Amarillo Sunday News-Globe (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1938 Page: 88 of 264
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PAOE THIRTY-TWO- SECTION B
AMARILLO SUNDAY NFWfl AND GLOBE. AMARILLO, TEXAS.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION 1W8.
Irish Baron's Daughter Brought Music to Dugout
By HERBERT M. TIMMON3
Black leg serum and musical cul-
ture. The two seem far removed,
but the Panhandle of today should
thank Mr. and Mrs. John Scott for
both these things.
From a baronial castle In Ireland
to a dugout home on McClelland
Creek; from a peasant boy to the
owner of 2,560 acres of land and
many cattle. That Is the story o!
the Scotts.
The connection with music and
black leg serum? Here Is the story.
Back in Ireland, .lark, the peasant
boy, and the baron's daughter, Nan,
were sweethearts from childhood,
but a stern father decreed that the
union could never be unless Jack
amassed a fortune or distinguished
himself in some worthy manner.
Nan was sent to the Musical Con-
servatory of London with Instruc-
tions to forget all that foolishness.
Jack and a younger brother sought
fame and fortune in Australia, re-
turned to Ireland, then came to
America and on to Mobeetle and
finally to Old Clarendon. The young-
er brother decided to return to Aus-
tralia. but lost his life in the Bay
Of Bisbee. while John Scott found
work in the Texas Panhandle.
When the Texas Panhandle was
opened to settlers in 1886, John saw
his opportunity. He filed on four
sections of iand on McClelland
Creek, and secured some cows. The
young man then wrote Nan's father
that he was the owner of 2,560 acres
of land and many cattle. This re-
moved all parental objection to
the union.
Things were not so rosy as they
seemed, however. John wrote his
sweetheart, just graduated, and
planning to visit an Uncle in New
York, and told her of the wild
region where the lobo howled, the
coyote prowled, and the panther
screamed by night; where the In-
dians lately returned to their res-
ervation still looked with longing
eyes on their lamented hunting
ground. It was no place for his
girl. He told her to wait until he
could provide a suitable home for
her. but Nan had other ideas, The
next letter John Scott received told
him his sweetheart was even then
on the high seas, and that she was
certainly coming to Texas.
The Port Worth and Denver rail-
road was then building through the
Panhandle. On the first through
train came a tall Irish lass eager
for a sight of her laddie, but John
was not there.
Nature seemed unkind that day. j
The salt fork of the Red was out i
of its banks between Clarendon and
McClelland Creek. Old-timers tell ;
that a short, heavy-set, young Irish-
man tramped out several acres of i
grass on the north side of the river
that day—they even aver that the
spot is still bare—while a strange
girl waited in the Atterbury Hotel i
111 Clarendon.
At last the Salt Fork subsided. The
wedding ceremony was performed by
Rev. Graham, a Methodist minister.
Bv slow freight the bride's beloved
piano came to Clarendon to be
hauled to a new room dug into the
hillside home on McClelland Creek.
It was not long until the Scott
home was the social center over a
wide radius, cowboy and nester
families coming to hear the music.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Scott were
deeply religious. Sunday services
were held in the community, and |
each Sunday afternoon the scat-
tered pioneers assembled for Sun-
day school, with everyone singing
from one hymn book. The Chris-
tian Herald came weekly to the
Scott home, and at that time each ;
Issue contained a sermon by De-
witt Talmage. After Sunday school, !
prayers from the Episcopal prayer
book were read, then Mrs. Scott!
stood in the center of her dugout I
home and in hpr rich voire read the
sermon. The Sunday service was al- i
ways dismissed bv all repeating the
Lord's prayer in concert.
It was not long until Mrs. Scott
had a music class; girls rode for
atfl** across the country for ies-
nfic. Several accomplished musi-
ijten* of Amarillo recall these horse-
foac* jrfdfts and lessons in the dugout.
Affct* a good many years on Mc-
CMaod C*aek, and when the j
cfaagJrtw, IMlle, was old enough to
go to aehcol. Mr. and Mrs. Scott;
Goodnight. Here Mrs. |
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WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN! Amarilloans turned out in full numbers to greet the troupers, as is il-
lustrated by this photograph made about 1010.
But look! Trees on Polk Street—right in front of where Harry Holland's store is now. Lots of early resi-
dents hitched their horses to those trees; maybe someone will tell us why they cut 'em down. Anyway, that
would have been a swell location for a sidewalk cafe.
The building on the extreme left was occupied by W hite & Kirk and later by the Amarillo Hardware Co. In
the center stands the Bivins Building.
No Delay Here UNCLE JEFF THOMPSON
With the purchase of a small
plant from H. B. Martin in July of
1906, the Loving Printing Company
was established in a frame building
on Taylor Street between Fourth
and Fifth.
C. C. Loving had gone to Here-
ford, but he came to Amarillo in
October of 1904 to accept a job on
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and Gene held all Mexicans respon-
sible for it. Gene was past all rea-
son as he swaggered into the salonn,
and it .veemed to be fate that, two
! Mexicans should be standing at the
| bar as we entered.
"When I saw Gene bare his teeth,
The Livestock Champion. A short J I jumped out of line, for I knew
time later a stock company was ; hell was gonria start poppin'. The
formed to publish The Herald, a
twice-a-week paper. The company
was formed by Frank Vanderburgh
of Hereford, Will Robinson of Ros-
well, a Mr. Brooks, R. L. String-
fellow, H. E. Hume and Mr. Loving.
The paper was sold to P. E. Boe-
sen, who published The Daily Pan-
handle.
Loving Printing Company, now
among the oldest in Amarillo. j
moved to the C. L. Green Building
between Polk and Taylor on Sixth I
Avenue soon after the company was
established. The next move was to ;
the present location in the Ray fz
Britain Building. The address is
113 West Seventh Avenue.
"You Don't Have To Wait" is the j The cowboys had all taken
slogan of Loving Printing Company, shots at the second Mexican."
which was the first to introduce ; "Did vou quit cowpunching then?
the automatic press to Amarillo. I Di(I you g0 back to wise Countyr
"No. I never thought of giving up
I loved the old cattle
Mexicans at Tascosa knew Gene,
and usually managed to steer clear
of him, but this time there was no
dodging the encounter. The older
Mex and Gene drew at the same
time. Gene staggered against the
bar as the Mexican fell. The other
I Mexican drew, but he was filled
| with lead before he could fire. Gene
slumped to the floor and never even
: moved again. When the second
J Mexican was examined, he had 14
holes bored in him, any one of
: which would have killed him."
The old man shook his head.
"Gene was wrong, but he was drunk,
and blood is thicker than water."
pot
The floor space has been doubled
at the present location to allow .. p
room for modern machinery. I _ '
trails. Gene was my friend, but he
1 had only gone the way of many a
Scott soon found her place as a EOod cowhand. We had been trail I
teacher and Mr. Scott was in great j mates a long, long time, and I never
demand as an entertainer with his j stopped missing him. No, I never
Irish songs and stories. ; quit ranching, but I had had enough
In 1899 Mrs. Scott returned to , of >pilnching for the other fellow.
London for a years post, graduate' anfj besides, I had saved up quite a ;
work, taking Nellie with her. | jjjtie nest egg. so I decided it was j
time to set. up for myself.
"Soon I let out for the Indian |
Territory. I had some cousins over
there, the late Jeff Thompson of
Hereford and his older brothers, Bill
and Jim. who had ranches and was
About this time the black leg
scourge swept the country, leaving
its appalling loss over the ranges.
John Scott was among the first to
recognize that vaccine was the only
hope. Making a connection with the
Pasteur Black Leg Serum Co of, dQ d,dn>t hBVe to buy
, Mr. Scott | . „ * .
good old days. Heck, there ain't
any fun now."
Uncle Jeff didn't serm to notice
the boy's going. Already he was lost
in reverie. The night wind had
sprung up again, bringing with it
the plantive notes of an ancient
cowboy ballad:
"I wonder where they are.
The gang that worked the old
OK-
Big Bill, the foreman, and Ching
Chang.
The chink from China Bay.
Old Timer, Reno Kid, and Slim,
And Oklahoma Bill.
At the thought of them my eyes
grow dim
And my throat begins to fill.
I still ran hear Old-Timer play
Upon his violin
The tender tunes o' yesterday,
The old days we lived in.
And I see the Kid with his gui-
tar
A strumminn' some soft air
And garin' at some distant star,
A wishing he was there.
I wonder if. when twilight falls
Down on the Rio Grande,
The whippoorwill still trills his
call
Across that lonely land.
And when the moon begins to
shine.
A sheddin' silver darts,
1 wonder if those pals o' mine
Are with me in their hearts.
Glad He Lit
Back in 1920 a young man of
Greenville in East Texas arrived in
Amarillo, "just looking around for
a place to light.''
After cooking in cafes and res-
taurants here for 17 years, O. C.
Speed, the former Greenville citi- :
zen, acquired the cafe in the j
Oliver-Eakle Building and within
Business Study
Amarillo Business College was
launched in 1904, and has had con-
tinuous existence for more than 30
years, although under several man-
agements.
When the Avnarlllo Academy was
opened in 1904 by Dr. G. L. Nunn,
he installed a department of busi-
ness as part of the regular courses.
First home of this business depart-
ment was in the same building
that, housed the school at 701-03
Jackson Street, but later it was
moved downtown to the Eakle
Building.
Paul Nunn and George Ogden
were early tcachcrs of business ad-
ministration.
In 1906 R. A. Coverdale came to
Amarillo and assumed control of
this business section of the acad-
emy. To better care for the student
body and handle large night classes,
the school was moved to a building
owned by Dr. Nunn at 111-113 West
Fifth Street. When the academy
closed In 1907, Mr. Coverdale pur-
chased the business department and
changed the name to the Amarillo
Practical Business College.
After a year Mr. Coverdale sold
to W. A. Millican, who was assisted
by his wife in the school.
Two years later the Amarillo Busi-
ness College encountered competi-
tion. C. Homer Wileman, lately
graduated from Draughan's Busi-
ness College of Oklahoma City, came
to Amarillo and opened a Draughan's
branch. Mr. Wileman opened on
the third floor of the Grand Opera
House, where the Blackburn Build-
ing now stands. Only a few months
after the Draughan College was
opened, Mr. and Mrs. Millican de-
cided to enter other business and '
C. Homer Wileman purchased the J
Amarillo Business College.
Continuing to operate in the ]
opera house, enrollment grew until
all available space was taken. The
disastrous fire of Thanksgiving, 1919,
completely destroyed the building
and Mr. Wileman lost all equip-
ment, records, furnishings and files.
Undaunted, though he carried a lit-
tle insurance, he secured a small
amount of equipment and an-
nounced that the Amarillo Business
College would continue.
Soon space was secured in the
Western Building, and modern
equipment was installed. This home
was later outgrown and when the
Green Building was crected at 605
Taylor, the south 1 alf of the second
floor was leased by Mr. Wileman.
Here he Installed modern equip-
ment - comptometers, typewriters,
adding machines, and calculators.
Each division is manned by ex-
perienced teachers, and is always
under the personal supervision of
Mr. Wileman, whose 28 years exper-
ience has given him a knowledge
of the needs of business students.
Since the Amarillo Business Col-
lege opened its doors there has been
an average of 150 finished students
each year, many of whom are in
business for themselves in Amarillo
today.
Wildorado, a lown noted for the
sobriety and honesty of its citizen-
ship, is known as a town of rob-
beries, the one little bank having
been robbed five times, with two
abortive attempts being discovered.
Besides this, two men were killed by
a watchman when robbing a mer-
cantile store; another man was kill-
ed when stealing grain from an ele-
vator. H. H. Elam, president, of Wil-
dorao Grain and Mercantile Com-
pany, drove off burglars trying to
rob the bank three times in two
nights. His place has been robbed
21 times and he knows of three un-
Lost His Job
G. E. Jones got a job in Amarillo
and when the Job went "pfft," as
Walter Winchell says, Mr. Jones
knew the answer.
It was the G. E. Jones Electric
Company, established 12 years ago
last January.
G. E. Jones Electric C mpanywas
established at, its present site,
312-14 West Sixth Avenue, but was
located at 323 West Sixth Avenue
about 18 months in 1928 and 1929.
In the beginning there was but one
electrician on the payroll, but the
business has grown until now from
8 to 14 persons arc employed.
The firm has grown proportion-
ately with Amarillo and the man
who was jobless back in 1926 Is
confident both the business and
city will continue to grow.
Armature winding, motor wind-
ing and transformer rewinding ate
some of the specialized services of-
fered bv G, E. Jones Electric Com-
pany. which handles all kinds of
electrical apparatus and which was
the first in the United States, out-
side their own branches, to be an
authorized Delco Motors Sales and
Service. The company carries a
complete line of service parte for
other motors, too. Installation of a
Dynamometer to equipment makes
for complete testing of all electrical
apparatus.
Both the experts and equipment
to handle all kinds of electrical
work are on the job for the man
who established the company be-
cause he didn't have a job.
successful attempts. He has been
highjacked once. None of the of-
fenders were local persons.
surge through the veins of every
printer, was too strong and Leo
Miller, looking for a loration, se-
lected Amarillo. In May of 1932 Leo
was joined by Lowell, who had been
in the Amarillo offices of General
Motors.
Young and with the latest training
in the printing industry, the Miller
brothers soon established a reputa-
tion in Amarillo as wide-awake, am-
bitious business men.
• Our business is young and con-
sequently doesn't have much his-
tory, but we hope to help Amarillo
make history during jt.s second 50
years," said Leo Miller.
one year's time built a paying busi-
ness beyond his fondest dreams.
"Speedy," - s he is known by his
friends, ani his wife, Oda, took
over the cafe on May 26, 1937. At
that time the business employed
only three people. Ten employes
are on the payroll today and the
East Texan who just happened to
land in Amarillo is a rabid West
Texan and a firm believer In the
country and the future.
"I don't know why P stayed in
Amarillo," relates Speed, "but I
liked the town and I liked the
people. So, in 1921 I married here
| and then kept hanging on, cooking
in various places, and all the time
looking out for a business of my
own."
Speed, of course, today is glad
that he spent 17 years in Amarillo
waiting for his opportunity. His
cafe, called 'Speed.v's Cafe' has been
so successful in one year's operation
that the enthusiastic owner has re-
cently installed an air-conditioner
and an ultra modern kitchen.
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AMARILLO BOOKBINDERY
407 E. IOth Phon« 5422
Ink in Veins
Chicago and Paris, France.
vaccinating cattle and saving many
a ranchman from certain ruin. So
expert, did he become in this work,
that he was employed by the Chi-
cago branch to travel in every state
west of the Mississippi, vaccinating
cattle.
Mrs. Scott returned to Texas in
1900 and taught, music in Good-
night College, but the homeland
was calling.
The Scotts returned to Ireland In
1907, leaving a cultured musical sec-
tion and many herds of cattle as
their contribution to t#e Panhandle
of Tevas.
land them days. All I had to do was
to pick out. some good range land,
buv a small herd with mv nest, ege
and set, up ranching and farming, pCt Ilso in
Although it was established here
only seven years ago. Miller Print-
ing Company now has complete new
equipment, including the offset
on my own.
"I hadn't been In the Territory
but, about a year when I met .Josie
Autry at a dance. I married her in
1886."
"Tell me about your rourtship,
Uncle Jeff."
"Naw, I ain't gonna tell you about
my family affairs
est, you nohow."
a new
home, 617 Fillmore Street, built
especially for the business.
Operated by the Miller brothers,
I.eo and Lowell, the company first
was established at 407 East Tenth
Avenue in 1931.
Miller Brothers with their father
just about a decade a so were pub-
twouldn t Inter- jibing the News-Democrat, at, Elk
City, Ok 1 a. They sold the newspaper
The youth stood up. stretched. )o a chain publisher and went into
and grumbled as he shambled off (ftp automobile business.
toward his cot, "Thotp were the But, the Ink influence, said to
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EDWARDS STUDIO
19 YEARS IN AMARILLO
SANTA FE BUILDING
AMARILLO, TEXAS
Serving We si Texans
SINCE 1883
Tow us We Serve
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McCAMEY
AMARILLO
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GRAHAM
The above picture is of the late J. M. Radford,
founder of the J. M. Radford Grocery Company
in 1883.
THE J. M. Radford Grocery Company has served the
people of West Texas continuously since I 883 . . . and
we pledge our future to a well-rounded wholesale grocery
service as based on the ideals and policies of the late J. M.
Radford.
WE especially salute the people of the Panhandle High
Plains of Texas on this occasion, "the Fiftieth Anni-
versary of Potter County . . . marking fifty years of progress
in that territory. We thank all with whom we have dealt and
to whom we have had the privilege of giving service. May
you take full advantage of future growth in the territory.
J. M. RADFORD
WHOLESALE GROCERY CO.
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