on we drove 78 miles to Wayerors, Ga.,
amount due Plaintiff by Defen- -be other Commissioners with who f°r breakfast, then to Atlanta, Ga.,
dants,^fer taxes for the years 1935 be would have to serve If elected., ^cr dinner, and on to Chattanooga,
to 1938, inclusive, with 6% per an-
num interest thereon from June
Its after same became due, for 8%
penalty, for foreclosure of tax lien
on the hereinafter described prop-
erty, for costs of suit, etc. Said
School days are just around the
comer again. Along with the many property being described as fellows
■who will be returning to public Lots 12. 13 and 14, Block 21 of the
school will be those who have grad- shook Addition to the City of West
Bated from High School and who McLennan County. Texas,
are now ready to continue their
What the railroad commission and Ten.i., for the night, 567 miles for
the state need so badly is harmony,
cooperation and constructive ef-
f:rt. That will be the key of my
policy in office,’' Culberson said.
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FIRST BALE AT PENELOPE
W H. Wilkinson of near Birome
took the first bale of cotton for the
Each par^y to this suit shall take 1940 season to Penelope on Tues-
thought to the practical side of
the day. Friday we t:ok the trip
leisurely across the mountains to
Henderson. Ky. We are stopping at 1
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Funk Tourist
Home, visiting various points In
Kentucky and Indiana. Will spend I
abcut a week here before coming!
home. Mr. and Mrs. Funk and their
charming daughter, Margaret Ann,
are typical Southerners and hos-
pitality Is not sufficient «to define
the courtesy and treatment we re-
ceive here. We will be home Mon-
| day morning, August 19th. will
make about 4.000 miles on the tour
file or hereafter filed by all parties; per pound dIus a cash nremium
tail ^ —
l^ht^£^L?°tUB 1 mmplaiSTthM*VbJiSS! i tVst
College at Waco this Fall when their i„g how you have executed the =nslsted that *e stm, the car so _>o(_
new term opens September 3rd and same. j t* r01lM p,t
h* fencer.
*t*1- GIVEN under my hand and seal j
Mot only will many desirable pod-, of said Court at Office In the City
titms be open if the Government C? W»en. th*s Stst day of July. 1940. iv, -
should conscript men for defense ATTEST: R V. McCLAIN.
services, but the Civil Service De- Clerk District C urts, Me-! —*
partment itself is demanding more Lennan County, Texas. j . ..* *.
and more young men and women ———’«<— j —». *.
secretaries, typists, and account- CZECH TEACHES RESIGNS j -t tv* -wm.v -
ants. To fulfill these needs of both It was announced on Thunidsv ^ **— *
business and government, many of this week that MIh Ella Koemel rv„—k<u*. *..-. -
young men and women of this .had resigned her duties as Czech tet
’•'de down 1 John J. R?skob, former national
—. «-,»t> chairman, offered to
*1 Smith $20 against a
- u hpt ■
bw
*he would not take the
*—♦* '”mo »t the World’s 1
—*v Mr, Sjpjtb him
•—m the bet.
will Four C
Future" at this time
—)Q(-
Their teacher at the West High
bones, has
and had
teacher at
meat, without or! merit rreardlnt
made
A U'
"■* s“"’* dls-owred that per- j
*■' “• lor-blind can dla-I
——»fi-»wd obiecta which !
- w4Mt normal vision.!
■ —” r.vt, , —lor-blind |
'**"** '*n *0 cameu-!
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-sc ^gj,t had
-"«»»than 50
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nications needs in any emergency.
Mrs. Mary Holacka left this week
end for an extended visit with rel-
atives at B.marton. Texas.
Mrs Ellen Cox from Waco visit-
ed her daughter, Mrs. Jim Harris
and family here this week-end.
Charley Burt visited relatives at
Waco this week-end, including a
new grandson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Londenberg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Green are en-
tertaining a little son at their home
here, born on Monday.
Walter Green is on our sick list
this week.
Jim K clan submitted to an ap-
Eyid.expeditt.n in the Antartic re- ptndix operation laft week at a
Waco hospital. He is recuperating
nicely and is expected home Wed-
nesday.
Richard Mabry and family of
near Mt. Calm visited Mrs. Sally
Johnson and family here Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Barton visited Mr.
and Mrs. Basil Harris at Dallas this
week-end.
J. M Rainbolt and family visited
relatives at Vaughn, Sunday.
MRS R. D. CARTER.
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1940, newspaper, August 16, 1940; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth590068/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.