The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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iuKi
Downs (he
Inyleside Nine.
t>rejt«r>
SOONER
.;.j ijkc a hou&e afire (.he Gregory
• won : lifth came in row
Friday afTevnoou by defeating
h;, :ht.! scoi'f •-»( H to 4
r,, f IVj*. a iiu- led a flifi" brand of
y hull toi \ht vie cor.' and lor
mm'-Un a iiuWfd O'rilv :i'-
grea; eon vena nee*,
ribtine foj ec ’vould
It would hr
wVr ; an not
Mi.rata. a
WEEDS WILL BE MURDERED BEFORE
THE EYES OF JUBILANT TAFT FARMERS
ILLIARD IS HIGHLY COMPLIMENTED
ON HIS HIGHWAY WORK BY ODEMITES
B y, t> fan®, and wi;;.;h did '-he
i-,vk This yea; ;lit;- demonstration
tv ] IJ t ;V ■ : J* t M,»*. r
• ,<m », • fj.* o(f)r» rt
tnmLv.ior.si tf tout
n-,-. h-ii*-- . .PJ-—1 "t
i „)<)'(! n j, ,i»I :• "f
Av’k tin; • •
tTiftrtM'. -h- toiniTut-'‘.onM ■ coir t
ring hi. .lay :«» office R---sd«n.-
ocir-m tar oariicuiariy snpvwiaVv«-
KENNEDY WRITES
ON CAPITOL NEWS
\ e;.i i
<•<«! iJ’ "■>* Ctujwwi ;#ter. but go a* ftr u w»- c*a. JMp-f-j
Chens a; vmpiaiiy c-f Houston, wsil •:»'! somethin*. . . ’■?*&
Vi: the is# -fa tK-t'ej : .tr, «>und —» » » * " ' . t
.iccordlr.K to Doe 4 0*: um Cts'-jllr ieXa» f*r«s AsaacMMfl® ««;••.••
■< brant .-•••• w • ■ ta
, : ,;«• nun* - ui l»» nav? heann ortest, .-a CorpMe Ctui&
..... .■ -.<1 tf .-.in tset ij n asm: )* Vtumen mtrm
... U present Wednesday *• the eantem tun* of the prognMt '9B» •-.'4
..User >r Swih <it the place* mention- near that W B Warrick <wf Aa*n«niVa
tie oemonstrnuon The Phr? arid Sam Fbee of Vftitij'iitBg. i’
•.v.ws . *#:rh «a the T. A MbKamey are the only MW* {-Anvetkirt# S9''wlB
fttrns. one x.le f- -m O - . .. tw- . reo west CJies
:'.. : -£.. vs-. ..^tre.f, v> .i on the :».* the nerve tj eosajaei*
:. -■ sett sang he.e t.V eatciwn yntft stars. TIMM raw
ehkirate »,;. je nw; *« fci!! JotsattOh the (w •-Tna-eaiWis. act yJse
j-rswif. A pawls r.t Ltind near the king, hut ftsa fat
Use Otlo Schmid! farts, loot mites MWth iwathwien «» «««l
::lwb Taft will w rz;x*-^a so the *emki sfrsE^i " lWf*f * *
orfrsii.-ii lan-i in the afternoon any (mats’ centMt
Of.* siUfi
d a v«*ry win-
:■ . CbAiwet;
ortent ihartk-ru.'
massy
eetsofi
,.. . hnii > >ts;t
... .. > v tin • ' he 'J . a.-vl
.fin Tint v.-ar- kW. The
.., . ,.L». . .; MbM** .neb ay t>r-
; :>• \ interest enlsected from dlil-
.ifficra;- dtirtlte Uw !«>'T
lit, amoiiiiteii 'o .r'.t, tw
Tft .asp eif in re -no-. r.r ' L.' ,r1
.Coontmued on tanef ll»'
tone
-nr; Avrc C, « .Srtii- K « »T.e-
E c r.iida-:. La HUfh!o*'.-r and
t IJ Svilli
The Odens Cii^.nUi «. cooimeette
.n anv niajiJu*! **>■ ft-'*
Yours very truiy
OiMCM CHAMBEH V# OOMMEBCK
The Taft Tribune
I AFT, Tl XAb, TMl
Minnie Golf
Experts Are
Ready To Go
l-.nuusfh f lilt*- unit O''11'
\rri\ed Tu Handle it Unite
I rowd on Opininu Ha>; flat
Will Start al Four O'Clork.
PRIZES OFFERED
II i)| Course Has \motiiiled
io Approximatelv spun. Work
fits Ikon Hindered l»» the
ilea's Itains. .—
f„ OF i;. WILL OF.
SERVED BY LADIES
lcE.\st s. is421 TAFT ENTRIES ARE New Books
DEFEATED IN MtET;
M ui »<!n >
< h {ir*ii t h*
iiitcir <iu*
(- istoim 4lKl !'lilt
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wi*rt*
r 4 -,1 •
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hne at! da- Mor.dav
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itiif tl >iit Uiur
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they
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tfcKtd
' r ■ cine
»s b«*si i<» rnerferc, J. E
i.ti- aid M F iWUbiv*
I V .m;iutl|K-« that *Flf> Will t
y,,, th«".r rmi*:u »ir« • •-» <'»u m
.lift FYid*> .lU. :-|.'x»n ton: uf lex k
yx',,* ftaiuri lor tht (n n.iiR <i*v
%?k! mght lias* bft*n yt\nnn+d hot
On irninr #^I
Tlv < *r « Tal* "* 11 ondfi
lor r octal wcd*k. arid
u«»* so have U‘‘*n fH*nwi it*
| • « ieeiiitv * .), it 4 «»
1* \ **rgiHd» - .n Florida and other
*no:» cnttfH'd '-F,f • • n*
the pmgr^ ot worwnen
♦ w:t naliv d*• *.d<*d n a.’
I*h»* haK
?o. • III*
dent
vimir.i
time in
oinm.- * *
next Monday night
ri: nave tm*n a month
mg# it is thought that
> rrowd wt!I turn out for
Monday night WLh all
li b ?o *oric. the i
ippomtctl by Prr-
other standing
is should have important re-
.K>rC‘ in make
Sr I*m1 Vice-I'reMiirM S W Hrpwi
i v , V1 4*d 't» :»r*'.sld»* «• the
mcetim. whiet> vti jo* '.jxined .viil
tht a ' :i. M ndav ?■■•'•T from
.,, J y :ht‘ hue! ..: toe t«We
,.v -]j .(!„ px'.ra time aflordeel him
M- 15 •* iliouid have- quite« T*ppy
u;, !. ■ ■!••• Tail busloiwi men anet
Town Boys Hand the
Students Nice Defeat
> )., • i Jh*<1 tiled *o B*
f » ;nn':i; iraca ir. . e liDh of
• 'int ndlc .• M-rit* ' ot bal uames be-
twern *.“>• town team aixi <* t>r»*v-
,,i<< iw*. if ■ over
• • • j: tin :until *hat
i.umb* i
Fait.
bait
fa mu m -ha
The *bov« Uuurcs although n»
• only the preliminary report and
i •< uhjevt to correction, art* iirrth
Tttft
;«*4i»'
:t, >* t-nrrrrt and a proud
while nut leu »ff hi.- littl*
• his ummer may w *b a.l *lv«
ir fa ire n the wor.d
mv friend we have a lovely
. ■> with u jjopuJa’:on of
• i * 'ill-■'*: !o ■•»»« a W*0 o.
milt n Au'itn jni
fhurKiAV frwiy
t-.a Hkiuiwl^y wen*
nr\n Joneft li*t*x( '
si\tit % tvfeU Or*-
o jijait* ia tn*? Typt -
r , .... n*#-' ‘ |iul
Kttfeni* llun*-
fj,. ,in\o:w the ft
n’ ihrt*t* in me
!«lYfj!!l fVtnt M I
K turom *
Dll fund (Ft*' tno v*ut
ilfM v. to thr ctpt*
tol City far 'T*#- th
ixcf yUi meet
J rry Hunt. U cu:
[i stud, tlwl not
f4ii mi*furatoiy )lr
p.» ,-d fifth ui a
of Gf* In th«
gualifying Friday
yjrd in the
Ummatiotiu
*urttay four
men
munage<l
i than Jei
ared fifth
n htir
aiHi
Hunt'
earht
•h»*
,k , the
. he«t
iiiclee
si^ear
result
throw
The
Three Act Play
Will Be Staged
Here Friday Nite
Inc Little Clodhopper romody
in ihrii acts wit! D- pr-.-c-ntrd io the
Ihcatrc-loviriH public of Twit FYidiy
i-.i-nliis May 9 a! the cm (ulditorlum
-i mWibyr., iiu Junior i.a.vs of
Tatt hich >chool The curtain will
mi; up promptly at 8 30 n,IVJ ...... ..... .....
comedy drama aritten pj(,psp<j with th» large tiumbcr
tie starr by Walter Be; Ha
very un; ;iar
iirsr in Corpus
.' kind :n this
eighteen .
the skill of
Minn.* Pilfers
uj.ed iLe COI5-
gr***‘n. and fairway:,
Jr'-; :tn<i itf«t ‘hit
Pe:er Pan
itl the first
NecJ ton There
and the par 52 \
h« mod effiCiei
Co', f<mseed ha?> b*
iviruition of li
pr - A i! tLM*
•A i! \» foiled Ofte:. «-n*.v,:gh to
• hrm w'hkc'.y \!nrx*‘h
Some of th- ' • <• ■ nai»
fii« - but accord trig to Minnie" < x~
.>#• t who i‘ui»* .•■ **k«d the course
over, .* wdl - * 11> uvugh voiru:
W.jter hazard -aid*;y,round piper
uphill iipprottclu" and nth**:- mc.nH.’tv.
m par wll! •••«• »t*re.: of
r.-tf* onifer.*-
',>jf ill! oil M/’ivi! -> OiiVlf
D’V/.o:, not dm; fhc*m-
t>n the cons*.ruction of a club-
• ion.sc If wa iC''** • '■ build a
!;r*j»r<wf .-* t U<" .»:■** : nrv dec idea
• ha they w-. i .. •’ u»i brown
•[-,« y have ‘ very attracttve
'•IsirVro-.Lse of ?-l*- A. ;»
M..d
;uhF
1
a IK,
-1V c*
Mr
( r.iyir ' -i
-Tilll.ll
:.
•A’OliUl
rx- f-.r '..i
to. a
dull ami *
1 t i j* ■ , » ; i
ii/ dav t>:r
Ut i*e
. ca..U or.f.
:»*»>.• JP>V1 1
\: JA*»-L
ChriM
.». > iJ ix- >.)Ut
Alii
. with : l»r U
■ ■,, l’k f.v# lining game nnuiiy
■•■ached .i; ’Ji ' »rm of -i bract*
r» by *L* * iwn boy A* ’ne
*L :.‘T; inning Ex^th pitcher..
;i«*Ui**d up plenty of ba r h1-
he 'core v.,i knot *-n a* > and •>
A dK-ision A-i ma«le p» play ’wo
mo ** nnm^ At L<* conclusion ol
\ „ -n Ai !no m ore wa. ... an
ivnrr. *« of very light
fifi* C - •> So ;t went until th< U. -t
• . ninth The svm ’ corner atii-
cum** T.> lor.;: *■ nough '<> ■'•onj
vl,j :>;u and rvs’i'mg down Jiwd Cook
• .*',0 .*it- -indent, lielplc.>s and as the
Fyult the eoiT noA lands three
v.am*'N to *he Greyhound, credi* and
ao game*, to tfi» Towri boys
Short> Nut: Ait. i miv. w;io du.
:nv 'ms s*ay m he box lor the vie-
and 'he Greyhound ijot *o him
tor ;. paltry f:v. Cook went into the
box m the and for ' hr exception
one 'i.n -r. the ^*vcnt.h did
noble Crumpton wvnt a •>!
icr,' (or The student- and Aa.
. effect!’.! mill the fa ai ninth
iifiio >. abou* now • hat f
mono -tH> dry tor an*
the Gr'THannd.- -wr f?1-'* (
• *- ^ ehrduJe with such
n as C );:>u- Christt col-
other e-ami m this
(.r'hel* ■ thiiught
rVji-’. u. 1 have ne:'.tv o' ?irr>*
befo;e '!. ■bar.tiiii'- in Jun* m r*la>
.< v* rat more iraine:, with ihe local
. '(]•* 4 -.tdenf'
Girls Return From
Big Clothing Meet
Hi, : a-. Ta' i n’nuit M: --••■ EUlv) ;
’..',■1;-, 1 bu ii-’i -ind M - - f till'-
place a* ;s* >S:.it- C-,!h:n.' cun-
: in Hou.-tosi la - ’ Tfiuivula;. Fn-
-J.;-, -iiui Salai'd.i,- on •H.urncd home
rttvc ‘ill »v ‘hiec das - «Titei tain-
\n Hops- Pi and T’n< v
■ * • :»j.-compa nifs'f bv v'a-.;::<h
< '■ ■ii‘inu6d on m ** five-t
ana ui)
Then
Are Ready
for Display
1 .arue-1 Cr«»*d in I hr Four Srnr
History of Ihr l.ibrarv li*
Kxprctrd al ihr Uprn How*
and lka»k Shoner.
SILVER NEEDED
The Nr" IkMiks that Have Ar-
rivrd Will Interest lioth the
Yount: and Old: O’her IIihiKm
to |{«- Donated.
Tlv Library commlttw ol the Wo-
m.m s ej-ib. a men hae ac tive rharire
ut Uie Tilt ruoia Library b. lubi-
1 .ant over :ht fact that the 30 »e»
b,s-*s li had ordered nave arrived,
ami ».it *» d's *.v;«S ."ftfurdey 3’
tin- Library . annual Hook Shower
und Silver Tea A!! patron* have
o.s:i no'-lfi'd of '.he affair Saturday.
'.tv...<le> a cordial invitation that has
been extended to the public at larae
and as a result, a laiif* crowd will
rail at the library between two and
.ix that atiernoon
’ Mest>r of the Woman '. Club are
working very hard in preparing for
the ...ioveer The atteodatico at thia
■ annual open iioaa ha, .ncreased -ach
year - mce the library was established
r,.■ i■■ \*-jir ago Hy hi-, tneth-—J pj-. *
ron-, are offered in opportunity -o
Loia; olhnal, of tiie^Centra! Power makt either .< ,U'ei offering or per-
I . h- Company have been very haps donate dim- or more book-
with the large number of Thp n,.w books that have arrived
liming out. Tuesday »nd Wed- 1IKj wpj be displayed Saturday are
NT M HUH
Man may iridiMrete!
ola .phana* hi#
Cod and
but a mm
c /ed two
on* in
unknowingly br punlahad.
iMtt in I Augelea erttt*
>u|*ra« i-ouil judgw *<*■ sj
an oil -aandai and UM
public wa* appriaed ot the 1 act (hot
mu id
mlntatar *ervi<t twenty day* U>
jntl
tor hi* folly
A jifflg- mar be
r^rA;
or he may
b< wrong 'tl* folly
(or
you tub C
to aaeumr we ir*
wlfcer
at least our
assumption* *houM
no*
be public tv
d<--ion»U-»Ud It
Wini.ei Kissed if ITS lee? t-".-t year
i!ob Slimier- planxi acond In this
event by throwing it 1T> and tour
inches
Oeneva Jor-s l oir whedn great
things had been expected, got a Uttle
ratti-d in the tytung conleit Satur-
Ua\ morning, ami erroi.. *a.ort »<re
found m tier work by the judges
Then- were 30 entrant* m this con*
.,„t -iu- plated about half way down
the line -JO error; hurt Mts* Jones
., .,,-e and a- the result 'hr only
nettid -33 word* a minute Bi lor
going to the meet .she had been net-
i.ng well ov. r GO wo-xls The winner
• vj/ctl OH words in". aii<l ■•♦'T a ni*w
sMtf* high Kcitool record
Good Crowds Attend
The Electricity Talk?
Adei* Krill- s'-'i'or ot ^a-, afternoon, for tlw- '. Ties of
,i ivno ;• duecMng - ures being given at he rom;mny'<
ormance. l«eL»
wr<- that it
ji*-.v offic: mi Cirr—:i Avenue
under
1H !i|;.u !VJH
ot plav that
the direction of M..; Ijh\
ls Weihau*-
h.vh SChtKl! Ui:
;t- i .m Ftandle
en of ClirLti,
'1 hi
Imaj
>•/•*,ii* will t>- Kivcn thi
afternoon
arc .- •vfn activt
■ numbers ot
A particularly large
i rowd
was
and one oi
two s dents
prf.'CJ. for Th» first talk
and
dem-
n 1 ' »!K‘ part ’
ha* m.eh: be
on*', ration T—.gia. aflernuoli
Miss
The Love Parade—Russell Holman;
Red Rust—Cornelia Cannon; Vaga-
bonding Through Changing Germany
Harry A Prank: Point Counter Point,
Aldou! Huxley. Joseph and Hi* Bre-
tliern H W Preem-m, Giants in the
Earth, O F Rolvaag; Foitunate Way-
farer, E Phillip;. Oppenheirr. The
Secret House Edgar WaltAco; Mai-sh-
Fire Maieel Howe Purnham. Tiger
Man George Owen Baxter; Peggy by
Request, Ethel M Dell: Little Sins,
Kntber.ne Brush: Mamba > Daughters.
Dn Hose Heyward. Rogus' March,
Margaret Turnbull;
The Big Aviator Book for Boys.
:“ut~ on ,J‘V. °:r^i Joseph Lewis French; The White
oi Sn“!‘ AppiU,DCeS M ^jibure Gang. Rarle Looker, Further
j Adventures ol Lad Albert Payson
Terhune; The Rover Boys in Soutli-
,ern Waters. Arthur M Winfield;
Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark
_____ _ .. _ . Twain: Flying Arctic. Captain George
To Nordheim Meet H WUkuL, Heyday^ Jane Abtot,
Hlghacres. Jane Abbott: The tattle
naive ;alked on "The Selection
H*-r fh#-, meetings refreshments
hero:!:. A.: welhati.v n. home economist of he
of the .-.even menib t - ol the cm have v>.;,irai Power and Light for the
a lot to do. and :n n-hearsa; they district^ • -.lk«xi and dein-
:nr.i- ...-.--i : u-.*<-h --iImI *n "The Us»: of the Elec tic
The i .me of the - play i»«- Rai-gi
(•:!’ .*• -i-tt.ine SpumerviUe. Tm .m.v altcrnooi. Miss Lucy Bar-
Mi. ;■ -‘-m- tba- the little ^ high school teacher ot home
, lodliopper -■ a clvarminr !
eiiaiac: cr vhoa- father goes off and
leaves her a! a very tende: age
mother ha alrariv d'-seruxi this -yi-ved
ai,;. therefore it is quite- easy to .Continued i.n page five
-,r -A.-.v -he tin little clodhopper. ----o------
■ho vi. b- found m an orphan s home P- Plan Trin
Twelve years later the present/' rUrCIIlCn r»B 1 rlP
friend father n-erne:. the plot, and it
n,.r:n mfdowu in Tith - Members oi the Taft Fire Depart- colonel Stories. Annie Fellows Johns-
IN z: ,10, : quite a wt of ,on. and Virginia-* Romance. Grace
■ lining .-.erv othe: dav Mme these day* in an effort to or- May North
A -rn-mi.il mother, iormerly a aanu-e a racing crew or rather crew*
n :iu U.-or,.mentioned orpheri- ' ->'d the Firemen's Convention poultry Judge to
-.u. trie, to mam- dear little clod- u Nordheim Sunday Ma- 25 It i* -- —
nopper off to her pampered and no- i- very probable -ha- three crew- will _
• »» -ure to be » pwtper- ;^teuxl m the j1 *a ,. has been announced by B C
ud no-u'iixi ->n S1'eh a e !3! ., Nord- i Davi* -hat Mr Welborn of Chapman
addled by a book-agent and how it : l0t-'‘ ................... ' ' , , ,-v.p v-a* 'ehedulerl to appear
- ^ :::r,r;l^a4‘i ^^.1^^ n,^,,
:"K" ''’V’/f.v hV vi.;^ F;ie Depu:Mmr.: n.ctr. - - — '« ">e ™-
Ml4s K-F*1**- .. ,, -i.igrinent -it -ha: but -vtl. 'a-
m0TV ,h!‘:. .ri! riS: v-.-;:'-':i, <11<? no- -d . "-'»■«>. here for a mep'inc- Tue-tay nigii-
■' '! . , M; two ago at Nordheim the Taft sorting - --ah- - clock
... ; .. ,. th* contest.. Mr weibw 1* * ^ u“
r : l b,;,;; „„1<)r .. io.'.., bov, hind ;«<». hm.,- thorlty on poultry tn ge:.--rai and m -
V . i, ^ held of wi'kir.L ;.wav with fir-• honors ’-iruiariy tn the Judging ;.ma« ...
1 '^nu....... .. . tn* > an \merirar Pwi’trv A
n,Rl,t Ma' ■3 _ ' The‘Tol!owing - :iu- coitiesf On-' elation fudge. The rea*,«, for the
hundred erds ,.f :,n l.a- " he mcm of the ime’in* '
: retched out an ached to the plug. !oca! ciub " that Mr Vleihoi . -.a<.
and -. nowle attached to the other already arranged to give » 'flK <>'-'C-
*n<i bv a cr*. w ol foil; rfk-n. S.xs-d is radio on n»t date
rii»* -..m, element .n the race A! a meeting Tor ha- r.-.ght. _-r>
I? r Dav..- Taft hlcrh '-ehfbi! -I: ‘ r'-' ■ ■ , ' 1! '• u ' "
1,8, ,-rtemi the seme-* ol six ot the iwullry for show iWrposes He
;er.- much H mu ad- _,H. athlete.- to help make ' - ti-vl tv 'O ■->»-
A .......- " n ® . . .hm, crev.. that -he Taft by Mr Davt- beeam,:- rhe mem-
o-’partment plan* to en:n .n -ne her of the he:aijxiulvy ,cho-T will
. ■ v.i'v .siiow in Taft 1 . rdv*1
m—:
dy ns..'
Fc op wa;
tip- Ui)
<>Y( ir
jus! c!c-:
siyt rit
mental a;
rtd phy •
Pleas*- li
dp a- by
prt par-
iipne '•*' '
Ti’vfV, ^ror
ci!.-/>•?i of
’!local i
L'oouiwsgiion
derway \ r.
mT 3 mton
AuPThei
Fectf-r til
wa* erj
f r. yr 1 r
iverriTU*?n
-• working a:
any-
At*txd
Of
• », ’ V;
i JJpf' frU
him*
:t ’F*aMynab!»
effj-
onsfr
; Bu:
’•or rr spotW^TI t
mav
T *t
0
;:i.Gvi .-.'Cl
u: before
next
ur
y,.it
r ann
Efficiency Fx.»-'t
on t’
ytten happen.-, that both sides in an
argument are wrong in fact this
happen* too olten We have known
men who a*"'ime to believe U*emaelv*
vs philosopher* attempt to settle an
argument by blows, and occasionally
guru are used Just a day or two
ago we read ol an incident of this
kind wherein the argument was aa>-
,i ably settled by thi man on each
.side .shooting each other dead The
only imposition placed on their fnenda
wa til* L.ueiai ceremonies, but no
doubt t.v community was the winnar.
Fv-eii m legisls'.ures and In eongrsas,
manv a time an argument is often
settled bv blows and when an argu-
mem waxe* warm like this It 1* very
iiurr-st'n* to tht colleagues ol both
psrtie*. as so many ot them acem
to understand the logic of
• pistration*
• • •
One never knows whejber the rain
tomorrow moll b, heavier than the
rain yesterday, but must of us nave
i hab t ot declaring tuat each *uc-
ceadiug ram was worse than the
heaviest rain ever experienced oefore.
This not only applies to rain, tmt
snow and temperature, both cold and
hot Regarding the excessive rain-
lull last week, several report it ta
have been the heaviest ram ever rx-
perienced here, but we did hea? one
mail remark that twenty-five
thirty years ago a heavier rain fell
here and covered near.'v all the
between the Chiltipm and Nueces
hay
• • •
M E Custer said there wa* a long
narrow strip in his field which stuck
up mu ol the water, which had been
1 uiK- ii possession of by a bunch of
' rabbit* They could not get away, so
' ju.,1 killed time by traveling bask
and forth for three or four day*, wait-
ing patiently for the water to re-
cede so they could -seek greener
fields Snakes, possums, jwlecats, and
various other wiki animaLx were
driver, to higher ground and it is re-
ported over ninety snakes, many of
them water mocasins and rattlers
were shot on the ChUtlpm dam. that
part of the dam sticking up out of
the water. One rattlesnake sought
refuge under -he S H Yates real-
d-ncc but Leslie Allen .says they I
K.ih-d ;t Better be careful More I
nak-s may haw corn* into town sj
and lay hid away under houses and
outbuilding*. Also polecat* are fre-
i,pent cuv i.alter*. and it i* not. wi*e
to stick your none under the house.
One. or either may oe there
t » 1
We occasionally hear a remark from
some source about the need of better
--Lid- leading into Taft. That otter
i-unmumhcii. no: only in San l1*.-
fi le in county are taking advanced
-.tep.- along tlii* line and it always
ados prosperity to the community
whei t-:n improwi roads are found.
The road leading southwest from Taft
toward hi White Point and Sod-
v»«e district*, needs somethin* more
permanent than a mud surface. Tlxm
mere -■* the road -outh into Use West
Portland dUtrici, Then coming tn-
*.o iowr. we might include the ho*
i anch road und w-st Into the G’d ^
Green ranch district Now well go
Cii-i t-titn the diooi house to the
old Rincon ranrh. and another road c
which would prove of great ennven-
itnre. goer out [ia;-t the- H-rrmg-Mr.-
Donald i.sd Baldwin guns to iiie
bruive across thi Cnh'.ipin near a
W T vvhiu head feint. It would
ome money and labor to imirdJI^'V
h--e .md- and perchame »
-tan w :-.0d be -o build a good hee«Sf
gravel base and tf there was nut
trw; v enough in sight to lttfdMrii*| t'
-* - -ui-. . iht im. »-o«Mp«rte tfiES*-
later, bi- ev tus far m w<- can
;a-f wXKCthSng.
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