The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 2 Friday, May 22, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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The Hereford Brand, May, 22 1908
LOOK LOOK!^^
We have determined to rid ourselves of a lot of Shop-Worn
Implements at prices that you can't afford to miss. Implements
that have never been out of the shop. They are as good as
new with the exception of paint and will give good service.
Listers, Cultivators, Disc Harrows
Plows, Disc Plows and Planters
Gentlemen: These goods are going to move. Price will have
little to do do with them. We are going to get rid of them.
Come and get first pick. Cfln addition to these goods we are
offering the nicest line of Buggies that has ever come to your
town. Don't forget we are agents for "Pittsburg Perfect
Electric Weld Ho&' and Poultry Fence."
We Invite Your Inspection
Hereford Hardware Co.
THE NEW RAILROAD
Central Committee Making Good
Headway—Surveying Corps
at Work.
The Central Committee met the
first of the week and appointed a
special executive committee, com-
posed of T. E. Shirley, L. Gough
and J. E. Garrison, whose duties
should be to procede at once to the
collection of the first installment of
the bonus for the new road and to
attend to other details of the con-
tract with the construction company.
They have had issued notices to all
who have subscribed asking that
payment be made at once. They
have also sent out a letter showing
the status of the bonus and asking
that as many as possible pay some
additional sum in order to bring the
first installment fullv up to the $25,-
For Grain,
Feed, Coal and
Posts. Will Pay
the highest market
price for all kinds
of Grain and
Pi^ld Seeds
We Solicit a Share
nf Vnur Business
000, as the subscriptions for the first
amount were not sufficient to meet
the obligations. Many have paid
their first installment and have also
increased their subscription. They
ask that no delay be allowed in this
matter and the construction company
is ready whenever the Commercial
Club conveys to them the informa-
tion that the bonus is in the bank.
In fact, they have announced that
they are ready and anxious to com-
ply with the contract and are here
for business.
The surveying corps has run a
preliminary line due north from
Hereford following the Twenty-five
Mile avenue out for a distance of
twenty miles. Other lines will be
run and then a selection made of the
best and most feasable route. They
make about eight miles per day,
when the weather will permit and up
to this morning everything has been
most favorable. The big rain this
morning will suspend work for the
day, but work will be pushed rapidly
forward Monday next.
ANOTHER BIG RAIN
Lands! Lands! Town Property.
We are revising our list of lands
¡ and property. We are having calls
: for lands and improved town property
! that we are not able to meet. If you
have^lands anywhere in the Hereford
country, or improved city property
in Hereford that you wish to sell,
and at such prices as will sell we
would be glad to list same. We
have made some nice sales recently,
and can make more if we can get
the right kind of prices. We also
have calls for large tracts of land
suitable for colonization purposes
that we can not fill. We expect to
get out a new booklet of lands soon
to distribute throughout the country,
and you had better list «ame so as
to get it in our booklet. 14-2t
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Hereford Country Gets Another Big
Rain this Morning.
Those who were up early this
morning had the exquisite pleasure
of seeing what threatened to be a
wind storm change in a few minutes
to a generous down pour of aqua
pura. Beginning at 7 o'clock for
more than an hour a heavy rain fell
accompanied with some thunder and
lightning. The streets were flooded,
the gutters running full and the
whole face of the earth seemed to be
covered. The rain covered a large
scope of territory.
With the rain that fell a week ago
the two rains will put the wheat and
oats and the other planted crops in
fine shape. The wager that is up on
that Star Ranch field that must make
40 bushels will be a safe bet now by
the Missouri man. This will also
put the fruit in excellent condition
and it is expected that an average
yield will be made, though some
orchards were caught in the last
freeze, and the crop greatly reduced.
Garden truck will come on early.
The farmers w.'ll not be able to
whistle for several days on account
of the smile that has taken the pucker
out of their mouths.
At 12 o'clock today and just as
the paper goes to press, another rain
is falling. The street crossings are
muddy and great lakes of water are
to be seen in every quarter.
Spelling Bee Postponed.
Just as we start to press a phone
message says the Spelling Bee will
be postponed on account of the
rainy weather.
For 100 per cent Statemen Paint,
see T. M. Palmer Lumber Company.
Guaranteed absolutely pure. 8-tl
The Three Hardest Things.
A few weeks ago down in one of
the Central Texas counties a number
of candidates according to their
custom, had gathered in the school
house of a small village to lay their
claims before the good people. The
villagers had previously arranged to
offer a big cake to the one who made
the best and shortest speech, in
which they would name the three
hardest^things to do. A local wag,
tho not a candidate, was put up to
compete in the contest. Each and
every candidate in his turn made his
announcement and then named what
he thought the three hardest things
to do. Finally the wag's time came.
He arose and said:—The three
hardest things in the world to do are
—First, to make this speech ; sec-
ond, to climb over a fence that leans
towards you; and third, to court a
girl that leans from you.
It is useless to say that the wag
took the cake and that all the can-
didates took to their heels. But, he
was generous and called them back
and cut the bier cake for the crowd.
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 2 Friday, May 22, 1908, newspaper, May 22, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142572/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.