The Scurry County Times (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1937 Page: 1 of 117
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SECTION i
GOLDEN
ANNIVERSARY
——120 PAGES — IN EIGHT SECTIONS-
EDITION
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VOLUME p-r\
NUMBER DU
SNYDER, TEXAS, DECEMBER
THURSDAY AFTERNOON JU
r)A NINETEI-:X HINDRED
AND THIRTY-SEVEN
ISSUE QA
NUMBER DU
Babson Thinks Upward Trend To Return In 1938
Two Snyder Youths Plunge to Death
In Sunday Afternoon Plane Tragedy
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LOOKING BACK OVER 59 SCURRY COUNTY YEARS
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Tamed Economic Expert Says There
Should Be No Depression Next Year
Two Snyder youths, Ray Ileal : nu
Ralph Gore, plunged to death Sun-
day afternoon about 4:20 o'clock
when the two-place airplane in
which they were riding nosed into
the Bill Leathenvood pasture foui
miles northeast of town.
Cause of the fata! crash has not
been determined. Spectators were
not aware that the plane was in
trouble until it was near the ground.
The landing was so direct that the
first persons to reach the ship were
forced to pull the tail onto the
ground before they could extricate
the bodies.
Plane Owned Locally.
The rebuilt plane was purchased
recently by Melvis Neal, Ray's
father. It had been kept at the
Sweetwater airport hangar. Ray, 16,
and Ralph. 22, had been taking fly-
ing lessons at Lubbock and Sweet-
water for several months.
Young Neal was a junior in Sny-
der High School ,-.nd a member of
the Tiger footbal: squad. Young |
Gore was driver of a Snyder school
bus.
Ralph was killed instantly. His
head was split open on the front
of the cockpit. Rays neck was
broken and several bones were brok-
en. He died a few minutes after
he was rushed to a Snyder hospital
by spectators.
Ray is sui \ ived by his parents and
one brother, Ralph, of Snyder.
Young Gore's survivors are his
father, H. C. (Doci Gore, his step-
mother. one brother. Louis, and one
stepsister, Mildred, ail oi Snyder.
I POLITICAL POT
hr-
Lie eo-.nt;. political po
s* .rUu boiling this ve-l:.
Mos* candidates fre-14 39c i? i
cek that the lirs* i. In Mt-.t-
uarjr will he beite; fc. their
announcements than .!• issivs.
Several oi them have . kw eiy e;>
presseti their intention o. throw-
ing tlieir hats into the .ing aasa?
week.
It is probahk, tea, firtf *.vv.n:l
city, district .nil poOHy
state announcements will ajvw.ir
in The Times next \.tck.
Candidates are advfccrl iliat
two strict rules will La applied
by The Times during the cam-
paign: First, all announcements
will be strictly cash in advance;
second, announcements rani L*
turned in not later than Wednes-
day noon of publication «f-’i:.
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J. C. Zieglers Are
Round i'or Honolufr!
See CRASH—Page 8
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ziegler of the
Drrmott community, who recently
celebrated their golden wedding an-
niversary, will leave in a few dr s
for the California coast, where they
will board a boat for Honolulu, Ha-
waii.
After many years of ‘landlubber- I
mg,” the pione.r couple are going !
tc f’c island cayv-al *n visit their j
“Id'.s: son. Charley, who has been a !
barber th r since, the war.
THAT’S THE TRUTH':
As Told in This Big Edition
Woodson Stimson sold the first
Chrysler in Texas to W. W. Gro^s
of Snyder.
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Captain R. B. Marty gave
Scurry County its first soil sur-
vey in 1849.
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Snyder had an official population
of 2.514 people in 1910.
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Only five cities in Texas lasy
size) have cheaper average water
rates than Snyder. No West
Texas city has a cheaper aver-
age rate.
The first light plant built in Sny-
der in 1909 was to run a picture
show, and not to sell electricity.
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The truck bed on the Inter-
national fire truck now in u.
was built here in 1916 for . m w
Maxwell truck.
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In 1912 Snyder had a model opera
house
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In 1883. one je.ir l*.to;ne the
county was organized, scm.j
County had six chnrcl
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In the first gin buiP in th • county
in 1893. cotton was tmo n into th*
stands by baskets.
— • — a
Scuri > ’>
H.i1 l,U5.
popul i;
The Snyccr -lepltooe -tc i. Ag*,
m 1901 'md 7 * -lephones ;n it- net-
work.
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J. Wright and John »V.
made tli«- fir*4 v.i ;o:i Hack i
Scurry County hi October •
1876.
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J. Wright Mcoar o * ;u the only
white buffalo hide in th>- C. J. Only
seven white Buffalo are '-.no n to
have been killed in : ll o America.
Prayin' for wiiis v.i. profi.-
able in I9ll. County Jnd.;»
Smith called on Snyder j -op!
to pray for rain July It. Jul;.
21 the county fu • l M* •».
a bmn|H-r < r.-p.
In 1917 the r\*f%2
granted cour..- -}is.
*id ■**.%
II f*. i. ... lid
mobih dealer irt Texas to si n
a contract after itc::--r-l M< toi
came to Texas.
Texa. Mammoc:., a, Seurry and
Borden County pixeluc.. received
state certification ::i 1933. tlie first
West Texas o-ttc" receive this
necornitio: .
Wlien the first house was built
in Srlyder in 1878. lumber wr-s haul- :
J from Fort Worth by ox-carts.
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Cotton acreage r. dticticin
talked of in I9l'l. eom..r .r\-
committees wring formes’.
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Snyder Transfer Company was
foun-vd 22 years ago by th? la
Pete Bridgenan with a dray vagon
and two draft horses.
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During the financi I c*’
Ia07, when banks ?.ll over it.*
country were clo -u, r -won
could v itlnira only IS *> . i»j,
;or c ; ?nsi only.
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Until 1876 it was netes. ry lot the
Legislature to pass a lav cr r.ting
new counties, with directions sr-d
details. The 1876 constitution spe-
cified r ll thr.t vas mcessary was to
have 150 qualified voters in th*
county.
oAft il **h*?i\ •*.«* -.1 <ii!»
on to Ae hanged in Scurry
County. . . . Some say hrngih
to h r'! be; s o : i e m- . •imi'
‘n. ; so the correit tree i-' gvii-
jly ,i .v rr. - ics? i' .
if
Much of Block 9” had to be
chased the second time U c.*’i’*- :;ie
word "railway” ’. as changed so “.•ail-
mad.” Webster's word il * .* y'
tied up 611.840 acres of L.nct; each
letter was worth 67.982 rverts.
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. ed .-o'.rin i.ollo tt
striaii flo in.; v#
..iilr .. C nip Cr .' . heading j is
"act oi StryfhcKn. i- tL * oni.
county tr, .;n 'o "hov
iioi’h artx miles.
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The Texas Almamtc gives the urea
1 of Scurry County as 887 square miles,
while the soil survey of Scurry dour...
ty says 910 square mil?s. . . . Shnt-
ing sand dunes might have given
us new unclaimed territory the last
fex* years. i
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•sr.ydv ., ♦ iih i t n<-. gniz< .
• Pd.. cl”b-, b said to hate more
omen’ dabs foe its star than
any o>fhcr i „.s city.
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VV.i.-n ..icut-n nt Co’MMei Rob-
*■. I E. Lee was sinning his spurs
e:i th, Texas border in 1856 leok-
in„ for Indi-.m.. he folio or ex the
Marcy trail to where Snyder no*?
Ls; camped at Camp Springs and
Powell. Lev said in hi n port
this section of Texas v as “un-
suited to farming, would r, t.;
!-« anythin- tut pniri- and t---
incN.”
NOGEH W. 3ABSON.
Bain-on Park, Massachusetts, December 30, 1937—
Ws ate not entering a major depression; 1938 will see a
resumption of the upward trend which began in 1933.
j The first quarter may be poor—much worse than the early
months of 1937; but later in the year I look for a substan-
tial revival. Do net confuse this current sharp recession
with a major depression! Payrolls, prices, stocks, real
estate, and jobs should be on their way to new highs by
the end ot 1938.
“THANKS” AND
EXPLANATION
> 1937 Year of Prosperity.
This December presents a tremen-
! dous contrast with a year ago. Then,
the old year was riding into the his-
: tory books on a great wave of opti-
mism and hope. "Good times” lay
over the horizon of 1937. The dark
__years of 1929-1935 were drow ned out
. in a hurricane of wage boosts, divi-
Ir compiling an edition of such j ^end extras, and gigantic Christ -
proportions as this, the publishers j mas rnide. My forecast at tliat time
i naturally became indebted to a large “1937 will be the first year of
number of persons for a variety ot reaj prosperity rtnee 1929. . . . The
IiCn*ces- ’ entire years gain should average
First of all must come the regular seven to eight per cent above 1936.”
Times force, who have sacrificed
time, sleep and patience in order
that the edition might be an nchieve-
: ment in weekly journalism and print,
me. I.oon Guinn, staff writer, is
• elc e second.
The 175 advertisers in the 129
pare- of the edition are of course due
. a tremendous vote of thanks. VVith-
1 out them there could be no Golien
Anniversary Edition, for the pro-
duction cost of such a mass of print-
! information considerable. Spe-
' cial thanks re due several news-
fiv.xr friends who said “Congratu-
! I,**:.*:!.-!" with paid advertisements.
fmtge ( it ne Than'.ed.
P
y... ^fiai
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Prasperity did co:ne. Business did
average seven per cent above 1936.
This past Au-
ust the Bab-
. >n hart stood
at eight per cent
a. bove normal,
higher than it
had been lor
seven years. But
Labor Day the
squall, which
had been brew-
sr. • all year, sud-
denly struck. High
fixes. poli;ical muddling, labor agi-
tation, and thin siock markets cre-
ated a tornado of distrust and fear.
1 " ' • ■ -p.
est business declines on record. Tlic
Babson -hart L> now 19 per cent be-
low norma|
The current gloom w::l continue
o hurt bQsme.-c urir. ’he early
months of 1938. But while activity
lentkm-f will avera at 1 a cent be-
• them, ] low the fi- t quarter o> 1937, it mould
not fall :mi:h below
Babson
of tlie
Imm
it
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v. nose lc-.uler.si: ip amon West Texas
historians i unquestii .
tributed liberally of his storehouse
o: experience, information and re-
: search.
S.-veral county friends
* hr» e names are net
t ’ lor tear of emitting soxie
L. • furnislied much info nation
end prepared mat nrl that Ls i.:-
mlual.v.
This word o? thanks would be in- i
complete without including the News |
Lnrt aving Comfvsi'.y, Abilene, which
a- i> rated in • very way to rush cn- i
cravings back to Snyder before ;>r< ss j
tr.r.r.
During
ba.se foi
trend v.
in 1938
essona
i:~ it levels.
;x-riod the
r upward
•m rally
,'f >’ < r tfian
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I Jer,, in these 14 history-1. .1- a
picfui es, is an introduction 4o
* hat yow may erpect in th-;
■fijbt efions e, this (I Id
. .nh ers.nr.;- Ldiffo.i.
o i ro -, kit to li>;'uC: I .) .
MW b-rikling x-u.s soiny »«;> on
:. sf sioe • iic., this *uon-
-..u-'kiors, .snapshot s mad :
(_) j -Jy 1 picnic ua;, in Sn..-
.cc. scan after tn i.fw c^ul -
no se as huil.; I”) Old If.id
St: loo in w. s-’ «cro.. Di
BEHAVIOR FOR
-*,14 '
( reel., t it.i Eev. Jas. >1. V vti
and Will Cowling in the buggy.
Seeoisu ros- from top: (»’)
k’xmilia. street seine esrlj ii.
the century, looking towa.ii ti*.»
mvI.-i side n! tlie sqvw.re; 15) A
.tie p .-i.de i s Snydef, not long
afhr pietur) No. 4 »-t.s ti.Ieii
(S:r der . nd >>u wsfo:-. on ■»" -
tr ie :ighi).
. kiird o frc«v. toj: (6) ik »ft
’reis th A *ren* in It»)'t. brid'v
on *ha. i. no* Twmty-fiktn
: / 4 f> , —
a. wap
ikg&vyg't
p LM
m 0
m
Street, nroh bly hi ,hest w vie/
in Snvu i history: (7) Lar!.- Ar.y
purebreds, picture taien in ol
livery MaLle, vl-ieli formerly
stu . on the north -ide of th*
-qu.re; (o) pirtion of eorth sii*.
in 1908, loosing east, T-'ir-t
tionc.l han't or left.
Fourth row from t..p: (t)
Loiwinj to- rd the /«st sit*,
altncst 30 ye»rs ago (notice an-
ri. nt tier’, under tree on nortA
siu.i; «101 Anyder Cor/.;4. .. n3!
abee.t 30 years a.o, inel’fui;^'
George !>r.' n A. 3So;/i>
otter ‘‘young” men.
"ik.’i row ?rom tetf: (III Sow.h
•i,4kt, -ooiing e-st: (111 .ojt'tiiif
I'-irit i*M»tn the quarr (Snydta
M.-j-antile ( onifs.ny .'.uilAint; ett
?-* f ^ is now Sn.rder N'ation«4
LuildiK*).
'Ayj*‘.So.ei ro »>: 1131 ««■ st »ii8t,
ioiian*; nortA; lit)) LooLii.-f
**»S'i li t •.*.* l*',i|lj'*
Mste/Ul 'A iti* :.
Several articles were omitted be-
cause there v.as no space for them.
Se veral old-time pictures wen like-
wise omitted. A large amount of
tin.-, material will be used from week
! to week, in regular issues.
Originally, the Gol?Iey Anniver-
sary Edition plan included a large
amount of information concerning
Scurry County far.ns and ranches,
smaller towns of the county, and
homes of the county. Lack of time
prevented the staff from working
up the bulk of this information, but
much space will be devoted in 1938
issue t to these four major phases of
modern 3curry County life.
Readers will kindly bear in mind
that 'tr.'.e portions of the edition
have been printed several weeks,
and a fev changes of recent days
are not related.
Good 1938 Trend.
I B“ next Fourth of July ;; i.mess
: should 1 tve re< r*vered f: n. a third
j to half of its iat< : 37 1 The
j revival wilt pick up momentum dur-
! insr the second Lair How lar it
I will go. it is, of co lmixvw-ible to
j .say now. Nevertiielt.^,, :us ,i long
! shot, it would not surprise me if
tlie J937 peaks we:- wjualle-.i h'fore
next Christmas!
Because of the poor first qu «rt- r <
the new year, the average of gen-
eral business for 1938. however. »ill
be slivhtly under—roughly 10
cent below—the average for iWi.
The important point next -ear is
the trend. A poor start ’but nc*
much lower than current levelst, n
improving second quarter, and then
a sliarp upward irye during tlie
final four or five months is my idea
oi the 1938 business pattern.
In making these *. tmates I ;-m
countin j on c ooperation from Wa.-C’i-
s#* *r*»*on—9*p f
<_)nlv 1 s
k Lit >
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CJUWTY’S iViCGYLSi
\ a
HOLIDAY GOOD
Snyder had some fireworks, some
last minute Christmas shop]- rs. and
a few young folks slyly sparking—
or whatever it may be—but Snyder
was. generally speaking, a quiet city
during the week-end.
Sheriff Clyde Thomas and other
officers appreciate the quiet, orderly
crowds here over the week-end. .aid
commend the folks of the county
for making passible an enjoyable
Christmas. Tlie officials report a
minimum of drunkenness, and traf-
Your copy of the Times Golden An- 11? tabloid pages, eight rev
niversaiy Edition weighs slightly pages.
less than one and one-fourth pounds. The eight sections contain 175 ad-
Multipiv your copy by 5.(*.0—the verti e:»*uits, most of them from
number of papers that have been ’ folks who live in Scurry County or
printed—and you have 5.7Q9 pounces, j expend on Scurry County for a poi-
almost th.ree tons. . tion of their revenue. There are
It is the larger pap. r ever prir.*- three -double paces. 2> full ■ ave- and
ed in S urry County. It contains ; 40 other at.s of one-h.h ;>.ve i-r
more inches cf advert; ing. more more (tabloid size*. And. at that,
piatures. more history, more news.! a number o. Snyder advertisers,
more pages—and probably m- re or- .• pra.tcally all other count; ad-
SAYS PRAIRIE
00G? MUST GO
Will Parry This
rors— than >■.ny other paper ever
turned out in more than 50 years
of Snyder newspaperdom.
Paper makes up 5.600 of the total
pounds. One liundred pounds is
ink. Eighty reams of paper, weigh-
I ing 70 pounds to the ream, went into
! thic c i ■» 1 a \ m
Sheriff Clycie Thomas hopes coun-
ty farmers will adopt the theme
-;ong -f Git Along Little E».*yv»s,
Git Along," in the near future, and
rid tlieir farms of prairie d<*;s ••’-
fore winter is over.
Some farmers in the county fail-
ed to exterminate the prairie dog
“towr. in tlieir pastures last year.
If all fhe pages were tabloid size And if the little doeies aren't “gotten
( iold
e:;
Edit!
pjimvt-'scT'.
I.’i Speci&i Wrapper—A ny\vhc;<- .r ’S
ion
urti-ers. were net even solicited for
ads becnu e of lack of time!
fice laws were well observed.
Yes, sir. Scurry County folks \ this single i sue.
showed officers just how nice thej ■ 40.00(; Sheets rxed.
could be in regard to keeping with- ! Thus. 40.000 sheets of paper, each
in legal bounds, and officer hope sheet 36x43 inches, were "stuffed
the jailhouse bedbugs—rf there are through" the bu two-cylinder Huber
press, pictured on .he from page of
! any—can "jine in" the "empty bunks
■ in the calaboose" refrain.
-12x18 inches', an:: if they were laid
end to end. you would have a solid
road. 12 inches wile, on which you
could walk from Snyder to Lubbock.
aortic Extra Copii-s.
And if you were fagged out when
you reached tiie Hub of the Plain ."
you could sell the 100 extra copies
for wrapping puiper (maybe!) and
use the money to buy a fairly sub-
thf newspaper section. There are ( stantial meal
along" by next spring, legal steps,
will be taken to force fanners to
kill out the p*-sts.
Armed with poisoned mash, or
lor.-g haes attached to car exhausts
put in holes after stopping up the
openings, farmers find prairie dogs
are inexpensively killed out. A sim-
ilar plan has bt-*r. used in the coun-
ty in previous years, with •:>•«! t —
•ulv*
?u>*. bran ,u tl# names of your fr nd.s
do the mailin?
relative;.—»t-
The L&fyest /’aper Ever 1 u’nli '. ed i i
Scurry County lot
Onlv 10c
Every family m
M th*- Times Office
this tradf territory will w; n*
(tor permanent r^fer-nc-.
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