The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1909 Page: 7 of 10
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Ltoyd-A. Wicks made a trip to
Emma Saturday
W. H. Hames, left last Friday
for Houston wfyere he Will remain
" about ten days. .<
■—JR. L. Bowman, who moved a,lf u *
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in Crosbyton Sunday,
Rev. Richards, of fSmnui,
preached a strong sermon Sun-
day to a good crowd. - .(■:
We caught Simi our up-to-
now livery stable man, making
Goo-Goo Eyes at an old-maid
I Sunday. We don't know what
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Several .of the good citizen&of
^ the Gone community were in
Crosbyton Saturday.
Barney Johnson made a trip to
§|piaibview )apt Friday, returning
Saturday.
Fred Wells 'of Well Springs
Tenn. arrived Feb. 18th and i$-
employed by Mr. Bogg's.
Misses Nova Davis, Jettie
Davis, and "Maud Benton, of
Emipa were in Crosbyton Sunday.
Mr. Lewis Chance and Miss
Mattie Benton, pf Emma, were
visiting irTCrosbyton Sunday.
Mr. W. H. Hames was in
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pleasant caller .at the. .Review
office.
Bob English and Mr. Taylor of
Emma wereln Crosbyton yester-
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If.you want printing that is up-
, t.o-date; better get it at„the W hite
Peg. Co., Crosbyton-
White & Miller who are sink-
ing a well for Mr. Collier say
they are making about forty ft.
~ a day."^ —- - - . :
There were thirty-five new
comers in Crosbyton Monday.
They arrived Saturday and Sun-
day and have come to stay.
N P.Howard came in Saturday
with a load of freight for C. *-Bv
Taylor. He hvl the misfortune
to break one of his wagons and
had to leave it on the roadside.
, Things look awful suspicious
around Crosbyton J pow - even
rJohn Ho ward was m a king Goo-
Goo Eyes Sunday night.
The Crosbyton Supply Store
Mr. Hall has promised John
McDermett a cow "if" he would
do a certain thing, 'the third
party in the case, told Hall to get
the cow readyl We are' keeping
our eye on John, for there is an
awful lot of preachers in Crosby-
ton lately.
R. C. Ivey afnd J. E. Poston
of LaFollette Tenn. arrived here
Feb. 5th and obtained employ-
ment ^with the C B Live Stock
Co. They are well pleased with
the country and think they will
make this their future home.
Jones brothers who are drill-
ing a weil for the C, B. Live
Crosbyton Saturday and was aj Stock Co. near ~ ftfe Crosbyton
Machine, and Blacksmith Shop
are -making erood ' time. They
were going down something like
thirty feet per day at last report.
dickered in
COMMISSION.
--N" Lands
The're
Stuff
List Jem witT somebody who
krfowl; something about 'em.
A line to
Emma, Texas
gets him; he holds out there
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What Makes The Sky Blue
On the Plains the sky is a
beautiful bluer rivaling even the
kajian -skies which , trayedeca
praise. Whence this glorious
"Cdloring ift the dome'of the heav-
ens? It is caused by the layers
of atmosphere which surround"
. m T ^ , the earth. To an elevation of
mm Tgtwoflseai'3^ mil> (j u>c um
^,n omer La Follette . rounje(] by atmosphere or breath-
Ten n. are in our towji employed j jng air> The further from the
by B. W. Ellison onJhis residence j earah those layers extend the
two miles west of town, Mr the thiner they become. After
will be closed promptly at 7: p. , .
v - ,A1,W Ii^ our rounds this week we
edd on WeHiey^mithee a^he
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STfiittrShop;—We-find—hun full
C. H. Taylorunloaded a four
horse load of flour into his store
this week. . Mr. Taylor says
business is good and he is wear-
ying a sriRile that won't wear off.
Keep your eye on Crosbyton,
If you have no home come to
Crosbyton where you can get
one on easy terms, and one that
will double in "price in a couple
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of years.
Comer ia greatly pleased-with
Crosbyton and Crosby County.
He thinks he will make Crosby-
ton Ws future home.
The Crosbyton Supply Store
was do crowded Saturday with
customers that it was har.d to
get waited upon. The recent
additition to the store will soon
he complete. Then watch 'em
do business.
The South Plain? Lumber Yard
has in transit a car of well stop-
pHes, casing, piping, fittings,
etc., also a car of wire and a car-
of fine finishing lumber. They
are doing things at the South
Plains Yard.
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Don' t forget to bring your lard
and hams to the Crosbyton Sup-
ply Store, where you get 12 l-2c
per pound: ~
We Will buy all your pure
country lard at 12 l-2c per pound,
bring iHo the Crosbyton Supply
Store r wait also, pfey 121-2c
per pound for nice cured country
— J^J^ Hillis, of ni&ar,,Emma,
wag in Crosbyton Mfonday and
handed us the price for the Re-
view to go to G. Ai Butler of
Lewis, Okla.
JRev* John L. West, of Floyda-
He hatif an appoihtmen^ to preach
bttt-gav^ wav tn Rev. Gill who is
holding the protracted meeting.
Mr. W, D. Petzel made a trip
to Plainview this week to meet
Mrs, Y. B. Worst of Chicago,
who is looking over the Crosby*-
ton country. They took dinner
Tuesday at the Rock hoi
Worst iff
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up.-with worlcfrom all parts of
the country and four extra men
at work in the shop. They are
turning out the highest grade of
work and are getting customers
from all parts. Mr. Smithee* re
one of. the finest steel and iron
workmen on the plains as well as a
fine machinist and he says work
is far beyond all his expectations.
S. Culberson, our lumber man
million miles a day. The whole
universe fills us with wonder and
admiration. Its charactistics are
beauty, symmetry, order. "Truly
returned last Friday-from Rod- declare the glory of
hnd N. M. where he spent some God."—Ex.
days with his family. *.Mr. Culber-
son says he hnds things fine, in
N. M. and the country settling
very fast. He says his folks are
anxious to come to Crosbyton
and he expects to move here be-
t,ween now and fall.' and will build
a fine residence. Rev~Mr: Powelf^;
went with Mr. Culberson to Red-
land, and bought a cMiti of Mr.
Culberson.
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W.e ask each of our readers to
carefully look over the adver-
tisement^ in the Review, you
will fi d them art ;ifldSX to the
trading,
these people whose advertise-
mnnta apppFr 1r- the Review
want your business wi
are in Crosbyton or some
town, read their ad. and you will
find them the most prominent
of their city and such people as
will appreciate yojar trade. We
passing a distance of three miles,
man with difficulty breathes. It
is these layers of atmosphere, a
thicker, succeeded by a thiner,
which give to the sky its color.
When the rays of li^ht fronrthe
sun 8trike'this ctishlon ^ of air
around the earth, the deep blue
of the sky is created. Fifty
miles above the surface of the
earth the moon does not look
yellow—it is a brilliant white-
while the sky, shroud black,
is studded with stars that shine
as brilliantly in the day as they
do in the night.
Farthermore, as the astrono-
mers tell us. the stars are^f var-
ious colors. Some red, others
blue, others violet, and still others
green. Again some stars are
burning suns -of less magnitude
tTian~~our~ luminal > and their 1
coToT'dep^ndroii their--fcenipei*-}-
ature.- The blue of course being
the hottest. There ar;e stars
larger than our sun—for it is only
of fhe sixth magnitude—and thus
Vega, is a hundred times larger
than our sun, and we are journey-
ing-to ward it ac the rate-of a
C. H. T af m
At a low price
Slew kettles
Stew buckets
Pudding pans 20c to
Dish pans
Dippers —
Wash pans
Water buckets
Coffee pots
Gallon buckets with
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at a low price==aH kinds and dis-
cription. Lamps and lanterns
all go at a tow price.
Bvy at
ore and
I also carry a line of Patent
Medicines
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Lloyd A. Wicksi j made a spin
to the Square and, Compass Sat"
urday-night at. Emma. . ~
His Crude Idea ~ v:
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Foreigner—'^WfiTy^o you" call
it a 'primary' election?.''
Native— "We call it tnat,
mister, 'cause thaf S the way we
git primed fill a real election."
Nothing Definite ~
' 3!he detective jyias trying to
intimation as to
be KoiDg^jjMpi
fe^jNo, sir," answered the sharp
chinned, thin lipped woman,
he said was that, he, wanted
and Tar Cough Syrup, Castor
Oil, Healing Oil, Petroleum, Dr.
Pratts Veteiiuaiy Colic -Cure^g
Dr. LeQears
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Turpentine camphor, Etc.,7Cas-
toria/ Wlcher's; Sulphur, Alum
Potash,-Borax, Salts,
Complete line of Groceries.
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1909, newspaper, March 11, 1909; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242127/m1/7/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.