The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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Good Crowds Here For
Christmas Week Dance
The Christmas holiday dances
at thi* new Shannon-Couch hotel
w♦ i. well attended. A sorieH of ')
d Dies Thursday, Friday and Sat-
in day nights drew large crowds
I Ozona and surround:ng **c-
t ions.
Music was furnished by the Ori
< h Scrcnaders of Rrownwood.
OZONA MEETS
JUNCTION ON
GRID FRIDAY
All-Star Teams Battle
As Curtain Raiser
To Race Meet
1 hi* same on he*' i a
will
t in nish
music t or t lie dam * -
to t
ie given
th >' wi t n-t nd a * a ! e
atui’(
■ nf the
Roib o i; nd Rai e Meet
Miss (Vi. -t> Whin
i: he
ic front
L . rt Mi
u 1 hv M
BAND IS BETTER
THANTHE‘CANS
Why United States Is Be-
coming Most Musical
Nation in World.
Radio, the phonograph and the put*
llr X'IkmiI hand are conspiring t'»
make the United Stuti-s Hie moat urn*
aliHl nation in all the world, accord-
ing to C. D. (ireenleuf, of the Conn
Mualr (.’enter.
With tiie ether wave charged with
melodies—with tiie phonograph bring
tug into (lie living room tiie gavely
of tiie million dollar Jazz hand -and
with mm regarding the poat of tlrat
eornetiat In the High School hand a a
a position aa vital na that held hy tiie
GAMESTARTSAT 10
Proceeds From Gate
Receipts Go To H. S.
Athletic Fund
Two mjan is of |«H.al grid a ,r- !
unis art'* taking daily vv < - j i-.-out.->t j
the fair m’UiuH in : p aralioii
• nc
iron
i ilj, w!m> win r,it. 1 iin i •:*
field Friday morning at I i
ns mu- oi the I cat urea of ! I
Winter Roden and Rui • m>
day ami Saturday of th, - -» ■
Although definite arrangt meet
Mid-
Kn-
had not been
made for *
the 1
field,
if is virtually
assured
that
the
game will be
played on
the
tan
grounds gritiir
oil as a pit
1 i m,
nary
to the opening ol the r<
idea
and
race meet.
An admi**it
n charge i
»r ?i
will
be math* for the contest.
the
pm*
ceetls to go to
the school
at h
It-tic
Ncv. Year a v
Tmtcc hundred ai
:a a <■} portunitics.
Tills is inventory t
Let us consider me
this milestone of tir
us. Is our supply of f
Are our shelves bai
’alar.
‘ive bright
•w dav- fu: 1
MILLION SAVED
MEMBERSHIP BY
S. & G. RAISERS
Association Completes
Most Successful Year
In Its History
DRASTIC RATE CUT
Sheep Goat And Traf
tie Assn. Responsible
For Reductions
■' , .,'M o! a- tual
' ' • ‘ i’ ■ iml v dutnc of work at -
■id: in d, !!;» >i t ;i ami Coat
do'*,'- A- via: do; of T.-Va- has
> I
fund. Tht athletic department
the Ozona schools is apj
ly $20U in debt and it
that through the all-sta
rami' to pay off a cm
portion of that debt, Pi;
will take part in tbe gar
noting their services foi
i I t .lunt tim: C..r .s..
■roximatt •
i* hoped
r ft tit hall
i - iticrable
iVi w ho
M' are do
the i ..use
vvitii a dt■termination to claw up
ft. m. ■
tiie wolves. Tin y are repcr*etl to
RmA
1 ,«v
be one oi the .-trouge.- ’ teane- in |
tim* section ami the locals arc
looking forward to a rough tussle!
r(
Friday morning. The Junction ag i
gregation is nqorti-d to navi an;
Vv
until, unshed record ot three year
• .^A
For three year.* member* of the
team have bet n rounded up at
if and so let us take stock of seif,
personal standing; in the wovld at
our relationship to those around
iondship low?
‘ of love for our fellow man. Are
there but a few kind words and tender thought remain-
n}£- our stock of gentlemanly and womanly courte-
sies exhausted. Just how do you stand at this time?
See yourself as others see you Xray your heart and
soul and mind. Are you an asset to the world or are y»»
a bankrupt of worthwhile qualities.
It's 1927 a New Year.
Let us start NOW to make it full of happiness jov
peace goodwill Io\ <• and every noble name in the 1am-
uajre.
Let us start. NOW to do our part in making the New
Y ear prosperous and happy and the world a better
place to live in.
r r
A s s i H
Wort i
ubmitted In
id b> A. II.
■ l the Live
Lion of Ft.
It has t
»• i-n througi
the i omhin-
» d work i
d Mr. Fries
t. Hu ! raffic
c.sociation anil the Si,
cep and (ioat
i.a i *ii s a * s 111 lat i on
that the rt-
markable
ret ort! for
l!*2(i hasbeen
estaidisht
•d. Among rr
iariy accoinji-
lishnients
during the
yi ai the as-
six iation
has secui
ed red in etl
rate* on
shipments ot sheep and
goats and
cattle tl at
will mean a
saving ol
approximately a million
ti'dars annually.
The rtio
’st dmstn r
eductions m
the fust or
y of livestoi
k late* Were
anil Itl t
onipiiant'
with the de-
mantis of
1 fie a *»M-.'at
nt. members,
ai elding
to ihe repor
t In coiijuni
1’re - nt K
nen.d, a com
*t• c ap]
pointed by 1
m and .Mr.
C. D. OrMRltaf.
(inarterbnek of the football eleven, the
bund Instrument mimufavturers arc
reporting u denmml for their wares
such aa they hnvc never before known.
U. ft. Creating Music.
“After hearing more music than any
other generation hue ever heard,
America Is expressing an ardent wish
to ’blow Its own horn,' In the actual
sense of the phrase,’1 says Mr. Wreete
leaf. “The creative spirit Is lifting Its
head slid today the United States is
housing more muslclan9 and embryo
musicians than ever before.
"Scarcely a day goes hy during
which the American family Isn’t treat-
ed to tin* most pleasing of tmrtm>no-s.
This harmony Is recruiting a vast
army of men. women and children
Who are setting out to create their
own music. It Is tine «>f limns In her
rut Instincts, this desire to pmdme
pleasing tunes.
“No matter how far short he may
he from the accepted standard* of his
Instrument, the player derives far
more satisfaction and pleasure in the
knowledge that he Is creating music
than he could po**lh!y feel from llie
strains of the modern masters, artl
fa tally reproduced.
Music aa a Vocation.
**Our Schools have been develop'd
ao that now a child ran learn to he
a carpenter, mechanic, printer, or any '
©n* of a number of other professions, j
all at the public ex (tense, which la us '
It should be," suys Mr. tireeulcaf. j
*Th* duy la at band for school author '
fttea to extend the same opportunity
to children who deslru to take up mu-
sic aa a life work.
"Music la a healthful Influence
1'arents are learning that the band Is
letter than the ’gang' for their
youngster*
Music Is it mental stimulant A
* r*ey recently conducted In the
s bools of a mid-western etty revealed
I' d children who had studied must-
s'ciaged considerably higher 1ft ftp
bio a of school ucflvIUea."
Christmas time, put through a
brief practice period and then
sent out to conquest. And thy’ve
always brought home the bacon,
according to reports.
Leaders of the local outtit arc
predicting, however, that the I.ob-
oes will muss up an otherwise
spotless record this week-end and
BIG STRING OF RACE |Augustine Buys
HORSES AND BRONCS Pec°s Co La"‘l
HERE FOR THE RODEOa£u‘
Wi h
minimum
(*kla hum
al points
' .Mexico,
Included In Sale
Approximately 20 race hm-..*,
fifteen outlaw horses. 25 head of
steers and a number of goat* arc
in pens at the Ozona Fair (.bounds
ready for the opening of tin* Mid
Winter Rodeo and Race Meet Ft i
one of the biggest crowds ever to I *!**> afternoon
witness Hit atletic contest in 0-
zona is expected to be on hand to
see the struggle.
The first string for Ozona has
not yet been selected from a
score or more who have been out
to practice. Many former colleg-j secured for the events and i
iate stars arc included in the prob and race fans arc promised a
able line-up, however, and a j show during the two-day .
strong team is expected to take j .\mong the famous hm -.
tim field agaist the invading Cats. : ,,
j Tiie probable line-up nt the local* ( Ijdongtng In l.-e Cook ot .*.,
was announced as lollows. with These horses. Magic an
the estimated weights ot the play A|„n>f and l5Ijlck lbm.it'
I ers and their colleg. experience. |„-,lllKht here direct from '
Present prospects point to mm
"t the largest affairs of the • .mi
ever held in this section foi the
two days. Some of the best i.t,.
horses in the country and - inm of
the worst outlaw horses have mm;
steer riding events have already
been received and several others
have promised to be here. Among
the more famous riders of this
section are Louis Cravey, Chief
t orrcil, an Indian bronc rider
who I.as been a consistent winner,] was $5.50 an acre, involving a sum
and < hie Reynolds, another dare- °f about $40,000
cd
bit SI.-
tag",
a fail i
ra t e ■
to s2 jo
$22.
The sale r.cently made by R T
Cnrdet of Marfa of twelve sec
lions of land in Petits county to
W M. Augustine of Ozona has
just been announced. The price
on cattle averaged
it any, given:
Left end Alb-ii Robinson. I
a* University, 155
I .eft tin kle Hill i trimmer I'
Navy, It>0.
Left Lilian!
ado. 100.
Center I'ig lb
Ih. 1S5.
Right (iuard Reality Rrovvn. Rig
Lake, 170.
Right tackle Chas. Uavirson, S
M U 200.
Right end Othro Adams. T. C U
quarter Sht rmun Taylor, 105.
Left half Horner Adams. T. <
l’„ 1H0.
Right halt Frank Russell, lOn.
Full back -Morris Dudley, South-
western. !8.r>.
Red Fmlcy, Kblor
i>t land, (tz.oiia
Mexico, where they havt l->
*i-tent w iutters on tin-
•I a it re z tin k Roth Slip A :
RIack Reality a[ipcareil on
al trat k last summer a* t
rodeo anti ra e meet <o *ln
ett ( CHinty Fair Assoc-,it;
‘Ins will be the first app<
of Magit i.in before local (a
Bob Murcbison of Kid u
Dick Nasvvorthy of San
have four horses to ciitei
races. Rill i'argile ha* ■
Fee has three, liatl Allen ■
K Inter Armen trout two \
three other race horse* .«•
blv more are cxpcced to
here in time to enter, ao-n
Joe Pierce, one of a comm/
i barge of the race meet.
til . , . Nine of the outlaw- hm
Others who had not reported; , . , .. ,
k.. .......L ' ready here for the bronc i o
vents, were here last *i
while seven or eight other
been added to the string -
ontudci i
ountrv. Mi
*"» ! ,l..^l..^.l___<
Harry J. Friend, tackle. 150; T.
A. Kincaid, guard, A. & M. Col-
lege. 185; Krie Anderson, end, 150; i
Rob Weaver, full buck, 175; John
R. Weaver, half back. DIO; Vern-j,
on Cox. full iiHck, Peacock M ter or guard. T M ( !o.
1«5; Arthur Phillips, end or half, Odom, full back. 2<i0, anil
T. C. tr 150; Hlllery Phillips, ten- Young, guard, 185.
for practice early in the week
Out who may he selected for po-
sitions on the lirst team were giv-
en out as follows; H. O. Reynolds,, . .
former star with Osage Indians,! * *, ‘
two-letter man, tackle 190 pounds; . , " . . 4 >. '•
11 “fry 4. Friend, tackle. 150; T. j 14 riders are
Kincaid, guard, A. & M Col- . <,M ,h,*ir J4'"rt
with them.
Several entries in the I
devil rider. Two others from K!
dorado and several others have
i prom:-ed to enter.
An ng the "bad ’im.*" in the
brim riding div ismn are "Hell to
1 Sot." id "White Lightning " Roth
: d ‘In *• horses arc from the "tall
if it is 11 '' irt ed, a nd a re ex
■ - * * *o give tin vilest perform-
■e the lot. "White Lightning"
' .i* • vv idespi cad t eputat Imi fm
t> ig 'em" in t n>nt of the
'and. lay . ng 'em at flic f*-et
, • t ■ ctatui's. as Pierce put it.
iml -al fans arc giving mlds
'rut* • ’ll tin a.- much for 11 >■ rid-
■ : * the i oitiing cm nf-.
T) i Rodeo and Race Meet wall
d ' gin until Ftitlay afternoon,
> 11 a foot bit 11 game betweet tht-
ii'o',. I.obo. *, local all-slar t ain.
I' d i a Jqio L ton Wildcat*, an un
n*< ' aggregation from the Kim-
de 1 mty cap/tit I, vv ill serve a* a
* urtain-rats*-)’ l i'itlay morning.
The game will begin at 1(1 o'clock
Friday morning, the proceeds
rom the gitte receipts going' tti the
Dzona High Scht'ol athletic fund.
fit- first event on the Friday
afterimon can! is a free-for-all
halt mile h -rse race for purses
totalling $125 I’he next event will
be a steer break away for purses
totalling $75 A quarter-mile cow
P'»ny race for $75 in purses will be
the third event ami bronc riding
contests for a purse of $50 ami
goat roping for $75 in purses w ill
lose the afternoon's card
Two horse races and a steer
break ..way are scheduled for Sat-
urday morning’s entertainment.
I h«- tn st will I tv a maiden race for
three-y ear-olds anti under for n
'turtle* «l|n«-, Sin, |iut *('/i
$75. A quarter mile cow jinny race
for $7f> in purses will be tht- sec-*
nd event and the steer break-a>
The lantf purchased is -nuth oi j
Fort Stockton in Pecos countv,
and oil development in the county j
have adtletl materially to its pro*
pective value, Mr Augustine i* to'
take possession ill the near tuturej
It is hi* intention to ba*c *h< ’
property lor ml deva bq.nient
on ibe same
to St Loais. Denv el, ( 'hi
Onmha. (,'incinnatti, lndian-
,»iul points taking identical
the reduvtions ranged from
ajqo-oximately $.",5 to $75. while
the reductions
$40
In conjunction with Pres Kin-
caid and a < ommittee of the assoc-
iation, AD Priest presented tht*
m.ittci ot set unrig the t attle rate
and minimum on sheep and goats
in tloublt -del k cars t com all
points in Texas to interstate desti
nation* to the Southwestern Lines
Mr
HouOon
where they
Taylor’s pa
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had been v ,
■tits, '() VI*’1
lor'* parents. Mr. ami Mi
Augustine Mr Taylor v.
home on Thursday but ,\
lor w ill 11 main in (>/nn.,
nudtlb- i f .In n u.i r v.
ing Mi
! v
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Rate
es a
cattle
the h
taken
ot tht
Tile
sion ,
rat«
from
* onunitti
•'? ■ suit
•pro
e I he i oath* propos
ol ii ghei than the
being /«jetted by
T to mattei will be
tary meeting
I he .L
minitt
it ion
point.
Wilson
in tinsi m
in I)..11.
morning
Saturday at
bt the feat ur*
t hiding horse
steer rilling .i
‘ertioon *. nr
of the two d,
races, brom
ml goat roii
catt b .
goal
$* .*(!.
niingb
l»i Moo),
sheeji
Otic
goal ’
md
rnbng,
ng cv
its, $1 1
cattle,
> 1S70.
. ate-1
the a*
Il l'll * Us | ,e n ■
'■ r'-a*e* in
d 11 vt* st ork
dest inat ion*
The reritic-
ollow * Ind-
• • ‘ed points.
* beep arid
aDn cattle.
$R'80; Rir
$27 5if pt*r
1; < hat
$4 LOU.
— -.........—.....— - , with th«* Oriole Serenaders of
I way for $75 purses will clou® t he Brown wood furnishing the music.
cuts. The lir*t will be a . mile
tree for all for $125 in purse-
Next will be a bronc riding n
test for a $5o purse. A free 1 i ,R
halt mile horse race for $12'» in
j>urseB< will ’ollow and steer nd
ing for a $2(< purs*1 will be next on
the schedule A on*- mile free foc-
al I horse race will be the feature
race of the two days, purse* in
this event totalling $?.'>o The Mid-
Winter Rodeo and Race Meet, will
close with a goal roping contest
Saturday afternoon for $75 in
purses.
The rate tra. k is in xecellent
condition for the race* anti a big
crowd i* expeofftl |() |>.. here for
the !sr. «!.. , ■* i-s'.! '"tair*.A
dance will be given at the Shan-
non*( ‘ooeh hotel each evening,
u hieve
nice' -cored by fhe association
v'a »,«• -e, iii ng of (sponsion
mid < ancellat ion •>! a new tariff
wei’h vv-ui.M have completely up-
’•ef the entire *oiit hWestern rate
*tiU'*uM' and re - lilt in a combin-
at loti rate from, to and between
many points in Texas, New Mexi-
co. Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas
and Louisiana on all classes of
live slock I he saving to shippers
ranged from $14 to $.’5() per car
Daily service to shippers was
rendered by the Livestock a*soci.
atioti in settling overcharge dis-
putes. The saving through formal
negotiations was $5,721 PH, while
the saving through informal ne-
gotiations is estimated at. more
than twice that, amount.
Amor* the other
ments of the association are the ae
curing of reduced rates, 9(l.H0 t®
111).50 a car, on calves from north
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