Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1938 Page: 2 of 6
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FALFURRIAS FACTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938
Jfalfurrias IFarla
THE IMPORTANCE OF UMPH
Established In 1906
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
HOWARD BEHRENT.....EDITOR
ROBERT BARRY.....MANAGER
Entered as second class matter. April 2. 1906 at
the Postoffice at Falfurrias. Texas, undei the Act
of Congress of March 8 1879.
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poration, which may appear in The Facts, will
gladly be corrected as soon as It Is brought to the
attention of the publisher.
FALFURRIAS—VIEWING THE PRESENT;
ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE
What has Falfurrias that other cities in this
section cannot claim and to what good is Fal-
furrias. as a community, exploiting these un-
disputed advantages that make it distinctive
in South Texas?
That question is best answered by a sur-
vey of the town itself. Granting that the past
year has undeniably left its mark on the re-
gion. prospects today point towards greater
development of the Brooks county area than
has ever taken place before. The natural thing i conscious
Umph (umf), n. Personal dynamics, at-
tractiveness, and kinesthetic vigor: as, “an
actress with plenty of umph”.
You won’t find the word in any contempor-
ary dictionary, hut future lexicographers may
list it. A recent coinage of that jaunty news-
paper columnist Walter Winchell, it has just
begun to enjoy slang status. Though purists
wail, it will probably graduate.
Like the words thud, swish, anil zing, it-
sound reveals its meaning and is what the
etymologist calls an onomatopoetic word.
Umph is a useful word. Briefly, neatly, it
describes a complex quality, but that quality
itself, while nothing new, is infinitely more
useful than the word.
You probably wouldn’t have hired that
speedy, carrot-topped office boy who has
tied up all the femenijie hearts in the office
if he hadn’t had—well a lot of umph. You’ll
admit it took just about all the umph you could
summon to sell the directors your new idea.
And it’s plain to you that the men who wield
the presidential gavel in your club are the
men with umph.
The poet and anthologist Louis Untermeyer
pointed out in a recent issue of the Rotarian
Magazine that, unwittingly, man goes about
glorifying the commonplace—in his speech
for one thing. Such slang terms as “crash a
party” and “muscle in,” he believes are un-
poeticisms that enrich our daily
F
\CTS FANCIE
LET THE WISE
MAKE THE DISTINCTION
S
to anticipate is a rebirth of civic mindedness.
To list a few points that make this city out-
standing requires no research and only a lit-
tle thought. Of prime importance just now is
the tomato and vegetable crop which for a
brief period will attract hundreds of workers
and result in the expenditure of thousands of
dollars. A new $4,000 building is to be erect-
ed to house a cannery and at least a half doz-
en temoprary packing sheds will be in opera-
tion during the three or four weeks’ early
season that gives Brooks a jump on other to-
mato centers. It has been estimated that ap-
proximately 6,000 acres have been planted to
tomatoes, watermelons and cucumbers. In the
first year of its operation here, the cannery
expended $60,000,
A year round industry that probably has
done more to focus attention on Falfurrias
than any other one thing is dairying—which
locally means modern, scientific dairies and
creameries. A comparison of butterfat prices
shows a Texas yearly average of 29c while the
Falfurrias average is 37.75c—almost nine
cents higher, making Brooks county one of
the leading dairy cow areas in this part of
the country.
In addition to these industries, there is
cattle raising, important since long before
the turn of the century, and fruit culture
which for many years has been a dependable
source of income. Coton growing, although on
a limited scale, must also be considered.
Strictly a sideline, but nevertheless impor-
tant as a brief source of revenue and valua-
ble publicity for the section, are the annual
bird dog field trials which bring hundreds of
sportsmen and dogs to the city. Ideal climate
and excellent range conditions jire directly
responsible for bringing ttwo well known field
trial associations to Falfurrias each year.
Thes'e canine invasions are no insignificant
ventures.
An active tennis club for the past eight
years has attracted many players and fans to
the city and this year will be climaxed with
the “Heart’s Delight” tournament in March to
which representatives of fifty cities have been
invited.
Golfing, too, is important here and results
in worthwhile publicity during the annual
tournaments.
speech. To Mr. Untermeyer, who deligths in
the glorification of the commonplace, we
would submit Mr. Wfnchell’g umph. While
other poets might, he probably would be the
last to answer. “Humph to umph.”
SCIENTIFIC ROADS PREVENT
ACCIDENTS
Thinking is so painful that
think only when we have to.
most of us
The road builder has the largest share in
the job of making the nation’s motor traffic
safe, said Harold Hammond, of the National
Conservation Bureau in a recent address. He
pointed out that in the golden era of road
building that followed 1925, the highways
that emerged were regarded as masterpieces
; of the builder’s art and science. Disillusion
! came fast. No sooner had the pavement
hardened, than these roads became scenes of
death and destruction on an unprecedented
1 scale, and of maddening congestion as traffic*
density grew and movement slowed.
The modern, safe road is very different
from the old highways. Mr. Hammond de-
fines it in these words: “More roads mean
more arteries on which to move people and
goods efficiently. Better roads mean roads
that will perform this basic job of transporta-
tion with less waste and less hazard than any-
thing we have known in the past. In the
language of the man in the street, we want
roads that will give more mileage for our mon-
ey, in terms of operating and maintenance cost
and we want roads that to the greatest pos-
sible degree will discount or eliminate the
human factor as a cause of accidents.”
Such roads have been built—and they
work. They make it impossible for the driv-
er to get out of his proper lane; there is no
cross traffic ; intersections are eliminated. Cars
moving in opposite directions cannot meat.
Here, in better roads, is the indispensable step
toward the logical solution of the traffic ac-
cident problem.
If you can look your family straight in the
eye you’re living right.
One way to get the most out of life is to
look upon it as an adventure.
'I he old Chinese customs are now the new
Japanese ones.—Dallas News.
Cfnt a(,d or count °hange have
no right to get married.
If the Japanese have no sense of humor
what is it? They have something.
—Toledo Blade.
, fallow who alwtim
looks for cut prices
little
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» EfVour ,
Now that the eyes oi the world
are focused on navies of the
leading powers, it might be in-
teresting t.. familiarize ourselves
with a few naval facts concern-
ing our own navy which has
been described as inadequate to
protect the long reaches of our
coast line. Breaking a p- llcy
maintained for nearly two dec-
ades the U. S. Navy this week
announced it would discontinue
t releasing information relative to
1 'ize. number and armament of
its ships. Little known to many
civilians is the fact that our lar-
ger ships carry a detachment of
U S. Marines aboard who are al-
ways equipped for any emergen-
I cy that may arise. In the Navy,
the only flag that is ever hoist-
ed above the stars and stripes
is a white pennant, bearing a
blue cross. It is called the church
pennant. The international sig-
nal of distress, ''SOS ’, has no
particular meaning other than
the distress signal. Those letters
were selected because they are
easily transmitted...
Falfurrias, too. has a number
1 of seagoing citizens, among them
EUELL and ELVIN STILES, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. T W. STILES
... EUELL is on the S. S. Jacob
Jones now in the Gulf of Mex-
ico and ELVIN is nil the S. S. In-
dianapolis ...
History is in the making local-
ly as the oldest and the young-
est county judges in Texas meet
here and have their pictures
taken .. .Judge J .A. BROOKS,
an old-times hereabouts who is
already well past the four score
mark, welcomes his young con-
temporary, Judge ROY HOF-
HEINZ of Hnuston, who boasts
the ripe old age of 25...The
Houston judge visited here in
company with a group of go. d
will trippers from that city ...
Mrs. GEO. SORENSON knows
it takes plenty of preparation to
feed the Presbyterian men and
Husband GEORGE will tell you
that there is never a dull mo-
ment .connaeted with waiting
table for the same gentlemen ...
Big news 1< omed on the fish-
ing feont last w'eek as three
preachers went down to Port
Aransas and hooked the earliest
tarpon ana jackfish on record...
The Rev. BROOKS I. DICKEY,
well kn.wn here, accomcanied
by the Rev. JAMES E. MOORE
and J. W. JACKSON (a farmer)
of this city, and the Rev. JAMES
L. SPENCER of Robstown, are
still boasting of the very distinc-
tive catch ... Regardless of what
story they have already told, re-
liable source say the kingflsh
was five feet seven and one-half
inches long ...
It isn’t generally known yet,
but there is a '‘Little Hollywood”
right here in our own city ....
Messrs ALONZO COSBY WIL-
BURN JACKSON and ROBERT
RACHAL SCOTT, candid r cam-
era fans, are very busy writing a
scenario ... Don’t know yet whe-
ther it will be a Shakespearean
“drammer” or something lighter.
Now an adjutant general, BILL
STERLING, a fornvr Ranger cap
tain who lived in this city f.>r
several years and is still a Fal-
furrias booster, visited friends
here this week.....
Busy directing a play, MAR-
TINE HOLBROOK drops in to
leave a publicity article ... JACK
THOMAS, high school, tennis di-
rector, is enthusiastic over the
propects of his squad members,
among whom are BOB YOUNG
and BEULAH DOWNS, who got
their first chance last week to
show what they could do on the
home courts...
K. B. (Swede) ROSENE of the
Falfurrias Construction Com-
pany finds himself mighty busy
these days installing the plumb-
ing work on the new cafe pro-
jects.
According to word received
from Mary Hardin Baylor Col-
legeat Belton< MARIE BUR-
DETTE, daughter of C. R. Bur-
dette of this city, Is on the col-
lege honor roll...
Mrs. J. L. C BEAMAN, a form-
er teacher In the local school
system and the wife of a former
Falfurrias newspaperman, visits
the office briefly enroute to Alice
from the Valley...
Signing "30" for this week...
Junior 4-H Members
Meet at Court House
The Junior 4-H club met Thurs-
day February 10, at 3:30 in the
court house.
Miss O’Neal gave a demonstra-
tion on "The Background . f the i
Bedroom". She said the floors,
walls and celling make up the I
background of a t o. m. The floor'
should be the darkest, the walls
lighter and the ceiling the light-
est, of all.
After the demonstration, the
meeting was turned into a sewing
sessi. n and everyone w*orked on
the face towels.
Girls present were: Mary E.
Hanson, Geraldine Maun. Clara
Belle Word, Selma Betchhold El-
vira Weiland, Wanda Lee Maun. I
Dorothy Lourie, Clara Mae Wei-
land.
Reporter.
-o-
Bill Sterling, former adjutant
general In the Ranger Service
spent Tuesday night here.
5 PER CENT
Ranch Loans
W. M. Neyland
Corpus Christ!, Texas
liVT*
WISE MOTOR
COMPANY
Dodge & Plymouth
Expert Body Work By
Experienced Body Men
Phone 110-106 At Callaway Sta.
Mrs. Len Pagham and Mrs. Britt
Dekle were Corpus Christi visitors
Monday.
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
Fire, theft, liability, propertv
damage, collision, hail, tornado
transportation
FALFURRIAS INSURANCE
AGENCY
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DEFINITE RELIEF OR
MONEY BACK
THK WILLARD TREATMENT h*.
brought prompt, .ietlnile n'l'.ef in
tli 1 -.anils of (-axes of Stomach and
Djoftnal Ulcers. due to Hyperacid-
ity, anil oth.-r forms of Stomnrh Ihs-
Irr.xs dm- to /.'tr-s \ci'l SOLO ON
15 DAYS TRIAL. Ko complete in-
formation. ret.. I "Wills.d’a Mesa,
of RsUet." Ask for il
L CITY DRUG STORE
fr«*r t
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A Three Days’ Cough
Is Your Danger Signal
No matter how many medicines you
have tried for your cough, chest cold, or
bronchial irritation, you can get relief
now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble
may be brewing and you cannot afford
to take a chance with any remedy less
potent than Creomulsion, which goes
right to the scat of the trouble and aids
nature to soothe and heal the inflamed
mucous membranes and to loosen and
expel the germ-laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don’t be discouraged, try Creomulsion.
Your druggist is authorized to refund
your money if you are not thoroughly
satisfied with the benefits obtained
from the very first bottle. Creomulsion is
one word—not two, and it has no hyphen
in it. Ask for it plainly, sec that the
name on the bottle is Creomulsion, and
you'll get the genuine product and the
relief you want. (Adv.)
Sentinels
of Health
Don’t Neglect Them I
Nature designed the kidney* to do A
fnarv.-li.ua Job. Their task ia to keep tba
flowing blood etream free of an exetaa of
toxia impurities. Th# act of living—lift
iUtlf—ia conatantly producing waai*
matter the kidney* muat reraov* froro
the blood if good health ia to endur*.
When the kidneya (ail to function a*
Nature intended, there t* retention of
waste that may cause body-wide dl*>
trees. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headaehe, attacks of ditxineaa,
getting up nights, swelling, puffins**
under the eyas—feel tired, nervous, all
worn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning paaagas
may be further evidence of ltldney 0*
bladder disturbance.
The recognized and proper treatment
is a diuretic medicine to help the kidney*
get rid of caress poisonous body wait*
Lao l)ooa’s PilU. They have had raor*
than forty year* of public approval. Ar*
endo-sed the country over. Insist oA
Itom't. Sold at all drug store*.
Doan spills
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FALFURRIAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
General Contractors
No Job Too Large — No Job Too Small
H. B. Staudinger F. E. Kimball
Offices In New Theatre Building
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CONDITION SALES & SERVICE
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* Pres. & Chief Eng.
Palace Hotel Rm. No. 2
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the electrical line. Call on us if ytou need any such services. All
of our work is Guaranteed.
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