The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 161, Ed. 2, Tuesday, June 12, 1934 Page: 2 of 44
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lMONEEU EDITION
I.UECKENUIDGE AMERICAN
Panorama of Breckenrid;e Where
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THOMPSONS ARE
CIVIC LEADERS
Conduct Oldest Hardware
Firm in Breckenritige
The iu t g mr ipled t Chomp-
on Huulu . ie tr )ia been used
far the - mm purpone loiiger than
tiny otiei tuinM" house In the
city. In he plnlon of eeernl of
the 'old tlmen"
For many vrwr the huiidlntt
haa lii'i-n uned for a hardwuie ote.
tt l the ui store bulldlnu
which fwmerly hoti'ed a hard
war .miie operated by the Flack
Brother .t .1 H 8 Wuikrr
Th Ihiimpeon Hurdwoie com-
pany usete the sume i"fe uieil in
those lu which i till Inscribed
with "Hlmk-Walker Mercantile
tIMIIWI' V
The -m e a.h u part of i Urite
i onne.-ted 'iinldtng uhuli (otiiH'il
th ' tt i-'.t er- UUIIICt uf K'eik-
(nriilKe Is u rlutleii genera' iikt-
chaixINe k Hen the bjnk and
mher iinl" epnrmert . if (ml-
irK
The f the U nM .14. or
i(lnall ' fiofn i-itivf .f.jne hi
Ih'i-h n-i'aiei( ti a hi li k fro )m'
utherwii 'If ImiUlinn i 'h irtif
The I tillilll blatRer hlltei..'
and C! 1 11I Imii' le a 11 tie Kji.l
vr" l ' here e 11.'
"Matin.! ' Vik 111 a )im!
viire . ' he hit tiei. 11. I he
ltt II 1 I" 11 it '' !'
oitU'e 1. 'he .iffli tif u il.
Km h i pi'i'i.it eiil'v jffl lAfe I i"i
Miei k.-i 1 i't.' . i'. 1 nffnli
In l!'.'I if'e ill t h 'e ill. 1
yill lh IXjUKt" UUt III! ' 1'ie I.
f t'le Nui Mile Hui'litai' oiupunv
.iiul mi 1 ' it nine 'ti'- h.i u - I 1
In en hm 1' 1 11 1 e I 'I'lliil ' '
IftllllW I 1 Ulrtli'
II 1'. Oub JiM l.ihn II . 1 I in
ire the nl.-kii"Ai ii.- t
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OKI.MIO.XV I'OI.IC K 10 (.i.r
TWO - WAV ItADIO M. I -
OKJ-UCO&U iMT. il H- To
fttdlUaie cati'itny rtinilni '"
Oklahoma County aharta a cruieina
car atan will ht equiio uh
'tw'Ciway ' radio Mta.
If (fee ijSftMBaat proves practi-
cal It U plansati ! Inrtail Uie t'n
flvaHbatsr raadcaetlnf u in ev-
ry car. to enable the men tu t k
with tti central it at ton
Mueh an Arrangement w!i: ioi
il iiuutwiitle tjanefi'. 111 thi 1 .1
ult uf cruiHi4. at to. !ius v .-i.vi
iff Sljiujv Kigr.
the driver. I wrmM knMr'Miia
uiiNwhiii I hMV ililMn him Tneeda evening
j. . it. .- ?Nnmu j. bw -' .m.irxv --. a attUiiKP " o
3&$& ttu -
NEWS OF THE DAY
I ruin llrec'.itirnU Telan
Miirrh . 1811 1
It 1. . h i-i .1 1k I . f
in-1 . . i 1 1
flu ie w 1- n 'i'i 1 '1 1 . 1 ' 'l
In". We-lr.el i 1 1
.1 0 1 ).wi in i Mi Int. 1 -.1- 1 -ft
fni "ie plJiii" la t inei iv
'ul V. K MaibHiry v.l.t
Aiu'i an ItHlbor lent week.
Mr. I4bne of Thm" Sp:nu-
U In t 11 vWlt.n her lijiuhtei
Mi A .1 War I
X. W lluioii and wife huve re-
turned from Fort Worth anil nr-
now hi the Fill
J II Borden ateniied the gland
lodan of the Knight uf Iythis'
lit Oalvtmi in t week
The meniier of driver Alliance
ire ieiiieitf' to meet ut the court
h niie i 1' 01 link thin evening foi
til- iiii'iu-.e of . ''itrgiinl'.rnj
Plans Biji
CooUnnwl irum Pajm 1 )
1111 I'.'-Ki-lo lJul. ..H. J (J
iii.ii rn iiti ml - i.irihi" ihu 1'
tie . 1 I i fni-.
T wir.dof of the ton w.
(.I Miif enough to ovep'iowd 1
11 ' -1 mil
I he parade or - 15tl wiM (
led t 41 u e 1 ' I ri 1
will u 1'rairl. - 1.001 er
Old Kidii ! - til -nlive t .
hour mid 'here .1 le u AU4n
ane lor the Old Tiiii.m worth t e
lillie uf 4 tup aii'H. Te
Mirk th- dat. JI'NE l.Vh .11 .1
lull the Tune to Id' thv Tieil to
Mr'-i k iir'df 'fex
UIMO.NSI.N I'ltlnON I)AV
SUIIOOI. Is SII(.CIt.;
WAt'I'fX Wl 0R -Nearl 100
inmate of the VVUcann at"
priMMi her have been attendlr.g
day o)iool foi .1 oar and the pro-
ject ba itjrwb prORtaunead 0 uc-
t-e
The echcKrf it under direction of
Jhn Taville Jr resident direi.tor
of education. alH of the taaoheri
ure prinooere eouvicted of Jonie
foi in of rtbkary. cfo formal oouon
of etudy U followed Thu student
at" divided Into tlaae group rang-
ing frum illitnn.il. to junior liib''1
echooi
ruporl of lueni
ellllx
Old Pioneers Will Be
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To Welcome
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nil- Mm.itra.
U A I'orter.
(Inn DUplu
.1 ! !li.4.iei 1 hiiirm 11
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Shrrlff J W Mono
W II (AiiUliun.
lture Ciihw Hint .MnliiU
IjoaiU Datvhea. chairman
Asron Kupernuln.
V. I. Dunlup
Mm II. Kobertein.
Ml ou 'lvion
llure .mil Antliin .liili'iil
liwtriinii'iiU
J C Buikett chuirmin
J D IXivia.
Kliiflk Ieavei
Mri it I.. Kirk.
W ' Locked
Old rlicitJ-T.iilis
O R Wnltnn. c-hairman.
LIRA TO STAY
ON GOLD BASIS!
ROMK -II' 4iUltt jurg Mln-
ieter of Finance muiihutleally r-1-conflntien
recently that thu Urn will
remain on lu present gold bfii
namely at the parity fixed -Allan it
was devalued and Mablllzed In Of1
ctinber 1027
Miiiiter Jung'n n'lttement v.n- in-
teipreted In fin.i' oiul curie 1 a
direct repi to .1 ni-w crop "f i'i
nor .la to the prolMble lertc'ii-r.
01. the .old bloi lO'intn.t- of the
huge gold evidu of Ut r'e.iiu r
fioni ICuiope to the t'mt.l Str.M.
The rerenlly pub i she-1 Itueltoti
wf the Uany of Ital conlumcl '.file
eta ml While the gold lem-ive lomf
from 7 D94 0 million Hie on JMnuarj
2) to 7 1030 million- on February
Zu. the foreign .ilIU uul balunccn
h board fill firm 301'.' million Uic
to ljiVt million- hut thu decline
the bank tnleinen' added. wa4 off-
eet h fiij'ire in fact .vealm! thit
the note Ireulutlon fell from 12-
oOS.l nulliun lire on January 30 to
12.-101.2 million on February 30.
The go'.d note caver therefor rose
to 57 per cent and now etunda a'
6103 par cent for all allyht llab'll-
tlet Minuter Juns rwoent announce
rnent in the Senate that the govern-
ment wwuld undiittake permanent
reailjuetment retuirtl to balance
nation teceipu and bxpendlturoa
was follow wiftly by action. Uit
February 5 in fact a deciee lw
wae publlehetl tor the convention of
the ft per cent perpetual coneolUlut-
ed loan b the i.muu of a new
detiiaJb.e 3 30 per tent to.be wx'in
guUhed ovi'i j period of I'J t.u-
heguii.1114 on Jiinu-iiv 1 1937.
Commerce or go
exiniuictt ofil-
m.Hv iloknnl HniMui Thiird iv rv
Entertained June
M-sA Li
CHINA PREFERS
MELON SEEDS
1'KIPfNO. "hlni (L'I List vim
t'hlni Impoit.-I )iloi)ixj vouli n:
hewing gum
Thi' mini r l eatlmateil to
otui aliniit 7ui)0i)i titiH of
Hum. or nhout that many rhmv
the tiadltioiiul Chinese euivu-
tni of vjniii It the watermelon
seeJ uf which tons and tons ate
consumed each yeai throucrhout
tho width and breadth of thh vast
land
While western movies and 111-
planes and bombs h'lve made. de:p
inroads into Chines ncial cu-
toms. the chewing Rum tilen ip
pa rent ly haa not mode much pro-
gro s. except possibly in the me
tiopoli's of Khnnhal which Is im-
ported to ah orb about half the
total Kuril imports
Few Chines..' ims.i n day wlthotu
orackltiK a few blnck dried seeds
between their teeth and it Is esti-
mated that every Chinese dlrpose
of at toast ten seeds 11 day. If 111.
arbitrary population of IO)J)000
is accepted It will he -to en thut
juiii has a ton: way to n
Rvccpi for lianluil 'he only
other places in which chewing
:urii haa been able ti get 11 to .th-
hold ure Polplnif Tientsin and n
few other cities nf similar etxe Out
In the Province the water melon
seed remains first In the nffectioni
of sll Chlluiinen as 11 tasty pti
time.
X('li;.T WIIAl'O.V. OF WAU
KWHHI'1) F.VKMKItS HOtll
HBiVVBIt D.VM. Wl. 'II'. Wea
lions of war ranlns ftom IniU'n
nrrow hetidj to German maca'n -Suns
have been collected over j
period of many yea is by Aiibv-.
SStnlth. Iteaver Dam a retired fai
tnar and former nisiaoers of the
Wisconsin national guard.
Jfe has more than airnw
hends in hie collection in odditio t
to 100 stone hammers and axes and
about 300 guns. Hie collection in-
cludes the rifle with which Sitting
Hull Is luppoeed to have betr
kilted.
Ihl-n New 'Hirer-1. 1 5 lit itnllt
CI.BVKUD 0. IUJD A new
"thramrllght" hulb. deatKnad to give '
tfTrui levels of Illumination through '
'lluiiienU of different wattaRes
line bsen pcrfactad by the Inch tide-.
scent lamp deportment of the Gen-
eral lUeetrlc company here. In ap-
pearance the bulb differs little
from an ordinary 100-watt except
thit it Is larger in diameter and
us'- whut is knew'n in the trade
m a threc-roniuct mogul screw
hiite which is larger than the
oidiiuiiy be.'
dtrer'Jy to "the N.-'foi four days because 6t "ali'o'f ft-; to nave ui.-
reprimand.
riul
I5tli and 16th
FRIENDLY CHIEF
NAMED TOWN
MA'lt'ACHE. t'ol U.P Out o
1 iw deep ind faithful friendship
of 1 inspected and honored Indian
chief foi his whtti nclglilwm entile
the name of this tittle Colorado
town
It was in 1D72 when the HttU
utrtup of pioneeis settlml at this
little spot on the regular trade
iute which curried over Poncha
PlM.
Their cloaest neighbor wai the
Ute tribe encamjied about SO miles
west Fortunately for tlio 'jarly
white settlers these Indians were
rulml by Chief Qui ay wlio kept
IiIm word when he gnve It. He
had promised peace to the white
man.
Then the marauding Chief Slin-
vano out on one of Ida periodic
forays farced On rny to aid hlin In
in attack on the g.ttlers along the
Hagunoliu and Camera Creeks and
the Kin Grande Itlver.
Chief Ouray purposely lingered
on the journey arriving on the
mesa north of Kagiiaolie much
later than tthavuno had planned.
Ouray and hie WO warriors camp-
mi on tht mesa.
The next day Ouray withheld
his attack and prnmlaud the set-
tlers he would try to pacify Sha-
vono. A messenger to Shsvnno
brought buck the news that the
truce was Accepted -that the war-
riors would go trick to the old
Indian agency.
Ir gratitude to Chief Ouray the
nettlers derided to have him name
their lltttmneiit a yet unnamed.
On the day of the minting
Ouruy culled 200 of hie plotted
warriors and they mounted their
ponies. From the summit of the
Kaw 180th Range they oame gal-
loping into the valley.
The Indian hruvee reeplenilerit
In the paint and bright blanket
galloped up to the group of walt
Ing white men.
Ouray leaped frwn his horse
and with the grace af 11 chief
clasped the ha nils of hie white
frteiU
"Wo are friemla always" he aatd
simply.
Than ha pointed to tht) blue iky
looltad weetWTird toward the
CootiBlops ami hack ugiitii to thu
stream Uial mtrrorel the blue sky
and jiiountulua.
Solemnly lie aalil: "Your town
shall bo called Saguache- meunlnR
ISlue Itater."
A motorist at Knlemwo Mich.
beat u train to the orosetiiff und
then hit it ooni'ng around the
other way That fellow wasn't
going to let the tialn get away
with it
He had lost an tragic toll of
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Porter, A. O. The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 161, Ed. 2, Tuesday, June 12, 1934, newspaper, June 12, 1934; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth72076/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.