The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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A Newspaper For All The Peeple Of The G reat South Plains
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 23 1916
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res to Go Up.
i Entering a Building
Era Which Means Much
For the Town.
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Crosbyton is just entering upon
a new era of building which bids
a,—> to prove much to our fair
le city. The Townsite Corn-
pay let,the contract Monday for
the erection of two new brick
store buildings to be located on
mth side of the squ&ce be-
i the post office and the Star
Contractor L. H. Hawkins
the contract for
le erection of both buildings
hese buildings will be 100- and
50 feet deep respectively with cut
stone fronts, etc. They have al-
ready been engaged and will be
occupied by good strong business
as soon as completed.
§§§ . The- residence part of town is
taking on new life. J. J.
has : just completed a
, nice little bungalow a few blocks
south of his lumber yard and
Several other new residences will
fsgsr" likely go up in the very near
JB1# - future, and we predict that Cros-
■ by ton will witness a good sub-
stantial growth from now on.
was awarded
HALLS ITEMS.
From the Banner:
£ E. J. Moores was a business
visitor in the city this week from
Crosbyton. He is in the race
for Tax?Assessor and was inci-
dentally mitting the boys.
Prof. Cogswell, who has ac-
cepted tire superintendency of
p the Ralls school for the ensuing
term, was here from Plainvievv
8 last week in the interest of the
school. He'is a live wire and
I' will issue a catalogue and course
•of study for this school some time
in the near future.
The, price of threshed maize
' has reached one dollar per hun-
dred on the local market, R. L.
Travis, local dealer, purchased
and shipped, four cars this week.
I Threshing of wheat was begun
this week in some portions.of the
|f country and a better yield is be-
ing made than was expected,
v Mr. Smith, of Crosbyton, has
leased the Sanitary Shaving
parlor from Frank Morel and and
will take charge Monday. Frank
will leave for his former home at
Jay toil. Mr. Smith bears the
reputation of being the best
barber that has ever been in
Crosbyton and is highly recom-
mended as a young business man.
The Sanitary Shaving parlor is a
popular shop and Mr. Smith will
M doubtless do a thriving business.
Tom Assiter, prominent farrn-
■ er of that farhous Cone country,
was a business visitor in the city
Tuesday. Mr. Assister devotes
a great deal of his attention to
^"3 raising of hogs and finds it to
uc a remunerative business.
He has a good stock of hogs and
understands just how to handle
;tiem from the time they are
jigs until ready for the market
;hat the best results might be
obtained. He does not have to
>ait till fall to see the money,.for
his year's work coming in. He
rkets hogs all during the year.
Such men contribute much to
the prosperity and growth of the
,? generally "
NOTICE
The practice of dumping dead
mimals and trash on the prop-
erty of the C B Live Stock Com-
pany and the Crosbyton-South-
jlains Townsite Company is pro-
hibited, and violations will be
Election Judges Appointed.
The Democratic Executive
Committee of Crosby county was
called to; order at 2:30 Saturday
afternoon by Chairman 0. S.
Ferguson. The regular routine
ox business provided for by law
was carried out, ineluding deter-
mining the order in which the
names of candidates shall appear
on the ticket, providing for a
second U. S. Senatorial primary
in case no cafriidate shall receive
a majority at the first election,
assessment of candidates to de-
fray the expenses of the pri-
maries, appointment of presid-
ing-judges, etc,
Candidates Here.
Hon. Uaniel E/ Garrett anil Dr.
Brooks lia&e fine. Impies-
sions Upon Our Fepple.
Dr. S. P. Brooks, president of
Baylor University at Waco and
-candidate for the United States
Senate, addressed the citizens of
Crosbyton Tuesday morning in
the interest of his candidacy. He
spoke at Fioydada Monday night,
and Attorney R. A. Wallace and
John W. Baker from this place
The following were appointed and S- R Starrett, a prominent
presiding judges:
Crosbyton—Dr. J. W. Carter
Ralls—R. L. Travis
Lorenzo—J. C. Witt
Cone—R. L. Bowman
Mt. Blanco—George Smith
Rogers—J. B. Zina f
Wake—Henry Leatherwood
Roberson—A. B. Terrell
Estacado—Lee Nobles
The following sub-committee
was appointed to meet the sec-
ond Monday in July in Crosby-
ton at 2 o'clock p. m. to make up
the officeal ballot: R. L. Travis,
Dr. J. W. Carter, J. C. Witt, R.
L. Bowman and George Smith.
in Love With Crosby County.'
Dr. J. W. Irion, vice president
of Che Fort Worth Life Insurance
Co. and W. F. White, represent-
ing the same company at Ama-
rillo, spent a few days here this
week in company with Arthur
Kelsey of Lorenzo. They were
looking over the country with a
view to establishing a loan agen-
cy in Crosby county with Mr.
Kelsey in charge. These gentle-
men were very favorably im-
pressed with our country and ex-
pressed a desire to own some of
Crosby county's fertile soiljfhey
represent some strong financial
interests and the Review would
be pleased to see them take hold
and heip~devel6p our fine country.
H. M. Holbrook, who has been
passenger conductor on theCros-
byton-Southplains railroad ever
since the first train came in
about five years ago, resigned
his position on the 15th in order
to engage actively in the cam-
paign for county tax assessor, he
being a candidate for this office.
He has been succeeded as con
ductor by C. C. Boyle of Kansas
City, who has the appearance of
being a very accomodating gen-
tleman. /
Arthuf Kelsey of Lorenzo was
a pleasant calier at our sanctum
while iri Crosbyton yesterday
and requested the Review to say
that Lorenzo is to have a two
days picnic and barbecue on June
27th and 28th. The first day will
be a basket dinner and the sec-
ond will be an old fashion barbe-
cue. He extends the people of
Crosbyton an invitation to come
over and enjoy these two days
with the hospitable people of our
fair sister town.
.Norman C. Porter of Dallas,
representing^ JBarahart type
foundry spent last right at the
Crosbyton Inn and paid the Re-
view a business call this morn-
ing. We believe in keeping
abreast of the times and hence
gave him a nice little order ^(or
some new type. We hope dur
subscribers will appreciate our
efforts to give them a guod paper
and will remember their feub-
.scription accounts, for it takes
money jto pay for n§vr type and
other j needed improvements
farmer of the East Plains com-
munity, went to Fioydada Mon-
day evening in cars and brought
the distinguished candidate to
Crosbyton next morning.
Hon. Daniel E. Garrett of
Houston, candidate for Congress
from the state-at large, also ac-
companied them to Crosbyton
and he, too, made a short talk
presenting his claims for election
to Congress, and made a fine im-
pression upon his hearers
Both speakers were introduced
in a few complimentary and ap-
propriate remarks by Attorney
Wallace. They made a short stop
at Ralls on their way here and
both candidates spoke to a fair
sized audience at that place.
Owing to the nearness of the
noon hour Dr. Brooks made his
talk much briefer than he other-
wise would have done, but for
an hour or more he held the close
attention of his hearers, and
from the demonstration of ap-
proval at the close of the speech
we were led to believe he had
the majority of his hearers with
him. Fortunately our people are
not given to much political gos-
sip and it is hard to foretell the
strength of any one candidate,
but from what we have heard
we believe Dr. Brooks is going
to be one of the strong men in
Crosby county for the Senate,
though we find all the other can-
didates with a respectible fol-
lowing here, and hence no one
can base any thing like oan ac-
curate guess upon the probable
result.
Him Months School Next Year.
The Board of Trustees for the
Crosbyton Independent School
District have deterimined to give
the children of Crosbyton a nine
month school the ensuing year.
Preparatory to this the Board
has appointed an assessor and
collector of taxes for the District
and at a Board meeting last Sat-
urday afternoon the official bond
of O. S. Ferguson as such officer
was approved and the oath of
office administered to him.
This action is in accordance
with law as upheld by a recent
Supreme court decision and will
enable the Board to have seper-
ate rolls for the District, which
will no doubt secure a better
valuation of property for taxa-
tion. On different occasions the
people of Crosbyton have empha-
sised their determination to have
a first class school, and we are
sure that when Prof. Ferguson
calls on them no one interested
in building a good school will fail
to give him a full and fair ren-
dition of his property subject to
taxation in this district.
The trustees are doing their
best to extend the length of term
and increase the efficiency of our
school, and in this work they
should have the hearty co-opera-
tion of the people. Nothing that
we can think of is of greater
benefit to a-town or community
than a good school and the peo-
ple of Crosbyton should congrat-
ulate themselves upon having
such a wide-awake Board of
school trustees, and let us "join
with them in making the next
session the best in the history
of the school.
Cemetery Meeting so-night
The Review has been request-
ed to announce that there would
be a meeting of the citizens of
Crosbyton at the Methodist
church to-night commencing at
8:30, for the purpose of organiz-
ing a Cemetery Association, and
all who are interested are re-
quested to be present. It is very
essential that we look after the
last resting place of our loved
ones and we should be organiz-
ed so that some system may be
adopted in going about this very
important duty, so come out and
thus help this movement along.
Dr. G. A. Lindsey was here
yesterday from Ralls with his
father-in-law H. C. Hendrix who
is out here on a visit from Scott
county, Mississispi. Mr. iiendrix
is perfectly charmed with our
country, so much so that he has
purchased a farm from-S. U.
Payne a few miles north of Ralls
and they and Mr. Payne were
here to fix'up the deed.
0. L. Cb.oate, who resides on
Sheriff Mitchell's place 20 miles
south-west of Crosbyton was in
town' yesterday and reported
crops reasonably good in his
community.
Postmaster Bartley and wife
of Cone were here Tuesday to
hear Dr. Erobks speak, i Can-19......
didate : Montgomery also f lent j|g is getting along and hope
Compliment Pasci lodge Knight.
The Tribune has noticed that
the Hon. Wm. M. Knight of
Hereford, Texas, who was for
many years a prominent and
useful citizen of Bosque county,
is a candidate for the judgeship
on the Court of Civil Appeals
at Amarillo. Mr. Knight while
residing in Bosque county served
us as County Attorney, special
judge several times, member of
the State Legislature and as as-
sistant attorney general under
Gen. Crane. In addition to these
positions he served us as a mem-
ber of the county of examiners,
member of our city council and
otherwise. It is but just to say
that in every position occupied
by Mr. Knight while he iived
here, he faithfully and satisfac-
torily discharged every duty as
an honest, conscientious man. He
is a ripe scholar, thoroughly
grounded in the law by both
study and an active practice of
more than thirty years, which,
combined with his sobriety, in-
tegrity and high sense of honor,
most peculiarly fit him for the
place he seeks. The Tribune can
but hope that the good people
of that district will elevate Mr.
Knight to this judgeship, and
we feel sure none of them will
ever regret supporting him.—
Merician Tribune.
. -Mr. and Mrs^ 0. B. Adanii
were here from . Lorenzo Wed-
nesday afternoon. Mr. Adami
is the picture show man in our
sister city and came over to put
an ad in the Review of a special
serial pjay he is going to put on.
See his ad elsewhere.
Very Flattering
Crop Prospects.
Wheat Turning Out Better^Than
Expected and Averaging '
20 BusfieSs Per Acre.9
Flattering Crap Prospects.
The Review man accosted W.
T. Dunn, the popular foreman of
the C B Live Stock Co. farms, the
other day for a report of crop
conditions, and he replied that
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Wed-
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i of land t
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Slaughter
are in Lubbock this week where
the former is underging treat-
ment for his eyes, they becom-
ing very sore about ten days ago.
The Review has hot heard how
notwithstanding the dry weather
we have experienced this spring
the crops on the Company farms
are all looking exceptionally well.
The cotton especially is looking
fin§ where it has been properly
cultivated he says, and with any-
thing like favorable weather and
seasons from now on he sees no
reason why Crosby county should
not come up with another bum-
per crop again this year.
He says the wheat is much
better than he thought it would
be, and that they are now about
through cutting. Very little has
been thrashed &o far, but it is
running something over 20 bush
els per acre. Frank Edwards got
a fraction over 21 bushels per
acre from his field.
Mr. Dunn remarked that he
knew of no better wheat country
any where than this, and with
our two money crops—wheat and
cotton—we see no reason "why
Crosby county should not loom
up in the very near future as one
of the leading agricultural coun-
ties in all West Texas, and it has
always been known as one of the
banner live stock counties of the
state. Yet the development of
the county is still in its infancy
and there js lefplenty room
and many golden opportunities
for those who come after us.
Mo Country Like This.
J. E. Johnston, one of our
popular rherchants returned
Tuesday from a few days busi-
ness trip tr> Rotan. He says
crop prospects are anything but
flattering in Fisher county and
that hail had just about ruined
them in many places. Especial-
ly around Spur in Dickens coun-
ty the hail was very destructive.
He says the plains country looks
mighty good to him since he
made this trip and suggests that
if there . should be anyone
around here with the blues over
our prospects all they will have
to do to dispel these forebodings
is to make a trip to some of the
counties off the plains and they
will then return perfectly satis-
fied with this country.
Tom Assiter, a prominent
fatmer of Cone, was here Tues-
day to take in the Brooks speak-
ing. _ ^
• W. H. English who is residing
on his ranch in the brakes was
here Saturday en route to his
farm in the Cone neighborhood.
He says the Review was in error
in stating the English Grove,
where the picnic is to be on July
6th, was about sixteen miles
northwest of Crosbyton, but that
the place is southeast instead.
It isv&f be a basket picnic.
Great Faith ith;ri
The Review was ho;
nesday afternoon wi
from S. D. Hathaway of
Indiana, who was accomj
by Wilt F. Ezell of our ci
Hathaway holds the dist;
of being one of the first to
chase a piece of Cr< '
soil. Thirty-seven y
bouht a half section
miles west of old Eiffi
still owns this land.
of it has ever been tduche
piece of dirt in America ar
most beautiful strip of lane
eyes ever beheld. He had 0m
by the name of Alfred
who spent three yeara in
to survey thq plains when it ws
first surveyed and his frier
Miller picked out two of the best
looking sections on the entire
plains and when he returned td
his Indiana home he told
Hathaway oi the land and
fered to sell him some Of it afcti,
what it cost him, which was 50c. |
per acre, and Mr.Hathaway toofc?
him up "sight unseen. " lit was
IIP
several years after the pure
before Mr. Hathaway could get?
off to view his possessions on the'
faraway and uninhabited plains
of Texas, and when he did come
he was wonderfully surprised at
the beauty of the country and
predicted that some day it would' j||I
be an agricultural paradise. He
is now-rejoicing to see the dawn
of this prophesy and says he is
going to continue to hold on
his half section of Crosby county /
soil as a nest egg for his boys,
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Wheat Harvest in Full BfasU.jf
The wheat harvest is: on^|r|M||
the Crosbyton country in earnest4^
now and binders, -headers ari(|:-
threshers can be seen in eve
direction at work, some even |pI!g
running Sundays in order to/ "
catch up with the work. ' TH^
wheat that has been threshed on
some of the farms is making an |j|
average of 20 and 21 bushels to
the acre, which is considered '8/
good crop and goes to show that
wheat is no longer an
ment here, but that jt *IHMB
adapted crop to this
That this was .... r-.T.rmr....-.r
.
an
drier than
dry spring,
been for several years, also is ^
proof that this is a wheat coun- I
Cap Ellison, one of . our thrifty
young farmers, was hauling out
lumber first of the week for a
new residence on his farm three
miles southwest of town to be
occupied by Robert Blankenslhip
and bride. Mr. Ellison says the;
wheat in his cornm
ing out a
ft, M. Lenoir of Throcknio
who is here visiting
W.
at the
He
with
Messrs. R. C. -Carter,; J. ,
Carter, and J. J. MnriVh-ir I
/ io huj v i0A vi ij^ • •
Lenoir, was a pleasant caller
he Review office yesterday! j
e is quite favorably impressed
ith this country.
Misses R6chelle
Littlefield, and Florence Shel
went to the ball game
Tuesday evening.
D. R, Buchanan, who resid
couple of miles south,
town Tuesday and said 1
no kick coming at his, crop
pect. He has everything
top shape and is now 3
rain. !
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markably
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in
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place
M. G. Easter wh<
three miles southv
town yesterday mOrt
ported a light rain at his
the evening before. His cotton is
looking well and with thisahoiveftlfl^
it should put on new life.
Byron Coward whose fa
located a mile'and a half west
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1916, newspaper, June 23, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242347/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.