The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CANAD1 AN RECORD
^ 01.1'ME 28, NUMBER 19.
CANADIAN, HEMPHILL COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 THE YEAR
C. O. JOHNSON SUCCEEDS |
THORNBURY AS AGENT
D. L. Thornbury checked out as
Santa Fe agent at Canadian Tues-i
day and C. 0.Johnson was checked
in. Mr. Johnson comes from Hig-
gins where he has been station
agent for several years. Mr. Thorn-
/Jfeiry recently resigned his posi-
tion with the Santa Fe here to
move to Amarillo where he will en-,
ter business with his brotherinlaw.
They will engage in the wholesale
confectionery and cigar business.
Mrs. Thornbury and the baby girl
ave been in Amarillo for several
fl.ys, anticipating that Mr. Thorn
biry would soon be relieved here
"Did" came from Houston, Texas
soma fifteen years ago to start to
railroading here as handy man, or
r. ther boy, about the Canadian de-
pot. He came here in 1907 by re-
quest from his old friend, C. C.
Miller, the early-day agent here,
who himself retired from railroad-
ing and is now in business for him-
self at Lockney, Texas. Dud's abil-
ity won for him promotions to oth-
er places and other positions until
he was returned to Canadian as
station agent, which place he has
held ever since. He returned here
in 19!G from Hereford where hq
v/ag agent. He closed his term of
service with the Santa Fe in the
same office where he started in the
railroad world when a young man.
He has a host of friends among
the railroad men all over the Santa
Fe Southwest, and among the bus-
iness men of Canadian who wish j
him the best of success in his new
business enterprise. The depot
presented him Tuesday with j
a Handsome Shrine ring as an ex- !
pression of the esteem in which i
they hold him. i
WELL WAITS FOR CASING
It will be remembered that the
well at Cheyenne was shut down a
few weeks ago by a state inspector
as the supposition was that the
drill was on an oil sand. The com-
pany was ordered to case the well,
which has not been done on ac-
count of there being no finances in
the treasury of the company to
purchase the casing. The officers
have been trying to secure funds
to buy the casing. The well stands
full of water at this time.
MOVE TO CANCEL ISSUE OF
HOSPITAL BONDS AT ONCE
At the last meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce the matter of
asking the court to cancel the is-
sue of bonds recently voted for the
purpose of constructing a county
hospital, was discussed at lengthy
and the sentiment was almost
unanimously in favor of the can-
cellation of the bonds. The com-
missioners court was requested to
consider the advisability of taking
that action at the regular meeting
next Monday, and all persons in-
terested are invited to appear be-
fore the court at that time.
REMOVAL OF UNIVERSITY
IS ENDORSED BY STUDENTS
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\ GOVERNOR CONTINUES HIS
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REFORM POLIO' FOR STATE
Austin, Feb. 7.—Governor Pat
i\l .Nell' declared today in a mes- j
■sagt1 that all departments, boards
and commissions of Texas should j
l,e directly responsible to the legis-1
biture and under the supervision j
of that body.
k The governor recommended that;
the legislature enact a law repeal -!
ing the provisions <of the state
highway commission law; fish,
game and oyster commission law;'
agricultural and mechanical col-
lege law, and every other law per-
mitting the authorizing of any de-
partment to employ as many peo-
ple as they desire, paying such}
employes as salary "that which
may please the fancy of the tem-
porary head of the department."
Austin, Feb. 9. ---A petition over
twenty-five yards in length and
signed by 2,461 students of the
t niversitv of Texas endorsing the
proposal of the board of regents
and urging the removal of the uni-
versity to the Brackenridge site,
will be presented to the legisla-
ture by prominent students of the
institution who circulated the peti-
tion. At the time the petition was
circulated opportunity was given
also lor students opposed to the
removal to record .that fact. The
rec ?rd showed, on final count
2,4(11 for and 220 against removal.
It is regarded as significant that
the students signing the petition
for removal represented 214 coun-
ties over the state, and that the
count; would indicate strong ap-
proval on the part of student?)
from all parts of the state, with
the possible exception of those of
Austin, where the chief opposition
has been manifested. Of the stu-
dents recording opposition to the
proposal, 40 per cent gave their
place of residence as Austin. How-
ever, more than half the students
from Travis County, most of whom
reside in Austin, signed the peti-
tion favoring removal.
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POLL TAXES TOTAL 840
The poll tax payments for
Hemphill County this year were
840. There were 164 women who
paid poll tax. Exemptions amount-
ed to 19.
The moisture precipitation this
week amounted to .40.of an inch
This is fine on the wheat fields, but
the farmers have been hoping for
favorable weather so they can fin-
ish their threshing.
WORLD WAR CASUALTIES
INCREASE 5,000 MONTHLY
Washington, Feb. 7.—American
casualties of the World War are
increasing 5,000 per month, it was
announced today by the National
Executive Committee of the Ameri-
can Legion, meeting here.
Mental breakdowns and tuber-
culosis resulting from gas and ex-
posure are putting 5,000 ex-sol-
diers in hospitals monthly.
RED DEER HEREFORD STYLE
SHOW AND SALE FEB. 16
(•Hirers of the United Suites army ordnance department; watehin
dftiionsi rai ion of a new type caterpillar self-propelled mount for a 15f>tnrn
rilTe ni Holioken, N. .1. Tito mount, designed Iij- -Wfilter Christy, has many
new features and improvements over (he type now in use.
HUCKABEE REVIVAL AT M. E. COUNTY OR DISTRICT FAIR
CHURCH CLOSED SUNDAY WILL RECEIVE ATTENTION
The revival services at the Meth-
odist Church closed Sunday night
with another record-breaking audi-
ence in attendance, and about ten1
conversions. The pastor, Bro. Ter- j
ry, called for a free-will voluntary
offering for the evangelist, R. N.
I Huckabee of Amarillo, and in a
'
I few moments a splendid sum was
subscribed.
The entire meeting lasting twen-
ty days has been a great meeting
for Canadian, and members from
all the churches have heartily co-
operated in all services. The large
number of conversions was very
gratifying to all. The Methodist
Church received about sixty in
membership, including both adults
and children, and all the other
churches took in many members
the First Baptist Church being
next to the Methodist Church in a
gain as a direct result of the meet-
ing.
FAMOUS SWINDLER CAUGHT
BY A MODEST SCHOOL BOY
NUTRITION CLINIC WORKER
IS COMING HERE IN MARCH
Miss Lutie V. Burkholder has
been appointed nutrition clinic
worker for Canadian and Hemp
hill County and will spend abou
two months working with the pu-
pils in all the public schools and
with the parents. Special physical
tests and medical examinations
will be made of every school boy,
and girl and suggestions made to
parents. The office headquarters
for this worker will be the Cham-
ber of Commerce rooms. The co-op-
eration of physicians and parents
is requested.
E. D. MORGAN,
Chairman, Hemphill County
Chapter, A. R. C.
NINE ABOVE MONDAY NIGHT
The first real touch of winter
ame Sunday night with a fall of
tow that amounted to two or
r-ee inches here. Monday night
thermometer dropped to nine
rees above zero, the coldest
,ird of the winter. Tuesday
ning the snow began melting
. jine o'clock.
H!< AGO HEARS ABOUT US
The Chicago Motor Club has
written to D. J. Young, president
of the D-C-D highway association
asking for a supply of the new D-
C-D highway log books.
District court is in session at
Miami. Those who went down the
first of the week to attend court
were E. J. Pickens, district attor-
ney, W. R. Frazee, court reporter,
and attorneys Frank Willis and N.
$ P. Willis.
Very few Canyon people know
that Pedro Norfleet, or Pete as he
is better known here, a student in
the West Texas State Normal, was
the fellow who captured the fam-
ous swindler, Furey, for his fath-
er, Pete withdrew from school du-
ring the time he was in search o
the swindler, but now that his ma-
is safely behind the prison bars
l;e is back in school.
Pete met the swindler in Jack
sonville, followed him to a cafe
and called his father, who face:'
Furey. When Furey recognized Mr
Nor-er' he cried out "Robbers
bandits!" and grabbed hold of Mr
Norfleet, and the crowd in the
cafe ran to the swindler's assist-
ance. Pete appeared on the scene
with his automatic, which he
threw down on the crowd whe
where soon convinced by the pa-
pers that Pete carried that Furey
was the real bandit.
The return of the swindler tc
Fort Worth was accomplished with
difficulty, the man once getting
away and jumping from the train,
but was recaptured.
Pete will remain in the normal
for the year. He is a very modest
young man and does not brag of
his accomplishment, but to him
all credit is given by the officers
for the capture of Furey.—Canyon
News.
BOULDER WILL MARK D-C-D
Boulder, Colo., the terminus of
the D-C-D highway in the north-
west, has advised W. A. Palmer
secretary-manager of the D-C-D
hf-hway, that they will mark the
highway from Denver to Boulde-)
in the near future. Boulder will
have a page write-up in the new
log books.
The matter of whether or not
Canadian will hold a county or dis-
trict fair this fall will be made
a special order for the next meet-
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
which will be held on Tuesday
night, March 8th. at the Commerce
rooms i-i the court house. It was/
decided Tuesday night this week
that an invitation should be ex-
tended particularly to the farmers
and stockmen of the county to j
attend the meeting March 8th and
discuss the matter with the busi-
ness men of Canadian. The farm-
ers and stocKmen will please con-
sider this article as their personal
and special invitation to meet
with the Chamber of Commerce at
that time.
The Red Deer Hereford sale will
be held in Tubb's Garage building.
Mr. Tubb will clear the building of
all cars and equipment and an are-
na will be constructed and the
place arranged for a good sales
room.
Col. Earl G art in of Indiana,
one of the foremost Hereford
salesmen in the United States, will
cry the Red Deer sale.
Just before the sales start the
association will hold a style show
and $500 prize money will be dis-
tributed among the blue ribbon
wearers. Competent judges of
livestock will award the ribbons
and this feature of the annual Red
Deer sale promises to become a
strong event of the show.
MEMBERSHIP OF CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE IS NOW 157
1 he following new members
were elected to the Chamber of
Commerce tolls in the meeting on
Tuesday night: W.A. (Buck) Ellis,
Dr. L. V. Dawson, Dr. C. J. Hunt,
Dr. A. M. Newman, B. M. Hoopes,
Carl Swires, H. B. Beach, S. M.
Liles, Chas. Bernrton, Austin
Brown, C. Shepperd, R. T. Alex-
ander and Hugh Robertson.
The total membership is now
157. The goal is 200 before water-
melon time.
RED DEER HEREFORD SHOW
RECEIVES $250 FROM C. C. C.
R. T. Alexander, president of the
Red Deer Hereford Breeders Asso-
ciation, one of the livest young
Hereford associations in America,
addressed the Canadian Chamber
of Commerce Tuesday night in ref-
eience to their annual sale which
will be held in this city next Wed-
nesday, Feb. 16th. A motion was
carried that Canadian contribute
the sum of $250 to assist in making
this sale a success. This money is
to be used largely for prizes.
W. T. C. OF C. WILL OPEN AN
OFFICE A T PLAINVIEW
Ranger, Feb. 7.—Plainview has
been officially selected as the Pan-
handle-Plains branch office of the
West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, according to Manager Por-
ter A. Whaley's statement today.
W. K. Whipple, formerly of Ama-
rillo, will be in charge of the of-
fice and the work in the Panhan-
dle.
The next annual convention will
be held at Plainview.
J. W. Cheney of Amarillo was
elected a member of the board of
ctii ectors.
The christian people of the city
have heceived a new impetus in
their church work and an added
spiritual growth.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Mayor B. G. Taylor, W. N. New-
ton and J. W. A. Jackson were
named as a committee to secure
additional members to the Cham-
ber of Commerce, to report at the
March meeting. Enroll your name
with this committee, even without
waiting to be solicited tto join'
Help us push Canadian and Hemp-
hill County.
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Next Wednesday is. the Big Regisetred Livestock Classic of the North Plains. Hundreds of vis-
itors will be here. Tre Kings of the White Faces will be groomed and petted in a way that de-
lights the heart of the cowman.
Giant China Kings Will be Here
COMPOSED OF 24 COUNTIES
Representative H. B. Hi 1! of
Shamrock introduced a senatorial
redistricting bill that has receivecj
favorable reception in the house
What happens to it when it hits
the senate is the issue. Under Mr,
Hill's bill Senatorial District No.
29 would be composed of the coun-
ties of Dallam, Sherman,Hansford,
Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Moore, Hart-
ley, Hemphill, Roberts, Hutchin-
son, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray.
Wheeler, Collingsworth, Donley.
Armstrong, Randall, Deaf Smith.
Parmer, Castro, Swisher, and Bris-
coe, 24 in all. District No. 30, em-
bracing mostly the South Plains
counties, would be composed also
of 24 counties, and District No. 31
would compose the counties in the
western corner of the state and
I south of the T. & P. railroad. This
bill is a fair redistricting proposi-
tion based on the 1920 census, and
j is should be enacted by the ;egis.
lature.
The Breeders of the Giant Poland Chinas will also hold an annual sale and have the best
of the big porkers out in Sunday dress.
Two frontier cowmen, fast-fad-
ing representatives of the early
days before the railroads came to
the Panhandle, met at a country
school board meeting west of Lub-
bock one day last week stood toe
tc toe and with automatic revolv-
ers shot each other to death thru
the hearts. They fell with then
legs entwined. One was sixty yciirs
old and the other siay-two. 1 h>
shots from the automa-tie.-; seortcb-
! ed the clothes of both. J. C. Bowles
! and J. M. Wright. There had been
ill feeling between them for years
The homicide was just a page
! from the days now long past. The
only thing modern about the duel
was that they used automatics in-
| stead of the old-style hog legs.
| The West Texas State Normal
r.t Canyon is attracting students
from all over Texas. Texas will
one day appreciate having a good
school in a country abundant with
pure atmosphere and an inex-
i haustible supply of pure water. On
the debating team this year the W.
T S. N. is represented by Mody C.
Boatwright, a student from Abi-
lene: Lester Hill from Weather-
ford; Ivan C. Baucom from Min-
eral Wells; D. T. Tarleton from
Cleburne; Virgil Dodson from
Floy dad a; and Lewis Hill from
Lipscomb.
Let's work for a county fair and
+ a county farm agent.
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Loomis, L. P. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1921, newspaper, February 10, 1921; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth125485/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.