The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1920 Page: 5 of 6
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AT I ON OF 37.53
K$ RECORDS—
Eff IN 1920.
1 of the new year fell
ireclpltatlon amounting
irs of an Inch. It start-
morning and fell slow-
, was a record break
ei. in regard to the rainfall, according
TOf*L
IInNMH
The tito&m
Monday, the
to three
ed early in t
ly and steadily until about 1 o’clock.
The year 1918
M
to the recoftls kept at the First Na-
tional Bank in this city. The total
amount of precipitation for the year
was 37.63 Inches and beat the record
of 19M>, the wettest year of which the
figures arje available, 3.53 inches, the
total' rainfall for that year being 34
e total for 1916 was 26.15;
; while that of 1918 was 26
Crops were damaged in the.
early part of the year 1818 for wan: of
rain, and then in the fall when what
crops 7®at had been raise! should
have b£en gathoro 1 the rains prevent-;
ed the gathering and even damaged
lit the fields the year’s production.
Th^ following is the rain fall for
the yfears of 1918 and 1919 by months:
Ityioth • 1913 1919
January .....................................1.04 $10
B able to fl
Jp® di
the gas lines in
pi-re tically ev-
one at this time
lle- matters not
you' can
inches. '
1917, 2.(
inches,
Railroad -Service (7)
dotij^t but what the rail-
toll' of the
• general, mess, and there
mm'Change aqoa.
fated every day, bht
t in question: ,
-weeks ago a few Of ourJ
at to Strawn, where they [tour
A ft car of coal to be shipped toj
'«*d.; Wtard was no trouble in.
N coal, hut the railroad cor.i-
i, or practically so, to as-
but the matter was
the. company officials
accept the shipment. The
the coal loaded and a
lading was issued by
f on Dec. 31, The bill of
in the hands of the
I this end of the lino
£*Hcated
Mies
ness for seFer«l years. About ten
years ago he' moved to Oklahoma, and
soma three ot four years ago went ml
Purcell, wherd he was interested in
the banking business, and devoted aj
tort of his time, to real estate. H«|
& good-man, and a good citizen/
i member of the Methodist
d lived the fife of a Chris-
tian'. ft<J' was alwi a member of the
Masonic fraternity.\ He is survived
by his wile, Afho was a daughter (of
Mr. and
mm
aim should be
|few h6iir|. hnl
has elapsed and
lean be' found.
Pe matter’and who is to
That's the
k.
was bought with a view
the coal aquation in this
with any
.that this
and the
so that
why private
•IRents, es.
ni el accepted by
co<nr<W*
#as not pi
:t, and It
be irises
caw made
can see J
m
| who live'in
the east part of ^ie ciiy, and three
children, John x Jr.,, Josephine tod
Fiances, fje is also sutolved by his
mother, Mrs. Belle Ported, ; ,«f East-
land, and the following brothers and
sisters:"Dudley Porter, $m Antonio;
Davo Porter, Pauls VAUeyi Greer
(Porter, Eastland; Jack Porter, Purcell,
Mrs. Albert potman Paula Valley and
Mm. Dr/Weeden, Eastland. /
fiThe remains will arrive in t)i
B
Mr.-' pMEW
the funeral
morning:, nato
neta cemetery un
the Masonic lodge.
T^XAS BUSINESS
MAKESJ
in tfls city
be taken to
im which \house
pace Friday
be in. the An
|>e auspices of
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>LLEGE
OOP RECORD.
T§#P:
.50
3.44.
,,—2.25 ■
1.50
... ... m.
togust .........,.........• .
September .........................
October .............................1.47 7.43
November .................................6.67 9.95
p©cember ......................*.........:.S,95 .40
Total .............................26.00 37.63
H. A. Halbert, who lives at Otto-
man, and who is known as one of the
best weather prognosticators in the
state, predicts that the year 1920 will
even outclass 1919 as a wet year. §
has been keeping up with the T
weather for a number a£ years
among other things here is w
says abour'Texas for the y<
“Texas as a whole and
uous states in the year
another prosperous year wifh
ive rains in many sections in the
ern and central portion, to
with the
in the mud- The
H fearful condition; in
t .inhabitarn-cannot re-
call ,.'Fhen v were in a
worse cotottion. ,, even claim
that thto^ftomlbeds that at one tigie
were fo^to 'fa abuudam e in the thor-
oughfMp^if the city could not com-
pare with the boy!. of today. But,
of copra®*dn those good Old days that
httto|^PpN there was no one
j^§jgHHp>y -iew minutes; But rest
some day if the weather
evdr clears, and the mud dries suffi-
cient, to let the people work, the pav-
tag Will be pushed and then we can
travel in comfort and wonder how
we'tojwr got along without paving.
— __,
Ato^i ‘Citizens Celebrate Birthdays.
R. Ml Hudson, of Springtown, cele-
brated his 76th birthday last Sunday
^jHB*tained all'Us children %ith
2.30 a dinner, serving a 25-pound turkey.
MP. ^Hudson is one of the county’s
honored citizens and has been living
in the Springtown community for
the (past twenty-seven years. He
was, born in Tennessee, but lived a
few years in Arkansas, before moving
to this county. All of his children
were at home for the celebration, ther
first time ail of them were together
tor a number of years. The follow-
ing were present; J. W. Hudson and
tamily of Dallas; W. M. and B. N.
Hudson and families of Weatherford;
M. E. Hudson and wife of tort Worth;
and Mr. and Mrs. Vandersmith of
Art
3
ML..... .. . „ a
ELIEVED COURT WILL REVEAL
NEARLY 112,000,000 INHAB-
ITANTS.
FOR SALE-—17 model Foixl touring;
cat, A-l condition, run 6000 miles.
Cash or not«^. See JOE MOORE. 112:
Bridge street.
rs,
FOR SALE—Prize winning Rhode- Is-
land Reds, roosters, cockerels aw£
pullets. MRS. A. E. KENNEDY, 21£
.Hanover street.
FOR SALE—Good 'b room house, 6»
large lots, orchard, bam and good
water, $3,600 for a few days. See or
call 484, J. H. Lovelwdy
2.9%
2.17
7.29
2.93
1.23
L80
337
Worth.
Bj Asmuriaivil t*r»*Sh.
Washington, Jan. 2—An army ’ of
85,000 enumerators today begin the
work of counting the men, women and
children of the United (Sj#tes and of
collecting certain ipfdmiation about
the resources of the country.
The taking of this census, the four-
teenth in the Jlietory of the" Nation,
is expected to require only about two
weeks, but figures showing the total
population probably will not be avail-
able until the end of April.
Workers will sally forth with an es-
pecially prepared portfolio and a
commission signed by Sam L. Rogers,
chief of the bureau. The count is
expected to show a population of
from 107,000,000 to 112,000,000, as
compared with 93,000.000 in 1910.
The estimated population on July 1,
1919, was 106,871,284.
Cards will be collected by 372 sup-
ervisors and forwarded to headquar-
ters here, where 4,000 clerks'will be
engaged in the tabulation work. To-
tals for each of the items on the cards
will be computed by specially design-
ed machines. Officials expect to be
able to make a preliminary estimate
of the population of the larger cities
by the middle of M&rch but returns
for the country districts will not be 16-40 acres of good land, 4 miles souttn.
completed until later.
The census includes
FOR SALE—1 registered Poland Chi-
na boar, 3 years old, also registered:
pigs; $20 each. H. G. DABNEY, Nc^ 2*
Millsap, Texas.
FOR SALE—Battleship bron»- tur-
keys, Daffron strain, from prize win-
ners, toms, $8; hens, $5. Hadie land-
say, Route No. 2, Springtown, Texas..
FOR SALE—On account of crowMetL
conditions will sell large farm raised
white Wyandotte cockerels at $2.50
each. MRS. JOHN HARRIN&TON^
Route No. 2, Weatherford, Texas.
GOOD BRICK building, practically-
new, 50x80 feet with sheet ironPvrare
house 50x40 feet at rear, well located:
in Knox City to exchange for land «r.-
other good property in Parker or ad-
joining counties. KNOX REALTY COu
4. W. Giahm, one of our oldest cit-
izens. celebrated his 89th birthday at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sam
:Da,vife,on Waco street during the hol-
. ijimJiWt. bjg turkey dinner was serv-
enjpyed by a large num-
atives anci friend- A birth-
it-rl<h'ty cake, containing 89 Candles grac-
^eibd'thi eOtoto of the table. Mr. Grahm
planting, cultivating and ! was bora in Indiana, and came to Tex-
H
jot Pj'ote, Ward county, at $4.0CKper4
acre bonus to exchange for live stock..
There is a debt of $1.95 per acre due
the State of Texas on long time at JC.
per cent interest against the land.
KNOX REALTY CO.
“FROSTPROOF CABBAGE PLAKTS:
FOR SALE. Cabbage plants post-
paid $2.50 per 1000. Cabbage plants*
I express collect, $2.00 per 100Q- Ask.
For|plice lar^e Quantity.' all varieties.,
GEORGIA-TEXAS PLANT CO., Dal-
supervisors. Maximum* Pexas-
gathering of crops. 1& Jfcbt in ac-j as and settled in the Springtown coun-
cordance with cycles of a decade In try in 1848. He still owns the place
duration 1920 is due to be the wettest lon Which he settled and made it his
year of the present cycle. This rule | honid until a few years ago when he
prevailed In Texas for 100 years up came to the city to make his home
to thh year 1920', that each year end- with his daughter. He well remem-
ing in the digit nought had the great- bers the early days of Parker county,
est amount of rainfall. Possibly a cog He remembers the struggles of the
has been jumped in thd revolution of Pioneers and the hard times which
the planetary syctejn fdr the next 100 | ^iey endured, he participated in a
years up to the year 2,000, so that 1 ho ; number of fights with the Indians,
years ending in the digit nirie will j when the roamed the country and his
be. the wettest years of the decade. I recital of some of the incidents are in-
OL
w.
iv<
ISporaing ann<
(to?. Porter,
Korier.
tin this city
(icing, the
lich occur-
ln Purcell (arly Wed-
It was slated that
death was dud to heart
by an attach of rheu-
^was born and spared in
3rd country, aid v|s
. 40'y»to# of age at the $§§«*
diiath. He lived for a yumber
rs on a farm near Ann^a, but
toto totftoarrjage moved Imto
where he waa engaged in' bust-
The Texas Boeinass College is one
of the lateaf enterprises in the city,
having been established about three
months ago, and the record this in-
sittution is making is Wry gratifying
to-the preside*^ T. Hj Gatlin. His to-
tal enrollment to date has reached fif-
ty-three and. the indications are that
a number of attdftioaiiV pupils will be
enrolled during this month. Mr. Gat-
lin says that hs is htodicapped to a
certain extent in the way of equip-
ment, but he hope! to receive 'what is
needed during the next few days. He
has placed an order for several type-
writers, with the j promise of early
shipments. The jtojllowing pupils
havejenroHed sincdftito holidays: Inez
Buchanan, Viola citoach, Lorens Sni.
der, Lucy Mae Snyder, Willard Mc-
Guire, Jewel Gill mid tohle Larue of
the city and Walter Barrett of Gar-
ner.
deed thrilling
the collection
of data on farms, forests and oil pro-
duction, in addition to the enumera-
tion of persons. The fourteenth de-
cennial census is the first to be tak-
en during the winter months. While
severe weather may be a handicap in
some sections, the change was made
in order that the enumeration might
be completed before the election pri-
maries of the summer season,
the first time also, women hove been
employed as
pay allotted by law is four cents per
person, with a higher rate for fan'll
lands. Congress appropriated $22,-
000,000 for the work.
The first census, fc^en in 1790 dur-
ing the adrninistrajid® of George
Washington, showet. xhe population of
the new republic to be 3,000,000.
pOR RENT-
CONSUMPTION NEWS PRINT
SET-S NEW HIGH RECORD.
Washington, Jan. 2.—Consumption j
of news print paper in the United j
States during the last three months j
reached a record-breaking point, j
along with the price, the federal trade j
commission reported in a summary.
FOR RENT—285 acre stock and grain,
farm about 5 miles south of Azle.
100 acres of black valley land in cul-
tivation and in Johnson grass mea-
dow, rest in pasture, 4 room house^
some out-buildipgs and good well, also-
running water in pasture. Want $2"
per acre per annum and will give at.
three years lease to responsible party..
KNOX REALTY CO.
LOST
The average cost of news print ati^OST A round gold brooch set withe
I EMBARGOES EXIST WITHOUT
KNOWLEDGE OF COMMISSION
Br Associated Cress.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 6.—“Embargoes
against freight exist without the con-
sent of the raHroad commission of
Texas or without -its knowledge other
than knowledge obtained from the
public press and private reports,”
said a letter recently addressed to
the United States Railroad adminis-
tration by Railroad Commissioners
Earle B. Mayfield and Clarence E.
Gilmore. .
“They are not justified under the
laws of this state,” the letter contin-
ued, And while we can appreciate
that 1 here are times when it would
be folly to accept freight for some
destination we cannot and do not ac-
cept embargoes issued by railroad op-
grtaives as either reason or excuse
for failure to discharge their duty to
the public, v 1
Your attention is very earnestly
It is to be hoped so, anyway, for Tex-
as will noVer need another year as
wet, much lesa wetter, than 1919.
Anyway, prepare tor a wot year. Cot-
ton and com are safest and most
profitable crops to plant a wet year.
They can be gathered and marke ted
by the individual farmer and are not
dependent upon someone else to get
them/ ready tor market, like small
grain and hay, with a thresher or a
baler. Millions of dollars’ worth of
grain and hay were ruined in the
fields by excessive fains, before any
thresher or baler ever appeared. Dur-
ing the year 1920 cotton and com will
remain longer In the fields without
excessive damage, Than any other crop
and can be gathered far into the next
veto Cotton prices will he on a
high level another year, even with a
15,000,000 bale crop, if the manipula-
tion of the cotton gamblers can be
prevented. The world will need and
is willing to pay a good price for
such a crop. Plant all the foodstuffs
you will need first and then do not
b#v<ttoftid Of an excessive cotton crop.
Eve- jf the acreage may appear ex-1 directed to the enclosed copies of bulletin just issued by the Mexican;
ceesive you will have no assurance of j telegraphic and other correspondence (department of agriculture. The wheat
j ten diamonds. Return to Herald
I fice for liberal reward.
LOST—Between Weatherford and Me-*-
Farland ranch, 35x37 U. S. tire and.
rim for Cadillac notify Hopkins Ga-
rage or phone 162 for liberal reward.
FOUND—Crank to car a few miles;.
'south of Weatherford, owner can get
' same at Herald office by paying for-
j this notice.
mills at the beginning of December
was $3.90 a hundred, the commission
reported as against $3.75 a year ago.
In 1916 the price was $1.98, the low-
est in several years. High prices
failed to cut down consumption, how-
ever, a«ti the commission estimated
that in 1919 14 per cent more news
print was used than in 1918. During
the fourth quarter of 1919, particular-
ly, news print consumption was run-
ning up and the commission said that
the increase then over a similar per-
iod in 1918 would be between 25 and j
30 per cent. December figures have j
not yet been tabulated. | WANTED—White corn. Will pay J'Otr
In November, 1919, the 727 pub- ' hest prke See write or phoae.
lishers reporting to the commission 1 ----— --------
used 161 602 tons of news print com-
pared with 123,874 tons in Noyember,
1918- j WANTED TO TRAlfE—One register-
—*----! ed Poland China sow and two six-
MEXICO’S CORN AND WHEAT (months old registered gilts. Trade foe
CROP GOOD THIS YEAR, jiay, oats or corn. JOHN H. PRINCE^
-1 * ! 615 East Akard street, P. O. Box 20ft-
riy Associate*! Press j
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 2.—The corn •
crop in Mexico, harvested in Septem- j
her was “very good” according to a
YYantel>—
DUD E. BDDLEMAN.
The New Granite-Stone Meal MilL-
i ICE
The cotton plan-'" iih reference to failures of the Ori-|crop was “good” or
insects to con- 1111 and Panhandle and Santa Fe rail- j Mexican states, cane
it year that are known 1 >oad companies to provide adequate beans nad
service for the handling of both the | “good” and
NOTICE—Baker & Langley,
“fair” in all the ive11 dri,,ers. Phone i9'
sugar, cotton,
garbnnazo (chicken-pea),
spective sections.
The correWond-
* nce includes urgent appeals Ph to
Regional Director Hale Holden and
Regional Director B. F. Bush, without
results.
“We cannot emphasize too strongly
the fact
the tobacco and coffee
crops “pool.” Sonora raised 2,742 tons
of garbanzo this season, the bulletin
says. ,
The corn yield in Sonora is given
as 3 682,800 kilos: Michoacan, 2,100,-
100 kilos and Vera Cruz 750,000
Notice
_____ _____ , . figures are given for Aguas-Calientas. ' Commencing, January I, 1920, the »
that the failure to give this Coahuila, Durango Sinoloa and San physicians of Weatherford will make
Luis Potosi. but the production is re- the following charges tor professional
ported good in those states. services: Regular day call, city, $3.00.
The. largest wheat producing ^tates | Night calls after 9 o’clock, p. k*. flLOO.
for the season, says the bulletin were j pjj0ne an(j office calls will remairr
Nuevo Leon 7,725,000 kilos; Jaliaco, |the same> $1.00 to $5,00. Country
5,772,200: Zacatecas, 7.420,000. night calls win be $2.00 extra in addic-
tion to regular fees. .
■
Box Supepr:. V
There will be a box supper at Ztout
Hill school rouse, Saturday night, Jaa_
Bring a turn of^that:
IMY FRIENDS:
(good corn and let me grind yotf'some-*'
jilum good cornbread. You will say
its the best you ever tasted.
DUD E. EDDLEMAN,
The New Granite-Stone Meal Mill-
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