The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1923 Page: 4 of 10
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COW-SOW-HEN TRAIN
The cow-sow-hen special train on
the Santa Fe Thursday morning at-
tracted a much larger crowd than was
expected as this is the busy season
of the year and the hour . scheduled
for Lampasas was early in the morn-
ing for people from the country to
get into town.
i J. D. Tinsley, agricultural agent for
the Santa Fe, with the train, esti-
. knated the crowd at _1,000 people, and
said they were very- much gratified
at the attendance, which showed a
i live interest in matters pertaining to
the raising of better cows, better hogs
and better poultry. _ihe main pur+
pose of the exhibit and demonstration
train was strictly agricult ura.l
* Geo. P. Grout was the first to speaki
He is professor of dairying at A. &
■ ,M. College, and as he,- spoke the cows
were led in view in an open car, and'
.his talk gave much information as!
. to the possibilities qf dairying. One'
?. (cow was exhibited which they said
was “going dry”, and only gave sev-
en gallons of milk per day while on
• the train.
j§{ E. O. Edson, poultry husbandman at
A. & M. College, gave a very prac-
: tical talk which interested the school
; children intensely. He first asked
them to tell him the three part$_of an
eggs—the shell, white and yolk. He
- said oyster shell made the shell of the
egg; corn of the various kinds, made
. the yolk, and skim milk and meat
. makes the white, and when a hen gets
all of these ingredients she is bound
to lay—“or bust.”
A. L. Ward, swipe husbandman at
A. & M., gave the hog a good send-
off dwelling particularly upon the
subject of when to market, and ad-
-■ vised the raisers to send them to mar-
ket earl as possible, and said 100-
pound weight was the best.
After the talks were over the school
children were allowed to pass through
the train first and everybody follow-
i ed. Inside the train was to be seen
a splendid exhibit:of cows, hogs and
poultry. Jersey and Holstein cattle
were in the exhibit, Poland China and
; Duroc hogs; bronze turkeys, Ply-
mouth rock chickens, Black Minorcas
and other breeds. Thirty or forty lit-
tle chicks in a brooder attracted the
attention of all—the fluffy white balls
seeming to be . as much at home on
the train as a barn-yard.
Those who failed to see the demon-
stration train let an opportunity pass
to get much information, and inspira-
tion, on one of the most vital subjects
that the people of Lampasas county
should be interested in—the cow, the
soiv, the hen.
letter from state
SUPERINTENDENT
W. J. Fox, president., of the .school
board, is in receipt of the following
letter from the State Superintendent
of Education in regard to the Camp
Marlamont summer school, which will
be of interest to all:
March 14th, 1923.
Mr. W. J. Fox, Lampasas.
My dear Mr. Fox: I am interested
in a petition under date of March the
8th, signed by members of the Lam-
pasas school, board and a large num-
ber of the citizens of Lampasas, rela-
tive to the summer school, conducted
at Lampasas by Mr. ^T, V. Brown,
president of the San Marcos Academy.
After having given careful considera-
tion to this matter, I have decided
that the high school work of this
summer should be recognized, and
that supervisors from the State de-
partment of education should visit the
school while in session and report up-
on the character of the work. It is
the. policy of the State department of
education to protect the colleges by
insisting upon proper standards be-
ing maintained by the high schools
that are accredited.
I hope this action on my part will
be satisfactory, and I am sure that
your board of trustees and your cit-
izens desire to co-operate with the
State department of education in the
maintenance of proper standards.
Sincerely yours,
S. M. N. MARRS,
State Superintendent.
McCREAVILLE ITEMS
By Verbena.
March. 11th.-—A hard sandstorm
blew-all day Sunday. The wind in-
creased in evening and seemed that
it was going to blow away everything.
Stovepipes and the sheet iron roofs
of Bennie Supple’s barn were blown
off, taking rafters and roofing many
yards from the,building into the field,
and some large fence posts nearby
were broken off by the force of roof
striking them.
Farmers are getting busy planting
•corn this-week. Some couldn’t wait
for. the ground to dry off and plant-
ed last week. Also gardens have
been delayed in planting at too wet.
A cool north wind is blowing today
but pretty sunshine.
The farm women are busy setting
hens and looking, after the turkey
eggs, and setting them. , We think
there will be many turkeys raised if
they don’t have bad luck with the
Snakes and ehapparel birds destroying
the eggs.
Grain crops are looking well so far.
We need warm hot sunshine to warm
up the soil. It seems many of our
song birds are not so numerous as
heretofore. Chapparal birds have de-
stroyed many of their eggs and young
birds. We guess the armadillos have
a hand in it too. The song-birds give
us an intimation that springtime is
. near.
D. N. McCrea and wife of Lometa
visited relatives and friends here Sat-
urday and Sunday returning home
Monday. Many friends welcomed
them back to their old home country.
Mrs. Daily Landers of Lampasas
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. McCrea Sunday and attended ser-
vices here—Sunday school and church.
Mrs. Whitmire was called to be at
the bedside of her mother at Gates-
yille, she being seriously sick.
W. A. Isaacks returned home Thurs-
day morning from Cleveland, where
he was called on account of the death
of a relative.
KEMPNER NOTES
Mrs. Word Skaggs of Lampasas
has a class in expression here and
she had her class in recital Thursday
night and it is wonderful how she
has trained those children in so short
a time. They staged a “Real Recital”
equal to the best in much larger
towns. There was a large crowd pres-
ent. ........... .
Emmett Whitis who broke the
speed limit in raising cotton has gone
into the sheep business. He has some
of the best sheep, in this section and
Emmett says that the wolves are get-
ting very bad and says they always
pick the best to kill.
Miss Velma Whigham entertained
Misses Edna and Merle Stinson of
Lampasas and a number of her friends
here Saturday night. Music and 42
was the main diversion. They report
a very pleasant time.
W. R. Whitis, one of our most hon-
ored citizens and a firm believer that
we have one of the biggest undevel-
oped oil fields in Texas right here at
Kempner, says that one Dr. G. O.
Goither of Ft. Worth is to make a
test here in the near future. Some
of the best geologists in Texas say
that this is one of the largest unde-
veloped oil fields yet. Mr. Whitis
says that the pick up of gas in well
is very encouraging and to have an
oil field right here Mr. Whitis says
depends on a deeper hole.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Paine of Lam-
pasas were pleasant visitors in Kemp-
ner Sunday. . X.
W. E. STEWART SENTENCED
TO PRISON TERM
Kansas City, March 13:—W. E.
Stewart was sentenced to five years
imprisonment and to pay a fine of
$1600 by Federal Judge Arba S. Van
Vlakenburg here today. He was . con-
victed February 28 by a jury in fed-
eral court here on a charge of using
the mails to defraud in the sale of
land in Hidalgo County, Texas.
Judge Van Valkenburgh placed the
sentence at five years on each of 16
counts, but ruled that the prison sent-
ences on the counts should run con-
currently, making the total only five
years. Stewart was fined $100 on
each count. Five associates of Stew-
art, who were granted pleas of nolo
contendere, were given fines ranging
from $250 to $5000.
The nolo contendere plea permits
sentence without an admission of guilt
Those fined under this plea were: C.
F. C. Ladd, $5000; L. F. Parker,
$2000; D. E. Kirgan,^ $1000; C. F.
Adams, $400; J. A. Kenegy, $250.
These men were not given a prison
sentence.
Stewart’s bond was fixed at $10,-
000 pending action by the United
States District Court of Appeals. The
other men. were given 30 days in
which to pay their fines.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swim left Thurs-
day morning for Temple, where Mf.
Swim will undergo a secqnd opera-
tion. He is doing very nicely arid
when he recovers from this operation
it is hoped he will have good health.
FORD DIGS UP TO PAY STOCK-
HOLDERS FOR STOCK AT PAR
Detroit, March 9.—A desire to “play
square” with those “who have helped
to make this industry what it is,”
even though some of them have been
big business enemies, prompted Henry
Ford to pay the balance of the indebt-
edness of the Lincoln Motor Car com-
pany, it was learned authoratively to-
day from persons close to the manu-
facturer.
Announcement today that Mr. Ford
voluntarily had undertaken to pay
approximately $4,000,000 to creditors
of the Lincoln company, sets a prece!-
dent in the business world, according
to Ralph Stone, president of the De-
troit Trust company, receiver for the
concern. Mr. Stone pointed out that
by the terms of his purchase of the
Lincoln company, Mr. Ford was under
no legal obligations to reimburse its
creditors.
The Lincoln company, then in the
hands of a receiver, was purchased at
auction by Mr. Ford last year. He
paid $8,000,000 for the property. Af-
ter preferred claims were paid there
was left for distribution among other
creditors the sum of $3,450,000 which
amounted to 47 12 cents on the dol-
lar. The $4,000,000 being paid by Mr.
Ford makes up the difference between
the amounts received by the creditors
and the sums due them originally .
Assoicated with the Lincoln com-
pany before its sale to Mr. Ford were
some of the most prominent men in
the automobile world. Chief among
them were H. M. Leland and his son,
W. C. Leland. The former was one
of the first automobile manufacturers
in the city and was a warm personal
friend of Mr. Ford.
The creditors, all of whom have
been paid in full, number about 900.
Mrs. Kate Knight left Monday for
Temple, where she will spend several
weeks visiting in the homes of her
relatives, Mrs. A. W. Stockton and
Mrs. Walter McCauley.
Mr. and Mrs. U. G. LaRue, from
Enid, Okla., are visiting in the home
of Mrs. LaRue’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T, J. Seale. They are on their way
to California where they will locate.
TO THE TEACHERS OF LAMPASAS
COUNTY:
Teachers who are entering pupils
in the athletic contests for the coun-
ty meet, mail your athletic entries
to me not later than Tuesday, March
20th.
Respectfully yours,
CARL C. EUBANKS,
Adamsville, Texas.
Mrs. T. H. Pollard, of Rio Grande
Valley, is here visiting in the home
of her sisters, Mrs. J. E. Swim and
Mrs. Lee Yarborough.
Miss Anita Carby, of Smithville,
who has been here visiting her rela-
tives, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Franks, for
the past five weeks, left Thursday
morning for her home.
President Gordon Mackey, of the
Chamber of Commerce, announces
that he has appointed R. J. Paine,
Cha%. Barkley and Mrs. Roberta Rey-
nolds on the advertising committee
suggested at the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
Mr. Paine is out in California at pres-
ent where they do big things and
know how to advertise and when he
returns and gets this, committee lined
up there will be something doing and
business will pick up in these parts.
SYMBOL^
Our diplomatic,
p-o 1 i t e services
meet with public
approval. The
beautiful dignity
that characteriz-
es the accomplish
ment of this or-
ganization is a
symbol of respect
ful regard.
Fords orv
THE UNIVERSAL TRACTOR
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problems.
With a Fordson one man can do more work
easier, and at less expense than two men can do
with horses.
With a Fordson you can actually raise more
crops with less work, lower costs and fewer
hours of work.
With a Fordson you can save money, time and
drudgery on every power job on the farm—the
whole year around.
Let us give you the proofs of the great savings raade by
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