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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 . -
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HIGHWAY PLANS ■
APPROVED BY COM.
Contract to Be Let On Only
Part of Highway
At Present f
1UTCHIN WIRES DEPT.
[opeful of Letting Contract
This Month; Ask
for Notice
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Plans for paving of Highway 53
from the Dickens county line west,
have been approved by the State and
Federal highway commissions, ac-
cording to Mr. Hanison, resident
. ienirineer. who was here Wednesday
from "Sjpuiv- 4iacrison ad^sed that
communication be had with the high-
way department at oiiee in order,
that* notice of publication for bias
may be started this week, so that
; \ the highway • commission. could let
.the contract for the work on the 17th
~^of this month when they meet
Otherwise the letting of" the contract
would be deferred for another thirty
;. days, or until the next meeting of the
commission. . .
Judge Hutchins wired the depart*
, ment Wednesday requesting that no-
* t- tiee' for bids be 'wired in for this
week's issue of The Review.
The information that Harrison gave
out was to the effect that contract
on the project would be let only on
a portion "of the way, or to a point
. ill the canyon between the river and
the cap, rock. The1 remainder of the
way " into Crosbyton was delayed on
account of not yet having decided on
the route into the city, he said. >
DUNN TERRACES
36 FARMS IN FEB.
CROSBYTON GETS
NEXT BANKERS MJEET
Association Had 125 Mem-
bers, Visitors Present
At Lockney
- The Cap Rock Bankers as
will convene in Crosbyton on
Day in September, according te
W. Cooper, .who* on his return 1
for Crosbyton on it's' next regular
semi-annual meeting.
W. W. Cooper, N. Y. Bkknell, Ru*-
sell' McCurdy, Mrs. W. W. Cooper
and Aline Freeman were members M
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SEEK 10 INTEREST
BURLINGTON R. R.
Stamford C. of C. Launches
Extensive Railroad
Program .
SPUR LINEJEXTENDED
Meeting At Plainview Wed-
' nesday Purpose of
Organizing
STAMFORD, March 1,-Starting
_ t of.t£ movement by towns in West
"We had a very'interesting meet-[Texas \and* Eastern NeW Mexico to
the Citizens National
byton, attending the
1 ockney on Monday
of Cros-
meeting jit
in#," said Cooper here Tuesday, >in
speaking of the meet at Lockney.
About 125 members and visitors -'in-
tended, wbtoh-was' the fifth semi-
annual Convention of the Cap Rock
tinkers association to be held since
j. organization.. *.
Mr. Cooper was one of the princi-
pal speakers of the occasion. He
spoke on "Code of Ethics for Ranks."
Other speakers were J. D. Starkey,
vice-president" of the Plajnview Na
tional Bank, who spoke on "Trust1 new construction
interest the Burlington Railroad Sys
tem in undertaking one of the largest
and most far-reaching rail building
programs ever witnessed in the South
west was announced jiere Saturday
by the railroad .committee of the
Stamford Chamber of Commerce and
Board of City Development.
Embraced in the program is the
building of four different pieces of
railroad, involving over 500 miles of
BAKER ANNOUNCES
FOR MAYOR OF CITY
F. M. Edwards, Present
Mayor, Not to Offer
or Re-election
Departments of the Country";, U. E
L. Muncy on "His'Ideas as to Cour-
tesy in Banking"; H. C. Burke, Jr.,
Vice-president, of the Continental Na-
tional Bank of Fort Worth, made the
principal address on "Bank Invest-
ments." ' .
W. B. Lee of Spur, is president of
the association and presided at the
meeting.
FOUNDERS PROGRAM
BYPTA
Dunn, Jones Hold Schools
And Demonstrations
During Month
Patriotic Songs And Band
Music Features the
Program .
That th. f.r^TTf Crosby county SERVE REFRESHMENTS
are interested in terracing is proven!
y the fact that W. T. DUnn, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce,!
has made an average of terracing
...one farm each working day during
•the month of February. To be exact
The project includes an extension
of the Burlington Line, now termi-
nated at Dimmitt, northwestward to
Tucumcari, N. M.; an extension from
Plainview southwestward to Roswell,
N. M.; extension of the Wichita-Val-
ley, a Burlington subsidiary, north-
west from Spur, its present terminus,
to Plainview, and the building of a
new line from Stamford directly east
to Fort Worth. •
Plainview Meeting: Called.
Representatives of the interested
communities in the sections that
would be served by the proposed new
lines have been called to a meeting
at Plainview next Wednesday, fqr
! the purpose of forming an organiza-
tion to sponsor a concerted effort to
show executives of the Burlington
System the importance and necessity
of adopting and carrying out this
program.
The Wednesday meeting is being
called .by the Plainview Board of City
Development.
If the Burlington can be induced to
"I will not be a candidate for may-
or for another term at the April
election," said Mayor F. M. Edwards
to a Review representative here Mon
day. "My health is not so good J*ngj,
I expect to make a trip this sum
mer to be gone for sometime, and'
under the circumstances T deem it
best not to offer for mayor again.'*
Mayor Edwards expressed pleasure
in the co-operation that he had re-
ceived at the hand« of the citizens of
the city during the two terms of
office. . .
' W. C. Baker Announces
W. C. Baker, present commissioner,
announces for mayor with the fol-
lowing statement:
"After careful consideration I have
decided to be a candidate for Mayor.
I believe with the experience of four
years as commissioner and being ful-
ly informed as to the city's condition,
policies and needs, will fit me to
serve as Mayor and render effecient
service. Should I be elected I pledge
myself to give unbiased considera-j
tion to all questions arising for the
best interest of all."
The city election will be held on
Tuesday, April 1, at which time a
mayor and two commissioners will be
elected. .
REVIVAL MEETING
WwatatfirsQ
CHURCH; RUNS 2 Si
EXPECT TO REVIVE
TRADES DAY SOON
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Secretary Dunn Expects to
Visit Merchants First
of the Week
DR. G. L. YATES
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to drain
county and also farms
.Mounty. These - Harms, however, on
the boundary line, were farms that
lay to both Bounties.
t Besides the terracing Dunn has fin-
ished the past month, he assisted
W, B. Jones, vocational agriculture
teacher, in three terracing schools
and demonstrations; one on the Hen-
drieks farm, one in the Smith com-
munity and one at Big Four. When
asked how long it took him to tev-
race one of thees farms, he said it
depended altogether on the lay of the
nd. Two to four hours usually,
time taken.
e schools have been a great help
to me and Jones in effecting what
w ,Uave done," said Dunn lieie Mon
Put On; Judge Walker
Addresses Meet
lined, it will give that system a net-
work of lines in West Texas and New
Mexico equal to that of the Santa
Fe and also give to the Burlington
.... Tvl j J the most direct connections between
The thirty-second Founders Day ofj the West Texas and New Mexico tei-
the National Congress of Parent and j ntories and the main inland centers
; Teachers was observed by the local I of transportation of any rail lire *
Parent-Teachers association at the| say^0"' sponsors the
high school auditorium Monday eve-j F/specialV would this be true, they
ning in a fitting program. declare.^ with reference to Fort Worth.
The program was opened with a ^n addition, the proposed new lines
sinir-sonir in which natriotu- sonirs^^ would serve vast productive, not yet
sing song m wnicn patriotic songs^ fuUy deve1oped re,rion5, j,ow without
were the theme, .led by R. C. Butler,, adequate transportation services, and
as -out- to handle-it.—It is tikely that after
Interest in re-establishing the
trades day continues to grow, said
W. T. Dunn, secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, here the first of
the week.
It is my intention now, said Dunn,
to start out the first of next week,
say Monday or Tuesday, and visit ail
the merchants on the proposition and
see if they want it, now they want
HIGHWAY MEETING
this visit a meeting of the merchants
will be cabled to work out a plan to
operate tne trades day. *
It would be a good idea, said Dunn,
if the merchants in the meantime
would think out how they would like!
Dr. G. L, Yates, Pastor First Baptist Church of Am
Will Do the Preaching and J. D. Riddle Will
Charge of Music During Week's Revival.
Beginning Sunday morning a
eleven o'clock hour, a revival meeting
will begin at the First Baptist church
and will continue until and including •
Sunday, Marcjh ..16. The preaching
will be done by Dr. G. L. Yates, pas-
ter of . the First Baptist church of
Amarillo, The music will be conduct-
ed by J. D. Riddle, director of young
people and music of the same church. .
Dr. Yates is one of the foremost
preachers of his denomination in the
state, coming from one of the two'
greatest churches in Texas, from the
standpoint of giving to denomination^-
al causes, as this church was next to
Dr. Truett's in 1927-28 and 1929. Tha
church of which Dr. Yates is. pastor,
at Amarillo, is now finishing this.
greatest single church" unit in the
Southern Baptist Convention, and wilt
cost about $560,000 when completed.
It is said of Dr. Yates that he ia
one of the South's five gi^atest pul-
pit orators and gospel preacher*,
preaching with intense force the New
Testament Gospel th§t lifts men^
souls, to greater heights of joy in the
christian religion.
Mr. Riddle, who comes with Dr.
Yates in the meeting, has charge of
the music program of this church.
said to be the largest in the city, and
also directs the .activities of the
people. Of which-there some 1500 ac-
tively-connected with the seventeen
unions of the young people. He also
directs two troops of boys.
Rev, C. E. Dick, pastor of the
Baptist chqrch of Crosbvton^J ,. U
that Dr. Yates will 'be here fat €te
first services of the meeting, which
will be Sunday morning at e)ev6n
o'clock. The meeting will continue . r \
through the week at 10, o'clock and
-7:30 o'clock each day. j-X—1
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Judge W. R. Ely, Member
Highway Commission,
To Speak
LOCAL PEOPLE GOING
Plans for Linking Up the!
Highway Will Be
Discussed
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JUNIOR TOURNAMENT
HELD HERE SATURDAY
President J H. Hankins, of the. Thirteen Schools
operating the trades day before
sees them the first of the Week.
FIRE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
he| Carlsbad Cavern Highway announces.
• that Judge W. R. Ely, member of thej
J Texas ^highway commission, will bej
one of the principal speakers at the
Represent-
1 Tourna-
band director, with Miss Pauline
Buck at the piano. Rev. H. M. Reed
gave the invocation, Mrs. Joe Parks
reading the devotional from the 7th
chapter of Saint Lukes Gospel. Miss
Elizabeth Fuller rendered a piano
solo.
The president, Mrs. R. S. M. Car-
■iar, presided at u short business 60s
elp from those w
schools. We couldn't have ac-1 to no;
without the help that we received."
"In doing this work, I have travc
more tnan 500 miles," he said,
the month of February."
rs are very much interested
iittadtag, Dunn said, and more of
fa;being done than ever before.
Especially the fanners who have any
rolling land at all, or that is inclined
TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION
R. L. Little Implement Company Will
t;: iTOplaylTactors nsrcti lj t.
The R. L. Little Implement Com-
pany will have a tractor demonstra-
tion at their place of business on
Tbttrsday* March 13, at which time
expert men will be here representa-
tives of the John Deere tractor and
explain every detail.
The demonstration will begin soon
after the noon hour, said R. L. Littla
here this Week, and will continue
ii throughout the afternoon.
a nominating committee'
" next year.
al*er,!Tsp6wr'^iii
"Civic Improvements,
are the civic improvements
Judge
"So numerous
in Cros-
byton in the past five years it is
astonishing when we begin to enum-
erate them, said Judge Walker. He
mentioned especially the modern high
school building with the beautiful
grass lawn, trees, shrubB and walks;
the paving of the square' and adjoin-
in g blocks, numerous artistics side-
walks and. business houses, as having
been accomplished during the past
five years. There is no reason why
iust as great improvement may not
be made in • the next five' years, he
said/, "
TWrty-two members of the P, T. A
resented a Founders Day Phgeant
which the accomplishments of the
National organization was recited as
the thirty second birthda
the birthday
lay candles,
cake, were
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RIDDLE
Riddle, «f Amarillo, is directing
i'lmrai) which
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'ollowing the pageant the Junior
Symphony Orchestra, made up of
twenty-two, junior boys and girls,
gave several selections.
At the close of the evening's
gram
served
the entertainment
cocoa.
put those regions in direct connection
with the principal gateways of rail
transportation in the Southwest.
Seek Fort Worth's Aid
Sponsors of the movement hope to
enlist the assistance of Fort Worth
in the undertaking. They believe the
project, if consummated, will be prof-
itable from the. beginning of opera-
tions and the potential value of. much
Since the- projected., plan, is vi
1^-. in karmony - with 8S& ^-taiBwaBee?
nisho<l by Hale Holden some years k
ago at a hearing in Austin,, when he
was executive of the Burlington, it
is thought that system will look with
favor on the proposal. r >
While admitting that the foregoing
plan would bring about, to a certain
extent, a competitive condition, such
would come without paralleling pres-
ent existing rail lines, instigators of
the project assert. -
Rev, "W. .K. Lewis, of Lubbock, was
in Crosbyton^ Friday, guest of Rev,
ahd Mrs. J. W. Gregg.
Destroys Home
isson On Sofuth
Fire Wednesday night
the home of Mrs. Hazel Hutchisson on
South Berkshire street. The origin
of the fire, coming about 1:30 Thurs-
day morning, is not known. Mrs.
Hutchisson said when they woke up
the house was full of smoke and the,
fire seemed to come from .the ceiling
or partitions. Mrs. Hutchisson and
MissMyrtle Moore were living in one
side of the house and D. A. (Dad)
Wilcoxson and wife in the other
'apartment.
of Mrs. Hazel Hutch ' rggu^ar quarterly meeting of the as-! here Saturday when the county junior
5<* th Berkshire ^ociation which meets at Matador on ( basketball tournament met in its
destrove;}! Monday, March 10. Other members final elimination A large crowd was
~ u"—l" commissions of Okla-j here throughput the day to
ed In Basketball Touma- j
ment Here Sat. |
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Thirteen schools were represented
homa and Texas have been invited! the games beginning
and are expected to be present, he j morning and lasting
announced. * 'afternoon.
The Motley county Chamber off Two divisions contended
witness
early in the.
well into the
w
Only a few hous
TheJo^abeingjpartia
w«*e--
ly cov-
LEASES QUEEN THEATRE
Mrs. Parker Retains Building; Will
Continue to Operate Show
Mrs. R. P. Parker has leased the
Queen Theatre to the Southwestern
Amusement Company. No sale of
the building was made, neither of the
show, only a lease being perfected.
Mrs. Parker and Albert Littlefield
will continue to operate the Queen
Theatre as heretofore. This -same
company has also leased the ,Ralls
theatre, said. Albert Jiere. Tuesday.. ,
Old Newspaper Printed In 1865
Gives Account Of Lincoln's Death
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Commerce will serve steak^ from the i championship, the ward schools and
famous "white eaWle around the high schools. The wards schools .
Matador to the highway delegation j playing in the first round are given
at the noon luncheon.. f as follows: Ralls 8, Cone 5; Leather- •
The president states that Frank wood 14, League Four 39 ; 0wens 20,
Ernest Nicholson, head of the ex- Robertson 4; Emma 2, New Home 39;
ppdition now exploring the Caclabad.
at the meeting if possi
icholson party exploring
There ig a peculiar sentiment at-
tached to old newspapers, but there
is an added feeling in examining and
looking at one that is 65 years old.
Just &ach a newspaper was found tiie
TRUSTEE ELECTION APRIL I
Therej^l
Crosbyton
ee eleeti
April 1, aecoi
held
Four ttatees to
Three Holdovers
school trust
secretary of the school board. "There
will be three holdovers this year and
four to be elected, said Mr. Bass.
The holdovers and those who will
serve another year on the board are,
John D. McDermett, O. W. Young
and R. E. Karr. Mr. Karr was re-
cently appointed by the board to fill
out the unexpired term of J. H. Karr,
rpsijrned. #■" i
Those whose time eWpires on the
board are, Dr. T J< Cagle, Dick
Ragan, R. _C. illlison and C, Q. &i;
otter day by Albert Moore wten he
plSe^hat Sirn^dow ^timeTst
t't know the
or bow it came to
have belonged to someone
at the p^ce years ago, but
was found there under
„.™wr. Jk when the garage was
moved.
The paper is a copy of the* New
York Herald and this issue was pub-
lished on April 15, 1865. Some of
the headlines on the front page are*
"Important. Assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln. "Jeff Davis At Dan-
ville. An interesting market quota-
tion from New Orleans said: "The
Miiijfe
and good superfinf
DEBATE WITH SPUR
Crosbyton and Spur Teams Debate
.yA, Here Monday Nigltt ,
The Spur boys and girls debating
teams came over Monday evening
and debated with the Crosbyton boys
and girls teams. J. O, Thomtfflmd
Mis# Sue Bryan accompanied the
IIBttpt. No
demLSfie two jud
-««w <-n the reopiwtive
New Orleans markets are at a stand
still. Low middling cotton is
at 42c per pound and g< *
flour ..at $9..pe|Si^UmI
Most of this issue of the papar is
taken up with the assassination of
President Lincoln, Sherman's March
and Lee's Surrender. It also said
that the number of men surrendered
by piilwas stated, to bs .twenty-five
thousand, of whom only sight thous-
and had musketti had
tnttwrtt jaway their arms during the
forced marches into the interior.
.? On the insideSB
on tjhe assassins
' A the
MHPiliiiiilMPi
;s: Abraham Lincoln mm
mjj#- fwenty^two mini
on live
the
Of the inside of this fcur-page paper
is an advertisement, advertising
Kitchel's Liniment.
A dispatch to the Herald on April
.14. stated: "Assassination has: been
inaugurated in Washington. The
bort ie kmfe and pistol, has been ap*
plied to President Lincoln an d Sec
reuuy Seward. Thj former was shot
in -lie throat wn'le at Ford's TJiea^o
tonight. Mr. S-.sward was badly cut;
about tine throat while in bed at his
re'lsidence." Second di
"An attempt was made about ten
o'clock this evening to
the President and "Secretary Sew;
The President was shot at Ford's
Theatre; Results not-yet known. Mr.
Seward's throat cut and his son bad-
ly wounded. There is intense ex-
citement here." Another dispatch
stated: "The President is not expect-
ed to live through the-night. He wa
shot at a theatre. Secretary Seward
was also assassinated. No arteries
were cut."
h- High Prices In An Orerstocked '
•a Market
Our market, on the arrival of the
Weldon train on yesterday, became
overstocked with shad,.they went off
slowly at $60 per pair. .
War Department,
Washington, Apri|_. 15
Major General Dix, Ne
7:30 a. m.
York: :.^±\
. this mortf^
utes past 7
the cavern, the caves are now getting
the -widest publicity through the Ne*
York Times and associated new
pers that the national monument has
received since the cavern was first
explored. This summer this publicity
will bring thousands and thousands
of additional tourists from the East,
and the Carlsbad Cavern highway
from-. Oklahoma City through to E5
Paso offers the most direct and the
best highway from the east and mid-
dle west to the Caverns, ami will get
the bulk of this new traffic.-
Plans for paving the unpaved link?
in the road and the securing of Fed-
eral designation on the entire route
will be discussed at the March 10
meeting, the officials announced.
v W. T. Dunn, local Chamber of Com-
merce secretary, says he has prom-
ise of a good number going from
Crosbyton and he is anxious that'!'
splendid representation be present at
this meeting.
EXPECT HEARING ON BONDS
Steck Company Reports That Im-
"■ mediate Hearing Expected
A letter from the E. L. Steck Comt
_ . JEleaaant.
3Zft.,I8,_Mt. Blanco 6;
21, Wake 15. The:
^anyon
rinters
0 nave cnar
for the eit
Mp.iF
secretary
g the bonds 3
mettnScity M
. . iPKy« and that he wc
notified of approval immediately,
McDermett said he expected
mains wou
commence
League Four 16; Owens 15,
Home 11; Loreruto 12, Canyon Val-
ley 10. Third, round: Lea^ieHfour
Ifl^ Owens 17; Owens 24, Lorenzo
trials: Owens.. '
High school division with the first
round as follows: Lorenzo 8, Crosby-
ton 10. Ralls—Bye. Second rounds:
Crosbyton 8, Ralls 9. Finals: Raits.
The contest between the ward
school division and the high school
division resulted as follows: Ralls 24,
Owens 7.
The outstanding players
Hampton and H. £Kce, Qwensj. Ell-
ington, League Four:*Harris, Canyon
Valley; P. Author, New Hrnne; An-
dersen, Lorenzo; Broyle, *
CoopeiV Ralls; - .Jackson^
wards, Crosbyton; L. Jones, Leather-
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y v. v
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The first team selected by the of-
ficials were: Hampton—F, Owens:
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BaJH Edwardsr-G, Crosbyton.; Har-
ris—G, Canywi Valley. X ^ nv.k.
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Two.
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Move to Denton
Mr. and- Mrs. Alvis Fuller
daughters, Elizabeth and Jane.
Tuesday for Denton where Mr. Fuller
Imr braglit asrintare t*n'a grdesfy
business. Mr. Fuller has been con
n^cted with tlie ^M^|%stem here
ite past-two,'years. i , ^
%■ ii'Sing Song Meets Here
J^pfCounty Sing So g- met here
Sunday with a large crowd in at-
tendance. Th« stormy afte
lots of people from attendi
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[CROSBYTON GIRLS WIN I
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sociation, is to the effect thatl..„
Crosbyton girls won first place and
are named successful contestants art;
the festival on Friday and Saturday
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ning were: Frances Carter
Deu iDttttn. fourteen-iyear
regular. One hundred and se
five othfi*F Contestants com
honors on
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