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Along the Urine of the Texas-Mexican Railway
The Hebbronville News.
YOLl ME II—N I'M HER 49
I1EBBBKONY1LLE, (JIM HOGG COUNTY), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVE-MBTR IP, 1925
ORANGES
GRAPE FRUIT
GRAPES FIGS
SUBSCRIBE NOW.
A STRANGER VSKS Ql ESTIONS
Ki.nsa® City, .Mo
Nov. 11, 1925.
Editor Hebbronville News:
While in Kansas City recently, I
dropped into a friend s office and
found a copy of your paper lying on
a table- As 1 have been thinking of
visiting South Texas sometime in the
(Theo. Tiller, in N. Y- Times.) Longworth would come back “Sit
WASHINGTON, down and have a cigar "
There are 435 members of the Rough anl Tumble Oratory.
House of Representatives, but Rep* When in action on the floor of the
resentative John Nance Garner of Hiuse, Mr- Garner is an entertaining' near future, and learning from
Texas, is a type in himself- He is figure. He is short, stockily built,1 railroad map that Hebbronville was
different from the 434 others. Here florid, gray-haired, blue-eyed. He located in a section I had in view, 1
its the proof: wears a standing collar, with front became interested in the copy of The
Representative Gar»er has been in edges turned backward, and is partial News that lay before me and looked
Congress twenty-two years and has to gray suits and fancy ties. In a tar it over carefully. I met with several
introduced fewer than twenty-two iff debate he pounds his palms to-1 surprises, the first being that Hebb-
bills and resolutions. Once he let five gether for emphasis, shakes fingers ronville had a population of approxi-
years pass without introducing a at his adversary and then flits from mately 2.200 and had natural gas, tele
single bill- He has never “extended one side of the chamber to the other, phones and an electric system- My
his remarks’’ in the Congressional He is replete With statistics, speaks next surprise came when 1 looked
Record, nor mailed back to his con- in fervid staccato sentences and is over the advertising columns and
■stitutents copies of any speech de- skillful in repartee. | found so few advertisements of the
livered by him. He does not make any Since the death of Claude Kitchin business houses of Hebbronville-
“home consumption’’ speeches- Never- of North Carolina and Champ Clark j The only Hebbronville store adver-
theless Mr- Garner is one of the of Missouri, John Garner has been | tisement I could discover was that
ablest debaters in Congress. regarded as the best “rough and. of a drug store. There was also the
tumble debater on the Demoeratiic advertisement of a Hebbronville bank
on
Mr. Gamer’s name will be in the
newspaper headlines repeatedly this side of the House, particularly
winter because of the Taxation Bill af trriff or taxes.
fectjng several million taxpayers, is Because he makes no spe^che for
now being framed by the Ways and ’’home consumption’’ tho Texas mem-
Means Committee, and Mr- Gamer is her never asks the House to make a
the ranking Democrat of that com- “canned speech," that is to “extend
rnittee. The public will hear of the my remarke in the Record." The
Mellon plan, the Green plan and the average member uses the Ro.’ord's
Gamer plan. (Representative Green appendix for publication of such
of Iowa is Chairman of the commit- speeches which are not delivered from
tee which frames tariff and taxation the floor, and mails copies back to
legislation.) constitutents.
( hampions Onions and Goats. Mr- QHrncr apparently reasons that
When taxes were revised two years if his constitutents want to know
ago the Garner plan had much to do what he is doing in Washington they
with upsetting certain details of the n-^y watch for the final result of his
Mellon plan That was a notable tax- ,.ff0rt«. When he returns home he in-
ation battle, involving Democratic, jorms his constituescy that if they
Republican, insurgent and radical b^ve he s doing all right up there
views. There will be just as lively a j-, Washington he’d like another term
scrimmage at the coming session. He dislikes to introduce bills and
Mr Garner represents a Texas dis- resolutions covering this topic or
trirt so large ii area that a State like that.
Delcwarc, Rhode Island or even Ver- jn thig rt.spect Mr- Garner is
mont might be dropped into it and unjqjt.
Two Hebbronv.lle hotels, I noticed
carried advertisements, as did a mo-
tor company, a meat market, a couple
of land and oil lease companies,
filling station and the cards of three
or four of Hebbronville's professional
men. The remainder of your adver
tising, it seems, comes from the out-
slide- Have you no stores other than
the drug store in Hebbronville: no
business concerns of any kind besides
the one I have enumerated?
It is certainly a remarkable condi-
tion of affairs that a town of 2,200
population, wth natural gas, tele-
phones and eltctnc light®, should have
so few busine?® concerns, if one is to
judge from the advertising columns
of the local paper, the way a town is
usually judged. Or is it that you have
another local paper? I am not asking
these questions from mere idle curi-
osity, but rather *o learn how a news
paper, without local patronage, can
survive as The News has done, and 1
noticed from the volume and the num*
ENTERS V VIGOROUS PROTEST.
MUCH INTEREST IN FIELDS
be in charge of the work, and as he
did in the Pippin well, he predicts
nothing but success in the dee*p test
on the Allen ranch. If a sand is dis-
covered, however, at an average depth
in the field, it will be thoroughly
tested out and it is possible the deep
Hebbronville, Texas.
November 14, 1925-
Editor Hebbronville New*:
My attention ha* beesi called to ........—
two recent articles in your paper rel- Great interest (is centered in the
ative to three Dallas parties who Randado Basin, Jim Hogg County,
were fined heavily, persumably by a where Smms-Palacio* No 1 struck
Jim Hogg County court, for viola- struck a rich sand at 1248 ft. Two
tion of the game laws. These articles wqre taken a»d they were very rich
did not give the situation as it exists in oil vlith gas enough to make a
and inasmuch as the three gentlemen flow.. Casing was set five feet in the
in question are rather frequent visi- sand and it s expected to bring the test will not be necessary,
tors to our county and are men of well in today or tomorrow. This well j -- ©
the very highest type and standing, is 2300 feet north of the Pippin dis- THE KODDEO A BIG SUCCESS-
vlith many friends in Hebbronville covery well and extend the feld that -
and Jim Hogg County, some of our far north- It is in section 291 and Sometime lat summer four of Hebb"
local citizens have protested to me has an elevattion of 13 feet higher ronville’s enterprising citizens, John
that such an excessive fine should than the Pippi'1 discovery well Oil Draper, W. W. Shuford, J. E- Barfield
have been assessed against these par- men who examined the sand predict and Boyd Guilford conceived the idea
ties as the articles would indicate, (that the well will come in with 1-0001 of establishing a race track and
The facts are that these men have barrels. The greatest interest hasj rodeo grounds near the city. A suita-
not been fined and will not be until been created in oil circles by this
they have had their day in court It j strike in Simms-Palacios No. 1, and
is true, that the officer prosecuting many inquiries are being made for
the cases went to Dallas and sought! leases in that section. It is the opin-
to apprehend them, and, rather than | ion of many that the new field will
make a trip back to Hebbronville at prove quite an extended one- The new
He does not, like his asso-
eeem merely another voting precinct. d;ate.s, fi» the Congressional hopper
The Fifteenth Congressional D-strict wjtb b;)|s. jn tbc past session there ber that your paper rjs now nearly two
swings along the Rio Grande River were introduced by other members * >'ears old- 1 hrn leaving in a day or
for 450 miles, includes twenty-three nearjy ]4.<x»0 House bills, joint re-*o- t»’o for New York but a letter ad-
dressed to me >n care of the Plaza
Hotel, that city, may find me.
I will probably spend the best part
of the winter in the North as my
business takes me to Canada for a
while, but early in the spring 1 ex-
pect to be in South Texas and at that
ville New-
counties and is 150 to 200 miles in ]utic>n.s and plain resolutions- Over in
width. It is impracticable for Mr- the Senate’, w*ith its membership of
Garner to travel all his district in one ©rjy ninety-ax, there- was a total of
campaign. Vet no one has been able ab©ut 5.000 Senate bills and reso-
to beat him in twenty-two years and ijtioris.
he is now entering upon his twelfth >ir, (jgj-ner's main services are per*
term Of the present members of the form<,d in committed rooms. On the
House only four have longer service f]ror be is an excellent organizer and jtirn<* * *•* have the pleasure of
—Cooper of Wisconsin (not contlnu- .-.rate-gist. He has a persuasive way meeting the Editor of The Hebbron-
ous). Butler of Pennsylvania, Haugen ar.d usually can bring a straying col-
of Iowa and Pou of North Carolina. ie£?ue back int0 ijne. He is a hard
The Fifteenth District is celebrated fjghte-r, but recognizes the truth of
because of Mr Garner, its Bermuda ^ ax;’om that »most all legislation
erfions and its herds of Angora goats- jg tbt, ©f compromise.’’ So if
As a Democrat opposed to the Rc- (jarnt-r cannot ge’t everything he
■publican principle of a protective wantK he s practical enough to ge-t
tariff, he has been twitted with want- what he can.
ir.g a little protection when it comes * M„ Garner Hfs Secretary,
to goat hair and onions- j Hf> digc&ura|r„ individuals and or-
, T*X“ mUCh, att*nt,on ,s ganizations (in his district who would
to the breeding of Angora goats, and
Texas contributes fully ore-half <f
the yearly mohair clip (about 3,000,-
000 pounds) of the Union- Most of
the Angoras have their habitat in the
Garner district and the adjoining di--
triet of Representative C. B. Huds-
peth. Onion® from Mr (rnrner’s dis-
trict are shipped to nearly every
State Mr. Garner remarks that near-
ly everything is produced in his ter-: j,
ritory, and that it is the heart of the
cattle country. I
come to Washington to appear before
Congressional committees and ask for
this ’egislat on or that If a Chamber
of Commerce wants to send a dele-
gation to support or oppose legisla-
tion Mr. Gamer will suggest that
this is a waste of time and money-
Let me know your views- I am
’.n person.
Most truly yours,
GEO- T ELLINGER
P. S.— 1 forgot, at the proper place
to congratulate you on the excellence
of your little paper, which is certain y
doing its part i*i the way of advertfs
ing Hebbror . ie and the Hebbronville
country.
G. T E
(Mr. Ellinger asks several ques
tions that can b< eadly answered
There are numerous stores and busi
ness concerns ,n Hebbronville, but
they do not believe in advertising or
oDntributirg *r> the support of the
local paper Why, it is for them to
determine, net The News- The outside
your representative here and will see j patronage The News receives is evi-
what can be done,” is the Gamer dently due to the fact that those pa-
“If I cannot represent you trons find >in The News u good adver-
maybt you can find some one else, tising medium Yes. The News will
soon be two years old, but it has
to do it-
It has never
An lmpersona Debate. | ^jr <_;anier bas a efficient' struggled to get by.
w’ttrtff debate1 prtvate Sh. is Mrs. Mn'onM or >.n -ir-pe, however, for
As a mrrnb-r of ,hr Way, and Mean,' S M"; ®*r"*r b "** .*,» h" ^ th* ,0’
/•- ... „ , . . ••*.,. sort of assistant Congressman, hand-lture of H< hb-cnv He and the Hebb-
Committee he has studied these ques- ... ,. . , .. ’ I „
... ... . , , . • lit g with dispatch tlu- routine ot tno ’ ronvi le country. The comp mient Mr.
tons carefully- His imprint and in- ... r. . , ,, ' r ..
^ „ . . . Gamer office- It is not a matter of Ellinger pay® the paper n his post
fluence have been placed upon tax, , . .. , . . 1 y ’
. ... . ... kd ping the secretaryship m the
tariff and other important leg.s.a- fami, Mr Garrer j, indept.ndenf ,y
tion for a dozen vears or more- He . ..
... .... ... » . | well off: one of the wealthy men in
likes a hot debate with such Repub-' , < „
Representative Nicholas j * __
THEY SAW THE MOOVIE-
licans
Longworth of OVMo, who will be the
Fpeaker of the next House, or Chair-1
man Green of the Ways and Means ’ -
Committee | Captdin Ryan spent several days
When the House Republican® made here last week, his company of Rang-
ready two or three vears ago to de?- «rs being stationed at this point. Fri-
igr.ate Longworth as majority floor
leader Gamer walked over to his
persona] friend (but political er.emy'
«rd said: ‘Mick, I hope to heaven
day morning he left on a scout ac-
companied by two of his Rangers,
Sam Mays and Warren Srrlith, and
late that everting they wound up in
they do elect you leader. Nothing Laredo- having travelled some 150
would give me more plea®ure than miles without di«covering anything
to kick you around this chamber for worth while After a hearty meal, the
the next two years ” In the ensuing f|.r«t «ince early morning, Captain
two years the galleries watch with Ryan says Sam and Warren headed
interest the forensic battles between for a barber’s shop, and getting
Garner and Longworth- After the com slicked up made for a moovie picture
f.ict Garner and Longworth wouid »ecw which they liked so well that
meet in the corridors, or maybe Gar- t.-.ey remained to fee it over again.
n»r would call at Longworth's office On Saturday the two Rangers re-
ar.d say something like this: tamed to headquarters at Hebbron-
“Nick, didn’t I give you h- to- \Hle, where daring their absence
dayS’* Ranger John Sadler had been keeping
“No mere than I gave you, Jack. ’ things straight in the camp
scrfpt, is deeply appreciated and
doubly so bexaaie ,t comes from a
stranger—EdiUr, News.)
-<i----
AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS-
The bazaar recently given by the
ladies of Hebbronville for the pur-
pose of raising funds to pay off the
remaining indebtedness on the Bap-
tist heme, wae- an unqualified suc-
cess. Mrs- He-ry Edds, who took a
leading part ir the work of arrang-
ingthe bazarr. *i.y? she never saw
more splendid co-operation among the
people of Hebbronville, of all reli-
gious sects ar.d denominations and as
an illustration she noted that the
Catholic priest entered as enthusi-
astically into the spirit of the occa-
sion as did the Protestant minister
or tho*.e of ary faith whatever, the
priest being i i-e of the five, judges
in the cake contest A sum of ap-
proximately 1300 00 resulted from the
bazaar, which was sufficient to pay
off the remaining mdebtelness on the
Baptist home
this time, they gave this officer a
cash bond with authority to plead
giAlty for them He went to Dallas
against my specific request that he
not go, hut these gentlemen protested
to me, whereupon 1 requested the
court to suspend any fine pending my
investigation of the facts, which the
court did. The fact that this money
has been put up does not mean that
these men have been fined or convict-
td. On the other hand their pleas of
ble location was found on Mr. Drap-
er’s ranch three miles from town, and
here the race track und rodeo grounda
were established after considerable
work and no litte expense
The first rodeo held there was on
the ltith of September, Mexican In-
dependence Day. and in this event
well also proves, in a measure, the
contention of J. W Pippin, that
well could have been made in his only Mexicans were allowed to par-
‘ graveyard” test at Randado, on sur- Yticipate- The next was November II,
vey 51, had the driller made the test Arnlistice Day, and this was exclu-
ut a depth of 1,250 or 1,300 feet, sively American.
where Mr- Pippin insisted there was | The programme started with prac-
an excellent showing of both oil and tical riding followed by goat roping,
gas. The bringing in of the Simms- Doc Manning winniing the first prize,
Palacios No. I will prove an event in Tim Hines second and Boyd Guilford
the Randado Basin ,just as the Pippin third- Then came the calf-roping.
discovery well did some weeks ago, • rope-and-break-away, and in this con-
gUilty have been withdrawn and the and f it comts in as predicted there test Otis Pouncey won first money
cases w-ill be tried at a time conveni- j will no doubt be a big rush to the and J- E. Barfield and Louis Yaeger
ent to all parties concerned. They will, new field
get their rights at the hands of J'im
Hogg County courts, just as anyone
of our own citizens will.
In view of the fact that these gen-
tied for second money. In the second
calf-noping contest, rope-and-tie-
Magnolia (lets Deep Sand. do"-n’ BiM Musgrave w-on first money
Magnolia No 2, in Randado Basin, ,n 29 second, Oscar Thompson won
“ii",::; £5
mrnt of fact in previous news Rems' ^ ^ ftn oj) eI|nd wjth much Kas nme contestants. Ross Anglin getting
referred to, and the prejudice and .n- j ^ pncounter„d. They commenced f,rjst n’on^’ Web*ter. Thompson sec-
justice which might arise by reason „ett). t.asinf, Priday and kept the °nd “nd * 8m,tb th,rd’
thereof. ,t is resuested that you pub-1 ww wrW;njf a„ of Frid niRht to * "^ster Thompson drew much ap-
l.sh this letter over my s.gnature in ke the we„ from ttir,K away. The P'aUSe by r“*'nK «>ohn «* P>tch-
order that the patrons of The News ^ considerable oil ^
and our own people may know the ^ , act.ounts jt wa„ tho ht her ride" h‘s hard|y btt*n quailed
facts- ...... , „ ,, . , . in Smith Texas.
Yottm truly. 1 th" * ■rood *'' .«»““ *» "“••• Tb“ ••Tht- Littl. Or.y Hor.« thM thr.»
DAN HIGHTOWER. I ' , »«' M^Murry to Ri» Grand. City,-
Cmmty Attorney, j,™ Htwt wwt ridden by Warren Smith toft
County, Texas-
PRIZE WINNERS AT BALL.
not very long, for Warren was soon
dumped but made a safe landing
Will Resume Dri’^ig- In tht special roping contest, $10.00
California interests, it is reported, entrance fee, rope-and-tie two calves
\ are getting ready to resume drilling each, there were the following con-
The following is a list of those 0„ Neville Hinnant ranch, where testants; Boyd Guilford Bill McMur-
" h° f"nL sGtl for and won prizes at sp]t.n,ijd showings of both oil and ry, Louis Yaeger, Tim Hines and Asa
ite recent masqutriide ball given at j.as were encountered about a year Draper. Boyd Guilfotd won in 52
Thompsonville- ago on survey 19. Jim Hogg County, seconds and followed that up by de-
or B< st \a tz (Old Time) R. T. This well, in which the showings were feating Louis Yaeger in a single-
Gibbons and Miss Lena Lowe. Oscar ©stained, is about a mile northwest handed roping contest for a purse of
Thompson and Miss Lucille Garner. pjppjn graveyard well at Ran- $25.00.
Albirt Malone and Miss J. E. Pad- dad©f ai,d many oil men express the The lust, but by no means the least
gi tt. Hugh Rankin and Miss I auline that a bg pool will be located interesting feature of the programme
Landrum; Ed Sorey and Miss Lilale gom,.wh(.rf. in thv territory of this was the cnlf-rd»ng contest by the
Reeves; Mr- and Mrs. D- Petit Mr.
Allen amf Mrs- Eddie Sorey; G Don-
aldson and Mrs- P. Walker W’inners:
Mr. Gibbons and Miss Lowe
Fox Trot: Mr and Mrs. Talk; B
well.
Oklahomans Coming In-
I) W- Gumming of the Stebbins Oil
J- Allen and Mrs. Ed Sorey; Oscar ComPany with head offices at Tulsa.
boys. In this spirited contest, Barney
Anderson, Jr., won first money, Dan
Shuford second and George Bill Hol-
bien tWird-
During the afternoon a few horse
tion.
LIGHT CATTLE MOVEMENTS.
RADIO’S LARGE FIELD ON THE
FARMS
Thom.™Gnd Mi“lTlUe G.Z" Okie , w, a vi.Ror to Hebbr.mville f«IW off but the.e crea-
dIv.., r,;;,; <•« * ^ ......... „ '' vr:, h,,;,:rrr, to........
Davis and Miss I.ilale Reeves: A. pany was preparing to enter the Jim a,,J 0,e rodeo was ®ai l To hav b^n
Wcatherby and Mrs IJ. McFadden- ,{oM c,,untV GH.Is with a view of ^ ’ thia ,ec.
Winners: Mr. and Mrs. Talk- i drilling several wells. Mr Cumm.ng v
For the best costumes, the honors remain in this part of the State
were carried away by Miss Velma *,,r stv*>ral weeks. Many of the Tulsa
Mathews, representing an Indian °Per‘itors are ••ntering Jim Hogg and
maiden, and Hugh Rankin, represent- ^tarr Counties- These are large inde- -
ing a Jew- The Hou.iton Chrfinicle P^ndentconcems barked by unlimited The grass ami weeils are so g<»od
Boy, W W, Reeves, wu ‘‘a scream-’’ <‘aPR',|l and their coming means very that cattlemen in the Hebbronville
much to our county and vicinity. section are not moving many cattle
- to market just now. preferring to hold
Pippin to Drill New Well. them back uwhile and let them get
J. W' Pippin has received word futter. However, a few small ship-
I from his associate and backer, tne ments of fut calves are being made.
The number of receiving sets in the American Well & Prospecting Co., as the following will show: On the
rurai sections throughout the United, ©f Corsicana, to begin at once the 13th Bovd Guilford shipped car calves
States has doubled since last year, al- j work of drilling another well in the to Sa" Antonio and John Draper a
though only 8 1-2 per cent of the Randado Basin. The location has been car to New Orleans. On the 14th
farmers now have them installed-1 made just north of Magnolia No- 1, Rafael Ramirez shipped car of calves
Owing to the fact that radio is prac-1 and the well will be an offset to the to Brownsville and on the 18th John
tically indispensible in need, an esti- Magnolia No- 1- Mr. Pipptn expects Draper will ship two cars to New
mated increase in radio sets on the to begin work within a few days, Orleans. These calves all go to mar-
farms shows that it has grown twice probably by the- end of the week. ket fur slaughter purposes,
as that of 1924 a"d nearly fou- times
as much e in 1923.
Because of the rapidly growing in-
terest in radio among farmers there
i- a larger responsibility on the
broadcasting station is way of en-
tertainment.
Radio on the farm not only takes
away the feeling of desolation, but
is inleed helpful in that they receive
the weather, stock and market re-
ports daily. There are wonderful
educational possibilities in radio to
the farmer, and it is doing wonders
in keeping the present generation at
home—Iowa Homestead.
---
Somehow or somehow else Heb-
t ronville Keeps on growing.
Boatright Setting Liner* > LEADING CHICKEN FANCIER.
Boatright, on Rcub Holbien’s 1 >** _
Animas ranch, had a cave-in at Mr. and Mrs A E Rouse were in
’,400 feet. He has succeeded in clear, from their farm a day or two since
:ng the hole out and Monday was busy and reported the country looking
putting in a liner. This well had beautiful after the recent bountiful
showings and Mr- Routright feels rtfim- Mrs. Rouse who is the leading
confident he will get a well-
To Drill on Allen Ranch.
chicken fancier of Jim Hogg County,
says her chickens are looking excep-
tionally fine this fall and that she
An arrangement has been made expects splendid results from her
between the Texas, the Sun, the Mag- flock ©f hen*. She raises only the
noli* a"d the Simms, four of the big Rhode Island Reds, with Mayhood and
o.\ companies, to make a deep test Ajrhart strains, and settings of
on section 30 of the Wilbur Allen »gg* from these hens are sought by
ranch, near the Randado field, in people living in various sections of
Jim Hogg County- Bob Newton whA the country. It iv unnecessary to state
drilled the Pippin discovery well, wtll that the>e settings bring fancy priced
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