The Jacksboro News. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLr XXI
JACKSBORO, JACK COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917.
No 26
Letter From Stewart
R. Camp.
Jane 23, 1917.
Deer Woodson—We are having a
lively rain this morning and,we dry
land sailors have ceased to be what
most of us are soaking wet. It
was great fun to see them eating
breakfast this morning, they held
the line and went through for
breakfast in a pouring rain just as
if nothing was happening. We
are all too tough to be bothered
with such a small ting as a rain.
It is a great pleasur) to see the
Jacksboro News come rolling in ev-
ery week and it almost makes me
homesick sometimes and us fellows
are’pretty busy to think of such a
thing as that. I hear Jacksboro’s
Band is improving and that they
have uniforms now.
IfJ acksboro keeps on she’ll soon
have enough sailors to wipe out
Germany by themseleves. I had
already seen Clifton Taber and Ho-
mer Prioe and now who do you
think I run across yesterday? It
was Bill Kean’s brother, of the
Hospital Corps. Us four fellows get
together in our recreation per-
iods and have some times too
i Homer is a fireman, Kean is
a lamp, which when lighted is ca-
pable of projetion direct rays at
greater height than a parallel o
four feet fro the road, provided
however,that any automobile, mo
torycle or bicycle may be equippec
with a lamp capable of prjecting
direct rays at a greater height
than parallel of four feet from the
road, if such lamp when lighted,
is not capable of producing
dazzling light or glare.
New Ta»Law on
Autos
The new State Law for the reg-
istration of Automobiles goes into
effect Sunday.
The new licenses to be issued by
the State Highway Commission at
a cost of 35 cents per horse power
per annum. Application blanks
can be secured at Garages in
Jacksboro. The minimum of 7.50
per car and the maximum of $15.
The tax to be collected now is
for only 6 months which will am-
ount to about $3.85 on a Ford Car.
dector and Cliff and 1 are just reg
ar old Sea Dogs, some quartette
isn’t it, hal ha
Qut I shall probably change my
eating soon, I have in my appliea
tion new for eleetricjal engineer
*nd
to Minneapolis fotf a ydlrs
^ .....kwi :
Well 1 believe that is all I have
to say for this time so goodbye and
good luck to Jacksboro, the News,
and Yourself.
Sincerely yo'ur friend,
Stewart Camp
U SN
• Texas House Bill No.
~ 37 Regarding Au-
tomobile Head-
lights
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Sec. 8 (a). Every motor vehicle
ether than a motorcyrle while on
public highways of this State,
when in operation, daring the pe-
riod of one-half hour after sunset
to one-half hour before sunrise, and
at all times when fog or other at
mospheric conitfons render the op*
erationofsuch vehicles unusually
dangerous to traffic'an the use of
the highways, shall carry at the
front at least two lighted lamps
showing the white lights visible
under normal atmospheric condi-
tions at least five hound red feet in
the^direction toward which such
motor vehicle is facing, and shall
also carry at rear a lighted lamp
exhibiting one red light plainly
visible for a distance of five hun-
dred feet to the rear.
(b). At he times and under con-
ditions hereinbefore specified, in
this section, every motorcycle or bi-
cycle, while on the public highway
whenin operation shall carry on its
front one lighted lAmp showing a
white light visibleunder normal ati
mospheric conditions at least two
hundred feet in the direction to-
ward Which such motorcycle or bi-
cycle is facing and shall also carry
at the rear of such motorcycle or
bicycle one red light plainly visi-
ble from the rear.
Sec. 9. Provided that no auto-
mobile or motorcycle or bicycle
which is,
iSSSs. ; . S.
I
Free Open A>r Con-
certs
good crowd was present at the
band concert on the Court House
lawn last Saturday night. The
management of the band extends a
cordial invitation to the poeple of
J>ck County to attend these free o-
pep air concerts each Saturday
night.
Those with autos can make a
very pleasant trip, of it.;:
number of sma II electrirc lights bn
the Court House lawn for the use
of the band. Such a hearty co-op-
eration as this will prove to be
very instrumental to the future
welfare of the band.
Purchase New
Thresher
Messrs, F. W. McClelland, A.
Dixson, W* L. Brumbelow and oth-
ers of the Pleasant Hill and North
Creelr community have purchased a
new thresher outfit which is now
operating in these communities.
CONTENTS
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New Tax Law On Aitaaflriiles.
Caacemiaf AntaaoMIe Headlights.
F. 0. Supply Co, Expert Irish Potatoes
Pareata Who Have Children in 1st, ar
or 2ad, Grades.
SeriaPHEAKT OF THE SUNSET’ by
Rax Beach.
TEXAS NEWS BRIEFS.
Summary of World’s Events.
Caesar Rodaey’s Ride.
this line yet she does not place too
small an estimate on the value of
actual experier.ee where it can be
had at a reasonable cost and in this
there can be no doubt of it being
a good thing for the prospective
teacher to have the real experience
of watching her, Miss Phipps, in
the act of teaching a real class and
not have to accept any ones word
for it. While this is fine for the
teacher it is equally as fine for the
pupil as they will have the best of
instruction.
This course will probably start
for the little ones about next Mon-
day week, but hand in your chil-
drens names to Mr. Fulcher and
you will be notified. Do not miss
sending your child to this school
where everything is of the very
best to be had and is absolutely
free at that.
News From Jack
County Oil
Fields
to thibr house but are more so
when it leaves ha! ha! It is that
w ay with the men too.
Floyd Dixson says he sure likes
the Normal.
We did not have church services
at Berwick the 3rd Sunday.
Well* this is the 25th and Rose
Bud has been too busy to finish
this letter, but will try to bring it
to a close befoe she stops this time.
The thresher started up last
Wedneday (20th) at Edd and Bob
Winns and it went from there to
Fletch McClelland’s,
Shell and HarrtiT Holmes left last
week for Olney to work in the har-
vest. ■<**■£*.
Farmers Union ships
Another Car of
Irish Potatoes
The Farmers Union Supply Co.,
shipped their second car load o Ir-
ish potatoes Monday.
The potato crop in Jack county
this year has proven a good money
crop and there would have been
many more cars had the farmers
been able to secure the seed >
Jack county is on the map strong
as one of Texas’ producing coun
ties. Come to Jack county.
Pleasant Hill Items.
HeasantH ill is still aliv e. We
wd church service Sunday by Rev.
). J. Smith. We are still having
Sunday School at Pleasant Hill.
Moat of the people around here
Mve their grain cut. Mr. J. C.
Carpenter ia stacking his, he lives
on the creek so he may be doing a
wise thing if the creek ever over-
flows, but why should be think of
1 bat? when it wont hardly sprinkle
in Jack county, or it hasn’t- lately.
The farmers are sure needing
rain around here. The gardens
and the com are sure burning up.
If nothipg happens the thresher
will start up about the 20th cf this
vest. -^ze
Mrs. Lula King’s baby walked in
the fire that waa left from where
she had been washing one day last
week and burned its feet pretty
>ad, but is better now.
A few from Pleasant Hill went
to the show the night of the 18th
at Jacksbor). I for one went. It
was quite a show for me. I saw
my first Indians and Buffalo too.
T. L. Middlebrooks and Boss
Smith baled hay for M. L. Smith
the last of last week.
Frank and Jewel Smith spent
Saturday night with their sister,
Mrs, Lena Clingman. They report-
ed a ni»e time with all the cake
and cream they could eat. I ex-
pect they will want to go again.
Mr. Edmond Wood, from the U-
nion Point community spent Satur-
day and part ofSunday in this com-
munity.
The Smith girls from North
Creek were at Pleasant Hill Sun-
day.
Mr. Bill Whjtseltt has become to
be quite a ladies man. It is
thought that he will soon go ' to
weraing long pants and letting his
bicycle restat Mr. M. L. Simth’s
gate. Mr. Josh Harman took din-
ner with Mr. T. D. Franks last
Sunday.
Row Bud.
20,000 Leagues Un-
der the Sea. Com-
ing to the Local
Picture Show
Although Jacksboro is not a very
large place the maangment of the
Opera House Picture Show have
booked “20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea” at a big city price.
This picture was shown in Ft
Worth’s largest Picture House the
first part of this week to enormous
crowds 20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea” is unquestionably the most
To Parents Who Have
Children In the 1st,
or 2nd, Grade
Miss Phipps, instructor of Pri-
mary Methods in the' Jacksboro
Summer Normal, requests that all
parents who nave children in 1st,
and 2nd, grades send in or hand the
names of their children to Supt. J.
W. Fulcher and he will list them
and then will in due time notify
you as to when you are to send
your children.
proposition: Miss Phipps
remarkable pictqre ever produced
—nothing ''tike1 Ar*»n narth-The
production Cost over 600,00000
dollars and required over two years
in the making. Genuine, authen-
tic Under-Sea Photogarphy. A
marvelous visualization in perfect
realistic detail.
You will see the death grapple
between a giant octopus and a
pearl diver (the only moving pic-
ture of its kind in the world) show-
ing*an octopus and a man in fero
cious battle on the ocean’s bottom.
You will see the strange funer-
al, procession wending its way to
the graveyard of Captan Nemo.
You will see Captain Nemo’s
party exploring the ocean’s bed
with the new diving apparatus re-
auiring neither air hose nor life
line.
You will see the fascinating
life in the mighty deep* that for
thousands of centuries has been de-
nied to the sight of the people of
the earth.
Bring the children they will
learn more in one minute than they
could be told in a year. Admission
15 & 25 cenls.
Every setion of Jack County that
shows evidence of the presence of
oil or gas has been gone over by
geologists and oil scouts during the
last few weeks and a few leases
have heen recorded. Among the
interesting ones here recently was
J. P. McKinnie of Coalgate Okla.,
who has some acreage in this coun-
ty.
Some leasing is noted in the
vicinity of Post Oak and between
Post Oak and the Graham County
field. Some favorable looking
country lies between Post Oak and
Jacksboro. East of heie there
are large coal def03its and several
mines. South there are big gas
wells in Palo Pinto County.
Northwest in Archer County are
some producing wells and west, in
Young County, several tests are
being drilled by Chas. F. Colcord
of Oklahoma City and the Cosden
Company.
W. ML Terrell Dead
Last Sunday afternoon the fol-
lowing Knight Tempellrs attended
the burial services of Sir Knight
W. M. Terrell at Graham, Texas,
June 24 at 4 o’clock.
Sir Knight H. J. Hensley, F. N.
Foxhall.H T. Daugherty, S. O.
Callahan, Jno. S. Ervin, A. F. Lar-
ner, Jno. W. Hines A. L. Morgan,
D. R. Sewell, F. G. liuckabay.
Among the other parties who at-
tended from Jacksboro were Mad-
ams F.N. Fox ball, D.R. Sewel, H.
J. Hensley and Mr. W. C. Kutch.
Mr. Kutch was an old time
riend of Mr Terrell during the In-
dian times.
Sfc?* .. .
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mi I
»me mary Method.
is instructor of pri-
•sport
>. v, . j .jf,
• kef Picnic at
In Memoriam
Whereas, death has once more
come into our midst and taken our
friend and fellow worker, Henry L.
McClelland who was serving his
second term as County Treasurer of
Jack County, and
Whereas, we, the following
County and Precinct officers of
Jack County, and friends of said
deceased, have known Henry L.
McClelland for QMUty. {oars and
have worked with him for the more
than two and„a half years he was
County Treasurer, and have found
him always conscientious and pains-
taking in his duties, kind and o-
bliging to all, and known him to
be an honest, upright and generous
hearted young man, a true friend
and a good citizen, be it therefore
Resolved that in the death of
Henry L. McClelland, Jacx County
has lost an honest, efficient, care-
ful and obliging official; that his
family and relations have lost a
kind, loving and dutiful son and
relative; and the community a
good and useful citizen; therefore
be it further
Resovled that we sympathize
with his bereaved family in their
great loss and sorrow, and that ’ a
copy of these resolutions, under the
official seal of the County Court,
be delivered to his parents, and an-
other copy furnished the newspa-
pers for publication.
Witness our hands at Jacksrobo,
Texas, this 13th day of June, A.
D. 1917.
Thomas F. Horton, County
Judge.
E. W. Whitaker, Com , Prect.,
No. 1.
A. P. Gilliland, Com., Prect.
No. 2
J. A. Raley, Com., Prect., No.
3.
L. W. Scott Com., Prect., No.
4.
C. R. Riscb, County Clerk.
J. D. McComb, County Attor-
ney.
Sam J^RogerS,Sheriff
J. W. Fulcher, County Supt.
George Spilier, CountyJSurveyor.
0. S. McClurkin, County Tax
Collector.
M. D. Manning, County Tax As-
sessor.
H. M. Bunnell, District Clerk.
L. H- Bryant, Justice of tha
>ace, Prect. No. I.
B. F. Smith, Constable, Prect*
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McComb, W. B. The Jacksboro News. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1917, newspaper, June 27, 1917; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth732729/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.