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The Hereford Brand
VOLUME 14
HEREFORD, TEXAS, FRIDAY. FEBURARY 6. 1914
NUMBER 1
MORf MAGE
Mere Farmer* Take the Water
Route in Parmiac la Hereford
District—Maay Sew Wells
sad Hew Farmers.
Without any noise or fuss about
the matter and with little boosted
publicity, the Hereford irrigation
district it forging steadily forward.
The certainty of an abundant water
supply and the assured crops under
irrigation, are attracting experienc-
ed irrigators from Colorado and
New Mexico and other substantial
farmers and stock raisers from
Illinois and Iowa. Some of the new
farmers before they visited Hereford
had been filled with adverse criti-
cisms about the Plains country, but
when they "came and saw," they
admitted that their idea of the coun-
try had been gotten from unreliable
sources, and were conquered. They
are all pleased with the soil and
water and are delighted with the
sunshine. It's a combination that's
hard to beat.
The latpe number of new families
that havs moved into Hereford and
vicinity during the last fsw months
has added many new (aces to the
social, business and church circles.
The new people on the streets is very
noticable. A mere mention of the
n^mes^would hardly suffice for this
arti^Mand then there is a good
s0ftnfl!ng of former citizens, who
are coining back.
W. E. Neai and family of Illinois
has bought a large body of land east
of town and will develop some 900
acres under irrigation. The family
will live in Hereford, but Mr. Neal's
large holdings in Illinois will take
him away for a large part of his
time. His son, L. L. Neal, will
have general oversight of the ranch.
A contract has been made with the
Tiefel Brothers, who have moved
here from Friona, to develop and
operate the farm and ranch. A six
room, modern house will be built,
barns erected, silos put up, fences
strung, and as much of the land put
under irrigation this year as possi-
ble. The Tietel Brothers are con-
tractors as well as farmers and will
do all this work. The big irrigation
well has been bored, the pump in-
stalled and the test run made. It is
one of the best wells in the country
and will afford sufficient water for a
large acreage under irrigation.
Another famiiy is that of Thos.
H. Seeds, also from Illinois. His
farm is in the same locality, east of
town. He will begin at once on
general improvements and. German
style, is erecting his barn first. He
comes as a substantial and success-
ful farmer. He will have one of
those everlasting and never exhaust-
able irrigation wells and will have
the rain clouds attached to an oil
valve at the right time.
The next is another Illinois fam-
ily, that of C. J. Borden. His ranch
is located northeast of town, some
five miles northwest from Dawn
station. This place has some im-
provements on it, but he is "fixing
up" everything around in good shape
for comfort and convenience. Of
course, he will have a well, one of
the 1,500 gallon pumpers, and will
see to it that when his crops of kaffir
and maize, millet and sorghum, need
a drink, he will not call in vain upon
the Rain God, but will use the good
judgment that his Maker has given
him and will turn on the "juice" at
his pumping plant. May his kind
increase.
No. they are net all from Illinois,
but some mote of that good kind are
comisig.
But the next state to contribute to
the up-building of Hereford is Kool
Kolorado, where irrigation and
tourists have made many men rich.
When the Kolorado Krowd heard of
the wonderfiow water at Hereford,
they could not believe it, of course.
No one blamed them, but when they
saw the big pumpers, as full as the
average Colradoan is of climate
superlatives, they could find no
words to express their astonishment
and wonder. It was a case of love
at first sight. So they have been
coming. Besides the Morgans, who
blazed the way, and the Greens,
who have shown the natives how the
irrigation trick is done, here comes a
young man and his accomplished
wife from that irrigation state to
establish himself on one the best
pieces of soil, under one of the big-
gest wells in the country. His
name—E. T. Sowers—and when he
outfitted his team the other day with
new harness and nitched them to
double dish sulky and began to
turn the world upside down" on
the Renfro farm, which he has re-
cently bought, his new acquaintances
knew that he meant business. This
farm is just one mile south of the
town section and Mr. Sowers gets
320 acres of it. He will make the
necessary improvements at the same
time getting the land ready for a
crop. The Brand wishes him that
success which he deserves and here's
bettin' that he wins.
Yelvertea-Haghee.
A quiet wedding was solemnized
at the M. E. parsonage last Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. J. R. Henson
saying the words that bound together
for life Mr. Thomas Yelverton and
Miss Ella Hughes. We are not ac-
quainted with the gvgpm, but the
bride was raised^* Hereford and is
well known. tt^was one of our
popular telephone girls, being chief
operator about one year. To know
Miss Ella was to love her. She was
always kind and obliging to every
one and it will be hard to fill her
place at the board. The patrons
will all miss her sweet voioe answer*
ing calls and always ready to serve
all alike. We hope that this young
man she has chosen to be her life
partner may be worthy of this noble,
Christian girl. Mr. Ed Brant and
Miss Lilly Wood accompanied them
to Clovis where the groom had a
cosy little hoaw ready for his bride.
Mr. Brant and Miss Lilly returned
to Hereford that evening.
A FaiEKD.
Cattiag Salaries.
The commissioners of Hardeman
county met last week and reduced
salaries of some officials. The salary
of the county judge was reduced $300
per year, the sheriff suffered a loss
of $120 on his salary while the dis-
trict clerk was reduced from $400 to
$200 per year. The county treasurer
was reduced from $840 to $210, and
the present treasurer says that he
cannot serve for this. The commis-
sioners expect to pay one of the Qua-
nah banks to act as treasurer.
Hardeman county for the past few
months has had her warrants turned
down and in some cf the classes that
hive been of par value heretofore! sP"k"' 10 ' «
traying character, a teacher of the
real philosophy life His lessons to
the people, taken from some of the
| most popular plays of the day, are
I wholesome and invigorating. If you
attend th* entertainment you will go
Three Killed in Ceaaected Accidents
Last week near Cone, Texas,
while O. H. Foster, a farmer, was at
work with his disc plow, a young
mule in the team became unruly and
cause a runaway. Mr. Foster was
thrown in front of the sharp discs
and his body almost cut into. Mr.
and Mrs. S. V. Payne were driving
past the field and were witnesses of
the accident. They rushed to the
assistance of the ualSrtunate man,
but be died from loee of blood in a
few minutes. Miss JBjtftfsh, a young
lady of the same caanaanity, drove
up in her buggy about that time and
her horse became frightened at the
runaway. She was thrown violently
from the vehicle and sustained a
broken leg. The next day when
Alfred Schneider and others from
Crosbyton were going by auto to the
funeral of their unfortunate friend,
the machine turned turtle and in-
stantly killed young Schneider.
Lyceum Course.
Edward Elliott in monologues, is
the attraction Saturday night at
school building. With more than
twenty-two years service on the
American Platform, Mr. Elliott
comes to us with a message that has
stirred the lives of many. He is a
J. S. Garrisea Far Ceaaty Judge.
To My Fellow Citizens:
I am % candidate for the office of
County Judge of Deal Smith county,
subject to your approval in the
Democratic Primaries ia July aest.
The ballot ts one, of the taoet
sacred rights of an American citizen I
and should always be so used. Your
vote, and mine, should be cast for
the man who we conscientiously be-
lieve is fitted in every way to fill the
office he seeks.
No man appreciates more than I
do, the confidence and good opinion
of his fellow citizens in whatever
way it may be manifested; and if
you believe that I am better qualifi-
ed to fill the office of County Judge
than either of my opponents I will
appreciate your vote and influence.
I do not claim to be thoroughly
familiar now with all the details of
this office ; but I believe that I have
the mental ability and common sense
to master them as quickly as the
average man.
My experience of some thirty
years in the school room, extending
from small country school to City
Superintendent over a dozen or more
teachers, gives me a practical know-
ledge of this department.
While I make no pretense of being
a lawyer, I read an extensive course
—the regular law students course
EETERfTA
VS MAIZE
Fetty Provjo iprlalj Both Ja
Time «f ■slat leg aad Yield—
Last spring I received a sample of
teterita seed through the coartesy of
David Fausch with He HfW> to try
it and see how it would compare with
milo maize under our local weather
conditions.
I have made this test aloaf practi-
cal lines, haadliag both plots as I
would work a regular crop of aalse,
using plates in a two-row planter
which would drop two ami
grains of seed every 18 to 24;
The feterita seed being somewhat
larger than the maize I bored the
holes in those plates a trifle larger.
The ground upon which these two
crops were growa bad been in sor-
ghum the season before. Last sea-
son as we all know was an unusual
dry one. No moistuie for plowing
until the 22nd of April when we re-
ceivad I 3-8 inches rain. In the be-
ginning of March this piece of
ground bad been single disked, plow-
ed 6 to 7 inches deep, packed snd
harrowed the second week in May
in connection with my work as teach-; anc* pleated on the 28th day of May,
er of Civics and Political Economy.
The above facts are mentioned
merely to assist you in deciding
whether or not you believe that I am
qualified to fill the office. If you so
decide. 1 shall do all in my power to
prove that you were not mistaken.
Yours very truly,
(adv.) J. E. Gauuson.
O. D. C.'s Meet aad Elects Oflcers.
The E. T. Woodbura Chapter of
the U. D. C. met in called session
at the conrt house, Saturday, Jan.
31st, 1914. The following business
was transacted: Meeting day was
changed to 2nd and 4th Fridays of
each month ; meeting days hereafter
to be held at the homes of the Daugh-
ters. Next meeting to be held at
the home of Mrs. B. S. Arnold, Feb.
13th, 1914, at 3 30 p. m. Two in-
using furrow openers on the planter
and dropping the seed about 2 inches
deep. 1 used an Acme harrow right
ahead of the planter. Both plots
came up about the same tune with an
even stand. They were harrowed
once with a spike-tooth barrow when
the crop was about six inches high,
and later cultivated twice with a
two row cultivator. October 31st we
finished heading both crops. The
feterita could have headed two weeks
earlier, but the maize was not ripe
enough so we waited for it. As it
was, we ground (he feterita small
heads and sucker heads as soon as
we brought it ia from the field, keep-
ing the large heads only for seed
The maize was still too green for
grinding although it had grown under
the same conditions. The feterita
grew about one foot taller than the
tereating lede.s .ere read, ooe from j mlUti ripe„ed it, fir„ #|
the President of Texas Division,
have suffered a discount. The com- j
missioners expect to put the county ;
on a cash basis soon. Tne proper ;
thing to do—Vernon Record.
Must Assess at Full Value.
The State Tax Board at Austin
has adopted a resolution, notifying
county tax officials that they must
assess property in Texas at its full
value or suffer the penalty of law.
By order of the board, State Tax
Commissioner A. L. Love is mailing
a copy of the resolution to each
County Tax Assessor, and to all
County Judges, advising them that
the law must be complied with, and
if it is not, the matter will be re-
ported to the Attorney General for
suit against negligent officers. It is
stated in the resolution that there
were fiagrant violations of the law in
{913, and that it will not be tolerat-
ed this year.
Hnrley Gets Depot.
After much contention, Hurley,
the new town on the Grip Cutoff in
Bailey county, landed the depot, the
Texas R. R. Commission awarding
the location to that place. The
Santa Fe officials and a number of
others wanted it at Mule Shoe.
away with higher ideals and pur-
poses. The variety of the program
will appeal to all Single admission
25c and 50c at High School, 8 .30
p. m . Saturday, Feb. 7th.
Pounded.
The members of the Ladies Aid of
the Baptist church met at the home
of Mrs. Tackett for prayer service
Wednesday afternoon. The mem-
bers surprised their hostess by a
generous "pounding,'' the offerings
consisting of things to fill the larder.
Mrs. Mathews* Son Diee.
Burke Dunn, son of Mrs. N. J.
Matthews, died at their home in
Fort Worth a few weeks ago after a
short illness. Burke will be remem-
bered by his many young friends,
who will regret very much to hear
of his death.
Total
W. R. Events dropped in from ^ver
Independence, Kans., yesterday with
a few good men to look at the coun-
try with the view of locating here, j "VOfl.L
Exemption
Total
all of three weeks earlier, began to
grow out two and three sucker heads
to each stalk and these ripened be-
fore the maue The roughage is not
quite as heavy, the heads stand
erect and the seed will scatter more
tnan maue, but not enough to amount
to much. Tne feterita would have
made on 8$ inches rain, but late :n
I i inch
rain which helped the maize just
enough to pull through, but did not
benefit the feterita as it was too ripe
The yield was Headed feterita
3,100 lbs., and headed maue 2,260
lbs., a difference of 840 lbs. A little
better than J, more feterita As to
its feeding value I could not say
The stock and bogs seemed to like
it. The grain is not as hard as the
Polls ma'ze an(* more easily cmsbed when
fed whole. Those who nave used it
for feed in place of maize claim
there is practically no deference I
expect to put out a crop of it this
coming season and give it a trial in
the feed line. It seems to me that
any crop which could show results
like this in so dry a season would
make good under better conditions.
A. F. Zochert in Dalhart Texan.
C. W. Sowers, father of E. T.
Sowers, both from Colorado, was
here this week visiting his son. He
is interested with his son in the pur-
^ Mrs. Hami!, and one from the Gen-
teral Corresponding Secetary, Mrs.
iSrhnabel The following officers
I were elected Mrs. J W. Sellars,
president, Mrs D C. Laird, 1st
I vice president Miss Mattie Wood-
burn, 2nd vice president Mrs Karl
Shiriey. 3rd vice president. Mrs
'Rosa Collup, 4th vice president; | Septernber we received about
Mrs. A. L Gibson, Cor. Sec. ; Mrs.
i Re* Tynes. Recording Sec ; Miss
Meda Woodburn, treasurer. Mrs.
B. S. Arnold, Rg£ of Cert.; Mrs.
E. B. Black, chaplain; Mrs. S. J.
Dodson, historian. Miss Bell Wood-
burn. press reporter.
Press Reporter.
Pell Tax Receipts for 1914 Deaf
Smith County.
Precinct Voting Place
1 Coufrt House
2 Court House
i Walcott School
4 Howard Ranch
5 Union School
6 Ford School
3 Finley
9 Corral Lake
10 Day School
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1914, newspaper, February 6, 1914; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253743/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.