Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1691, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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melted and
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off into a
s for ftoisii-
ia nrrange-
tsges of np-
*ut of large
to produce
of varying
, the power
be mainla-
nd thf load
continuous
Meeiauu*
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■ion of an*
ms, powder
of armor,
irbert Jack-
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teen t u rj-,’*
in Ijondou
i formed in
is eompoapi!
eted ** i*p-
the finest
pcs used ia
rut period*,
ting gn« of
ia believed
I* of a jput
; principle
at “Sevilla
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1
vx,n a bunk
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dd for tins
! flr>n.«T*ted
he "Smok-
ne firmly in
(rotors and
■ a BMa
or cigarette
t it in his
seme lady’s
ie smell of
ural arinoe-
Ktor is bad
Ml* j -j
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BANKiG SUSiliESS ?
j DEVIL'S RIVER NLWS'nora.
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8TBVK MURPHY. Publisher.
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'17/^VTT f^sve more or less of it. Possibly
j I J I J it is with us. Such being the case
v . ysu know somexhing of our ser-
vice. But ii not a patron woul4’fli te well
for you to become png?
QUJ* SAVING S DEPARTMENT
is calculated to sarvo
all class?3i iho old
and the young, the
poor a ra d the rich.
U receives deposits
from ©1 up to $5.-
<000 and allows 5
per cant., iratarast.
compounded semJ*
annuatJy.......
FUST NATIONAL BANK OF SONORA
S^r=
Bniered at the Postolfloa at Sooora
a* aerond-elaaa matter.
HcaacKinaoM 92 a nu in snvsxcs
Souor* aa "Lady Sonora,” witn
probably Jo other sponger- from
West Texas town*. A meeting of
the men with Ilia tedies of the
town sometime oest week will
sen*# to arrange for eeverai Udies
to no to the meeting to assist
Mi,* Saveli.
Although the plane ere yet
All Maaulaitore ot Kavpect. Cards of i jouag there »eeui« to be touch
t harx. .Not let* uf £nt«ix>menM waere interest in the plao-i of tb# ex
imedmlM leelaenarvei.lCtc. wlU tolbk *„d haVB
be cnaM-d tor ax out regular silver ...
iaioc raiea. offered owiaiu pn.duots, which
j Semi to «tu*w the exhibit will be
ft ftllOOAM.
Sonora Will Sand Bakgottoa and1 u
gnor*. least.
April iv t id.
H&% Hoadguartirs at Angelo
Baring May Convention
wee agreed to accept the
front portion of the Crowther
iiardwaie Company building aa
, , ~ . Sonora’s lie.iduuaiteri, fdlowing
Sonora delegate, at San Ao*al..] lh, ^.ruui r-ueBtlf ru-(lw
■a* >.
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$m OUR GARAGE YOUR
HEADQUARTERS.
Wd bundle only quality goods, and prompt’
service thud courteous treatment is
our motto.
We handle FuirbaakS'llorse Engines.
CITY GARAGE,
aONORA. TEXAS-
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flevifs River A'e ws$2.oq a year
_____*---r—---
.^drtn’is Faj sMfaaNatfcatflfi
Ctmeh. V-. - -■*
CIHiImi'i Day w>*a pheerved Fart
Off toClQS'ftMtisg.
Mrn'.t'red CmuufTos and ,\{r,. .T.
A. W illiaaa,and Mis, K^telle Me
Eiitiilay.at the morhlagpervit-ca at me | Donah! left late laet week for
Mi-tbudut chur h. Yha ohtirca wav
baaatifully dvcorainl with H!u« Baa-
futi Md l ilac*, taakir-K Ihe huilSlntl
yary a*irr.''ilva.
Tlia program durlRK the service *M
rvadereA by <he ebtldree «» a very l«-
prvaelve way. ATeapled with tb* pro-
.^.rain vii She obnaieoinii of babtee
b- ibe K*v. I.. C. Mattbla, pa ter.
Mitsr* Neoul Finley. 1-eu.ey Olheon
had S.leenor Field* bad abe^ragraa*
la charge aad are 10 be rongretalaied
upon tbelr aucceae la wnuiflag tb*
prograa* ia obaervanea of tbl* day
a n.eh i* becoatla* jaiore popular u*oj
year.
The program?*** a* fellow*:
PreaStleaal “HotaSaa Moaanna"
... >uuday buhool
heog "1 lere To ’led 'ibe atory’
Ceeategailoa ,
Kcapoeelve Kuadlug
....Told by Mr. Tiralner
•Grtetlag*. ..Francla Trainer. An.II*
Silted. Jauk PAeever. and Walter
t.. Fork
ifoug—’ade*u* 1a>v«* Kren Me ’’...Jean
Maunder*. v
Cradle Soil Welcome...Klehard Stun-
dcra Donald DnaMtn. J. C. Ferw.
Bong—I bank ttod For Little (jhlldreo
......nundav School.
Mnptum of .Nablee— ltev. €.. Mattbla.
I be cmld Margaret WUIlem-
eea and Dabby Macdlu.
*• i w*l»e hear Old Soy, Jeiu*”....ii-
w. Weal hereby.
“Oterlng Nei|g" .Eaoday Nebeol.
da*4or Plvdge ...... iiiarold Eld er.
Mentor Pledge____Oertroda Babcock.
riodug Hydio_____...Congregation.
.Benediction
Midland where they attended a
district Kfeetiog of the Tex**'
Federation uf VVociemi (Hubs tin-
week.
Mr,. William, haa been endors-
ed by ,e*eral club* for the pte,i-
dnney of the dutnet. The federal
edt-Juba uf Kl Paao- whieb ha, a
total iKeenberahip erf over fi.OOO'
recently ttacked her for the posi-
tion. Other aurtniinding town*
fiaee also givea their suppnit iu
the matter.
Mrs. si turnons was the delegate
to go from the Monona club.
, Mia* Estelle McDonald rep re
aent-ed the Patent I'eachers Aaso
ciation at the aveetiog. The other
delegates were representatives -of
£he chib but nut entitled to vote,
and went just for the pleasure of
attending the tueettug.
A. F. Clarkson was in from hi*
Loot Lake rench thM week.
Mr. end Mrs. Tosn Davis were
in town .Saturday ahoj»ping fnrtu
the ranch north of town.
Gilo Hill aad Ben Gilbert
oatuem from tike Mill ranch west
■of town Saturday.
-convention of the West 'Texas
Chamber of Commerce,will make
a loud souud for Sonora, accord
mg to plans perfected at a mass
meeting Monday nite April 23.
W.. L AddweU wa* chosen chair
uiaa of the temporary organiaii-
tion to push the plans, while Mil
lurd L. Cope wa> appointed sec-re
(ary.
"it would he sietriiuentaJ to
Sutton Louutf uot to make a show
teg at the convention in Angelo,
because uf the nearness. Angelo
being our trading center, fuutuu
county being ranked as one oi
the heist sheep, gout and cattle
counties in tin* stale umi last but
not least because uf the fuel, that
Sonora has been utade a pi ovui
item hgMie in the last few years
lighting for the extension ot the
Orient rwiiroud, said Mr. A (dwell
in a short talk, at the hist of the
meeting.
Mx. Aldwell recalled the date
when the Frisco Hues were extend
ed to Menard. *-*We bad a big
•leieguttou Hi ore, *ud had a lot of
badges and banners punted and
were well represented. A sindlur
delegalion was neut to a big cele-
bration at fildorado one year. 1
believe at that time riouoru was
as well an advertised town as any
lowu in the Culled States off the
railroad.""'
That we should put it over big
and i&ak.e a good showiug, or do
nothing at all, was the opiqiou ex
piesned by a doyen at the meeting
TJ^e expenses of tuaiutaiuing a
heaoyuatLers there, . printing of
badges ami also the printing ot
pamphlets telling of the lesouroos
of >utiun couuty will cost a con-
siderable amount. It was not e.sti
uiuied at the lutUal meeting what
tln< exact cost would be, mve&tiga
turns starting the next day.
A fi nance-pupiibtttee,to raise the
money to carry out the arrange
tuent wa* appointed anu is loiu
posed of I honia, A. liond,. VV.G.
tiivson. Koy K. AbiW*dl,'W. E.
(tlusMU'Ck K. K. \ auder rituckvn,
and Giles Hill.
A publicity conuuittce to adver
Use the Stivi'kiuan’s Paradise at
the conveniion is coniposed of L
W. Elliott, Giaude S. hieene and
Millard Cope. This couwMiUne
will have in charge the arrange
meat ot tha pauiphlrts.badges.etc
'lhe pamphlet will be a four
page folder, it is thought, and
will be sxunII etsougb for a person
to put in bi««o*t paexet.whsu he
would otherwise throw it a«Aay,
1 Iiuj mlvertMing agent would twrve
a« u great advernsecueot them aad
■i» one of the best plana to have
been wade.
A big bauoer bearing the worda,
"Headquarters, bonorn. button
County, Texts. The Stockman's
Paradise,” or siustiar words will
grace the front of the Sousra’s
delegation hendqiiarters. At tho
I t>y Mr. Cruather. it was accepted
by the meeting with votes of
tbaoks to Mr.Crowther,following
a luotioakuade by L. VV. Elliott
and Mcon4ed by W. E. Caldwell.
Those present at the meeting
loeludsS: W.UMJ Caldwell. L. W.
Elliott. Kay «. Aid Well, Fi*ul^ hnten,
Orln Hlghiawsr. ksaiv.MridntM, n]
B. Jkesuv Timmo** . w
Txslnsr, W. C- Ur>son, il j, l'i„;««
Mulard L. Cans. W. L. AldWslL i k.w
Basel-, li. a. U iivluill. W U ilsrue*.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar khurley
weio ia Uiwa shopping late JasC
week,
doe Bradford was in town this
week from the ranch south of
Sonora, visiting hie fahiily.
Wdl Wyatt csuie in from the;
ranch Monday and reported good
rains.
Mrs. Arthur Stuart returned to
their ranch borne south of Sono-
ra last week ufter a several mouths
<.L*y in California, where she vis-
teu relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stuart tw-
turned to their hogie in ban A11 -
geTo last week after spending suv
eral weeks on the ranch of their
sou, Arthur Stuart, near Sonora-
Mr. Stuart, being aa aid ranch-
man, likes to'take an oocaestoiiai
stay ou the range'yeC.
fire YoU ^eady to St^ear?
The best preparation for sheep
abearmg is inrestinent in
8TEWART*3 ENCLOSED
SHEEP SHEARING
MACHINERY.
BECAUSE the Stewart machine
shears closer and thus gets more wool.
BECAUSE the Stewart machine
eGenres the best wool.
BECAUSE the Stewart machine,
shearing' faster and feecuring more
wool and the best wool, pays for
itself in one or two seasons. ,■
Write or call for particulars.
Sl?eef> Shearing
Supplies.
Price List.
10 li*. Cans Halls 40 per cent
Nicotine Dip ©Id.60
5 gal. cans Cooper* Cattle
Dip 6 AO
C 1-2 lb. packages Coopers
Powdered Dip 1,76
5 lb. pkgs. Coopers Medico
1.16
1 gal. can Keuaps Australian
Branding (Red arid Black
Fluid) 1.76
1 gall, can Kemps Green
Branding Fluid 1A£
___ i ,• _ 1
l(*D lb. sacks Tobacco"Dust—
*’ »• «
I! to 7 p. c. nicotine 2.96
KfO Jb. sacks toba«*o dust*-.
1 per cent nicotine 4.76
i gnl. cau Fine Tar 1.26
1 lb. ptg. Lamp black 0.30
Caee lots- Kent pH Austral inn
1 lied and black branding
.fluid, per gal. . 1.06
The Roaeh-iyieLymont Co.
The Store that Serves Ten Counties.
CEL aiO. TEXflS.
Sfnd ycur side watch to
Rockwell's af Del Rio. TKc
Watchmaker from the Elgin
Factory. go
Wtg. Mittel, Henry Mittel and
Mian Velma MitUii were in town
last Saturday jtaigdiog to busi-
ness and ixh •ppiftg,coming in front
the raaoh east of town,
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Mr. and Mrs. f, M. Lea were
registered at the McDonald Hotel
early this week from f#el Kio.
Mr. Lon is well known here ne a
wool buyer, pure lva*-ing for Draper
& <*otup4ay of gostoo.
Dr. D. HI. Bennett, 'connected
with the Son ora Sub- evperiaMat
Station No. 14 near Sonora, pas-
sed through Sonars late last week
after transacting business in Saa
Angefo several Ways previous.
The Sonora Motor Gosupaay,
local Ford agents, this week re.
port# tho sale of aew toariog earn
toO. M. Nicks, Or. Hlaaton aad
Ben Staion, aad a new roadster
to O q. Lyles. Used roadsters to
Frank Memos to aad Jiw Uarviu.
•e h
DrllHIog fea Turney Well
Paul Turney, who has a ranch
about thirty nulls suvtl»-west "f
Sonora, was in town the first of
the week and repotted that the
Deyi|'s Kiver (iil Jb Gas Company
was WtaUing ou the well as he pas
sed by Monday, after u delay of
some time. Mr- Turney was as
cuinoanied by Mrs. Turney and
the children.
Ail the necessary machinery
•fid malarial has been oa the
ground for some time, but raine
have kept them froth befog active.
Monday wae theirst day for them
to have drilled and it wus not
known how long the operations
would continue.
The well as being drilled just'
over jthe Sutton couuty line into
Edwards. The oil company has
DpJ Rio as its beadquorters altho
they come to Sonora at Uuiea.
BigSotOU Wff Tmck U Bljfeigg'^e $100. .:W"Itk, * pwd hrama*
Afttf Baing Damotistritid In i*^>•»•' win mkt a sup lower.
•«"** a'
Glear the wavv tha Sonora firejtjofTi^o, in whiob only fireproof
truck is rambling down the struct, buildings can be erected, wilt
and the giant fire .airea is liuuod cause the rule to bo low red again,
lug the fire afariul ■. ■ . [A motor vehicle f«u fire lighti«ig
After being demnunttated in! purposes lowers the rate again,
Saa Angelo, Miles and O/.ona. bejTbua, weepa see the rate much
vt ies being viewed and admired ih; lower and With prospects for it ta
go-stlliiloeHU','
' "There is aoreasen why thefira
truck will nut be paid for in a
short litre by the saying of money
by those paying igsui-aaoeAecausfi
of it' cutting dowtt the Fate,**
Mayor GaldweJi said in speaking
of the truck aad its advantages
other West Texas cities, tbs So
nora fine" truck this week is going
through a daily demonstration to
progressive Seoora citizens who
paid $9,400.00 Cur the anly; fire
OghUngcnnipmoat of its kind in e
city bf West Texas the size of
Sonora. e
The truck arrived Monday and this week.
went thru a thorough dvuiionstru-
1100 Monday afternoon Mines
then Fire Gftief Cal Ory has been
A Urge fire Urea han been plao>
ad on top of the phone oflice sod
will be turned on to warn tha
Mrs. W-alling’n bliopjM).
CiiHtonf taifjA dr«H8o8, a
headquarter* it wa* also proposed choice line of -’loaterjgJs for
' £. C- Beam was up Wednesday
from the ranch, attending to bust
aeas. Mrs. Beam accompanied
hits.
1. V. Gordon who has the W.
L. Wbiddon ranch iu tbe Lott
Lake eouorry leaned, was ia town
Saturday fur supplies
giving the firemea a daily work- public of fires AIJ persons should
out. in wder to get acquainted; phone central whan discovering a
with tha visit of the truck. After j fire. They wiU notify tha fire-
U is learned there wifi «» regular wee.
Seeii-m Jnthly fire drills and pro-
bably thrice a taeoth.
Tbe pump, coupled with a 4*0
pound pressure of the Sonora
water,makes a good stream,which
has force, putting H to bigh
SVTTttmjuV.STW F44 MO MB
m rnt.in j•ttu\ vcBvoc
CHil.r* rnAM AMW ovu.
tioveutbo VOCSTT.
, Sutteo county ha* more wealth
places. The t*ucfc is equiped bc4oo| chU(1 thaB ny mt.
with chemical firs extinguishers,, count!r.
Sim <*r4a*#cock and fawiily were
an town the surly part erf the week
transacting business.
Mr. uad Mrs. Paul Turney and;
•children were attending to busi-
ness aad ebuppeag Monday.
L B. Wardlaw came qp tie last
_ , ____ _____,__partaf last week from tha ranch
•to have an exlobitof Matioiicouu your Holoction.' Ah*o hctii- utiogling with frieads aad traas.;
ping trip to A«g«i» tbe ir-4 of
tha week.
Charge Evans was in town the
first put of the week frsm his
4teat cuup where he is kidding his
g >«ts. From the proapeots he
txpectsito raise agood nrep. f Frank Tarney was attending ta
--—-- fiuataess and greeting friends in
X, pr.KjjJela. ie.w.l «.™.4 d eUlcHitil- »ud VuttoBg Ixx.do
»«,„ „ob,ir .ill b*«k...L, ()rdor4 ]:i -w B
<A<*cs#drs <4 ooriia uuiio uiuizti; f
iieatidw fttt-ii utber •©fricultural pro A%43. l^U^fhoiiC <mA*,
Miss Ora Merck made a shop!4^3 ^ on exhibit. Tbia'Slu* Angdo, Texas.
FOR SALE.
At a bargain. Piano. Cul
town the first uf the week.
1 L
wiU show tu the 14I.UUU visit'cs
which Angelo is axpeciing, that
Muftoa county is not only a great The first National Baak of Su-
ture stock county, but ranks tqu «ora observed Satin Jay, April 3tt«
ally in the culture uf sgriculiuial ^en iacinto Day. bv closing,
products. I This instutitioo was tbe only piece
i Monora wtli probably have » >•*"*“ tu close in eummemom-
.u . . 8am {full of tha Soaora Motor five a livestock float m Uiw big | t‘<l* lrf ,h« ninety-onu years
t arator, ana House *4 Company and F. H Menck. the;parade which will be one of tbe UK° when General Mm«i Houston
feet Phone Si.
i'O.S
Mr.and Mrs. Lem Johnson were
•up trots the ranch to Edwards
county tbe latter partaf last week
attending to business and ubop-
pmg.
When, in Sun Angelo
el op at the BRISTOL, 200
t’xni jictiut e^uard Are.
painter, r«t<iia«*l last Wednesday' l natures of the convention.
Antonio river, m GM Mexico.
actiag business.
Muiuruity Nurtte—Room
opened for patients.
Mrs. W. M. Harmon, Pbpoe
182 Sou ora, Texas.
Louie Stuart was ia town last
week attending to business from
tb# ranch, lie reports the range
to fine coodttioo.
also ladders, axss, lanterns and
other fire figb£ii{g. tqioptneat oi>
the truck adds to its appearance.
t'Sonera Fir# [department.” is
paioted in large letters an fancy
tetter mg ua tbe sides of (As truck.
This will be use of the things
Sonora will boast of at the Hast
Texas Chamber' of Commerce
Couveatioq at Abgelo May fl S3.
Cal Ory ht firu chief sod baa
served to this t-apuidlty m'Sonora
for several yuan, lie has Neil
Uuuhcbo us his assistant. Ralph
Trainer is the sveretury of the
cwnspany, B(ii ’ Dreunau is tbs
driver of thu truck. Firemen in-
elude C- 8. Keens, Fruak Eatuo,
>«* *iu„v«uinw, The captured the proud Mexican gen.
from u fishing trip to tbe Ssu Amu will mute than likely be u *r*1 Santa Aon* aad defeated bis ^ iu towa from the
large truck decorated. On It wid »fMOCto f#w diy# |hu
be two or uir»e beau each of fine ...... . • ,
gusts aad sheop. • it is also likely
that a Hereford bull will b« plac- WOOL SACKS,
•d there also. Aa attract,^ ad| youf wqq1 udc.fleece
WOOL SACKS.
Gel your wool sacks, fleece
twine, «tc.. from the West v«rtiu*fiie:it ca.i
Texes Lumber Go., agents for this way .
West Texas Wool A Mohair
be arranged in
twine, ete., from West Texas
btr Co., agents for the
Lum
Wes
Tbe ladies ot ‘the 'Jfotho-
dirit Missionary Soeiety will
serve a cafateria lunch at' the
Craddock building Saturday,
April 28th and Wednaaday
Miss V*itnT bsvall's auto will
AoocUtiaixolJVLrxxM |*l,ob* -““*<"‘-1 -ill W«l Te*a« Wj»l 4 Mohair M,y 2nd ,h
1- ~ aJr.ru—a, r..u... lo, s. Aasocatlon of Mrruon. /•„ eQ ^u.
wull.D.H, Mitchell. W.K Bsroas,
Uf. D. Martin, 14. A. hlwt, and
E, i. Fierce.
it is thought that tba pucebaa
tag of the fire truck wilt assist in
lowering tbe fir* rate as much as
it ceote in Sonora. The present
rate is 91 ceota. Tbe appoint
meat of 8. L. Merck as Ira mar
ahail, with pay. by tba City of
Soaora, lowers the rate I cents on
Tht* is the infprmatiob gireu
out recently try' E. K. Davis,
Specialist fn Rural Education.
Bureau of Kxtansido. University
of Texas, in the InterscboLstie
League.
The data art baaed upon figures
taken from the Cornptrollet*e Re-
port for 1B2A and. fr<un Bn I lets a
No. 12# of the rituts Departmemt
of Education fur the school jeer
of T921 22.
The wealth of Sutton coutrtp
per school child ia $10,L87.4KL
Tbe nearest neighboring county
is Edwards, which baas wealth uf
910,144.UU, closely fellosiiog Bat-
ton. SChlsichvr county ie ennmd
of 9A-
wedby CriK'k
K. H. Hamby. *j. K. Hull, K. b. ^ Edwards ssslh a
¥• C-Jd cloaaly fuilfww
elI eounty, whose figure# total 9fi>
0|7.00. Kimble has a wealth pur
«3hool child of 95,701,00 aad ciese
behind it follows'Menard'county,
which shows a total of 14,419 fig.
Val Verde In tha last ia the list of
counties surrounding Bat lot
showing iu figure# to belt,
Prsok Decker. Rottay
iuiton Csuoty, Xsaae,
ir
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