The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 31, 1929 Page: 1
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VOLUME 21
THE Till J A HERALD
15C6I
What Could Tulia
Do Wtih a Budget
Like Alpine
It la reported by the secrctar >
A most interest ana Instruc ot e Brewster County Chamber
that their collections
tlvo mooting was enjoyed by moro
than a hundred Tulia pooplo last
Friday evening when tho mmobers
of tho Tulia Cliamber ot Commereo
and Klwnnls accompanied by the
ladles sat around a Sistlly arranged
bannuetr table and listened to
CoT Harvo Haines of the Amurll
lo Board of City Development
Honry Ansley of tho Amarlllo
News and n few local speakers
discuss the Issues that vitally affect
Swisher County and the PanhandleCol Halnns when ho could forget
politics < ind tho fact that he
Is a Republican told us of tho
The Univorslty of Tftxag at Aus
tin was established in 18S3
TULIA SWISHEtt COt NTi IEWS J MIH 31 1921
1
Om of tho biggest mid b mt has
ket ball tnurunineutH to bo ludd
In West Taxas this yp ir will 1 >
at Quttanuii on February 1 and 3
Thsy have a fln largo gyiuiiiuiluui
with a maplo door high calling
wall lighted and ventilated Nino
hirg i sited gold basket 1mlis will
be Rlvon to t < wlnuliiR team
Kith the name of tho touruaiiiuut
mid tho name of the Inlvtduul
player apRrnved on oach Tho
Hitmn number of large nixed silver
hankot bulls will bo given lo the
ruuiiertip team an a sltvar loving
cup to tho third high team His
Qullnnue Chamber of Cotumorcn
wilt furnish free rooms and bodn
for alt players an conchas and the
best loams In the country will be
there
The Tulln High Mnltool Team
will piny lu this tournament and
tits homo puopla should miiko an
effort to go to Qultnoitrt nnd support
their team Thsra am alxnit
four hundred comfortable souls In
vl w of ovary pari of Uim court
so that thus who go may ttnjoy
tho RSttina lllfiLP TI1IC TULIA
TBAM WIN
Food For Thought
The following article was s tnt
us and thinking that It conlfllnw
malarial that ought to make us
mom ihoiiaUtful about such mat
tors w are passing It along to
you KscU of us should ask ouf
selves hiq 1 guilty of this nftffU
To the Choroh Msmlwrs at Tulh
Hero In souifthlng for ytfu to
Ihlnk Hliottt
It Is not tlm Sdhoula P T A
Cliamiwr of ConimerMW Klwanls
Mill or about butter dairying uud
better fsrinlng which is all vnry
aooi to think shout for wp could
not do without them snd w all
want battar ones
But think of tlia tmople of Ihla
own and community that am not
going to church and ftumlay
Hchool I linv Im > ii in this town
and community for about ftftn > ii
Tunnths and have uiut lots of good
woplc in tlio church and lots < > f
Uj iii that do not attend church
or Huuday H ihutil nltlwr 1 hav
talkftd to lola at thaa r l l lUat
do not go U ehnrUi grid Huuday
School ami I hava fount J many
that would lm In your rhurohe
rejtHlarly if Ui y wire uftly lnv >
Ml by some wreoit
Parsonalty 1 bare altond
rhurch s veral Itmtm at throe nt
bn largest churcftua you havn
bore I havs humi Invited om UttHo
to join Runday ItehooJ etaas
That waa lu a church f > whkdi 1
did not Mi long
KvlJta that a n rs to m
rtrimhnasa and lota of p opI that
ii h re UUnlt tha sama thing
Mm 1 urn sure you all dwiit m < wn
im that way
1111 why dont aaeb tin of you
ai 4 Stop 90tm of the hw f
11 the strsata art tha staying
nn ntsry Hurwiay morningT
ii if don if each of feu
i i nt ic your r llakrii tjiru
i f
> r 1 h onii wooltl soa oitw prr
w k aol find out what
i ii or sh tttUmm and pit
I vit th m wh re lh >
1 V ttwty do not twlong
< h ircii try atul gat Uiwn
< ml iiiduy H < liool aoy way
i < 011 hnk yxri would htf ra
Jiior t > n < r i i thureb and
l y Hch l v ry Muiulay l
t thing llk that w r > ii
um would maii a bwttt r t wn
< l orninuni which t Hv
A I ym ai not gt any otn
regaull HS of how mud 1
NIMUFIt
NAME NEW CHAMBERCOMMERCE BOARD
o of o banquet
is suociss
wonderful possibilities of these
F wide fertilo plains what could be
done hero by presenting a united
front all working together for a
common itvterost the populating
these acres with thrifty farmors
who will buy their own farms and
practice diversification Ho also
rominded us of tho fact that whilo
wo produce moro than SO per cent
of tho wheat crop of Texas and
a big per cent of oil dairy products
sorghum grains poultry otc
we Tail to get our proportion of
th6 beontits of tho state revonues
for roads schools and other bene
fits Ho also went so far as to
state that it has been suggested
that wo of tho Plains withdraw
yfr from tho rest or tho stnto and or
f ganize a state of our own with
Tulia or Amarlllo as th oapitol
He like many others bellvos that
Uior best thing to do now is to
interest thrifty farmors from sections
whore land Is so high priced
that It seoms Impossible for a
young man to get himself a farm
Into this section where land and
good land nt that can be bad for
15 to 50 per acre Where an
abundance of grain and roughage
can lie easily raised for dairy
cows poultry hogs and sheop He
hopes to see In tho near future
a family on every quarter section
who owns Its own farm when pro
ducttlon can be Increased from 17
per cent of its possibilities to 100
of Commerce
and budget for tho year 102S was
tho nstoundlng sum of 2S73 > I
which she says Is 790 per capita
for the total population of Al
jtino Includlug men women mid
children and Mexican population
Fifteen thousand dollars was rals
cd for one purpose alone tho
building of a 30000 gymnasium
building for Sul Boss State Teach
cth Collego
What shnll wo us citizens of
Tulia think ot tills whon we cannot
raise nn amount more than
onotigh to meet tho expenses of
tho employment ot a secretary
Our per capita would not exceed
100 for tho citizens of Tulia
Think what could bo dono herein
Tulln If wo should each pay
into tho budgot 7 per year per
member ot tho family There ar <
a ow who are doing this here in
Tulia But what of the largo mini
ber that nro not contributing uny
thing and those who contribute
only a nominal sum Think It
over
192B A GOOD YEAR
f
TiThe
year 1928 closed with domestic
business larger than ever
before and foreign trade in exceptional
volume and there Is
every Indication that the high lev
il ot recent month will bo cur
ii d into thd iNow fYon TJie output
of turn rops during 1128 was
about 5 per cent larger than in
the preceding year and Industrial
production showed an oven great
or Increase Exports of merchandise
were larger than In any year
since 1020 exceeding five billion
dollars
The automotive and construction
industiies continued throughout
1028 to be the backlog of Americas
prosperity Automobile production
was larger than In nny
earlier year and contracts Tor fu
turo construction showed a sub
Htiintlal growth
file activity of
Industries has resulted in a
t those
per cent gieatly Increased demand for many
such as steel oc
SC > fe
Henry Ansley spoke on subjects related products
ranging from the dlsslmllarity of ment rubber tires and refined
a rill > I
tho appearance of many of Tulia
Mens wives when seen In Tulia
and when seen with tho same men
at Amarlllo lo tho osubject of
the stato government at Austin
grabbing the oil lands in North
Panhandle Ho also stressed tho
fact that Tulia and Swisher county
should have at once a road
bond for hnrd surfaced roads two
ways across tho county
Dr J W Stevens president of
tho Chnmber of Commerce was
toastniaster of tho occasion Attor
the program ballots were distributed
for the election ot officers
of tho local chamber for the coming
year A count showed that
tho election was very close among
some twenty men who were slated
some winning by only one vote
Those elected were J C Ilnyae
G B Jordan C C Northcutt Al
Ian Heard H E White S P
Atchley J S Engleman Blulte
Hawkins and J Uoss Noland
This now board to her with
members of tho old board and
others hold n meeting Monday
morning to lay out plans for the
ensuing years work and tho election
of their officers Tho new
officers eloeted were J C Hayes
president J Ross Noland first
vlcopresldont G B Jordan sec
members ot the old board weru
nominated and elected Hayes and
oud vice president Only two
Noland It Js to be hopod that
these two wll furnish tho experience
and tho other now blood
and that tho combination will
push tho work as it has nevir
been piiHbaOiefore
o
FIRST BAPTIST CIURCII
Sunday February 3
Sunday School 10 a m
Junior Service 1050 a m
Morning Worship 11 a m
B Y P TJ < 30 p in
Preaching Service 780 p m
Tho pastor will preach both
morning and night Come and
worship with ub
A C Huff Pastor
petroleum
Fuither progress has heon made
In the elimination nr waste and In
the increaso of business efficiency
During recent years there have
been marked Increases in the per
capita output ot tho raanufactur
log Industries and of agricculture
and efforts are now being made to
imporvo the efficiency of distribution
which is still relatively
wasteful
TRYING TO ERADICATE
OREAD LOCO WEED
Discovery of ome way l
illcate the poisonous loop weil
or means to abate Its baneful ef
fect on cattlo Is ono of tin objoc
tMS of the research program of
i ho Experiment Station A ft M
College of Texas for tho mxt two
years Dlroctor A B Conuoi of
the station has polntod out The
etfoct of the loco weed on cattle
Is to make them emaciated and
eventually loco or cra y with
death resulting In many Instances
The weed Is found throughout the
arngo country and causes heavy
citttloinen tin
losses annually to
loss of twentyeight ranchers alone
from tills plant having boon announce
recently as 300000 for
ono vear Hcuuest for aid In this
matter was received moro than a
j oar ago from cattlemen and citizens
of tho TransPecos region
of Toxas and 30000 a year for
two years has been asked of the
Legislature for research work in
this fiold by tho Bxporiraont Sta
Hon
o
Snyder is soon to have a modern
commercial airport The 200
aqro plot was recantly purchased
for tfQfiWM It Joins the northern
olty limits and will have a
camp water gas electricity and
sewage disposal filling station
and other convenience
YOUNG FARMER DIES
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Vane Moody aged 2S yearn who
hns lived some 11 miles northwest
of Tulia died at tho local hospital
last Wednesday following an III
uoss and oporntlon for uppondlol
tls The oporatlon was delayed too
long and he was tumble to overcome
tho poison which had filled
his system
Funeral services weio conducted
nt tho local Baptist Church of
which he was a member Inst
Thursday by Hov K It Stiles In
tho absence of tho pastor A CHuff
who had Just rdturned home
from the hospital suffering from
an attack of the flu
After tho funeral services his
body was burled In the local cemetery
by the side of his father
Whit Moody who preceded him
some tow months
o
TAX PENALTIES GO
INTO EFFECT FRIDAY
Delliifiiiont tax penalties will
go into etrect tomorrow Friday
February 1st and those who have
not paid their taxes should do so
today If they hope to avoid the
penalties
Offices ot the county city and
Independent school district have
eon extremely busy this wttdk
taking earn ot parsons who wish
to pay their taxes before becoming
delinquent
o
COMMUNITY AUCTION SAtE
The Qpmmunlly aula staged by
15 imirchanth Tn Palmyra M KWfirt
Is reported In Drug Topics for
November Palmyra has only nboul
3000 Inhabitants but tho surround
ins territory was largely drawn
upon by tho preliminary advertising
One feature was tho morning
miction of live stock an Oirin machinery
lu which all fanners
were allowed a clinnco 19 Include
ItoniH thereby Inci easing their
available cash In the afternoon
the auctioneers proceeded fiom
one to another of the Ifi stoma
selling to the highest bidders the
items of merchandise each retailor
had advertised would be so offered
The auction sulo ulone loulfed
5000 and many hundreds of dollars
were spent In tho storoa during
tho day by the crowds of
visitor The advertising costs and
the aiictlonoeilng services wero
prorated making the exjieimu of
the individual merchants almost
negligible The experiment was
considoied a decided surc ss
READEnS NOTICE
Admirer and lovers of
Kathleen Norrlst writings
wilt be pleased to know that
she will appear benorc the
Radio audience and talk
Sunday Feb 3 nf clnht
oclock p m rom station
K M O X St Louis
Library
CIVIC LEAGUE MEEETING
Tulln Civic League will meet
Monday February I 1929 at four
oclock In Library Room
Kvory ono In this orgiitilrntlnn
Is concentrating tho very best efforts
on the work they hnvo undertaken
And while each particular
group of workers Is roimocrnMd
more completely to Its own particular
work yet all are united In
mind and heart to tho sutnu great
riuiHO tho betterment oJ Tulia
Do you want to help do a part
of It ir you do then come to
this meeting
Tho world bus a lm of different
ways of measuring the size of
11 community those days Tim airplane
Radio mid Automobile have
eliminated time and dlstniico bo
twoeii coiiimunltleri and sluto
The whole human family has burnt
shoved up clojier together
The lourlst Is now the ndvoj
liner for towns nad cnmmuiilUtMi
They tell the world how wo look
what we are
Let Tulia become the city wher
the rffiirlut will turn and look back
lo It n his car rolls onward Aiiil
may he see this In the nartlUe
glance May ro he nodding a
goodbye lo hi 1 May Uio stately
tieos bow tlinlr farewells And
from Tulia may he carry 11 > t >
turn of Its beauty an glvo him an
Inspiration for th botli thin
of life
Remember time nil plficti Of
meeting but alcivii all tho OBJECTA welcome to all
WOMANS STUDY CLUB
The Womans Study Club met
Tuesday January 22ud with Mm
J S Hnglotimn Eighteen menihsm
uuswered roll call with cut rent
oveiiHt
Mrs Klous led a very Interesting
lesson oil Miinellii assisted
by M111 Hayes
There was a very lnternstliijr
round tublu discussion ot the leu
sonAt
At the close of the program th
hostess seivod s delicious salad
course to Mesdtimea Got dan Jordan
Swepstou Rlchnrd 8colt llul y
Oloimln Shirley Scott Noland
Hayes W A iortei Flynt Graham
Cnnuitr Crawford Hendrlx
Klous Barks K P puxlemuu and
Mrs lllnko IlankliiK a guest
PROMINENT CITIZEN
j PASSES AWAY
J mine John 11 Htmtfru prominent
allium of Tulln and nn native
man In th church nnd civil affairs
far many yearn In this swollen
passed away onrly Tuesday
i i morning suKorltig rom a
I malady that for tho past few
months has lo a certain extent
dorntirfod his mind Following fun
I oral servlcos at tho Proshytorlun
Ihureh of Tulia yf > ntira > Vt dncs
day In which n crowded housa
attended to show to what oxtont
regard for him was hold by scores
of Swisher and Briscoe County
oltlKiinit his remains wero laid to
rest lu tho Tulln Cemetery
Mr Renttro was born In Ton 11
ossuc January 31 LSfiS but hud
lived In Toxns for tho greater
part of bin life He wan rsry active
lu stato nnd county affnlrs
and held sovenil offices In Bris
coe County In which he lled before
moving to Tulln several years
ago Ho was an Elder lu the local
Presbyterian Church nnd wiih a
regular attendant upon Its survlces
before his sickness Ixututt Ho was
a grout lovsr of children and ovorv
one who know him was his friend
He leaves to mourn his passing
h widow four sons and < > nn laugh
t < < r They are Hotw Rentfia Ama
rtllo W L llanlfro Perloo Tax
nn Boh Rent fro Ciapliam N w
Mexico N 1 Uniitfro Brownflehl
Texas ntid Mrs W M Mutoiic
Vino 1ark who with her family
lives on the home platt t i ar Vigo
Park In llrlsroe County Resides
this < children there w a numbar
of grand children and a host of
relatives All of th children with
thnir famllle > s were prmtuit at Uio
fui onU wt
Thn otlvf pall I > i r wore M
follows 8 It Ramos V 8 Lain
J L Uncle 11 ml fliallliigs Hugh
P Parker Doiigrto Burns and
Tom L Parker
TUB TUX A TWO
Musical Concert by Tlia Tsx
as Two fMr slid Mrs Homer f
Bblrey of Aumrillo T xa will
con 4irt at Flynt School Ilouso
Febrosry Cth at 7 > 0 p in ami
at Love School House Fabruary
7tii at 730 m
Tb y wit fe tlure vocal and In
struuisiital solo and diistts popular
raadinga and dialogues Admission
6e and Mc l5v ryon
InviUid HponaorMl liy P T A
and school
Plans are to start the preliminary
survey for Uio u w dty l k
for Hamlin within the next f w
inys The new lak will be norb
uf Hamlin on U p TDlautonil
ranch and will supply wawr for
a town of from 16000 to 28 > 0
xopl
Hornets Will Try
To Win Trophies
BABBEEFSHOW
HERE SJVFURMY
Hnlnrda > will ho a big dm a
Tulia Ths day of lis Big Ruby
Bef Show til oluh boys and
girls fretn all ov r Swisher muntv
tlll bring lu lh lr cnWtw ttaturdrtv
morning Th oalvss will put > ip
at tha ItoiturH barn
Tho Tulia chiuulwr of cnmnierf
will put up liberal premiums i
4i axlent of IB0 Hvery club
boy an girl Is expaalsd to win a
premium whathsr thfllr calves are
tho top wliuinnt or not
A big fend for the Club lio
and girls Ifalurdny noon
A bniupisl will bo sorvwd h th
Bsef rattlo bnwdors aturdw
noon tHUdared to th lit iluh
boys and girls Bo not mi < i Hi
baiuitist A big parudn 111 h
Ntngwt around tha siiuare a 1
by th Club boysiunl girls ih > r
ustviM tn b ih by lh < i < U
High sidinot baud Varlom n t
rhants liavfi arruiiK > d > < 1 ii
and marked doh o iio h > 0
unlay
Thu Th ntre will ht w p v
vUture Haturday AflfliiiiKH
dued ptlcws
Tlita Is tho first real h 1
show io l h > lil hi S vlxhr 1
ty Many tnlucntlonsl u < h > 1 >
ar to b learned tre < n 1
Ibis vimt
Prof W U HMBg < I 11 1
lay Wuwary from T <
C d at Lnlibook w II in
baby lux vns Thfl ttaivis ni
im shown at tn Nationni
vank a wooin
Vsne A Moody wa > > >
mh r 2stti I0IW In lu i
Ky ll > rania With tat > ihi
tlin t nd r Hgw of ilgh < i < >
t > TaJla fiwlahur Co P > <
hn suaiii his witlre Iff 1
it Waa iiuminti A ii > <
ISM to MtsR Myrfl TI 1
daughter Vtotnf Mafic
Ui this iMtlun a d < r 11
im > w four yra ol < l
Va o was ronv4rlwl i 1
IW and nulled with Mi
Baptist Church of Tulf t >
tea waa a mvmimt mui i
calj l him bom < i W di pi >
uary t mt in m > rm
tartuni Il took sick < > u
Januoiy IS aod ever in
kud and loving relatlv
was dutitt hut Jt < su t i l
on n > hlKht your wi t t
w h < d
Th wlf t and dau t
Jost a kind ofiatt he >
father tliat motiutr a v m
o th brother a ry <
oailon th Ckttdresa < > m
a ihouaittful ntdahbor ni
H laarws hi mourn hi
his wife dau ht r m Hi
hrotbw and twft half hi oil
a boat of relative i < l < <
Ml
t
mans Jwnvsiitlon it
then It Is wtiwjetpd Hi
will be shown at th > 1
Show at Port Worfh In Mnii n
with tlto be r oaUli m < nm 1
Old you know that th fir i >
tared ilitrefcml tatllc m 1 1
stsrtml In Mwlshar uuiitv l >
history of hriwitlAK < f <
ami Jivrsoy dairy nUv In Hwin
county rea4a Una m tnUy < > <
Attend tha big show Hiiimi
t 1
VAJKNTIKK IIIHTII
DAY
Young WUy Jt 8 < jtt
Mr aa4 Mrs Mbirh > thou v
boat VlVdaaadav f > d > n 1
ry th t hi m b nt
hm third ltlrthd < tt tin I
w bin that eau di un >
lmtt t m
fMi m kwhI hat ail
JirM JMJ Illuwl Iniikvitt
thl y aaUlngfg prr j M
to iiund ihur < h < v
< < your
1 Suailav ti M > l
vury stnull effort jh > > n
part 11 would tak > u > t w ttol
a l tt r fhurch T wo a < l uei
m unity
A Tulta GUUcn
ji luit m Mj < r t Ulimi
fiMi which u birtht
t thC
< t
lit lUiid cuadbM v 1 y bj > < >
unit 1 amid miiiii tn u m
VihoU H0 refreshuii > f < i >
llK Of ItOt
chtHOlSt aOI la
were ttftrrwl to tin ruilown
rleads 0 ih htsi
Nan Nottw iu in
1 HutrhiosMU V PoJT Joy llay s Mi > m U > odn
r A Jray W f Wuwlddl and Maiba Ijhu Vuuf Ui hni
Jtuk lJluwld li w tut tu Hereford Knglnnsu Mary Hutkni
> irdy U > attend ar > t am ltillle and Mavt aae Mir
tiou sale of imu hr ttwrelord tltmuJn Uak Qu lain ti
cattle Tbia la aa annual a > J > r Joaotogs Hllh
and attracU JIsr ford Itrwdtr Hpiliir Jack Jordan in
fruoi r and wldv f i e Not ud ia k Sic
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