Attorney Ends
Address
Two and One-Half
v Night By
Masonic Leader Years of Instruction
May 5,1939
Volume 14 No. 7
Midland Chamber
Two Students Tie
Many in Area
of Commerce Man
For Valedictory Honors For Dedication of
Head of Association
McDonald Observatory
Dorothy Thornton and
POPE BLESSES U. S.
Alan Fraser Expects
To Continue Work With
School Children Next Year
Later Program
Neal King May Have To Draw
Alpine Educator's
Address Here Given
Two members of the senior class
Extensive Attention By Press have tied for valedictory honors for
Summarizing c r i m e prevention
material he has presented before
; : i which .aches the .aw Marfa school children this school
ity< it is not a religion, has year, Alan Fi-aser, district attorney,
, grace but is, and should be, Tuesday afternoon emphasized to the
a the right hand of the Marfa young people the importance
of the point of view of the adolescent
... was described in that man- person who may be bent on crime.
riay night by J. W. Pender
Mr. Fraser ended two and one-half
>„ Most Excellent Grand years of systematic, education work
tot in Texas, Royal Archwith Marfa pupils and in a telephone
»n! who spoke to sixty-six Masons message to the Sentinel later TuesL p u n after a dinner here with day afternoon declared that he would
continue the work in the 1039-1940
K and Alpine men as hosts.
[ pender, accompanied here by year. He does similar work in other
"8|joe W. Pender, Jr., described schools of this section.
Declaring: that an understanding of
K™ of men who can be Masons
Luented that the stronger the the point of view that causes a parI that is accepted into the or^an- ticular person to commit a crime is
, the more strong will be the far more mportant than the fact that
he does it, Mr. Fraser told of three
onic structure." Adversity and
ie, accepted "in stride" by the specific instances in this judicial district in which an improper point of
n,\vas declared to be a true test
ie man whose Masonry rings view of a youth had been corrected.
The occasional criminal often acts
upon a momentary stimulation; the
concluding his address M r .
habitual wrong-doer usually has a
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_ studied, diseased point of view. When
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Kt'cui answer the world's chal- the point of view is wrong it should
ta Masonry in this way.
be corrected.
jug as Masonry rests upon t h e
In presenting . his educational
Scriptures and regards t h e m material Tuesday Mr. fFraser imtest light; as long a s it dis- pressed them with the unlovely life
the tenets of brotherly love, course of.one in crime and of how
uidrelief; as long as it r e g a r d s easy it is to get started on wrongthe sole author of those m o r a l doing. A "case history" was given of
ipiritual forces that foster t h e a North Dakota youth of the "bullbest there is in man; a s long a s headed" type whose tendency in this
accomplishes these ends, it direction was allowed to develop, leadtugfaly worth while . . . a n d ing him in and out of the penitentiary
ind effort spent in its advance- and finally to the murder of three
are not only not wasted but a r e persons in an effort to steal only two
ly justified."
cows.
"In concluding our work for this
•a and chapters represented a t
ler, and program, c h a i r m a n of year," Mr. Fraser said to the children,
"I want to urge that if you see a
was R. £. Petross, w e r e ;
;, 2; Fort Stockton, 1 ; C a n a l person you believe to have a tendency
; Natchitoches, La., 1 ; Lone to wrong-doing that you do something
Okla., 1; Pearsall, 1; P r o s p e r , about it. I suggest that you tell some
Antonio, 1; Del Rio, 1 ; Al- sympathetic, understanding person
about it and the two of you can prob18; Marfa, 38.
ably work it out, perhaps correcting
n E. MacDonald, High P r i e s t ,
the person's point of view and 'dea chapter No, 156, Royal A r c h
touring* the individual into a healthi, welcomed the visitors. Several
ful, purposeful path."
numbers were 3uno' by Miss
In the "clinic" afterward Mi\
Xagel v.-ho also gave a voeal
Fraser was asked if he thought mar|«th her accompanist, Miss Daisy
riage and divorce laws should btn. Others KKO had a p a r t on the
made more strict as an aid in lessen, were:
ing crime. He expressed the opinion
• Bev. F. R. Poage, p a s t o r , that a better way of approaching the
dis:Church, Alpine; Charles E . matter would be a building of respect
*. W. Baines, L. C. Pope, C. for the holy bonds of matrimony.
»lts, J. C. Coleman, C. A.
Thanks of the students for the inK.B. J. Ratliff, all of A l p i n e ; formation Mr. Fraser has brought
f Mead, C. E. Porter, both of them was expressed at the assembly
'the Rev. Milton F . Hill a n d by J. E. Gregg, superintendent of
to". M. A. Buhler. M a schools,
rfa
J. P. Luton, president of the
liters.
senior class, and Herbert King, presof the Order of the E a s t e r n ident of the student body.
""*' ;iv it is a progressive,
i
Problems encountered by Chamber
of Commerce managers in West Texas
had a thorough airing Friday and
Saturday when men and women ol!
the Chamber of Commerce Manage) s
Association of West Texas conducted
their annual meeting here.
Bill Collyns, Midland, was elected
president Saturday afternoon and
Colorado City, so named by vote of
the people recently, was chosen as the
1940 meeting place. Other officers
and directors elected were:
Vice-president, Paul Ord, Mineral
Wells; secretary-treasurer, C. C. Williams; directors: Chester Harrison,
Browmvood; J. H. Greene, Big
Spring; Merle Guver, Abilene; L. C.
English, Odessa; Jack Kelly, Jr.,
Marfa; L. P. Bloodvvorth, El Paso.
Alter a recent private a o A
with Pope Pius XII, Cardinal Mini"
defein of Chicane stated that the
new pontiff "considers the faithful
back home among the dearest in th«
world." The pope imparted hit
apostolic blessing in English, speci- Xe>n Park Proposal
fying that it extended "to Amerisa
At a banquet session Friday night
and your families."
Dr. H. W. Moretock of Alpine spoke
on the subject, "The Big- Bend Park
1 in the Balance." The educator reviewI prl thp history of the Big Bend Nat ion| al Park movement and urged Texan-;
Lo capitalize on the enthusiasm shown
BY RALPH ENGLAND
A severe hailstorm mixed with a for the park and the attention that
heavy v showpr fell in Presidio last ha* been focused upon it.
Saturday afternoon causing an in- . Dr., Morelock.'suggested that the
estimable damage to young growing: S7,000 lacking- in the 525,000 working
plants in the valley and to tar paper fund to provide, a campaign be supplied by borrowing from funds in
roofs in town.
All early cotton was damaged to local banks over the state. This money,
such an extent thqt many fields will given for land purchase use only,
have to be planted over. Some valley would be repaid out of the first money
farmers reported that newly planted received after a financial expert is at
cotton which had not come up was so work securing money for land purtightly packed in the ground by the chased for deeding to the government.
pounding hailstones that much of it
Session Saturday
will have to be replanted.
H. A. Coffield, mayor, was toast—P-N—
master at the Friday night banquet
Fred Seggerman, customs broker, and H. O. Metcalfe welcomed the
reported this week that 200 head of visitors. C. L, Arthur, Marfa business
Mexico cattle scheduled to be here man, is president of the Chamber of
Tuesday would be delayed because of Commerce here and attended most of
lack of railroad cars on the K. C. M. the sessions of the organization.
Saturday morning at the associa& 0. between Ojinaga and Chihuahua
tion's first business session L. P.
City.
Blood worth conducted a n o p e n
According to E. L, Burney, mining forum during which managers gave
operator in the San Antonio Canyon their views on various problems that
district and on the Tootle E.-tate, a face them in their work of community
new shaft has been sunk on the latter buildincr. William A. Wilson, Sulphur
property which shows siiver ore run- Springs, credited with the founding
of the association, described the best
ning S90.00 per ton in value.
A heavy showing of calcium fluo- methods of formulating- a chamber's
ride was encountered in the prospect program of work for the year.
"The biggest rSanta Claus West
revealing a purity of 99.6 per cent.
The ore brought to the surface Texas has," is the way J. C. Watson
shows a lead content of 15 to 20 per of Abilene described the petroleum
industry's importance in the state.
cent, Burney said Monday.
The new shaft on the Tootle Estate Mr. Watson, who is executive-secreis located a short distance east of the tary of the West-Central Texas Oil
Murphey-Walker mine which Burney and Gas Association, emphasized the
has controlled for the past five years. threat presented by proposed federal
regulation of oil resources.
Twins, a boy and a girl, were born Big Bend Park Endorsed
L. C. English of Odessa spoke on
to Mr. and Mrs. F. Daly last Saturprepared and served the
the subject of "Raising the Budget,"
were introduced and given a Alpine Residents Here For Week-End day. The girl weighed 4 1-2 pounds
describing in detail the best methods
and the boy 2 1-2 pounds at birth.
"°fc of tfianks for their work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Patterson and
The boy succumbed to a weakened of securing the money each year for
daughter, Pat, of Alpine were guests condition, dying a few hours after the carrying on of the work of a
last; "week-end of jMrs. Patterson's
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parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Davis.
Presidio News
Development
Hess Resolution
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Man Proposes
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Scientists As Well
As Others Over Nation
Hearing of Mount Locke
the class of 1939. They are Dorothy
Thornton and N'eal King, Anna Belle
Bunton was next, locing by a small
margin. J. E. Gregg, superintendent
of schools, has written the State Department of Education asking recognition of both students as valedictorian. If the answer is in the negative, they will draw for the honor.
The awards were made after a careful examination of scholastic records
for the last two years.
Dorothy Thornton, daughter of
Major and Mrs. H. J. Thornton, entered Marfa High School two years
Focal point of attention of West
Texas people and of many persons all
over the nation is 6,791-foot Mount
Locke in the Davis Mountains, where
the McDonald Observatory will be
dedicated this afternoon in ceremonies
which begin at three o'clock.
Although the dedication program ia
restricted as to the number attending,
the general public will have ample
opportunity in time to come to see
the Observatory equipment. Addresses
at the Obesrvatory this afternoon will
be by:-C. J. Stillwell, vice-president, Warrer-Swasey Co., Cleveland, builders of
TWO VALEDICTORIANS
the lcx-,3; Dr. Ottu Strove, director,
FOR 1939 CLASS IN MARFA
McDonald Observatory and Yerkes
A letter to the effect that both
Observatory, University of Chicago;
candidates for valedictory honors
Robert Maynard Hutchins, president,
will be accepted as valedictorian,
University of Chicago; J. R. Par-ten,
and certified to the colleges and
Board of Regents, University of
universities as such, and that each
will receive benefit of a one- , Texas; Dr. J. S. Plaskett, Director
semester scholarship, was re- ! Emeritus, Dominion Astrophysical
ceived by J. E. Gregg, late this j Observatory; Prof. Arthur H. Compton, University of Chicago; Homer
week. The letter was from J. W.
Price Rainey, president-elect, UniO'Barrior, director of the Division
of Supervision of the State De- ! versity of Texas.
| The Observatory institution is unipartment of Education, Austin.
j que in that taxpayers' money was not
j u=cu in its construction or in its opafter her father's eration cost except as to the Univertransfer from Schofield Ba'racks, Ter- sity of Texas men spend in adminritory of Hawaii. She has always been istering the trust fund of the W. J.
an honor student.
McDonald estate, by which the ObXeal King, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. servatory was built. The University
F. King, has always been an above- of Texas pays operating costs, the
average student in the nine years he University of Chicago provides the
has attended Marfa schools. He trans- staff.
fered here from Pecos in 1930.
The general public may go through
Anna Belle Bunton, daughter of Mr. the Observatory plant between one
and Mrs. Oren Bunton has attended and 1:30 on week days and between
the Marfa schools eleven years, and two and three on Sundays. Views
has always maintained an excellent through the telescope may be arranged
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This relief map, on display in the •
rotunda of the State Capitol in Austin,
shows the rugged and picturesque
area included in the proposed Big
Bend National Park.
The broken line shows the area now
included in the Big Bend State Park,
with the towering and scenic Chisos
resolution, which was Mountains as the central attraction.
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site, totaling approximately 788,000
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Mrs. Eari Smith and daughter,
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section for ceremonies ;it the Observatory and for the nr<?ei?>.g <>f the
Southwestern Division of the Amer-'
ican Association for the Advancement
of Science, at Alpine this week spent
last night at El Paisano Hotel. InSHOWERS IX MARFA
cluded in the group will be Mr. StillAND VICINITY HELPFUL
| well, president of the Wamer-Swasey
Recent showers have been of gen- j Co., Cleveland
Baygont Coaches, bus line with
the Highland section of West Texas headquarters in Marfa, has a contract
with one of the rainfall blessings be- to provide transportation for certain
ing received Thursday afternoon as Observatory visitors to and from
this was being written.
Alpine, Fort Davis and the ObserraC. Quick of the meteorological of- tory site, sixteen miles from Fort
fice at Fort D. A. Russell said yester- Davis.
day that rainfall recorded there during April was .31 of an inch, which
wa? .08 more than in the same month
last year and .21 of an inch more than
in April of 1937. So far in May the
Long Search Ends As Hobbs
fall has been .07 of an inch. Last year
the May rain was .10 of an inch.
Woman Joins Sister In Marfa
The Bogel Ranch ^received rain
over about half of the place Friday ! A search that covered more than
afternoon. Other ranches which are! twenty year?, and extended over
said to have received moisture of j Texas, Aikansas, Mississippi and a
worth while quantity are those of i number of other state? t-ndo<l in the
Wert Love, Petan Investment Co., reunion oi two sister= here last week,
i when Mrs. Thomas Eubanks, of
Fischer and L. C. Brite.
Hnbb>. X. M., and her husband, came
— ; to visit Mrs. Eubanks' sistt-r, Mrs. J.
: G. George, wife or a barber in the
I Fort D. A. Russell sh..»:>.
Texas park site only by the Rio i Mr.-. George married ar.;l '.eft hoi'
Grande, an additional 400,000 acres of home in Houston, Miss., during 1918.
scenic country have been set aside by Her husband was a traveling man,
the Mexican government for park and in her travels with him, she lost
purposes in the event the Big Bend trace of her family. At the time of
project is turned into an internation- the death of her husband, efforts to
locate any member of her tamily were
al park.
The Rio Grande is shown on the fruitless.
Mrs. Eubanks, too, had searched for
map as it cuts its tortuous way
through the mountainous section. The her sister, and in some manner learnthree most famous canyons, the Santa ed that her name was now George. In
Helena, Mariscai and Boquiiias, also
a family by that name, that had been
are indicated.
(Photo by El wood Payne, Austin). in Fort Bliss, were now at Fort D.
A. Russell. A letter to the George
family revealed that her search was
ended. Mrs. Eubanks came as soon aa
possible to see her sister.
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Xeal King, Dorothy Thornton,
Anna Belle Bunton, Anna Marie Hoffman, Georgia Means.
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M):uitvi "bad tr.cn" v.r.o W.TJ ?!>'••
in? the Ird:ans with whisky, rob-,
bin? and murdering their, and prey';•. :s hard to ca
ing »;a tlie fsw \v::;:e suV.Ieri scat-;
and the ridges un their T::I^T-;. a'.- tered through the territory.
tb.ouerh formed, an 1 not district, oxSo widespread had their activities ;
become
that they were endangering |
\>on* ]»ointed out.
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Coionel Garrison cit»-d a number of the peace of the dominion.
The
"rr.ounties"
had
orden
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reasotis f<^' ir-ciudin? young children.
suppress them at any cost.
in universal finjrorprintinff, which has > "We finally moved them off from
hern endorsed by P-esident Roosevelt. Fargo, N. D., in a column two miles
"God forbid v.'/II have a kidnaping | long—horses and men, cattle, farm
case in Texas hut if we should, fin-! implements and Red River carts
time t h e
pupils tjorprint.s vnuld be the means of pos:- : which you could hear squeaking a
t0 rP(UM ,
off," Fullwood said.
; tively identifying the child. And re-, mile
"We were making for Edmonton,
member that no child is really safe | Alta., a t the foot of the Rockies,
frnm the mad snatcher, the crank, the which we had to patrol. It was a
pervert."
' hard trip of well over a thousand
Prints on file at the State Identi-. mile3. It took us under five months.
fication Bureau are likewise valuable • "It was especially hard on tha
horses and cattle.
Forage was
for identifying children involved in ! s^arr* and erazing generally non-;
and
;a
traffic
existent. Yet day after day our 1
lie disasters such a^ school fires and | horses covered 50 miles. Long beexplosions, theatre panics, tornadoes, j fore we made camp at night the
Many victims of the New London j men were leading them.
"About halfway along our trail
school disaster two years aj?o were
we
had to establish a 'crippled
identified from state police records, camp'
for men and horses. Shortly
he said.
after that the main body, which
"Even the lost chiid, strayed from j carried on, had plenty of meat for
his mother in a big crowd and takon the first time. We were in buffalo
to the police station for safekeeping, country.
,
.
tJ
Oux Colonel Macleod established
may be more quickly restored to his
his
post in th« Porcupine Hills. It
:G some
was the first post ever built by t h t
^
quick means of identification."
n«w police, and I helped with the
of
-•onstruction. Today it in the town
Shijrteys To Vacation in Arkansas
of Macleod.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. (Tobe) Shipley
•'We had little trouble with the
ieft Tuesday for Fayetxeville, Ark., xncuana. i » c ; « ~ » •~—-—
Clusei
where they will spend a month with w« were there to protect them
Dr. E. H. Shipley, and they became our mtifo* in our f
other relatives. On their way there, with the criminal."
they will visit with relatives of Mrs.
Shipley in McAHster, and other Okla- Fxrt Department Has New Member
Inanila
Bill Shannon has recently become
homa cities.
a member of the Marfa Volunteer
^Be and
—•adv. For cut flowers Ph. Mrs. Fennell. adv. Fire Department,
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THE NEW ERA
(Established IPS:)
Consolidated April 9, 19
Published every Friday at Marfa,
Presidio County, Texas.
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of any person, firm, or corporation
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attention of the management.
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WIHIY KNOWN AS IDU
wu*t*
U.'Hftffllt«>*A.*MU.
James A. Farley, postmaster geawal, vacationi&f ia Florida, haiu
his golf fame long enourh to heed
Is* plea of Don Grabbi Jr. for a
7 w \** w «iw, leas. «i
contribution to the baby milk tmod
la Miami. Farley headquartered at ^ " V h c P i m Christian
the Miami Biltmore, the "temsor&ry (The CavittE now r^sidet
While House."
and a r e parents of two SOD
Texas Has "the Edge"
At a time when the tourist business j
must be ranked as one of the major
industries, Joe H. Thompson of
Denver. Colo., leading- authority of
"tourism." rates Texas as one of the
three States that will gain most from
the 1039 travel boom. The other two
ft* iwitiir,
States are New York and California,
S&UNARY#<OLUMBlA.OftMIM»
which have made costly outlays for
ISI8. nSTOMTB CISCO, tMNK,
their world's fairs.
JWM6MUNftttftKO925*
Mr. Thompson estimated that 4,| 9 M > . MAftfcU MISS MAHOUT
688,425 tourists will spend $304,«UIAMSItl7 • ONtSON
747,625 in Texas this year, placing
Texas first in the number of visitors
and third in the volume of expenditures. In the long run, the volume of
tourists should be worth more than
the total they spend in this State,
since the 4,688,425 persons will dis^
cover first-hand the vacation advanSJK.U. M M CLOS
tages of Texas and also a more important fact—that this State is a land
of opportunity with vast undeveloped
resources. It is reasonable to expect
that the*flow-<i£.vifiitor««U stimiUa*e*|
population growth am} needed investment for the development of Texas.
A large*voiume of the tourist movement to T « a s thfe- year is "through
travel," either en route to the world's
fairs or to, Mexico. Th^ reason** for
this are that the fairs and Mexico
are better advertised than Texas, and
that New York, California and Mexico have developed attractions to drawFIRST CHRISTIAN* CHURCH
invited. Doyle Singleton, director.
more visitors. Texas, therefore, should
M. A. BUHUCR, Minister
8:00 Sermon: "The Mysterious Adcarry out such projects as the Big "But in every nation he that ventures of Jonah."
Bend National Park which would be a fearcth Him, and worketh righteousMonday Afternoon
permanent tourist attraction rather ness, is accepted with Him.'
3:00 W. M. S. meeting at the church
than a temporary one like a world's
—Acts 10:35
for program on "Old Ministers' Relief
fair.
Bible school, 9:45 a. m. There is Program," Mrs. Warren Chastain,
A city like Fort Worth, which may a class for every ape, and fine felpresident.
be inclined to concede the Winter
lowship for all.
Wednesday Evening
tourist busine?s to other places like
Morning Worship. 10r45 o'clock.
7:30 Church Night. (Ordination of
San Antonio and the Rio Grande
Sermon subject, "Lovest Thou Me new Deacons.)
Valley, should capitalize on its pleasMore Than These?"
8:30 Choir Practice, Mrs. H. O.
ure resources such as its golf courses,
This
heart-examining,
heart-searchMalone, Director.
nearby scenic routes and its three
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OUTDOOR WTHUSIA$T,CM*
COOK, FOOTBALL FAM,KEEN
SttWOFflUMORAMPA^
GOOD COMPANION
Bible Study 7:45 p. m.
Wednesday
Bible Study 7:45 p. m.
Thursday
Ladies' Bible Class 2;30 p. m.
All are welcome to these services.
The Church urn'on Mwpfn the
Like the
similar action;
"BROWNIE"
LEDGER
OUTFIT
—Expression of gratitude to the retiring president, Chester HarrUor.,' •, . >A . ofA Binder. 200 sheets
. . . . . . . ^, . , . .
,'jcellujoid index; only
effifor his work; he is ill at his home m cient
. , and, compact.
. At
. ' the Sentinel.
Brown wood;
—adv.
—Support pledged to West Texas
Chamber of Commerce;
—Expression* of thanke to local
people for a i * ^hcAtHHt; of the
xneetitif.
Typewriters and Adding: Machines
—Repaired—
BILL DENSFORD . . .Alpine
Telephone 302 (Alpine)
Kenneth Mella^lon of MI
CHICAGO.—A Michigan dentist Mrs. C. K. Mellard, woh J
demonstrated an operation which flying instructions at a Da
makes it possible to remove an ab- school, made his first solo flj,
scessed tooth, treat it and replant eight days of instruction
it. Dr. C. W. Messinger, of Hough- thought by Mr. Mellard's f
at
ton, Mich., explained the process
with X-ray and charts at the sev-it would require about five
enty-fifth annual mid-winter meet- weeks of instruction before k
ing of the Chicago Dental society. be eligible for a license.
He said he had replanted approximately 75 teeth, which should last
Ten Years Ago
anywhere from a minimum of five
Work of remodeling,the coon
years to eight or ten years.
10 WOK* lOiNTt^
He first X-rays the tooth, thea had begun. Plans called forpla
extracts it and treats any abscess the outside, and a number
in the jaw. If there is no cavity ia provements on the inside.
the tooth, he drills a hole into tho
root canal, removes the root tisColonel Charles Lindbergh ii
sue and, after thoroughly sterilizing Marfa a t 8:40 p. m. We
the tooth, replaces,the root tissue
with guttapejeha. Then he fills the 'his way from the west ..
Tke Reeves County road imjtfove- root end of the* todth with a silver BrownsviHe, where he. was to L
memr project endwt late in April, ac- lffling and the surface endVith por- for Mexico City. The plane, j
cording to, the Bxthnwhtcu JLm&ui. Thecelain. He resterilizes the tooth* •very low, caused quite a> bit i
presser it back into the cavity ia
paper states there- is hope that an- the jaw and sets it ur.place with gold •ment, and several rumors,
other appropriation soon will be al- ajpiint. The s p l i n t s woo^lo* abort) which was that it was.a re
lotted.
a rn'onfh'fcT give""the gum and twtut -fiom Mexico. Dispatches
Paso stated that Colonel
time to grow around the tooth.
had stopped there for fuel.
Work started last week in Van
taken off for San Antonio.
Horn on an eleven-room hospital. Use Reaction Tests to
Modern equipment will be used
Evaluate Athletic Sinew
throughout the hospital, says the Van
STATE COLLEGE, PA.—A Staten
Horn Advocate.
Island (N. Y.) girl it undertaking
—CBan ambitious project at PennsylvaThc Crane Hi#h School band won nia State college. She wants to
first in its division in San Antonio learn whether c<'>lege athletes havt
Your Family Cirdel
during the recent Fiesta, declares the better muscular co-ordination than i
Crane County News. The band was the nonathJetic undergraduates.
—WITH OUR
also chosen to lead the float of the Dorothy R, Donohuc, a graduate
student in health and physical eduFAMILY GROUP I
maid of honor to the queen.
cation at Penn State, plans to test
POLICY
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tho reaction time of athletes and
Almost $50,000 worth of business nonathletes to identical situations as
Every member of th« 1
iJy should have enoufh
and residential building the last two a part of her graduate study. She
Euranee to pay fused
iuonths spelled prosperity for I'ccos intends to select 900 athletes at Penn
penses.
with a continuous substantial growth, State and match their quickness
You can insure them J
with that of 300 nonathletes chosen
relates the Fccos Enterprise. Building from the student body.
our family group Hfe P
Each member may be ins
has ranged from remodeling; of busiAmong tht tests to be used are
up
to $1,000 on this [
ness houses to new homes including those given to automobile drivers
Persons insured in the i
a number of rent houses.
to test tht quickness of the eye.
policy may have diffe
Miss Donohue plans to measure eye,
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amounts and name diffeJ
foot
and
hand
co-ordination,
and
tho
beneficiaries,
if desired.
Kerrville's reputation as the world's
general
quickness
in
action
of
tha
It's on the Ordinary!
largest mohair market was sustained two groups. She also plans to study
Plan with standardCMJI
last week when 200,000 pounds of what sports, if any, tend to increase
loan values and is issaed
grown and kid hair was sold at 36c co-ordination.
an old line, legal
company. Premiums are]
and 46c—one cent better than any
a b l e monthly, qo*™
sale reported to date, declares the
Grazing Range
PROTECT
Lots of Mr.. X't
X
AC
Churches in communion with the See ten children
of the late John H. Car*
of Canterbury, and the old Catholic ion of Mt. Vernon, Texas, had
Chamber of Commerce.
Churches in communion with the See names that started with the letter X
Following the Saturday luncheon
of Utretch, brought together some They were Xena, Xuthus, Xylander,
FIRST
BAPTIST
CHURCH
the visitors heard Alan Fraser, disfifty million souls. This inter-com- XiminJes, Xystus, Xerxes, Xanthus
H. O. MALONE, Pastor
trict ettorrey, speak on the subject
munion tok place two years ago. A and Xenephone.
Sunday Morning
of "Crime Prevention," an address
year ago the National Church of
9:45 Bible School, Albert Logan, Rumania entered this union. Four of
they had requested of Jack KHJy, Jr..
Expandex Personal File — $2.20;
furorintendent.
Marfa manager, who arranged the
alphabetical. At the Sentinel. Takes
ihe Ancient
Orthodox Synods
y
program. Resolutions adopted by tb<
10:50 Sermon: "Citizens of Tomorcare of papers as they should be.—adv.
have
declared
themselves
ready
for
row."
association at its concluding nessi^n
the same union with the Episcopal
Sunday Evening
included:
7:00 Training Union. Everybody Church. Thus the "Sin of Separation"
— Endorsement of th* Bip Bend
is slowly healing.
National Park and the -.it. toting to i
(Continued from page one)
j|:. ^3||>^;ff3
Dentist Rcmovct Tooth,
Treats and Puts It Back
Presidio.
Midland Chamber—
:
S. Cavitt, III. and Joseph
v
Cavitt, III.)
*
ing QUGitiori WES s?kod bv Jesus Bt ^
large lakes.
very psychological time in the life
3:45 R. A. and G. A.
Mr. Thompson's report on tourist
of the apostles. This is an abiding
4:30 Booster Choir Practice, Mrs.
trade for Texas in 1039 is not so imquestion. What is its meaning? What Lucius Bunton, Leader.
portant in showing the benefits of a
is the les.«on for us?
We are happy to welcome Earl
boom year as in pointing to the develYoung people's meeting, 7:00 p. m. Smith, Miss Jerry Ballou, and W. E.
opment of the tourist industry in this
with a constructive program and Bunton who came last Sunday as canState in succeeding years. The Amerhelpful fellowship.
didates for baptism. The Lord has
ican people spend billions annually
Evening
service,
8:00
o'clock,
sergraciously blessed the first six months
on motion pictures, sports, travel and
mon,
"Weighing
on
the
Correct
of the present pastor's leadership with
other pleasure activities: Texas can
Scales
of
Life/
'
forty-five conversions and additions;
gain its share of the tourist business
What
are
the
correct
scales?
Will
forty-one of these having already
without costly ventures like world's
there
be
any
over-weights?
How
joined the church; seventeen of them
fairs, as proven by Mr. Thompson's
about
the
light
weights?
What
is
the
by baptism, besides the four other consurvey.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Mountani Swi.
Bible teaching on this subject?
versions. For such a manifestation of
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A welcome that is rcai is yours
The laying of more than a mile of
at all services, to enjoy good music, 1 ful to Him who made it all possible.
water mains in Monahans was started
<Continued from page or,e)
, Bible preaching, and Christian fellow
We cordially invite vou to worship
last week, with a crew of twelve men
ship.
with us thi* Lord's Dav. Your atten-!j w" " V ^ " ' " " " t % ? O I t I w e i v e m e
birth. Every rc.»'<n;!-rr at tin- o>
ti™ ;. «.ii^ • . • ^
**lL.
,! ofkmft says the Movahans News.
of the local medical profession was
tion
is
called
to
the
pastor's
announced
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH sermon subjects.
u?e<] in an attempt to >&vo the- tiny j
• The debate and extemporaneous
RICHARD G. IRVING, MINISTER
Come, and bring a friend.
1
Y'lV.nc-tfr but ht- <*nu]<] not survive. :
coach of the Iraan High School has
ar,<i th ,-•;.;rviving- twin
SurJay school each Sunday at
! offered a free trip to the World's Fair
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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<i;-.y to be (loin:.; 10 a. m.
t this summer to any team that wins
REV. GEORGE WOOD, Vicar
Worship service on the second,)
• first place at the state contest to be
-P-N; fourth ar.d fifth Sundays of the mor.ih ! 8:00 a. m. Holy Eiuhari?t.
held in Austin this week-end, states
•;r.bt••
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t v P i - e s i d b ' a t 1 3 : 0 0 f t . :••.
'J:-i5 a. m. Church School.
! the Irann Herald.
County ist"] Club a r t expected to j
These will be no service at 11:00i
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attend the i;-."''a<"-t t'liivnament to be]
a. m.
CHURCH OF CHPJST
f A Kermit hospital is the recipient
hold in Juarez :i> xt Sunday.
J. F. COPPINGER. Minister
of an iron lung, through the genEpiscopal Visitation
Aocordir.jr to J. K. Edmundson, j
Bishop Howden v.-ill make his usual erosity of Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Walton
<:hif-f rar.pe "tnVrr of tho PCPC, it is i Meets in the Lockley Apartments
visitation to St. Paul's on Sunday, of Kermit, who bought the respirator
expect, d that ail Marfa members will i f o r s e r v i c e a s f o i l o W ;
May 28. He will be the celebrant at and donated it to the service of West
attend the shci<-.t.
Texas people says the Ward County
Bible Study and Communion 11:00 the early Eucharist, and deliver a News.
A team of at least four members is
sermon at 11 a. m.
expected to attend from
tHm
semi-annually or annul
No medical exammtt
Ages: Birth to 65 yean.
THE COST!
Too small to carry the i
yourself. Let us do it
you and relieve your r
these worries.
Swearingen, Bledsoe
and Senter
LAWYERS
J. W. MacF(
OFFICE PHONE 11
Insurance Is MY
It's NOT A Sideline!]
Phone 247
MARFA, TEXAS
LUMBE
BUILDING SUP!
PIPE AND FITTINGS
PT TTMDtVfi
filTPPLlES
PAINT - TOOLS - HARDWARE
GENERAL PRACTIOI
—adv
Marfa Ifati Bank
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Marfa,
A. M. McCABE,
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s...Clubs
Future Events
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•Senio
miet Theme I s
This Week's Recipe
Submitted by Mrs, C. L. Cazell
DATE ICING
1 cup butter
Powdered sugar, about one box
1 box pitted dates, ground
'of the annual Junior1 cup broken nut meats *
»t Friday evening of last
Flavoring
Method
K
scene of the f e s t i v i t y Cream butter, add sugar, and blend
appearance.
to desired consistency. Add ground
m«oo&, junior class pres- dates, nuts and flavoring. Spread besed as toastmaster, and open- tween layers and on top and sides of
Lquet with a toast to t h e devil's food cake.
-MRS. JACK MECKL1W Society Editor
"PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON" THIS
WEEK-BY MARFA HISTORY CLUBATTRACTIVE COURTESY OF SOCIAL WEEK
CENTURY CULTURE CLUB AND
HISTORY CLUB BOOKS PLACE
Dinner-Bridge
Pretty Compliment
For Night Bridge Club
Mai fa's two study clubs, the Marfa
History Club and the Century Culture
Club, will have the distinction of havThe annual President's Day Lunch- ipresented. A feature was the playing ing their yearbooks sent to Austin
Thursday evening of la>t week, Mr.
eon of the Marfa History Club Wed of a string Quartet from Alpine. Miss this fall to be judged at the state and Mrs. Joe C. Mitchell entertained
nesday was one of the loveliest affairs Irma Lee Batey, Mrs. W. E. Lock- convention of the Texas Federation with a bridge dinner for members of
of its kind held this season. The ban- hart, Miss Pauline Austin and Mrs. of Women's Clubs.
the Friday Night Bridge Clubr ami
quet hall of E) Paisano Hot*! was A. Graves Bogel played four numbers.
These yearbooks were judged at other friends. I m and pansies were
attractive with tall baskets of purple
Officers for the 1939 club year were the Eighth District, Texas Federation j used in decoration of the playing
and white iris, and long baskets of installed. Mrs. Mead was in charge of of Women's Clubs convention last rooms.
California poppies, white iris, corn- the installation service. Mrs. J. E. week at Fort Stockton.
Dinner was served on six sm&l)
flowers and bridal wreath.
Other
winning
books
were:
tables, each of which was centered
Kelly, Jr., gave the retiring presTwelve tables, set at angles, were ident's address, and Mrs. Oren M.
Twentieth Century Club, Big Lake; with an attractive bouquet of the
„ J. P, Luton, president of
laid with white, and napkins of panel Bunton, new president, responded. Sanderson Culture Club; Fine Art* chosen flowers.
kjor class, responded. J e r r y
shade? were used. Thc centra! decora- Mrs. Kelly presented each of her rt- Club, Midland; Modern Study Club,
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher w u v
Lid the story of the famed
Midland; Big Lake Study Club; Fort awarded the club trophy for high
tive theme was i mirror reflector tiring officers a gardenia.
<j and P e m Mead presented
JDavis Study Club; Wink Wednesday score, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs were
placed on a small table in the heart Dallas Writer A Guest
pantomine. Elaine Gregg:
Study Club; Van Horn Women's Club. presented an award for high score
of the large tables. A brass candelaIncluded
in
the
out-of-town
people
[toast to the junior and senior
brum with five white tajwrs burning
among guests.
were:
hers. A tap burlesque, depictwas
placed
close
to
an
artistic
water
An outstanding feature of the conClub members present were:
Mrs. L. F. ButtrilJ, Marathon, pres[Hexican bull 6gK was given
cert to be given Thursday evening lily made from sotol plant. Greenery ident of the Davis Mountains FederaMr. and Mrs. Clay Mitchell, Mr.
pbersofMrs. Cecile Thompson's of next week, according to an an-from thc plnnt formed the leaves.
and Mrs. Frank Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
•class Raymond Wheat played nouncement of the Henry Lowe Music Native rock and crystal were spaced tion of Clubs; Mrs. T. Y. Casey,
Gay Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Hillsman
president of the Eighth
»ne solo, "The World is Wait Schools, will be a double piano num- around the reflector. Each of the
, Texas Federation of Women's
Announcement was made last week Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chriswith rere. the Sunrise."
ed with
ber by Mrs. Paul J. Maddox and Mrs. twelve tables were centered
faculty quartet, Hinckley, Robert W. Jacobs. They will play a flectors and similar decorations j C l u b s ; M r i * R ' E* K i l m e r ' P e c o s » P a s t in Elephant Butte, N. M. by Mr. and topher, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Bledsoe,
Gregg and Graham, sang special arrangement of "Dark Eyes" Tapers in amber holders were u«ed" ! m e m b e r ° f t h e M a r f a H i s t ° r y C l u b | Mrs. George R. Shannon, of the en- Mr*. Hayes Mitchell.
Guests of the evening were:
gagement of their daughter, Sue VirMPS K> C M i l l e r A u s t i n
Mrs John
id," which was followed by and "Maleguena" from the Spanish Forma- PrrsWct in Charge
"
*
'
»
'
Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Senter, Jr.,
; address by Superintendent J . Suite "Andalucia."
The club color?, purple and gold, Fortner, Presidio; and Mrs. Crate ginia, to Jack A. Jennings of El Paso.
Miss Shannon, who was. born in Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Smith, Mr. and
were carried out in place cards and Dalton, Dallas. Mrs. Dalton writes
The
concert
will
be
given
by
pupih
ir feature of the program was
other table appointment?. The place fiction under the pen name of Norms Marfa, is the granddaughter of Mrs. Mrs. Jeff Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Wilof
the
Marfa
branch
of
the
El
Paso
James A. Shannon. She was graduated liam Holland, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
iior Court of Honor Awards,
cards had the club flower, the violet, Patterson.
Conservatory
of
Music
at
the
First
from the Ysleta High School, and for Love, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Jacobs.
Officers installed were:
by J. P. Luton, and during
paintod on each, with the guest'? name
Christian
Church.
No
admission
will
>rgia Means was named
written in gr>ld. A dainty gold border
President, Mrs. Oren M. Bunton; several years was employed by tb>.'
be
charged,
and
the
public
is
invited
girl; J. P. Luton, most
banded each card. Purple and gold first vice-president, Mrs. E. B. Popular Dry Goods Company of El PICNIC SUPPER FOR CIRCLE
to
attend.
; Anna Marie Hoffman,
mints further emphasized the chosen O'Quinn; second vice-president, Mrs. Paso.
MISS HEADLEE'S COMPLIMENT.
The
program
will
consist
of
solos
Mr. Jennings, who attended an El Miss Phyllis Headlee entertained
iround girl; Nervo Bowman,
color?. Programs, tied alternately with H. B. Holmes; recording secretary,
Paso high school, Texas College of members of the Monta McFaddin
iround boy; Anna Belle and ensembles of various instruments. purple and gold, were at each plate. Mrs. R. H. Lewis;
Those taking part on the program, Seventy-five members and guests were
Mines, and the University of Texas, Circle of the Methodist Church, Wedmost beautiful girl; Crawford
Corresponding
secretary,
Mrs.
C.
L.
other than MTS. Maddox and Mrs.present.
J
is ttoc son of, Mrs. ft. P. Hoftwook, nesday evening of last week. The regI,-most'handsome boy.
Cazell;
treasurer,
Mrs.
J
ohti
Mead;
blankets hung from t h e Jacobs will be:
Mrs. C. E. Mead presided. An in- parliamentarian, Mrs. H. M4. Fennell; tSanta Barbara, Cal., and the late* Dr. ular meeting was held.
Joan MacFedries, Miss Emogene
E. A. Jennings of. El > Paso. H« is A picnic supper was served the
d orre was draped over th«j
teresting program — "Music"— was press reporter, Mrs. Warren
&
manager of the Border Serum and group in the back yard of the Arthur
Placed on the piano was a Porter, R. B. Dcmpsey, Mrs. Jeff
1
Drug-Company, El Paso.
array of gourds and Mexican Graham, Mrs. J. E. Walker, Mrs. A.
fKarr home.
MARFA SCHOOLS MAINTAIN
Th'e wedding will be held in the• Those enjoying the occasion were:
vegetables. The pillars were M. McCabe,
Georgia Lee Jones, Dick Reid, Mrs.
RATING ON SOUTHERN LIST '
with orchid and pink fctreamsummer.
Mesdanres J. M. Rosson, Raymond
J.
W.
Shannon,
Patsy
Slaton,
Miss
J.
E.
Gregg,
superintendent
of
the
•rying out thc senior ciass
Wheat, Jeff Graham, Jack Knight, Jr.,
Marfa Public Schools, is in receipt of Swearingens' Guest In Midland
Four tall baskets, containing Lucille Jordan,
Jerome McDavitt.
Mrs. H. O. Malone, Mary Murphey,
a letter and a certificate from the
I bouquets of iris, bridal
Miss Virginia McCamey, Fort
Misses Willie Harper, Lucille JorSpring flowers, attractively placed, secretary of the Southern Association Worth, who has been the house guest dan, Edyth Flynt, Lucille Mead,
and other flowers, were Nancy Jones, Dorris White, Stanley
were used in the Herschel Hord home of Colleges and Secondary Schools, to of her aunt, Mrs. S. M. Sweariirgen, Imogene Porter, Edith Taylor, Cora
vantage points. Low bowls Dempsey, VeJma Barnett,
Joarm Barnett, Dorothy Jane Mc- Friday afternoon of h s t week when the effect that Marfa is again on the and Mr. Swearingen for two weeks, Lee Hyatt, Jackie Bird, Ruth Kay
pink, cornflowers, Dutch
llox, and verbenas were set on Cabe, Mary Catherine McCabc, Mr?. Mrs. Hord entertained. Friday Bridge Southern list of schools.
left yesterday for Blidland where she Tidwell, Mary Virginia Griffith,
Since 1921 the Marfa schools have will *pend the week-end.
[around the wails of the dining C. L. Cazcll, Miss Phyllis Headlee, Club members and other uomer. were
Chicora Graham.
Mrs. Hord's guests. Arrangements maintained their rating in this assoGeorge Scgura, Charles Trango.
ciation, which means the school is afwere laid for six tables of players.
anquet table, at which seventy*
At the conclusion of the p\ayf Mrs. filiated to the extent that graduates
[rsons sat, was U-shaped. T h e
Coffield was presented high score from the school will not have to take
theme of decoration w a s a
trophy for club members, Mrs. Clem- additional examinations to enter any
orfctret," from which sprouted
mic Davis guest prize, and Dr. Claite college.
' pastel shades. Ferdinand s a t
Peterson cut award.
he tr«. Smaller similar cenA dainty salad and sweet course Mrs. Blackwell Attend* Club Meeting
! were placed at intervals. A t
Mrs. P. W. Jordan, their daughter,
Mrs. Jesse Blackwell returned the •
late was a smaller Ferdinand Mrs. Jerome McDavitt of San An-was served to:
Mesdames J. W. Christopher, A. M. latter part of last week from Fort
\i black and white wool thread, tonio, and Mtes Phyllis Headlee, hon• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • + + » + # » + » O f •«•#++
< were matadors aad sword ored Mrs. Jordan's daughter. Miss McCabc. H. A. Coffield, R. I. Bledsoe, Stocktonf where she was the guest of
her sister. Mrs. H. L. Winfield, and
. The program backs also car- Lucille Jordan, with a surprise picnic Gay Howard, Frank Jones,
r
Kerr Mitchell, Joe Mitchell, Clay attended the Eighth District of Texas
jit the Ferdinand motif, each supper, Tuesday evening at the
Mitchell, Hillsman Davis, Jack Ed- Federation of Women's Chabs, as a
3 No. 1 cans ._
_ _
_ /(III
[a cut-oat picture of the famous Arthur Kerr home.
wards,
R.
S.
Higdon,
visitor.
Mrs.
Blackwell
took
part
in
% a baby.
The supper was served in the lovely
Worth Evans of Fort Davis, Clem- all of the social activities of the threey-six seniors were present, a s back yard of the Kerr home.
3 large or % small
| 9!l
members of the high school
Guests other than the honorec were: mie Davis, L. A. LaVanturc, E. F. day meeting.
«id ropm mothers of t h e Misses Chicora Graham, Mary Vir- King, Hayes Mitchell, Albert West,
Robert W. Jacobs, R. L. Mitchell, Former Marfan Here This Week
classes, with their ginia Griffith, Ruth Kay Tidwell,
3 roiis
-1 ay
Mrs. W. J. Sisson, Penwell, is
»and the hosts—junior class Jackie Bird, Cora Lee Hyatt, Edith W. E. Love, L. B. Martin, Dr. Claire
Peterson
and
Miss
Clarice
Raetzsch.
spending several days with her
Taylor, Imogene Porter, Edyth Flynt,
9QII
Miss
Eloise
Switzer
and
Mrs.
F.
mother, Mrs. W. W. Weber, and other
n? the banquet a dance was Lucille Mead, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
A. Mitchell were tea guests.
relatives. Mrs. Sisson will be remem2— 14-oz. bottles
LQV
* Officers' Club. The rooms Kerr, F. W. Jordan.
bered here as Hilda Sullivan.
tractive with colorful balloons.
was
Ward School Principal 111
furnished by a local MOTOR CAR DEALERS
Quart .
- £UU
Jesse Blackwell, principal of the Scratch Pads — of white paper;
*• Mothers of members of the TAKE WEST TO DETROIT
J
toss gerred punch. Mrs. H .
The cowboy boots and broad-brim- Ward School, has been ill at his home 5 ,£x8*i; 75 sheets to pad; 10c each.
At the Sentinel.
—adv.
Honesi was in charge of t h emed hats automobile dealers of Texas this week.
l0n
5-pound box
- Lvll
f of the Club.
and
New
Mexico
will
wear
to
Detroit
!1
* than the junior a n d next week are destined to make them
•••••••••»•»•••••••••»•»•••••••••••••••«•««»»••
*. and the high school quite a sensation in the motor center
«rs and their wives, \ver« of the world, according to Herschei
s. Oren Bunton, Mr. a n d Hord, Marfa Chrysler dealer.
"tchell, Mr. and Mrs. J i m
Mr. and Mrs. Hqrd will leave Dallas
•»«•••••««•»«»•••*•«»•*•••««••«**«**•****•***•*
at four Saturday afternoon on a
n
'' Ann Wheat.
special train known as "The Texas
and New Mexico Cowboy Chrysler
Dozen
I Ull
Special." The company has urged the
£«* Boxen Coming ?
s a> A
" being made to secure a more than 150 making the trip to
Olt
Clark boxers for wear boots and hats that will permit
3 pounds
—
— no mistake as to their section of the
day
' **Y 24. N o t h i n g country. The train will reach Detroit
* Proposal has been Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Hord will drive two
^ e in charge a t P o r t
new cars from Detroit to Marfa.
n
Bul1
"
i*-'m
Music Pupils To
Present Concert At
First Christian Church
Engagement Of
Former Marfa Girl
To El Paso Man Told
five
• tot
V-iS
"№•
Mrs. Herschel Hord
Entertains At Home
For Friday Bridge Club
Surprise Picnic
Supper Honors Miss
Jordan On Birthday
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FRIDAY
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the records of this Lod,e
sent to the Marfa
Dr. Walter M. W. Spiawn, above,
Washington, D. C, chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and former University of Texas
president, will be principal speaker
at the first general assembly of the
21st annual West Texas Chamber
of Commerce convention in Abilene
May 15-17. The program on which
the widely known public official and
educator will be heard is set for
Tuesday morning, May 16. The
WTCC's freight rate equality campaign* which has grown into a
national movement, wilt be one of
the principal topics discussed at the
three-day session. A conference on
the subject will be held Monday
afternoon, May 15, and organization of the WTCC-sponsored
Freight Rate Equality. Federation
will be perfected.
m
C.
Someone gambled!!
inp, prevent drowsiness, promote attention, interest, alertness; sooth!
TOO OFTEN after
motorists during extended traffic
RESOLUTIONS OF
1
fire the newspap
jams; silene? backseat driving . MotofRESPECT AND CONDOLENCE
whicle coinnus-sioners in 38 states
rej)ort says <4There
"At a regular meeting of Marfa
failed to find any accidents directly
no insurance." On
Robrkah Loi^e No. 432 I. O. 0 . F.,
attributable to auto-radios.
1
the property ow
To the morale of an unemployed held April I ?, 19-*59. the following
who took a chancefamily, a radio :5 an important bol- resolutions were adopted:
••WHEREA.S, The- hand of Divine
lost — can app
i ster. It is the chief recreation of the
N-:vt Li;. >{'r"^-t:
T
~~r~,
*..
Providence
has
removed
from
our
The
>urvty c
that insufficient fij
j family group. It is also a means t'»
.ir
midst
our
beloved
sister
Milicent
k ir.
pur'i^hed this
I parental control, keeps children off
insurance is a real
Williams;
and
i
May :>
s that in
the streets, even gets them peaceably
amity. Don't staki
''WHEREAS, It is but just that a
Frankl
?.>r>>eve!:'s ger.eril
:iicked in nigrhts o\\ the promise that
everything you o
everage has taker, an
T
they can "listen in bed." Loss of the fitting recognition of her many virtues
against the chance
rirop fr:>:r. ^"".? per cent of prrular sr>radio from unemployed homes in most should be had: therefore be it
"RESOLVED, By the M a r f a
thst
cen
proval
being wiped out
cases was considered a final, crushing
rv
T*-:TK
March VS.9 per cert
Rebc-kah I.od^o, that, while we bow
vher?a?
fire!
misfortune.
o:
cif-mncrEiic
rr'vvr.mtT-i
. Population felt like -ctins: for
with humbk- submission to the will oi
if he ran ir.
the Most Hijrh, we do not the less
—•—
YORK—A cameraman re- WEATHER GAGMAN
mourn for our sister who has been.
Grovcr A. \VhaV?n,
cen now i\el like it. However th:iXew
York.—One
warm
day
last'
of civ- New York World's
taken from us.
su ey is baseri on statistical d^t**V
X ?
!
erec! prior to the President's V'tav?
Fair l?3->, in overalls. He was i:> .»ii miner a New York World-Telegram
,. ...
... , "RESOLVED, That in the death of
?p?c:ir.» a w>.?3t field—the fir.^t to r e w r i t e m a n b e c a m e s l i g h t l v s i I v ; • » # • , i rr?>iage to Hitler & Mussolini.
* H - - . I - ins, this Lodge laments
-- V
! cifbe planted in New York City in 63 while reading a weather report, stuck
« * • *
tho l-jss of a sister who was ever
Phone 162
hf
years. It is part of a food exhibit.
a piece of paper in his typewriter ami •
Washington.—As pre-season traini ready to profiY:- the hand of aid and i
wrote: "Today is a nice day." This
ing1 for the 1P-P carnpaigTi, the raMARFA, TEXAS
the voice of sympathy to the needy :
1
at thei? g~Mi. ': y :
r
grot
into
the
paper,
and
next
thing
the
ar.d E;;zJ>;th will #o by train to Mantional 0. 0. ?. c>;T.r.v.*tv»? ir.ausruraTe*:
iind distrt'sse-.i; an active memoer of i
Telegram's city room knew, people
!:i~t wov!-: in V:^h. : ir: •:•; a ferit- ::
t:f-.-ma! monthly (iinnf-.- f r ::tlc:;
Mar.hattanitc-s v.-ill be given a were calling up to offer congratulav..:.'*--.re. Mr. Brr./arr.Ti the- x::VM
"Repubiicans-r>ri-the-rnarch/* C nosen
cha ;ce to showtv ticker tape and torn- tions. Since then the World-Telegram
t.j speak at the first tryout were
•J:I teienh.-ine bwk.-j on Their Maie>- has run a g'ag' story on the i
Karsa-" now S-jiato:- Clyde Reed. Ccnties. At the N-v.- York World's Fair j c v e r - v t u ' ° o r t h r e e t!a >' s ' a n d t h e >'
and a ih:rd 'vhr- "•us»:-<; to be."
T.>:o:icut's r.ew Governor Ray Baldwir..
thciv own Em»;w.\, exhibits will con-! h a v e b e c o m e t h e b l ? t o w n ' s r i c h e s t
v
$
Thus was an ir.df-1 '.e Red label
'.•nd Ohio*.- new Senator Robert Taft,
s-j:r.^ most of the visitors1 time. They I n o w s p a p e r c h u c k l e pasted on the chief pressure group
v. ho took the bold political risk of acmust leave in time to motor to Hyde I A u t h o r o f m o s t o f t h e Telegram's
for bigger "WPA appropriation?. Tt
cusing the President of u?ing foreign
Pavk for dinner at Mother Roo*c-' ' v e a t h e r s t o r i « ^ is Harry Allen Smith,
immediately put WPA Administrator
w h o c uit 5ch
P"'iicy as a curtain for his domestic
l
°o! after the eighth
veil's. After a quiet week-end there, I
difficulties. Said Senator Taf::
af a proofreader on his horsVLthey '
iie
nys
oeen
on
since
ne
succeedtov.n paper in Huntington, Ind., rose '•
"In the last three months we have
!;ark for home.
ed
Harry
Hopkins.
There
was
talk
funeral notices, sports, .i j
r-arcl little of the Xew Deal, but every
Chief Constable Canning would not J ^ , , ' ^ V
in
the
committee
of
proposing"
that
worked five years for United
nember nf the Government, whether
ievcul how many of his own men he
no
WPA
money
be
paid
to
any
Al7
; a feature writer, and land! ii£--S i:*! h • * ";:T»vir.Ct- O.' llOt, \< b a l ! v plans to deploy along his charges',
liance
members
unless
Colonel
Harh o o i n g : h . ' f o r e i g n s i t u a t i o n , t r y i n g : to
route, but admitted the number was jed on the Telegram three
rington
terminate;
his
friendly
relas t i r u p p r e j u d i c e a g a i n s t t h i s ,-^u::try
hetv.ven 10 and 20. ''It's not like your • Reporter Smith writes
tions
with
Alliance
leaders.
Colonel
•~ - t h a t , a n d a t all c o s t s takr- thtSecret Service." he explained. "We jstories only when he feels like it. :
Harrinsrtnn
coolly
retorted
that
he.had
staff members write them oc- '•
r i i n d s nf ti-.r- :.t-.'»r«lf ntT t h e i r t:-'r.ible.s
\-,o.\-'i'flc^'jp'.e of :Y.en near by, butOther
;
noted
nothing
subversive
about
the
.-:•.: h o m e . O.M- t h i r ^ is i u - f e c t l y ck-a::
we wo-k chiefly in the crowds. I mean, j casionally. But an authentic Smith |
Alliance.
"I
see
no
objection,''
said
• o denour.cip.sr of
can generally be recognized bv its
cturi-.r.s o r e-uioffie-s
our men. We've
,
,
,
he. "to having a spokesman for worv.- the.e's
- c a n i n n i r o v o the- cii\'.rs discuss wages, hours and woi-kir.e
icockeyed quanty and an underlvniRl
most succe
WAX
•iition of thv "•o;»!e of t h i s c;~»Lii;*ry !.iv
m
I
mood
of
ennui,
as
:n
this
«'*ra.Tr!p!e:
i
*"»f iMcojr.e."
1
Through the Years to the Weather'
:-t Roosevolt and hi?
One fine spriney day in 1850 a genThis
ROYAL ROUTE
Also irentouL'as'e were irivinar toward Wash- tleman named James I.iddy, of Water- j
wee:: was
»*
.S.Senatoiirck-<fc-:>.-ck
ir.g-ton last v.ec' :, r.nt of those things tnwn, X. V., went to a county fair |
(so
tr.,- (i.O.P.'s main 11*40 p r i z e :
'
"
a^ aiu, J u n e 7 wiil
occu:'"ed which turn Secret Service in his surrey. It was a lousy fair and
historic. S h o r t l y before m i d n i g h t
A t t orno; Tom Devvey of New I
men grey. A car shot out of an inter- Mr. Liddy curled himself up on the
on a train rolling1 over the section on the Lee Highway, directly
Yor
Mr. Dewey spent an evening
seat of his surrey and went to sleep.
last f^rtri^ht getting aciuainted with international bridge below Niagara across the
h path of the President's When he awoke he felt remarkable
h:s No. 2 rival for the nomination, Falls, a King of England will enter I car. Only swift acting by White refreshed, and he was smitten with
M:rh;?an' s Senator Vauuenberg; iast
:>r trx first tiuit;; ana last House Chauffeur Monty Schneider
an idea. He went home and forthwith
week ho spent long hours with House week in the L\ S. for the first time averted a nasty collision.
invented the first bedsprings known
Mir.oriry Leidf-r Joe Martin who v a s the chief detective of Scotland
to man.
with Senate Minorityy Leader
ade j Yard on active
TIME
Today is a nice but cloudy day—nice
MoNary that unless the Republicans' Robert Donald Fitch of the State
to
go to a county fair and sleep in a
i. — Connecticut last week
f?el in U»40 that thev can win with = Department was at the pier in New
became the 4?th state to ratify the surrey seat. Tomorrow it will likely
o r k to
rneet
anybody, Tom Dewey is the glamor . ^
square-chinned Chief 150-year-old Bill of Rights (first 10 rain—a good day to stay home and
11 Constable
Albert
Canning
of what is
boy they will pick.
C t b l Alb
C i
commune with Mr. Liddy's invention
Authorized Frigidaire Dealer
I properly called the Criminal Investi- amendments) of the U. S. Constitu- Or this:
* * *
tion. Urging the State Senate's unaniMinority Lead,r Martin took a d v a n - i g a t : i O n D e P a r t ™ e n * . Constable CanPRESIDIO — SHAFTER
Workers, Arise!
! n i n
roceeded
mous vote on a joint resolution, State
of
last
week's
lull
in
foreign
ex*
^
inconspicuously
to
ire
ast eeks lull in foreign ex- W a s h l n t o n t o d i s c u s s w i
This would be a nice day to have off.
Senator Frank A. Murphey of HartW a s h l n * t o n t o d i s c u s s w i ^ th
I
S
t
citement to bring out a twelve-point I
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^ the Secret ford expostulated: "Time marches
ervice p l a n S f r t h e s a f e t y o f G e o r
program for Business R-eovery that ! f
°
*e
on
amounted to a platform nucleus for i * a n d Q u € e n E l l 2 a b e t h on a n Hiner%ilh
Six of l.is planks were: -Keep
Keep j a r y ° f SOn ' c 1 ' 5 0 0
y
tlCkllsh SpOts in i t
BY-PRODUCTS
the U . S . out of War;" curb spending;
Re
Tters wlU travel
revise deterrent taxes; curtail the!
P°
on a pilot
New York.—To develop more exact
President's monetary powers; amend I t r a i n r u n n i r i ? a h e a d o f the royal methods of research on radio listenthe Wagner Act; and rehabilitate the I SIfeoia.1 ™ n s top from the border to ing, particularly on behalf of radio
Washington. President and Mrs. education, the Rockefeller Foundation
railroads.
Roosevelt will meet Their Majesties in September 1937 set up the Prince—M-0/-T—
at 11 a, ?n. at Union Station, where ton Radio Research Project, gave it
VOrCES OF ECONOMY
the State reception suite is being re- $67,000 to cover an anticipated two
decorated with $i6,<MKJ of PWA years' work. To its basic problem the
House Judiciary Committee Repre- money. At the White House, the dipSELECT FROM
project has not yet found all the
sentative Hatton W. Sumners of Dal- lomatic corps will be received before
OB OTHERS
answers; but it has turned up a mass
las, Texas, last week adddresscd dele- Their Majesties lunch privately with of interesting "by-product" i
1937 FORD 85
g a t e to the National Parole Confer- the Roosevelts. After lunch will follow
tion, samples of which were revealed
ence in Washington; and as one of the Sir Ronald and Lady Lindsay's garden last
w«ek:
;rt<*lwarts of John N. Gamer's Econ- party at the British Embassy; that
n he U by 938 there wepe 5
omy Bloc he t^-vV^^^gm^jpArtunity to night, a state dinner and
1906 FORD v^
spetric tartly on '»***r*?ismc?st spcr*Jthe
House,
wta^re
Their
j'
v
1985 FORD Sdton
s?. With c!*T>eljed flsta he cried:
^ i -wilt sleep.
auto radios ere oiat they divert the
1934 FORD Coupe,
"You States coroe up here and ask
Next day the Roosevelts will show driver's attention from the road, pre
for more and mere money. Wber* their guests Mount Vemon, going by
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does it come from? It comet from the water on the "Potomac" (lunch vent him from hearing warning sigpockets of your own people. We are aboard). At Arlington, the King will nals, preoccupy bin with toning man'
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signing the names of your children wreathe the Unknown Soldier's grave. ipulations. But four counter-arguSALES
and of children yet onborn, to pay Dinner that night will be at the ments for suto-ndio. were found:
they
induee
slower
driving;
break
the
off that 40 billion dollar d e b t . . . We British Embassy, after which George
monotony of extended or night
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Minister Home From Convention
The Rev. M. A. Buhler returned
Saturday from Wichita Falls, where
he attended the state convention of
Christian Churches.
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Agency
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Austin. May 3,—Amazing- as the
news may be to traffic offender* acwith the eloquence of ofq«fi<< nffirftis have to learn pubI lie speak in?.
But the kind of public speaking they
' will study at the Texas Traffic Officers Training" School is the kind de! I-WKJUTI to help them address, with
i some ease and a minimum of "ers"
• and "itIKS" such groups as P.-T. A.'s,
' civic clubs and Chambers of Comi nicrce. Their talks will promote traf! t\cf> safety in their communities.
J T. A. Rouse of the University«of
j Texas faculty is public speaking inj structor in the training school May 1
to 13 at Camp Mabry, state police
headquarters. Lieut. Franklin M.
KromK head of the traffic institute
at Northwestern University, Evanston, III., and the nation's foremost
traffic safety authority, sponsors the
| school jointly with state police.
f Fifty traffic men from Texas cities
and towns, and two Mexico City officers and two members of the Louisiana State Police will attend.
POLITICAL OUTLOOK
\Va*hijj«:-'>n.—President Roosevelt's »et the money from'you and even you
yr>u neon to
fanud U-tter to Dictators Hitler & don't get it all back. Ail
;
IMu?so!ini u.vhKght ago, promising I*. do is looi; at these b jf hui-tl::^s on
S. i avricip'Uion ia a world disarma- Pennsylvania Avenue to realr:? that.
Wt* take your shirt and ?ive you a j
ki t-conomic conference, marked
lv.er.r
nleee of the shintatt. Then >\ .i >
njj of a new pha.-e of C : little
1
the h
h w ? xvavsngr it and s...n»^n,r
S -oPcv. Advocates of abolishing or go buck
i-ovlsins L\ .<. Neutrality 'aw. to give Look what Uncle S:un « v e iv.e.
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the President a free hand in foreign
l.ik- Texas* Representative > - ^ affairs through Franklin Roosevelt
should prove? the purity of his motive n e r S | Virginia's Rep'vsor.tativo
his foreign policy so no- ton Wocurir.n a!?o ht-:or.£ to :r.v :
i-suine a dear disclaimer rtf Eof-uomy: and Mr. V.\vd.;*:v.
of any irtention to seek a third term, j char.ee of the WPA
i: wted : V I
But President Roosevelt gave no j dered by the Hou??
sig^i of disclaiming third term aspira- President another SlOtWO.OOO foi'i
tion?. In a letter to the Young Demo- velief. Busily expiorir.sr the Workers |
cratic club? he reported the gist of his Alliance of America—the WPA, un-:
Jackson Day ultimatum to all Demo- employed and reliefers' union which
crats: "No victories are won by shoot- claim* 400,000 members (of whom
in gr at each other- There never was 150,000 pay 10c to St.00 monthly
and never will be a political party dues') — Mr. Woo.irum last week
whose policies absolutely tit the views brough: in for questioning by Renreoi all its members. Where men are ser.tat've Martin Dies' committee inat variance with the course that their v«?s.t:ga::r.£ "rn-AniericAii A« : .v:t : es"
party is taking, it seems to me there t' ne -; r s : -^^^ !Ve C^?"~-r. : >: yv?: to
are only two honorable course?—to
join, a party that more accurately m r Mr.
ror- their ideas, or to subordinate
their prejudices and remain loyal."
This renewed threat of a Drrr.>
ci'3tic Party purge forecast ac:.v-j
Roosevelt participation in the l£4.*'
primaries and. in the continued omis? i : : ;:T.T>f»r
sion of a personal disc-aimer, rror.:L-ec the continued presence of Fra:v>
l.n Roosevelt as a censor of other ca-.K
ssf r. v-n: -**•.£•:•*•:
r.o: a carri-^ste h:rr.f"?lf.
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of the
the Texas
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Stock raisers in South Texas,
i stricken by drouth conditions,
live 530 a carload on feedstuffs
Texas points, shipped to them
[and hereafter "for 00 days o r
time as the drouth i s
Cas the San Antonio Express
it.
ent of the ?aving t o
in nineteen counties w a s
[tfter a hearing before Texas
I Commission members in San
i Monday.
nties included in the order a r e
Medina, AUscosa, Frio,
Zavala, Maverick, Kinney,
[Me, Dimmit, La Salle, Mc.Webb, Duval, Hidalgo, Comai,
Bandera, and Real.
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j =\-hoo! w i t h a n al!-i>:i-.-3 r.^.v.:.
1 DR.
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Important
Schedule
Changes
k-'j,
Effective
MAY 7,1939
Eastbound — to San Antonio,
Houston, New Orleans—Train
No. 2 "Sunset Limited" will
leave Maria 3:18 P. M. instead
of 3:38 P. M.
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Accident Protection
•
that
these food products. Whether you are I the results might have been different.
A story of the progress made in ing to H. H. Williamson, director,
a producer or consumer, both phases [ We are told that the diets of the
tick eradication in Texas since Jan- Texas A. and M. College Extension
of the problem are of vital importance.! Southwest are dangerously inadouary, 1936, is in the brief outline re- Service.
Director Williamson received an- God health and vitality are the direct! quate, that only twenty-five per cent
leased by the Livestock Sanitary Com; of our people are today enjoying diets
nouncement of the national total this results of proper nutrition.
mission :
But, what is proper nutrition?
: supplying a small reserve strength
Counties in which there were quar- week from Dr. C. W. Warburton, naBriefly the needs of the body are: j over and above the daily needs. Rural
antine herds in January, 1036—83; tional director of extension work, who
(1) Calories for heat and energy, (2) people can grow their own and need
counties in which there were quar- said last year's record enrollment
brings to approximately 7,500,000 the Protein to build and repair the body not lack for all the elements of a good
antine
herds
in
Bfarch,
|939—39;
pery was taken Wednesday
total number of young people who tissue, (3) Minerals to regulate body diet—meat included.
total
counties
that
have
been
entirely
I Kenneth Kline of Miller,
have received 4-H training since the processes, to build bone, blood, etc., Better dietary habits improve
freed
of
quarantine
herds—44;
quarof 400 steers wbicii h e
(4) Vitamins to promote growth and health; better health raises economic
work became nation-wide in 1914.
antine
herds
held
for
systematic
treatin January from J. E #
More than half a million boys and protect health, and (5) Bulk to aid and social standards; the route to
ment
in
January,
1936—43,932;
The animals have been
girls became club members for thein elimination of body waste. Proper ! security and economic independence
Quarantine
herds
held
for
syste> «uaoH n a n c n .
! nutrition means the selection of a ! lies through both producing and conmatic treatment in March, 1939—1,- first time last year, about 28,780 of
V' Kline was accompanied
diet which supplies all of the daily j suming a "Sate Diet" on the farm as
628; number cattle quarantined area them in Texas.
r
Ms brother, Clayton, an
More than 40 per cent of rural boys needs of the body with a small re-; far as possible.
in January, 1936—1,556,168; numher
Of
cattle quarantined area in March,and jrirls in America of the average
The Texas Extension Service work- ' Fonncir Marfa Woman In Hospital
ranch is in the
age of 4-H Club members last year
1939—289,000.
sectio
ing with other scientific specialists, | M r ? - L i ] l i a n B a i l e > ' i s critically ill
[
»- During recent
The tick eradication work includes were enrolled in the organization, Wil- K'f: up a Texas Food Standard as a [in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington,
* they have made other
dipping of infested cattle every 14 liamson said.
guide to proper nutrition for rural ; D. C, where she underwent an opeiw
of cattle in the Baird
Ah — t i o n
days nine months from the time the
Wednesday of last week, Her
d in this locality. KenA. E. Xeal, Alpine coivr.V!iV«i<m man, people. This standard has been broad- [
last tick is found.
ened for use of urban families and isi uaughter, llr.s. Paul Shurriate, anc!
saia Wednesday that
PROTECTS
—and at an
investment of
only
$
'If.- '«•-- •.' ••
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"1? ' t ' V -M ••.••j*J
12
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EACH YEAR
—Just ask about the
Double PARAMOUNT
dent Policy . . .
ECONOMICAL
MRS. BILL BAILEY
BILL BAILEY
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has sold to Paustain of Shannon Catbeing suggested as the "Safe Diet" by j Lieutenant Shumate, of Aberdeen,
ed that he would be
Large numbers of cattle likewise tle Company, Lubbock, 700 heifer
M r s
t0
- Bailey has been
take delivery on all of
fri'iv! the Crystal City vicinity, nutritionists, dietitian?, home econ-1 Maryland, where
—Telephone 311—are moving from the Crystal City calves
for
the
past
several
months, are with
1
omisrs and teaching groups through*W*k on this trip but that
at
8
.'
cents.
The
calvts
were
wintered
area, most of the shipments going to
out the Southwest.
The following her.
d that it would be
Kansas and Oklahoma. Some of the on irri;;ato<! oat fields znd will weigh
standard is a safe guide in evaluating
to mum to Texas at a
stock, however, which ha? been graz- around 550 pounds May 1, delivery
the daily menu, and attaining proing* on oat. fields is being sent to date. They are to be shipped to the
per nutrition throsigh an adequate,
finishing pens in Iowa and Missouri. Corn Bolt td feeding pens as replacebalanced diet.
Up to last week 62 carloads of cattle ment cattle.
The Safe Diet:
(UVALDE LEADER-NEWS)
;
will m e e t had moved from Crystal City; 40
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A
—
Daily
day, May 0, ac-cars were destined to move Saturday
1 quart of milk
Last week-end, the spring- moveand 72 cars are scheduled to be moved
1 egg
ment of cattle from Llano had reachIn El Paso on bu*in«M oar;
around May 1.
1 serving of lean meat
ed a total of 52 cars with approxiall elk** •outh«r*«t*m#zs will find aaal
. (UVALDE LEADER-NEWS)
WMtem ticNn»»tali*r mt tk* Dal
ijt^ v>j jjuiaivrv^a \JI "iCG
mately 100 more io go, according to * C C
Neitat and yotrtl find &• food
1 serving green or yellow vegetables
Bexar County 4-H Club boys are Richard Fishbecfc, local freight agent.
9mA
Am accommodation*
1 serving other vegetables
I ,
|§ A We&Utn
feeding 24 calves for next spring's Most deliveries arc scheduled for May
1 serving citrus fruit or tomatoes
shows. Of this group ten calves .vere 1 and after, Mr. Fishbeck said.
1 serving: other fruit—dried, canned
chosen from the Fitzsimona Land and Shipments since the report last
Cattle Co. herd, three from Elgin week, include: Seven cars to Okla- or fresh
1 serving whole grain products
homa by T. H. Hartwell; two cars to
y Eckert, two from Leo Hofinan, one
Bread and butter at every meal
Kentucky by H. M. Wheeler; one car
Church
« « take from August Willman, one from the to Illinois by Dr. H. J. Hoerster,, and
Some sweets
Ranch at San Antonio, one
Cheese three tiivies per week
from W, T. Montgomery's Medina two cars to Indiana by C. C. Harkey.
Friday shipments include one car Dried peas and beans three times
^norable unA
Hereford
Ranch,
two
from
Jamie
COm
*« of ^
Paratively Brook's Hereford Ranch at Brady, by Charles Shults to Illinois, and six j per week
j Liver once a week
posS| f
g a calf cr.e from Ferry Kalliaon, and four cars by Guy Wright to Kans?.«
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me
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H
be
re<KERRVILLE MOUNTAIN s»'x)
I Water daily— six to eight glasses
in
tl
Angus from Ed and Fritz Eisenhauer.
More Texas farmers are going to!
El Paso, Ttxsas
Do Better Work With A New
i ''i*
r < 1o f
» "tellar
^ *» addition to
me
rs and West
«UU
avls. ***** Beau Duncan
dot:...
at be-
this year than ever before, according:
the reports from AAA field workers
who have been gathering factual data
from prospective cooperators and who
have commenced to check compliance
with the 1939 program.
Ralph Price, field man at large,
es^mated approximately 85 per cent
of all Texas farm and ranch families,
tojft'r&tfvjf ft^ifft payments hf the?
contribution to the conservation of
•m c
irom:
M\i-:t\.
'fitting" ^
Hotel
PASO 4*1 NOHTB
s e c o n d
iff r
J. M. ROSSON
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Dealer, Purina Chows
Phone 202
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R. E. PETROSS, Agent
Phone 95
The Safe Diet for Good Health and Vitality
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Pacific
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By T. C. Ric}iUi(hon, Secretary Brccdir-FccOcr Association
Due to the extreme drouth and
Leslie Uhl, San Antonio 4-H Cluh shortage of ic^<\ and grazing: land in
boy, is feeding the calf given by Elgin this immediate section, ranchmen and
Eckert of Mason to the purchaser of j stockmen have been steadily shipping
Good health dependss upon proper
This **Safe Diet" has meat once a
John Carlton Eckert's San Antonio livestock to other pectinns for pasture. nutrition. Proper nutrition depends dv.y and specifies liver once a week.
show champion. The calf went to the 1,717 head have been shipped from first, upon the availability of the foo • More meat could be used with more
St. Anthony Hotel and has been Sabinal.
supply. This takes us right back t.i safety becau^-, of all the foods meat
(SABIXAL SENTINEL)
named St. Anthony's Ferdinand the
the Breeder-Feeder Movement, o. cfVcrs the mo-x in food elements,
...
A±
First. H. A. Fitzhugh, county agent,
balanced farming1 program, which i- satisi'yin.u- qualities, and palatability.
4-H
Club
members
enrolled
in
1938,
and his assistant, Homer Lemburg,
the basi> for Southwestern economic
In our urge or need to economize,
are planning on producing a .1940 helped to raise the national 4-H Club independence. Secondly, proper nutri- we have skimped too much on meat.
champion at home in Bexar county. enrollment for that year to a recordbreaking total of 1,286.029, accord- | tion depends upon the proper use of Had this not been the case, perhaps
.
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Westbound—to El Paso—California— Train No. 1 "Sunset
Limited" will leave Marfa 3:18
P. M. instead of 3:20 P. M. and
Train No. 5 "Argonaut" will
leave 3:43 A. M. instead of
3:48 A. M.
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PHONES: Office €4— Rec. U 3
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—
J. C. NELSON !
Dentist
MARFA, TEXAS
rHEN they meet in Washington
a Jane, Queen Elizabeth of
England and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will wear summer-weight wool
dresses,*—the Queen's a gift from
the wool growers of America, and
Mrs. Roosevelt's from growers of
the British Empire. Material for
the Queen's dress, woven from the :
"finest virgin wool from the 34 wool
growing states, is shown here being
given to Captain Irving of the S.S. j
Queen Mary for delivery to Buckingham Palace. Left to right are
Senator Clark of Idaho, Senator
Schwartz of Wyoming. Captain Irving, Christopher Kemble, representing the British Consul General, and
G. W. Cunningham, Secretary of
'the Texas Sheep and Goat Raiser's
!Association. Simultaneously, Mrs.]
Roosevelt announced that her dress
i will be of light weight summer
wool in a shade called "Azure Blue"
and that the Queen's, also light
weight, will be in a new color
called "Queen's Blue."
Mrs. Roosevelt (lower right) [
shows samples of the dress materials to Mies Prunella "Wood, fa^
mous New York fashion writer. I
be of such a mind, that the ranch
land is posted according to law.
i^^jraTCvra^A^^rassrci
BRITE BUILDING
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„! largely on home grown
H. W. Lewis of San Antonio added
[different combinations of milo,
, meal and alfalfa, and in- to his holdings in Real County last
,'comparison of hegari silage week when he purchased the 1,081acre D. D. Thompson ranch for a rei} ground hegari fodder. These
ported cash consideration of .$10,000.
,rill be graded by a representaThe land is located five miles north of
the Fort Worth commission
Leakey on the West Frio River. Lewis
w and will be sent to t h a t
now has approximately 3,000 acres in
immediately after the close
his West Frio ranch.
meeting.
(UVALDE LEADER-NEWS)
itetives of the larger mach— • —
dopanies will demonstrate
Many ranch gates in the Hightheir most up-to-date equipland section soon will bear large
ing the day. The usual bavblack-and-white signs indicating
[ dinner will be served on t h e
that the ranch owner is a memat noon. A varied program
agricultural resources in 1D.'№.
ber of the Texas and Southlerest to farmers, ranchmen and
Approximately Do per cent of all
western Cattle Raisers' Associa, will be presented. A cordial
farm laud and about 1*0 per cent of
tion, Incorporated.
ion is extended to all who a r e
all active range land in the state will
The word "Posted' 'is a part of
ted in the production or feedbe
hi the Agricultural Conservation
the metal sign as an indication
livestock to visit the ExperiProgram of the AAA this year, he
to trespassers, or those who might
jStation at Balmorhea on May
said.
,
;< u n i f o r m e d
( , r g ; : r J z a t i o j : for > A; ;.•'.'• :. • . •..•araiices,'*
(BALMORHEA TEXAN)
0ts
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w i l ! h ; ••.-'
Director GiJlis repo.i.•:. h e adds that
I tween 2,500 and 8,000 persons witnessed the first of such roping- matches
here and an equally heavy attendance
is predicted for the second.
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Lee Lane made delivery of 110
yearlings last Thursday to W. W.
Anthony. The cattle were shipped t 0
Rails, Texas.
Station at
The Mason Junior and Senior
" » « > Field Chambers of Commence, the Roping
Club, and the Mason Fair Association
will join the Mason County members
|.time the Station cattle feed- of the Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers'
riments of last winter will Association a.s hosts to the directors
of the association at the quarterly
<ed and the results of these
ID be discussed by representa- meeting in Mason June vS. A dance is
f the Experiment Station, t h e being planned for the even ing* of the
ion Service, State veterinarians 7th and a barbecue will follow the
business meeting the morning of the
ichmen.
,g tests have been conducted 8th. The business session is to bo open
l of Hereford yearling to interested ranchmen.
J. Bayles is superintendent.
! Girl** Band For T. C. U.
Fort Worth, May 3,—An all-girl
edition of the fa mo ;.•? Homed Frog
Band oi Texas Christian University
is being planned l y I»..:i.-ctor Don
America's Gift To The Queen
A N IN G
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Officer fells
Rotarians About Gates
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The best news we can report is
that local showers have been falling
ia the Highland country nearly every
day for the past week. The rains are
Regimental Men
Win Baseball
From 2nd Bittalioh
Lieutenant Messersmiih
Shows Proper Use of Gas Mask
How M»ch of Its Deposits Does a Ba i An*
The demand for loans governs the amount *f
Iey a
A bank cannot loan all of its deposits, Z
*<-nk lo
meet daily needs of customers. A portion
A portion ia in other banks to U$W
invested in government bonds that can be tu
The balance of bank funds is availabwTfor
loans
In ourr history we have NEVER been "off th* m^ ... '
ing
sound loans to substantial, dependable W ! aslar »*
C Battery Players
Lose Sunday Contest
To Marfo Indians Nine
An interesting lecture on gases
used in time of war and methods of
very spotted but where they iMl they!
protection against their effect on
ire doing a iot of good. The country j
human beings was given Tuesday
^r.eiall.v L> J i y . We have considerable j
A bit of fancy riding, rough-shod*
noon at the Rotary Club luncheon
old grra?s, which with local showers j
over baseball players of 2nd Battalion
meeting by Lt. J. B. Messersmith,
V;ill make good feed.
j
Headquarters Battery baseball play, commanding the new Battery M F" at
ers was done Monday afternoon
J. \Y. Esny has just ivtumcd from'
! Fort D. A. Russell.
by diamond sportsmen representing
By L. L. STEVENSON
•California where he has bc<:n m a r k e t Lieutenant
Messersmith
traced
Regimental Headquavters Battery
This and That: The street clean•i.-ijr some nine hundred 1,000-pouncl:
\ who were on the long end of a 23 to 2 Ing department seems to have at briefly the history of the use of gases
.steers. Most are going to buyer* who j
last taken its cue from the Broad- by military forces, stating that the
e.
v-ill put or. a few more finishing,
way scene . . . Along the main stem first used by a nation, on an extensive
The hitting of the Headquarters these evenings, aluminum hued,
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
pound*.
scale, was April 22, 1915, when Germen \va.- a feature of the game with streamlined rubbish trucks parade
many used chlorine gas on a 5-mile
Bob Towiissend one of our new Earl Brown securing two home runs with this legend prominently dis- front in an attack upon British forces
played: "Department of Sanitation
lan.hmt'.n. whu ha* bought part of and a single as his contribution in —Broadway Night Squad." . . . on the northern part of the western
P. Skinner ranch some eight six times at bat. His teammates, Down on Stanton street, on the low- frontier. It was so effective that the TWO NEW MEN AT FORT
me
vest tu Mai fa, ha? been ro- Thomas, Rutherford and Desmond, er East Side, is a pushcart that sells German army was surprised to the D. A. RUSSELL; TWO LEAVE
<.*.,> i t .
E. L. Stroud is »H. J«
A tour of service in the Coast
oeivin;? tattle- which he has bought to did right well also with Thomas count- caviar . . . Apparently Rudy Val- extent that it was not prepared to
Texas Traffic Office^
Artillery in the Philippine Islands
.stock the ranch. He received 115 cows ing: for a double and a triple. Ruther- lee's vaunted powers as a starfollow
up
to
best
advantage
the
sucSchool at Camp Mabry, nea
tVom Smith Bros, and some 270 head ford a 3-bagger and Desmond a blow maker didn't work with "Rags"
will be started soon by Fcstus Philcess
gained.
Raglund, a comedian featured oji
1 he camp opened Monday
of cows from Charies Hancock. Mr. that was good for three bases.
lips
who
leaves
today
after
a
period
some of his broadcasts . . . "Rags"
Gas mask developments were descontinue through May \i
-md Mrs. Townsend are makingg their j Graybeck, pitching for the losing is back working in what used to be
of
service
with
C
Battery
at
Fort
h
ed
c H b e d b y t h e a r m y o f f i c e r w h o s 0W
—
—.
D. A. Russell.
v.ome on the ranch. Bob is making his' team, held the Regimental Headtwo
types
of
the
protective
devices—
il
*oi one the universal type in use by the James R. Hamill, who was station- Student Undergoes
t acquaintance with screw-worms | quarters players in good style until
ed at Fort D. A. Russell until last
thev did not have such insects | the third inning when that team's its name from the numerous oyster
Doris Tyler, daughter of"
United States military forces and the
shells
found
on
a
nearby
beach
.
.
.
ia:ne
from
in
Colorado.
j
players
rammed
over
seven
runs,
es.It - C
October, re-enlisted Tuesday and was Mrs Jim Tyler, underwent,
tablishing a lead that the Battalion It's also the crookedest street in other of a diaphram type which per- assigned to D Battery, the organiza- pendectomy Thursday monJ
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town . . . The carousel in Central mits the wearer to talk while wearing
Raymond Bell & Son sold 500 steer players could never overcome. The
tion with which he was formerly con- Peterson Hospital, and is rei
ears old
nd m a n y
it.
The
user
of
the
first
type
cannot
losing
team's
battery
was
Graybeck
\
g
j
*
£
$
y
'
'
'
*
'}.:\d heifer yearlings to Pruett & Mitnected. He has been living in Grant, be cloinir well.
the signs talk, at the time.
and
Haley,
the
winner's
Stevens
and
che'.!. These yearlings will be deliverOklahoma.
read "carousel" instead of "merryLieutenant
Messersmith,
who
has
ed from the W. P. Fischer Cattle Co. Desmond.
An assignment to F Battery has
go-round."
been
conducting
a
gas
school
at
Fort
:2r.v.h whe:*e they have been pastured
Girth of the Battalion Headquarters
• • •
been given Jack H. Langley of Cam•r.liis winter and will be placed on the team was hit by a pitched ball which
The house on Park avenue on the D. A. Russell, told of various ways of den, Ark., who enlisted Wednesday.
?rue:t & Mitchell ranch near Marfa. hospitalized him. He was doing nicely northeast corner of Thirty-fourth giving first aid after gas attack, desResidence in Kansas City, Mo., will FOR REXT-Attracted
street has no number . . . Once it cribed cautions available by using
—ON—
yesterday.
house. Phone 125.
be established by Oliver L. Rosensteil,
Sheep a'.d Iambs are doing fine in
Sunday afternoon baseball players was listed as 1 Park avenue . . . certain types of clothing and of the formerly a member of Headquarter
and when the number was shifted to
r.ne Highland section, the small grass representing C Battery were defeated an office building, the owner refused means of projecting grases. He had Battery, whose enlistment period ex-* AMBITIOUS reliable man or
who
of various pired last week.
.-.T.:1 weeds while ^hort for cattle are by the Marfa Indians by a 9 to 1to accept a substitute . . . What with him several vials
interested in
••:;ce!V>!t f>i* sheen. Shearing will be- count in a game that was rained out has become of wooden barber poles? types of gases and used them in ilwork with a good income!
. . . During intermission periods at lustrating his remarks.
•ir:n about the wind If of this month in the seventh stanza.
ply satisfied customers
Tens Return From Floresville
a
swanky
East
Side
night
spot
noted
i-vi iior.i the looks of the sheep the
ous Watkins Products m
A letter was lead which expressed
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Teas returned
for
its
food,
members
of
the
band
-:.••:>i' o: wxu is- going to very heavy.
Write J. R. Watkins Co, ft
can usually be found in a Third ave- the thanks of the Monahans Rotary Sunday from Floresville, where they
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Iowa Ave. Memphis, Tenn,
nue hamburger joint . . . The food Club for the flag given it by the Marfa spent a week with his parents, Mr.
Hayes Mitchell of the firm of W. B.
is different there . . . and so are organization recently. W. B. Mitchell and Mrs. Sam Teas. Mrs. G. A. MonkMitchell & Sons, just returned from
the prices
New York has 12.343 reminded club members of the cere- house accompanied them, and visited
licensed taxicabs . . . The number mony Saturday morning, May 6, in
Captain Gillett's
." r. inspection trip to Illinois and Iowa.
her daughter, Mrs. John Reese.
fixed by an ordinance passed
Ke repoits that the number of cattle
Picture Gift of Dallas Group was
Alpine
when
a
picture
of
J.
B.
Gillett
in 1937 limiting the total to those
n :'..•*.••;! U\ those states is about the
Marfa and Presidio county people then licensed . . . It can be in- is to be presented. Roy Gough, club BlackivcUs Have Guests
?irrc a- last year, but that the toncreased only after public hearings member, told of having been a guest
Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Barrett and!
r a g e of meat is less. He also reports will be in the group that Saturday have been held . . . The measure at luncheon meetings of the El Paso
daughter, Yvonne, of Fort Stockton i
•-.hat there is a large crop of old corn morning will see a portrait of the late was adopted to prevent overcrowd- and Pecos clubs recently.
Capt. J. B. Gillett, for many years a ing of the streets.
were guests last weekend of Mr. and ]
.r hand for future use.
Several
members
of
the
Alpine
club
Presidio county citizen, unveiled at
Mrs. Jesse Blackwell, and Mrs. Black—c-N—
M E E T S 2XD THURSI
were
guests
at
the
luncheon.
The
Rev.
Sul
Ross
College
in
Alpine.
well's
daughter,
Miss
Lorine
Nagel.
Appearances
Are
Deceiving
DeEACH MONTH. VISI
Members of the Highland Hereford
Milton F. Hill was in charge of th?
The
portrait,
painted
by
Mrs.
Dana
partment:
Ernie
Hoist,
husky
band
BROTHERS WELCOi
B: creel ei's Association a r e making
program and introduced Lieutenant Felloivship Dinner Today
leader
at
the
El
Morocco,
looks
like
Dunnagan
of
Dallas,
is
the
gift
of
;)'jn? to make a tour of the feed lots
a football player . . . But his in- Messersmith.
The monthly fellowship dinner of
K. G. MELLARD,W,I
..^. Illinois and Iowa to visit their Mr. and Mrs. Crate Dalton, who will strument is the delicate violin . . .
attend
the
unveiling
ceremony.
Mr.
the
Christian
Church
will
be
held
to•*-J:5t->rr.<:•;•> ar.d inspect the thousands
Artie Shaw, swing bandsman at the
CHAS, BOWMAN,
Postal Scales—$1.50 and $2.50. At night for members and their families
>? Highland cattle on feed in thoie and Mrs. Dalton were here Wednes- Hotel Lincoln blue room, reads trea—adv. and friends.
t x o states. We hope that some thirty day. Mrs. Dunnagan, the artist, has tises on social and political economy the Sentinel.
also
painted
portraits
of
John
Nance
. . . and topped his N. Y. U. class
. • l':-/ty members will make the trip.
in
calculus . . . Phil Spitalny, who
One way to find out just what kind Garner and Jesse Jones. She lived in
leads an all-girl group at the Bow.: catt;*-; you are raising1 is to see El Paso and knew Captain Gillett at man room of the Biltmore, prefers
r.'\->:r. :•. th<_> ie^d-lot and see how theythe time he was a prominent citizen the company of his own sex, getting
ir.W.v -nid finish. I t is a fine place of this section.
together twice weekly for a poker
Mrs.
Dalton,
who
writes
under
the
session with such cronies as song
"> 5'?€- the defects and rough spots.
pen name of Xorma Patterson, is the writers Walter Donaldson and Joe
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Young and Paramount manager Bob
W. B. Mitchell & Sons wil be busy author of a story with a Big Bend
Weitman . . . Kay Kyser, who burf-?r.-\ Mny S to 12 shipping 2,500 head area setting, which will appear in the lesques college quizzes at the Penn•• .-•<:•*.•:• u.':•.• heifer yearlings purehas- next issue of McCall's Magazinp.
sylvania Manhattan room, comes
A n
Rohinson
of
M
^
p
i
I
announcement
this
week
by
Dr.
r»
ra
from a very literate clan . . . His
Texas. These yearlings will b - ! H ' ^ " M o r e l o c ] < ' president of Sul Ross father taught courses at North Car•i :•• various points in the Corn S t a t e T e a c h e " ' College, was to the olina college . . . Fats Waller,
r h - firni shopped one load of effect that the picture will be hung in playing swing ditties at the Yacht
club, once acted as organist in his
• Jf.nes heifer yearlings to Indi- the museum of the college, where father's church.
Captain Gillett's collection is a treas.:%t:e- this week.
ured possession.
10 pounds .
I UU
Manhattan-nites (as seen by Bea
Mrs. Gillett, whose home is in
Marfa, will present the portrait to the Wain): The milling crowds of skiWest Texas Historical and Scientific ers coming out of Grand Central
terminal Sunday nights after a full
Society at the college. Captain Gillet day on snowy hills . . . Tired but
Jowls, pound 9c; Side, pound
I tJu
at
one
time
was
president
of
the
Game Warden Calls
happy, they add a picturesque touch
historical
to
Forty-second street with their
Attention To New Texas Law
association.
colorful outfits . . . The self-conPound
_.„
scious attitude of the newly arrived
of thf Brewster-Pn\sidio
vacationers *.roivi tin; Soulhiand with
w I]
glad to know i'taiia L upus IV
their suntanned faces in startling
h \v which v/ent
n
contrast to pale phizzes of stay-atregard !rnr the
A
homes . . . The sorrowful expresDozen .
fi.-ih caught
sion of the young woman whose hat,
Klaine Gregg To Address
by a sudden gust of wind,
Interscholastic Press Group caught
\Y
took
to
the
air and ended under the
W.v .v
State
wheels
of
a
Broadway trolley.
E. Gregg, superintendent of the
a:'.': <) v -• .•• C-'-rnmis.'-ion, i
Coffees
Marfd Ildtioru
WANT AD]
•
K'-
>
,
Presentation of
Portrait Saturday at 10
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MARFA LODGJ
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No. 5961
A.F.&AJ
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LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES!
• • • > : • * • .
New Regulations As
To Fishing in Effect
POTATOES, No. 1
1 Qp
SALT PORK
1 On
BUTTER, Safeway
BOLOGNA
Austin This Week-end
1fl
Pound
OLEOMARGARINE
i1
• urj] grave t b \
or
.
•
'
•
•
•
&
»
•
.
-.e recent law. •
rA after passage of
^ illegal for a r y
/•.•": -:. r o s
offer for
sa:e any
•••:V".
- a t . - r ish caught or trapped in
i.'j mar;ii(-: from or in any of the
.
'"\-.<h w a t e r - located in a n y county in
•.vs
"4 »' t •
"f\
>'a'..\ lyinjr and beinsr sitaatt-,1
-.-••?st of t h e Pecos River.
Sect. 2: Any person violating the
Mar
from Mrs. Sara Williams,
•--king that a staff member of
Shorthorn" address the Inla.-::cL,a K uePre sS Conference
w^k-end. Mrs. Williams is in
| Clishmaclaver: Have you heard,
j a s k s J e r r y Cooper, about the ball
I p l a >' e r w h o missed out with the milllOnaire S d a
'
« g ^ r . . . No hits,
no runs, no heiress . . . Overheard
this
char ge of the school papers division on Swing lane: "Joe, someone
stole that expensive solid gold flask
the State Interscholastic League of yours" . . . "Oh, that's all
mee t
There was nothingg of value
alue
1
A
l
D
h
Elaine Gregg, editor, will make the in it.
Al Donahue
ahue tells about
ddii who was eager
address on the editorial policy of tfc* the dealer in oddities
ome curiosities
paper. Mrs. Williams highly com- to g
get rid of some
Those
of
his
wife
and his mother-inmended the use of cartoons on the
law
law
d
G
ns
on
and
Genevieve
Rowe told
ditil
na
editorial page, with an editorial on
ir u j i
Brooklyn market:
Fish
and
Seafood."
the theme of the cartoon.
Raymond Wheat, sponsor of "The i
• • •
Shorthorn," left Thursday mornin*! Short story: At a recent private
Or A
An
ustln
fm
° >
" Elaine Gregg. Mary I *™*uet i n t h * Taft grill, one of
,'j-ovuions of this Act shall be deemed
-.f.i:.iiy of misdemeanor, and upon conv.otior. thereof, shall be fined nnt- W
V;ar, 1 f.-n (?•!0) Dollars nor more than
>ne Hundred ($100) Dollars.
3: All laws ov parts of
hired
- conflict with the provi*ions of this i l h o r n t o n » assistant editor, and busi-i ih*Lnewly
waiters finding
coffee
A", f
V-vPhy . x m ^ s h - apr^lr-d. ! n ? s m™*S*r Herbert King. Mrs ' "
'
"" cups, served a guest
coffee in a bouillon cup The
Mr. Williams said that the new iaw ! W h e a t accompanied them.
irate guest called the captain over
•- exnocte'-l to hf particularly pffWriv.. i ^ ' ^ ' ^ o a v t > r will leavo
hls typin
i/a?r..*t thf tnkinsr hy out-of-the-coun- l W l
^ entrants in the state b i 8
meet. Mary Ethpl Crawford
t y partif-K of Jarcr- <
two-handed cup, Tl
of
. . . . . .
---••*WHA
dun
embarrassed
y~'i offi-rinz those for pale in many William Klt-miv.an will compete with captain first ^ gasped, then bowing
"You see, sir, the waitrj.'acos. Onf account recently was that others there. Due to the failure of an
know
whether you were
ir rnHk'T'Huni took TOO pr,\uK of
M Paso stu.lont to attend thp meet, right-handed or left-handed." And
•.:•<:>№ waif,- H K P s section.
k l « ^ . n i ^ L, tiigiMe to ;-ompete. Anna 1 think this is the proper place to
M a n e Hoffman will accompany thp write THE END.
I*, v^r
i
• Bell Syndicate—WNU Servlct.
Mrs. A. B. Courture, Fort Clark.
im-i
#5
lamation in
Paralysis No
the Regional meet in Alpine was ofBRISBANE.
cerea the trip, but was unable to g5*
Mary Ethel Crawford placed second
the rein typing in the Regional meet, Wilextent that ne
ne has been awarded
liam Kleinman fourth.
=ons, uene and
Tick, of San Antonic, arrived Monday for a stay of several days with
-^ffiClf
™*» Mr. and Mrs. N. J.
the Boy Scout V
V. C. by Lord Baden.
Aiken. Mrs. Courture is the former
Powell, chief Scout of the order
Essie Aiken, and Mrs. Martin the
Expandex Personal File — $2 20- He learned to harness horses, and £
former Alma Aiken.
alphabetical. At the Sentinel,
•wing an ax with his one good arm
one good arm
2 pounds
QCp
.
AIRWAY COFFEE
I
Robin H00d
a letter "Wed- j
Local Yard
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|
T h e
- £m%}h
Aristocrat of Thrifty
Dale wood
17n - *
Pound ..
I [\j I L Pounds
GRANULATED SOAP
SU-PURB
Pounds
I ASSORTED FLAVORS
01 A I _ _
or _, T
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AA
Large package
i . I ll I orjLAj-W/EJLJIJ
The Best You Ever Tried I 3 packages
1 1 0
I •W
Skin He
PINTO BEANS
SUGAR
10 pounds .
IG-peund Cloth Bag
TOMATOES
Tomato Juice
3 No. 2 cans
14-oz. cans, 3 for .
u D
Waldorf Tissue!
3 rolls
10c
I
STOKELY GREEN BEANS
48 pounds
10c 98 pounds
STOKELY CORN
FLOUR
KITCHEN C&
Country Gentleman, No. 2 can
No. 2 cut, each
SHORTENING — All Brands
Pound
. 9c
4 pounds... 35c 8 pounds - 69c
f —
— T-*"rr
LIPTON TEA
8-oz. p a c k a g e
1
SAFEWAY STORES
"CONSISTENTLY SELLING FOR LESS1
MARFA
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Prices
Saturday