Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1682, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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BANKING BUSINESS ?
INCOME* TAX.
Dae to the bad weather,
ami the bad road*, I will not
Mrs. I A. Copt Win Rsprcstfrt Mrs.
Son.raCtob.
Mr* J. A. flop*. vbu .11 the Mr<. T. \ Will am-, a
T. A. Williams is EndorstH.
far Club PrssMaai
•fT ATT -have more or less ol it. Possibly
Y I )| I it is with us. Such b6ii»g the case! lliw‘“cofne ta*os ,il
1 U you know someth’.r.g oi our ser>*" u,'r' Uul Uuh“
vice. But if not a patron would’nt be well
for you to become one?
be able to fill the datea an-i p'-aeot curia-pondoa euenttat-y «»l iba Sonora, Wouiaa* Ol i .
uounced for Souora, to work * ‘h* Woman* Club, w*«(its oigta s«u«n,a*«<t eu, « - - :ii,t
wmmmmm—mmmmmmmmmmmmmmr..
OUR SAVING’S DEPARTMENT
‘ . ... . g '• v. * •'
Is calculated to aorva
all olaaaeet the old
and the young, the
poor and the rich.
It reooivoa deposlta
from 81 up to $5,- •
OOO and allow# 5
par oant. Intereat,
* ' *< compounded apml- ■
ami ■*'■ ■ annually. ‘ *
ay 4*e* : - ' *• *
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SONORA.
HHtGUR GARAGE YOUR
• i Jt »% a 04* »
•*
HEADQUARTERS.
announced, otherwise, I will
lie ill my office over the First
National B«mk, San Angelo
until Marclf 15 h. In (ruse
you coiue to San Angelo bring
your figure* on last y^ars buei
nui-gra hi lire -omans (J:ul» meet,tegular meeting i f the
iug Saturday. Fth.. 17, to go to Club last nHupLj, Ke’i t .r.
* tie annual contention of the dub
of tills, ihe sixth district, of lh<-
Trim Federation of Wounius
Club*, to bo. lit Id iu Mtdl'n1,
parly io Mulch. Mrs. Copo Will
at toad.
Mr* Ijml Sinftnnpa whh elect* d
in case Mr*. Cop* cold u>>t at
ness and let me prepare your tend. Bucau'-q of Sonora ka* i.ig
iuconie tux report.
N. DOW CHAPMAN,
Incl ine Tax Consultant,
first National Hank Bldg.,
fcfih Augelo,‘. Texas.
******
F-W. /*■•*.
• v, .A-.w. +r*r
Wt handle only quality gooda, and prompt
' aarvice and courteous treatment is
our motto.
VTe handle Fairbanks-Mors a Engines.
CITY GARAGE,
SONORA. TEXAS- •
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The McDonald Hotel,
Mrs. Joeis McDonald, C-wnsr.
Sstas *3.35 P« Day- deed Tab!*', oa& 5«nriw; t
Ssnlors Art’ Entertained With
Thv «^*nr°cUS^f^V Som.r*'
UigtfScKobfWs delightfully oh.
teytained by the Junior Glass on
■Saturday nijtbt, February 17. in
the Craddock Boil.ling.beautiful-
ly decorated with heart*.
the girl* were dressed io Ve-
lentine costume*, many beautiful
Urease* With'hearts dangling from
ribbon* being.present, 1 be boy*
were not in costumes.
Upon the guest* arrival the
gaure of heart*, appropriate be
caU»« ■ of it being a Valentine
party, waa played. Also a amall
paper aack wa* given each a* they
entered, containing twenty fie*
small heart*. '1 he** were used in
• content in which when A pertuu
said either y«a or no they were to
give a heart to the one catebing
them. Mi*a tula Mae Ro*a wa*
the winner of the content, being
given a beautiful heart shaped
box uf candy, bhe bad eighty
three . heart* At the clo*e of the
coatect. -•
ijhdoting arrows at heart*,
throwing halia at hearta and play
ing progressive gamsa were fee-
tured,.of the petty,
.Delicious refrohatoti ofpuoch
end >ak«# were served Ihere
was use outstanding feature—-
everyone waa reserved and then
ved Again jfbouId they want it.
The gueatg lef l the ball at a late
k candidate in the ii-ld for lh*
pit *id«*iicir of * the di't i id it i*
Very essential .l|»«t the j'ub be
w.-l >■-'-p,soeiottl \ito ii i» proft>
uhir -i v-.-rut of, I he m- iulrer* will
«iA<- ikdyy^jKh ,Vir* G>'p«.
Ike' Sonora c u'i ha* mule »
strong sli-.wmg m ihe dia’iict this
ve«r. '1 heir year bo. k-, which
ark a credit tbt eity of UI.OUO in-
habitant*. ivgff.^-f the iiio*l at-
tractive desiju in tbit district.
Cfaeir program* were w.dl arrang-
ed A report.of the year* work
will be read at ^he meeting.
Although tliere ha* been ho
meeting of (he Parent Teacher*
Association rince the endoiamg
••f Mr*. William* by the Wouna*
Club, it i* thought they will en
dor-e her and aeud d*l«g»te* to
the convention.
a* * l andidule for the pie-.uuu % *
of the 3u.h D.*tri#t of to* i . .v. *
Federation of Womens Clti1;*.
I ho ultciioB of the piv.i ' ■!; ;
will t*ke pli.ee at Midland at - in ; jJ
annual tuuventmti in M .rch l h. I j
honor i* now held by lei*, t. S . j
N"ble ut dan A"g» Io. j
It no rumored in donor* dub
circle* thl- week lUal lhel>2 n j
d oiiun* Club n.iu.il ei.ter an us !
pirniit tor the t me pr.si iui.cv i.n |
lire race al.ll pie :gc donor;, -t I
•ujipnri ineitcUnga presnitut, ill
Jonoia would AmisI iu ti c u^j
.heir canJiuati.
Mlv. dill.sius was n vhurtei
member oh the dub. Aitk’-ugb
•lie l|a* lieVot held *•< oife** ip 1L1
club, do partly to. her'hof being
iu S >uorw all the lime, *he won
niriiuctiou iu district club woik.
she |s at the present timu chair-
man iu this district on thrift.
-P' r
Coafartills, Coavanieat.. Eoaeliki.
»v-
"TSTT
CEO. E. RUTAN,
jnnioys.who njillxrAduate in.ijpiC
‘that they had a moat wonderfa-i
uuic Atid al*i/ thanking Mrs. Jobu
fA. Martin, Whir ehaper^ed tijv
jiarty. s ’
.set: 7 • * «
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WOOL AND MOHAIR-
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8Hn Angelo. Texas.
Headquartern Guaranty State Bank.
Warehouse near SantwFw Oepoc.
WICHITA TRUCKS. ‘
J. J. OOLKMAN. reotory NepreeentAtlee.
Offto* •« HI6MWVAY SASASI. W.O, a»« BIB.
SAN ANGELO. TEXAS.
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DEVIL’S RIVER NEWs
PlHtfiiaHau WUKKI.t.
STX^Jg ii.UMPHY. Publisher.
«». — -.syi' 1 -.*■ Aj l**y " W ** * ' | "w * **
Kctered at fhe't’Jftofflee *1 Sonora
a* «econil-cl*M maftCf. *
Scaacaimoa 11 a vba« tv ahvaxc.
B-nor *.-l *i
February II, I v3.
j., • ■ -,-a----*■ —
All IJesoliv.loi'A ol Ueap-.-t. r'uwl* <>f
Thankrj jiojtoea.o( ut*inuo-..U,Wher;
an adq|iif|hpi^fBe I* cfiargeJ. Ki.fi., will
he cU**a»aL.fi>r at oui rcguisr »uv«r
iaing rate.. -
Obwrya Birthday.
The 5not»rA*7^’*renf*T««cher*
A sociAtton uhsflrVed the day.
Feb. 17, taftaa twenty sixth birth
day of the National Congress of
of Mother*, of which the local
club in federated. The day ia
celebrated throughout the United
State* as Child Welfare Dsy.
Sunday, February 10th, Sonera
churches observed the day. The
Eev. t». C. Mstthis preached at
the Fivat Me h alist church at the
morning hour, the Baptist church
cooperaking and attending that
»«rvioe. At Abe i veiling hour the
services were held at the Firat
Baptist church by the Ktv. A. M.
\\cater.
Equlpmufit Hurt Soon.
Methodist Ladles Civs Sod .!•
1 be Ladie* Mi»*ioe v Society
of th) First Mcth-i.|ift Church
gave one of the nicest- vnterlain
ment- of the season on the night
of February 14. when they enter
taiued seventy—five guest* with
a Valentine party in ibeCraddocF
Building,
l'bat the ‘younger set* are uot
the only ones who enjoy a valen-
tine put), was clearlj shown by
the ladies. The m i] >rity of the
guest* were of <t 'mature ago’, l'he
hall waa tastefully dt-c irated with
heart*, (j^stues appropriate to the
i cession were,‘plHjed and there
whs not a dull fnnnieot duung the
« Veiling.
Refreshments consisting of chi
cken salad, potato chips, in argue
life*, sandwiches, tep aud CojKee
Jea*ie T. Evan* wet in Sonora
tbu Sr*t of the week from the
ranch iu Kdwar.l*.
Mr. and Mr* U-t*it K«lie>
were in town l'uesdey from their
ranch in the Liao • country.
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J
Ready to Shear,
Mr. Ranchmen?
Carroll Bate* was ia Seaora the
hist ot the week in the internet of
lac Drovers GelUeLoanCoiupany.
A. F. Claiksoa, Hutton ranch-
man, attended to butth**e in ban
Angelo late last wash.
Tyjuryvnsautang the eatevtaining; -weieoauvnd Ui th* lar«e *>wu>b«t .... -
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h; CALL IM^CHEVONS.
uDootrcaU the edible goat a
mutton!’That is the proteat being
made by B. M; Halbert, SoQdra
rancher who started the idea of
uamiog the meat of the goat and
gave a registered buck to the win
n«r of lh* contest. ‘‘Gall the
edible goats chevona," he a*ks.
Mr.Halbert says that the people
do not tbink'of saying beef uiut
ton and it ia identically the same
thing. The mutton sheep is one
kind of *he<*p and the chevon
goat is a distmet kind of goat.
Gall 'em ekev ■*.
J. O. Hightowar. Boner* Mer-
chant. mad* a bu»i***a trip to Baa
Angvio layt wysk.
Kinsley Oglesby ot Del Rio, was
in Bonora/several day* this week.
Mr. Oglesby tspresenU a F'ort
Worth comiui»aioo firm.
The ■hearing' season is close at hand
and yon ere, of course, anxious to get
the last ounee of profit from your wool.
The solution to this question is
Sieu)arts Enclosed
Si?eef> Shearing
tyacijlnery
The Machine hat (1) gets more wool,
(X) Beoa.-.a the best wool, (3) Shears
faster', (4) Makes shearing faster work.
Il>i4s or call for particular*-
The RGACH-McLYMONT
The Store That Serves Ten Counties,
DEL MO, TEXAS.
WOOL AlfD SHODDY.
II.P AllLob wa* ia Sonor* thl*
w*«h after speudiug several day*
with hia family who ere rvaidiug
la Atgelw.
' John and Mack Cmithorn wer*
in from tbs ranch this week.
Playground .equipment tn be
eonstrueted oa the Sonora Public
reboot cafipu* will arrive soon
because fit of lading having
been received by the Sooor* Par-
ent-! eachera Association, which
baa purchased the equipmeal.
according to Mrs, W. T. Gilmore,
president of the organisation.
Toe #<^uipufent ipeludea a aliiiv Mr. Lw fort the post few year*
for Ibf iqailw wkiltkea oh) » ha* beenWfdia Cuuhirypurcba*-
gytbuaeaam - leaWer for the older inf Wool and* mohair ft if dHatOrn
boya. There will be awing* and ' thucufftM.
*ea-*aw* built ie Sopor*, 'to be j
added • ■
W. L. Aldwell. attended the
Tecbnoiogicel College uieeliog in
Ban AngeTd Tuesday.
Mr. aud Ml a. J. M. Lee of Del
Bio, were ip Sonora W edne»d*y
w;-
RfiV Buhrnl Mercer will con-
duct **rvice at the Kpircnpal
Church Burnley February 2Mb et
the usual bvur.lbv public invited
PUBLIC BALES.
We have purebaaed 172,000
pair U.3. Army Munaon l**t
shoe*, *lkea 5 1-2 to 12 which
waa the astir# aurplu* stock
of on* at the Urgent U >V
(iuvaromenl shoe contractor*
This, alto* is guaranteed one
hundred percent solid leather
color dark Ue.bellows tongue
dirt aud water proof. The
actual value uf’tSi* shoe is
$6.(0 Owing to this tremen
doua buy we can offer aan e to
the public at $7 95.
Send correct vise. Pay the
poxtmae on deliv -rv or aru<
money order. If »(.oe* are
not as represented we will
cheerfully refund your money '
prompfff off request.
National Bay Btata
SbOB Company,
7Wi Bruadway, New York,N.T.
' . 1 ‘ ' v
GUudn K**ne, Hfiber Wyatt
land.Perry (Jry plowed tbnrr way
' through th* run ! Lit week to
; Angelo in truck* to get a supply
' of gasoline for the City Garage
U tide ridir g in their pasture a
few dnys ago, Mr. and Mr*. D->ck
! Friend caught two big wild car*,
one measured 39 inches long end
the other 47 inches. Mr. Friend
recently put chased a floe out dog
and think* Lii money well spent.
’of'gue*ts. Everyone left dvclar-
jng they had ei.jojcd'the b«*t time
ever.’ —Pr|i8H;i^pj>rier.
tjfC»um; Big Sirccsl*.
" The 1922 73 Lyceum numbers
brought to Bonora tbit season by
the Parent.Teachera AxsociattoD,
was the-ofoet.successful season
ever conduted in the thiee years
‘this organisation has brought high
talent to the city. There wure
three nuuibora tbK year.
The women came out this year,
after paying all' money specified
for in the contract aud all expeae
es, $17 79 ahead. This is the best
report to be made in the three
yuare. The Lyceum was a (inapet
al failure the first year.they about
broke even the next year aad this
year they caiwmuwt ahead
The concluding nurnbir this
year waa welt presented at the
school auditorium Monday night,
Feb. 19. The number* were pre-
sented by the B*x*phoue Q isrtet
starring (out aiaters, whose talent
wa*«qu*l in reading*, songs and
pLyiug upon ^ax*phonea. They
pLyed both cLsnicel and popular
music. Short playlets were wall
ucsived. ' -* - - *
•lbe advance agent will call io
bdhora soon and It la Very prob
attlfi itiatak.dyueHm course wiU be
tout runted 4«fr wi-xt year, Mra.'jB.
T< UHun»To, plWMdeut t>f the Asha
UAtiuu aaid iu auuounciog the sue
cv*a ol the ijceum this yeitr. U
t—aws.i. isFsse'.vei.-
Mr. and Mr*. Luther B, Thorp
were guest* al th* Bl. Aageiua
while attending to bu*iaes* aad
shopping ia Baa Aagelu Lt# last
week.
Dr. A. W. Clayton, San Angelo
physician, wa* 'called to Sonora
Tuesday because of the llln,#** of
Charles Harold Kvaoa, who has
trouble with hi* ears.
J- J- STRICKLAND.
Mian Joanna Stokes, who ha*
been rutting her sister, Mta Mar
shall Huliog, who waa formerly
Mi*s Mora Moke*, arrived home
Wednesday front Blair. Okla.,
whers she has been aiaee Thaak*
giving,
Walter and Lee Murehiasou of
Menard were ia .Boeor* late last
week with T. L Beoaon loeal uum
mission dealar, looking over -the
condition* of thn range and look
tog at sheep.
A daughter kli born to Mr.
«ad Mrs. D.H.Dualap of Pioneer
Tqu, recently. Mrs. Dualsp
was formerly Mias Lucy Alley of
Bonora. This i». th# first gisab-
grandda gbter,, i»f Mr. aad Mrs.
W-. F. Ituckisof fioaonS,
a , ,pi • '*v r“"
--try——*
J. A. Res*#, deputy collsotor
of the 8 sc rad District of th* is*
tarsal Ravsnue Service, will be
iu Bsa Angelo from th* 4 to 19th
Lawyer*
*05 Nall etui Bank ot Comaierea Blrig.
>jniA»»tonlOw*Tc*aa
%
WARDLAW A ELLIOTT
AttorneyB-et-Law,
SONORA • Tix.
win praetie* Is all the Slate aad
* ' federal OmM
s
JOHN HAQEL8TEIN,
MONUMENT8
Made ef Ibe Celebrated Man* Ntaalta
San AfigslOr Texas..
IS probable, she said, that more of March, for the ydrpoke of ns-
uuuibt-rs will be included ut-xl suting the taxpayer* id th« pre
year. There bus been eotbing ptralion of their l§22 loiomt fdi
fully decided. \
l be aasociattou desires to thank
every tu.iividuei who helped make
Ihe 1922 23 course a eucoeaa.
return*.
Mia* Estelle Mo Doe aid retura
ed early this week from Bender
son, Dal Rio aad other poieta
i T4MTION N ANCMMBMI' *“* b“'.
— also in th* interest of th* Ben
You will shortly need RID
HOPES AND SWIVB.LB.
Manufactures t ' that fabric*
mad* in part of shoddy wear bet
tar than fabrics made wholly of
virgin" wool. Tbev offer that
aaserfion rn nn nrgnnieot against
the hill ponding ia Congress to
raquira that clothes made uf (*b-
-rioi'drtaUinftf abftrirfy be <o lafml-
ad that the faet mty be known to
prospective purchaser*.
That argument puts one’a
credulity undat a heavy draft
If fabric* made entirely of "vir-
gin" wool wearumt quicker-than
those made in part of shoddy, (he
increased o-eof ihepi wiH jeore*
e« the buniaeee-ef the manufnc<
tnrera of that kind of fabric*.
And if will increnaa their busiaea*
aot only a* n result of more fre-
qscat purchase* that must com*
from tae une of the lees durable
materiul, but because of th* high
*r price which all wool fabrics
command owing to th* popular
prejudice that obtains against fab
rice made iu part ahoddy. That
fact requires one to believe either
that the stfteissst made by the
manufacturer;) tn opposing this TllB ^©Illor Ol&Sff Will
bill LoAi-trufi.or (bat in opposing on FlidRy Digilt MfiTOh
it tbev wefe sacr.ficmg their own 9th t tvo^
interest to serve that of ibe coo- * r.^~* r v
sumers of their prtKluctH. plfiyfi, *'Th$ Li0 TllAt
But ia reality that quoation baa Built” MQ$(<
no partinvnt plitce in determining
whether the measure they aie op-
posing should be enacted or not.
It* enactment would not forbiJ
the manufacture aud sale of fab-
rics made in part ahoddy. It
would nirrelv ri quire that they be
*o Lb ted. Pronpdclife purchaser*
hqve a right tis.thst knowledge.
That L an muple reason fur en-
setiug the bill. , if* rejecting the
aaauranue of the manufacturers,
the purchuo-i gjvts, the inferior
article by preferring to buy the
all-wool fabi’104, fb# (o*a resulting
from an indulgen^ of thakprelef
eocs will be In*,and the profit the
manufacturer'-; that ia, u will be
so if It M true, as they any, that
th* ahnddy-mad# fabric wears
batter tfian th* all wool fabrics.
—Dallas News.
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ting Acquainted.”
I'lW.'Jj'/i'Slf!
SUBSQKIBB
BEbwoad-
PeblishcU Iwio#' a Uonln by
*• *• q * --*- -if
the Siudsni body of I ******** „ .
High Hchool.
•1.00 p«r year
Place your order now.
Thn ROACM McLVMONT CO
Did Rio. T.ii*.
Angelo Standard’* Dodge car eon
teat, in which she ia one uf the
leaders.
Mails, during th* lest week,
J. C. F< x and M. V. Thomas,
who are connected with lhnD< vils
River Oil and Gas (Jo , and who] - - ——
>ir»- drilling on fh<» Paul *un « i i be tt<v. Ll"*d P Bloodworth and almost impassible condition
raieh, utta-oded to bu-ine-s atot of .Sari Antonio, a son-in Lw of .of the roads. Wedweeduy*# mail
Ire L. Coin, active San Angelo
insurance agent anti president of
the Ran Aogefu Fair, wsn
this week sttradiiq£to iaeui
buatooss. representing the Great
ATTRNTION^IANCMtfiaail
You will shortly need KID .
ROPES AND BVVIVKLtf.
Place your older sow- Jt
TMS ROAOMHNeLVMONT OO..
Del mo. Teuee.
MOTHSl.
VSh Naur ef msetteg at the
I.YM) S*e
meeting ef the Jaap*
h»v* been let* because of the bad Southern Lif**.Ie»eramiaCoS*Se*T l*****^Lt* *.*****•,
of Houston, one of the o|dJ|reli-]
able companies. Mq. Cam re-]
pun-lined »upp i> a Souora *vd |«. 51. ffalbert of b 'noru, was in'wa* rsceived ia Bonora Saturday, csntly won bosors io tbiseum
need ay. Mr. 1 humus ia formerly Scrooia a few,’day* Lit week.; while Friday end Saturday mail-psny selling more ihsursnee tnan
Sunday The Mondayuany other agent *|n this district
Mar Qaaihats,gw*l4*nt
Mevaerat SetLiuratsry.
. • M. E Jopling, the Singer
Sewing Umchim man of 8e.\
of Eagle Pass and is in charge of Mr>«. Bloodwortb, vku wipif,,rm e «tue
tte drilling, while Mr. Fox is from erly Mm* Id* Halbert of Hooor*. mail urfv. I lark Monday .night H# wa* areompupied by Olay ^BW,n*
Edinburg, Texas, where Ibe bead bad inteoded to com* but the bad and who not otstntiuted until 1 net Yates, who Htsista Mr. Gain in the Angelo, .will be in Son$lfi-k
quarters of the Cumfany eg* io condition* uf A* rued* kept bar day morning. Tbs Tuvattey anil In-in a id": bl-iaefe. Read hia ad. few dsjfS. LeSV* Ordbrfi V
baled.
I
si hum*.
afrived only a few boirs Jut*. , is this issue.
the Ndwg office.
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