The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920 Page: 2 of 6
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W# take from the San Angelo
Standard and publish below the
advance sheet of H. A. Hal-
bert** summary ot crop prospects
for the year 1920, which will ap-
pear in his weather predictions
for the entire year in the Farm-
ers* Rain Guide for 1920.
Mr. Halbert has some reputa-
tion as an accurate long-range
forecaster of Texas weather. He
foretold the drouth of 1917 and
warned the people of it in the
Texas press and foretold the ex-
cessive wet year of 1919. Big
forecasts and advice to the farm-
ers may prove to be beneficial to
those who need it
•'Take Texas as a whole and
the contiguous states, and the
year 1920 will be another pros-
perous year, with excessive rains
in many sections in the eastern
and central portions to interfere
with the planting, cultivating
and gathering of two crops. In
fact in accordance with cycles of
a decade in duration, 1920 is due
to be the wettest year of the
present cycle. This rule pre-
vailed in Texas for 100 years up
to the year 1900, that each year
ending in the digit 0 had the
greatest amount of rainfall.
Possibly a cog has been jumped
in the revolution of the planetary
system for the next 100 years up
to the year 2,000, so that the
years ending in the digit 9 will
be the wettest years of the de-
cade. It is to be hoped so, any-
way. for Texas will never need
another year as wet, much less
wetter, than 1919. Anyway,
prepare for a wet year.
“Cotton and corn are the
safest and most profitable crops
to plant in a wet year. They
can be gathered and marketed
by the individual farmer and are
not dependent upon someone else
to get ther i ready for market,
like small grain and hay, with a
thresher or a bailer. Millions of
dollars’ worth of grain and hay
were ruined in the fields by ex-
cessive rains, before any thresh-
er or baler ever appeared, dur-
ing the year 1919. Cotton and
corn will remain longer in the
fields without excessive damage
than any other crops and can be
gathered far into the next year.
“Cotton prices will be on a
high level another year, even
with a 15,000,(XX) bale crop, if
the manipulation of the cotton
gamblers can be prevented. The
world will need and is willing to
pay a good price for such a crop.
Plant all the feedstuff you will
need first, and then do not be
afraid of an excessive cotton
crop. Even if the acreage may
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
TwriUs Suffering Fmm Htadad*
Sidsifbt, Backache, amd Weak-
ms, Relieved bj Cards!,
Says This Texas Lady*
OonsalM, Tex.— Mm Mlnale ft*
pot, of this place, writes: "Five yean
am 1 wee taken with a fata la nr
left side. It wee right under my
left rib. It would enmmsnes with m
aching and extend ap Into my I
ahonlder and ea down late my bn
By that tlai the gala weald ha aa
aevere 1 would beta to take te bed.
aad suffered usually about thrae igi
•••I Buffered this way tor thrae year*
appear axcaaaiva, you will have
no assurance of an *xpassive
yield. The cotton planter will
have all the ineects to eon tend
with next year that arc known
to the cotton plant The army
worm will anpear early in the
season to denude the plant of its
leaves in many sections of Texas,
if not all over it Then the boll
worms and weevils will exact a
large toll."
HEN'S BIBLE CLASS •
A movement was started last
Sunday toward the reorganisa-
tion of a downtown bible class
for men on Sunday morning. A
few men met together last Sun-
day in the office of W. A. Had-
den and voted to meet again
next Sunday at 10:15 in Mr.
Hadden’s office to organize, elect
officers, and adopt a course of
study. This movement has been
started by men of the Presby-
terian Church and Sunday School
but it is their desire to make the
class work, liberal, attractive,
and practical and they invite all
men not in a Sunday morning
bible class to meet with them.
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
On New Year eve the young
ladies of Fort Stockton enter-
tained with a Masquerade ball at
the Stockton HoteL An Or-
chestra from San Angelo fur-
nished the music, and dancing
was enjoyed until the wee email
hours of the morning.
Much merriment and specu-
lation was caused by the mas-
queraders as to their identity
and not until they were unmask-
ed were many of them indent!-
fled in their elaborate and uni-
que costumes.
The dance was not only enjoy-
ed by those who danced, but by
a great many “wall flowers"
who went to enjoy the fun.
Punch wag served throughout
the evening, and the young
ladies of Fort Stockton again
proved their ability as entertain-
ers beyond a doubt
Contributed.
Pioneer ads bring results.
BAR0TOW BOYS WIN OVER FT.
STOCKTON
The boys of the basket ball
team of the Barstow High School
had their first game of the sea-
son last Monday when they play-
ed the team of Fort Stockton on
the local grounds. In this initial
game our boys showed excellent
form combining, speed and accur-
acy with co-operation team work,
it is expected that with the ex-
cellent prospects this year the
team will show itself the equal
if not the superior of any in this
section.
It would be difficult to apeak
of any one of the playera special-
ly for the work of all was ex-
ceptional. The score of the
game, 55 to 7, largely tells the
•tory. The attack of the visit-
ing team, though aggressive,
was smothered by the Barstow
guards and the number of goals
thrown for Barstow shows that
the other members of the team
were never idle. Fort Stockton
was handicapped in a measure
by a lack of a part of their first
string men and it is expected
that the return gane to be play-
ed at Fort Stockton soon will ba
a better test o*f tfia strength of
the local team.—Ward County
News.
H. L. Hatchett and son W. C.,
and son-in-law, Sherrill Meach-
am. of Electra Mills, Mias., have
arrived to take charge of the
alfalfa farm that Mr. Hatchett
bought while here last Novem-
ber. We welcome these good
people as citizens.
Heartburn, indigestion or dis-
tress of the stomach is instantly
relieved by Herbine. It forces
the badly digested food out of
the body and restores tone in
the stomach and bowels. Sold
by Central Drug Store.
KILL THE BLUE BUGS
and all blood Sucking Insects by
feeding Martin's Wonderful Blue
Bug Killer to your chickens.
Your money back if not absolute-
ly satisfied. Guaranteed by Stock-
ton Pharmacy. 82-26t
Brakeman Bob Goodridge is
laid up as a result of an accident
which occurred at Hovey. This
time he did not set fire to the gas
in an oil car, but a locomotive,
a telephone wire and llr. Good-
ridge came to cross purposes,
and he narrowly escaped losing
his life by being thrown from
the engine to the ground.
fflMAKTEE-
Whatever it is you buy
you want to feel sure
you are getting your
money’s worth. It does
not matter whether it be
an automobile or only
service. If it is what
you want it is guaran-
teed.
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Rose, G. W. The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920, newspaper, January 9, 1920; Fort Stockton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth848204/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .