Amarillo Sunday News-Globe (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1938 Page: 71 of 264
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION. 1938.
AMARILLO SDNDAY NEWS AND GLOBE AMAK1LLO, TEXAS.
3ECTION B—PAGE FTFTTON
befor* the *tore w s opened In No-
vfitibur of 1937 tha building w«
renovated thoroughly, a modernis-
tic front was built, tha entire In-
terior was redecorated and the main
floor wax carpeted aolidly.
Fully one-third of thia eptclous
main floor Li devoted to a atoclc of
carpet* and rugs, featuring; Blge-
low-Sanford floor coverings and
Karaatan Orientals.
Other exclusive merchandise found
at Baker Furniture Company are
bedroom and dining room suites try
Berlcey Gay and living room fur-
niture custom made by Emblem Fur-
niture Ci ipany.
So strong is Mr. Raker's convic-
tion of ample business opportunity-
in Amarillo that when he purchased
the building adjoining hw store iast
January he leased It to competitor,
the Amarlllo Furniture Company.
TWO DEPOSITS
G T. Oliver of Amarillo: "Aug 17,
1906, I went into the American Bark
f. Trust Company and handed $400
to J, C. Paul He personally wrote
up the deposit. Twenty-years later
to the day, I went Into the bank
with $500 and pushed it, with or
book through the window. When
the boy in that rage ;-aw it he railed
all the others about him, and thr
had quite an argument about V •>
was going to write up my second
deposit."
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A Major Change in
Government of City
By FR ED POST
amce its first incorporation, au-
ihorizcd at n election held Fehru-
iry 20. 1892, there has been but one
major change In Amarillo s form of
government
a change, that made
But It was
municipal history.
m«rtito was not only 'he ursi.
rltv in the Southwest to adopt the
clly ,.L manager form of gov-
SSSvS*™« ' <«' "<
entire United States.
At the first meeting of Amarlllo^
government,_ hed^ w wetsei,
civil appeals, Second Supreme JU'
dicial of Texas and the district
court of Potter County." Present
at this meeting were Mayor Wetsei,
Aldermen Hinkle, Brown and Wheat-
ley.
• • •
Within two weeks the council was
girding for another legal battle for
on January 17, 1894, Alderman
Hinkle, acting as secretary, recorded:
"Joseph Hall shall have $200 and
that Plemoas and Pendleton at $500
be employed to assist Hall for legal
city's limits were determined by its
populated area.
At its incorporation Amarillo had
taken in five and a quarter square
miles or more than 3,300 acres and
the population was less than 500.
So, for almost five years the city of
Amarillo had no government., except
that administered by the county and
the Texas Rangers.
But on February 18, J BOD there was
another petition for incorporation,
signed by SB legal voters. By an
overwhelming majority Amarillo
there were a mayor,
and five aldermen Ec ®b(™^
W H. Sawvel, T• B. oiisoee. u.
Adams and J. R. Wheatley.
The functioning of the city coun-
cil o? aldermanic form of gover";
ll' , wtth its old wards was Inter
ment wiin by lnjunctlons.
Therif were66severs? court hea.ng.
The first and old city council wa,
elv more than a month old
when it felt the need of^e^advice
scarcely more
lor on May 19. 1M2. the secretary
recorded in the minutes:
• Moved bv Alderman Sawvel and
seconded hv Alderman Adamsi that
Judge W. B. Plemons be employed as
attorney to advise the council and
that he be paid $100 per annum for
his legal advice "
On Julv 25, 1892. when the oc-
cupation tax list, as
assessor and collector Sam H. Hen-
derson. assessor, and J. A. Wi.Ham.,
collector i read, slightly chans-
ert and approved' was the last mee -
lng of the council for nearly a j ear.
Minutes of the next meeting, hel
May 24, 1893, begin:
"At, the first meeting of the city
council of the city of Amarillo af-
ter the dismissal of the injunction
*uit lo restrain the affairs ol the
city from further discharging their
duties the following members were
present, to-wit; W. W. Wetsei,
mayor; Adams, Hinkle and Sawvel,
aldermen; J. A. Williams, marshal."
In the meantime two of the first
aldermen, Clisbee and Wiggins, had
resigned. The minutes reveal that
on May 19, 1892, the city council
asked Alderman Clisbee to attend
regularly or resign. Hp attended
the next few meetings and then on
June 21, both he and Alderman
Wiggins resigned.
The mayor was authorized to call
an election for July 11, 1892. At
this, the third election of the city,
T. B. Hinkle and S. J. Brown were
clecled aldermen.
Strife over proposed taxation on
the thinly populated and large area
had wrecked the municipality,
The city council functioned
*
IN THE EARLY DAYS just about every time Ama-
rillo's mayor and board of aldermen turned around
they were enjoined. Injunctions interrupted organiz-
ed government several times and once Amarillo was
without municipal management for more than five
years.
services in representing the city in 1 again incorporated at an election
the injunction suit about to be ! March 8,
brought against the officers ol the
city for the purpose of declaring the
incorporation of the city of Ama-
rillo void and that J. W. Veal be
employed also as assistant counsel
in the case at $250.
"It is moved and seconded that
the script issue to attorneys shall
not be used or delivered unless the
suit now threatened be filed and
said suit prosecuted."
But, the suit was prosecuted and
less ! quite successfully, too, for the meet-
t ban a month before it was enjoined i me on January 1". 1894, was the
again. There were no meetings from last until May 4, 1899.
June 2, 1893, until January 2, 1894, j The injunction proceedings has set
when "the city council met at the j forth that great areas of the cor-
ca 11 of the mayor, it, appearing that * porate limits were uninhabited graz-
the injunction heretofore in force : ing lands with no dwellings for
has been vacated by the court of | mile?, and the court held that a
By th-M time the population had
more than doubled and the corpor-
ate limn.* included only 92.'^ acres
Jefferson Street Sixteenth Avenue,
Garfield Street, and North Third
Avenue were'the boundary lines.
The "next city council minutes be-
gan Willi'
''Be it . cmembered I hat on May 4
1899, at 9:30 o'clock A. M. the fol-
lowing named men- -R. L. String
fellow, J P. Floyd, N. Connaily, P
H. Seewa'id, M. C Nobles A. H
Wood and F. M. Ong met at the
Totter county courthouse in abev-
ance to the will of the Amarillo
people who at an election on April
26, 1899 rlui elect the men as nam-
ed herein above to fill the offices
of the city government, each of
whom held certificates of election
dated May 1, 189B, and Issued by the
Potter i/ounty Judg* a* follows: R.
I,. Strlngfellow, mayor; J. P. Floyd,
N. Connaily, P H Seewald M. C.
Nobles ana A H. Wood, nldermen;
f. M. Ong, marshal."
And from then on the rlty council
continued to function with Its old
ward system of representation until
the commission-manager form of
government went into effect with
more attention p*ld to efficiency
and less u. politics.
On January 15, 1903, however, the
county council (S. Lightbu/ne, may-
or; W. M Warren, N. Conr.ally, J
P. Floya, M. C. Nobles and R. D
Gambili. aldermen i passed an order
which >. e<id:
"It appearing to the council that
there is now no valid ordinance on
the matter cf the number ot alder-
men tha shall go out oi office in
April, 1503 and the number that
shall hnld until April, 1901. it is
therefore ordered that the city at-
torney u,rp?ie an oidinance on said
matter. li is. further ordered that
the ordinance provide for the elec-
tion of three aldermen in even
years."
♦ • •
Voter1 ir. those days also elected
the marshal, city attorney, secre-
ts ry-trea.surer and assessor-collec-
tor.
Alderman C. G. F. Blanchard at
a council meeting on December 20,
1910, while James N. Patton was !
mayor, piesented a motion, second- i
cd bv Alderman Lon Sellers, tha'
"the cit" secretary be ordered to |
publish notice of the intention of j
the city o] Amartlk to apply to the
firsl reg'i.ar session of the 32nd Leg- :
islature >oi a special charter for
said city as provided by the constl i
tution ol the state of Texas '
Then, on Jan, 3, 1911, the council
appointed J A. Graham H h Coop-
er, J. I. Fenry C. W Crudgington
and W. k. Gee as a committee to
assist a committee from the cham-
ber of "ommerce In drafting a spe-
cial chaiiei for the city of Amarillo.
"Shail a commission be chosen to
frame • new cnarter?"
That v.®> the question th* council
voted Julv 1, 1913, to submit to an
election W E. Gee was mayor at,
that time Present at the meeting i
were Al'.icrmen Blarichard and See- !
wain. W L. Thompson. Hugh L,
Umphr*. ar.d John Trolingei. now j
a sanitary Inspector for the health t
unit, who moved that rules be sus-
pended anr: the ordinance be de-
clared in emergency.
At the election, held Awj 9, 1913
ihere wie 182 votes for and 13
i votes against choosing the commis-
! sion. to which E. W. Hardin, R. M.
j Walker, N. S. Griggs, A, E. Meyer, P
| D. Swing Tom Currie, J. I, Penrv,
J. I,. Smith, E. S. Burgess J. M.
Russell, Sa. J. R Jackson, F. P. Phil-
lips, Joh,. S. McKnight, J. D Bart-
iett and R. E. Underwood were ;
elected
The charter was submitted to a
| vote Nov 18, 1913 There were B57
| vot.s cast for the adoption of the
charter and only 169 votes cast
againsr, it
The .comeil lost no time in rail-
ing an election, setting the date
Dec. 6. i913, at the time the charter
j adoption vote was canvassed.
J. N. ittasley was elected mayor
Clharles A Fisk and Lee Rivins, who
years laier served as mayo., were
I elected commissioners On Pec, 13.
New Church
By HERBERT A CAROLYN
TIMMONS
The Bethel Missionary Baptist
Church affiliated with the Plains
Missionary Baptist Association, was
organized in the home of Mr. and
Mis. W. R. Edwards, May 30, 1937,
by Elder R. D. Evans.
Charter members were Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Collier, J. C. Collier, Mr.
and Mrs. I. M. Giles, T. D. Giles,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Edwards, J L.
Green, Mrs. Joe McCandJcss, Mrs.
F„ H Franklin, Mary Elizabeth
Franklin, Elizabeth Evans Richard
Evans, Mrs. R, P Evans, W. W. Wil-
liams, Mrs, C 'V, Batterton. George
Batterton, G. v.'. Maker and Elder
Evans.
Plans were begun at once (or n
church, and a lot was purchased at
601 North Taylor. A temporary
was purcha/.ed were w C. Collier,
W. R. Edwgrd* arid O. W Biker.
Sunday school was organized when
the tabernacle was completed, with
Mr. Edwards as supeuntendent. Mrs
Edwards, Mrs. Collier -nd Mrs. and
Mrs. Ed Robertson as teachers.
Since the resignation of Elder
Evans, the congregation has been
served by minister* from various
places, among whom was Rev. Carl
S. Stephens, interstate missionary
of the American Baptist Association.
African Church
By HERBERT Hi: CAROLYN
TIMMONS
The African Methodist Episcopal
inegrot Church wa* stabiished in
1928, with S. V Patton. now prin-
cipal of the Patton High School, as
first pastor.
A frame church hullding wa<
tabernacle was erected by volunteer , PrectPd a' 1901 North Wa lungton
labor of the members, and within a
short time the congregation moved
into their first home.
Elder Evans continued as pastor
during the first summer. Church
trustees appointed before, the lot
Street soon after organization.
First Sunday school superintend-
ent was W. M. Hickman, who also
served as steward.
Ministers who have served the
African Methodist Church are J M
I Boulden, Smith, Glass, Walker, L. '
1913 the new commission took the R Kindred and the prr-ent minis-
oath oi office and held its first | te; D. W. R. Dixon.
meeting a' which '.he first business i ^ woman's Mi.. ionary Society;
was an oider to audit the books. organized soon after thp church '
M, H Hardin qualified early in : was built,, as was the Epworth
March ol 1914 as the first oity man- League.
ager of Amarillo. First appointments j Mr; Beatrice Manning ir now
recommended by the first oity man- president of women's work and Am-
city attor |SPV Keaton has charge of the young
people's division.
I.can Ccts Fat
Amarillo, to Norton Baker, son of j
West Texas pioneers and owner of
Baker Furniture Company, 911 Pollf
Street always has been a distribut-
ing center with the greatest possi-
bilities.
Mr, Baker first saw Amarillo when
his father freighted supplies out of
the city after the first railroad pene-
trated the Panhandle,
"Amarillo alwav* has been a dis-
tributing renter and as it continues
to grow its possibilities, along with
those in this entire territory, be-
eome greater and greater." declared
Mr Raker. "Lean years only make
the other years fatter in this coun-
tr " Mr Baker adds.
Norton Baker has been in the fur-
niture business for the last, 20 years
in West Texas—at Amarillo, Lub-
bock, Plalnvlew, Slston and l/>ck-
nev. And within the last 16 years
he hasn't missed a main furniture
market held each January and each
July.
In 1931, iClr. Baker bought the
Fakes-Palmer stock of exclusive
merchandise and continued the bus-
iness two years at the present loca-
tion of the Amari'lo Furniture Com-
pany.
l^itrr. he secured three stores in
Lubbock.
Mr. F .ker acquired his present
location in August of last year and
agei wit J. H Dooley,
ney; P L. Blake, stenographer; Dr
i. Rasco« president of t.hi board
of health; Dr. A. F. Lumpkin, Dr
G. 1. v'ineyaro Dr D. T Hansen
and Dr h. S. Killough members ol
the boaru of health; W. ! Webb
pure food inspector; Recto, F. Rob-
erts, cit;. chemist; J. F Speed, chief
ot polici: H. L. Boyles anr. S. D
Ridings patrolmen; W. A Watkins
superinter.tifnt of streets, >ewer, al-
leys ami park: H B. Jones, fire
chief; ,v M. Warren, supejinten- | an'd turned those colts around,
den,, ol the city farm; M G Agee "Title was a big mustang country;
foreman of the street department; ; Dempspv Forrest got, fifteen hundred
head out of it. He rode a little
Stewards are W. M. Hickman, S.
V Patton and A. B, Bauchman.
Charged by Mustangs
Capt. Harry Ingcrton: "The year
L. Gough was on the Tule 1 went to
! see him. I passed a lot of mustangs
on the way, and they charged me.
The nearer they came, the closer
I together they got. I shot into 'em
W. D. Riley, janitor at the cltv
hall: R. B. Newcome, city secretary
at the tot) salary of $2,000 a year
and W. H. Brummett, corporation
judge.
And ever since Amarillo has had a
commission form of government.
sorrel baldface mule that caught
mustangs.
"Walter Harris Brown made a trap
that caught mustangs. After that,
they called him 'Wild Horse
Brown.'"
A Complete
INSURANCE SERVICE
In Amarillo
Since 1923
FRANK B. SALTER
"ALL LINES EXCEPT 'LIFE' "
1006 Oliver-E,skle Bldg.
; >•; ...
Ph. 7333
WE SALU1
AMARILLO
ON HER
50th BIRTHDAY
+
WE ARE
CONFIDENT
THE NEXT
50 YEARS
WILL SEE EVER
GREATER PROCRESSI
Chas. A. Green
i.
ALL TOGETHER SPELLS
: iililW
><m:z
The piclu^f? fo thr nghl of thp Report Furnacf
where xinc n recovered by distillation*
■ The picture fo lb'5 left is of the Pottery Department,
; devoted fo tha m^lcinq of retort*, condensers And
and refractories.
ITS ALL MADE POSSIBLE BY CHEMISTRY
AND THE HONEST EFFORTS OF WORKING MEN
We
congratulate the people of Texas High Plains and thos^
in Potter County in particular upon Fifty Years of Progress. Wr
join hands with you in celebrating this Fiftieth Anniversary Event,
and hope the future holds many good things for you.
Th
is territory and its industries should make outstanding prorj
ress during the coming years because of thp r'most unlimited natural
resources and the "will to win" inherent in thr native born white
Americans who constitute 98 per cent of the population.
AMARILLO and ASARCO BRANDS
AMERICAN SMELTING REFINING Co.
E. J. BRUDERLIN SUPT.
AMARILLO, TEXAS
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Amarillo Sunday News-Globe (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1938, newspaper, August 14, 1938; Amarillo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299921/m1/71/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.