The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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Boy Scouts Or-
ganize Troup In
City Friday Nite
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Sam George To Be Scout
Master of Group; - Plans
Made For Completion of
New Troup
Seventeen boys answered the call-
here Friday night when premilinaries
were made for the organizaton of a
]Boy Scout Troop for Crosbyton.
Sam George, of the Mallory Gro-
cery, is to be Scoutmaster for tho
organization. Six more boys have
indicated their desire to join the
movement since the Fjriday night
meeting, Mir. George " said" Tuesday.
This will make a total of 23 boys so
far who will be in Troup No. One in
the clty^ •-
Thirty-two boys make a" troup and
it is the intentioon of Mr. George to
organize four patrols, put on a con-
" test among the four patrols and se-
cure sufficient number of boys fot
the troup.
A Scout committee is the next step
in perfecting the organization, Mr.
George said, and this will be done
just as soon as this committee can
be selected. The Scouts will meet
each Friday evening at 7.30 oclock
at the high school gymnasium. ^
Besides the regular work to be
done by, the organization, weiner
roasts, hikes and other amusements
DISTRICT COURT TO
<OPEN HERE MONDAY
FOR FALL SESSION
Petit Juries Are To Be Call-
ed For Only Two weeks
Of Court Term
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY TEXAS. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22,*1933
CROSBYTON GETS THREE PER
CENT SEDUCTION IN FIRE IN-
SURANCE RATE, DUNN
JUDGE HOMEE L. PHAKR
WHEAT CONTROL
ASS*N TO HOLD ELEC-
TION SEPTEMBER 30
Officers For County Are
To Be Named try Group
Making Applications
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For the purpose of selecting com-
munity control committees; for the
county wheat control association, el-
ections will be held at each of the
following places Saturday, September
30 C. E. Morris, special county a-
gent, said here Tuesday. Only those
men who have made applications for
contracts will be eligible to ^ot®- "~~~
, Applicants may vote at the follow-
ing places and at the dates named:
Crosbyton, district court room, Sat-
urday afternoon 2:30 oclock; Ralls,
auditorium, Saturday afternoon 2:30
o'clock; Lorenzo, Grammar school,
Saturday afternoon 2:30 o'clock;
Wake, school house, Saturday morn-
ing 10 o'clock; Pansy, Saturday morn
ing 10 o'clock; Cone, schoolhouse on
Saturday morning 10 o'clock; Farmer
Saturday morning 10 o'clock, and
Fairview Saturday morning 10 o'-
clock. — •
Any one wishing to make applica-
tion for contracts should get in touch
fore Wednesday, September 27, Mr.
Morris said, as this is the closing
date for all applications for those
men who wish to vote on their coun-
ty organization set-Up.
Applications for contracts are now
in the hands "of men in each "district
who have been designated to assist
the farmers in filling them out.
Reduction
By Fire
sons by
partment
Brought About
Drills and Les-
Local Fire De-
A three per cent reduction in the
fire insurance rate for the City of
Crosbyton has been announced recent
ly by the state insurance board, F.
M. Dunn, insurance agent, notified
city. officials recently.
xThis was* accomplished by weekly
fire drills of the fire, department, and
was made possible through the fire
department of the city by their send-
ing a man to the State Fireman's
School at College Station.
Herman Perkins, of the local fire
department", attended the school, ana
made a grade of 96.
HUTCHINS MADE
RFC ADMINISTRATOR
District Judge of the 72ndJudi-
cial District who will open court
here Monday, and who will be an
able contender for the Democratic
nomination to represent the newly
created Nineteenth District in COn*
gress.
Following a visit here la£t week
by Mr. Grazier, state relief commis-
sioner, Judge Edgar Hutchins was
made county administrator of the
It. F. C.
Ju4fee Hutchins has no further in-
formation as to the program to be
followed by the new set-up of the R
F. C.
Marri
ness
re License Busi-
irovement
to
Show In City All
Week Sept. 25-30
Premier Comedian Has Al-
most New Company This
Year ; 12 Piece Orchestra
COUNTY GO ASTI
"FORBIDDEN TRAIL"
IS THRILL PACKED
WESTERN DRAMA
Picture To Show At Queen
Theater Tonight and
> Tomorrow
"Forbidden Trail" is in reality a
thrill packed road of romance and
adventure. The picture, due today and
Saturday at the Queen Theatre, is the
latest.. Buck J ones—Columbia contri-
bution of split second outdoor action
stories and features such popular
players as Barbara Weeks, Mary Car
of "Over the Hill" fame, and Jack
La Rue in important supporting roles
in the cast,
Bi^tk sttjfS* a little out of his usual
griift-visaged character in "Forbid-
den Trail" and plays a happy go-
lucky, never a thought for tomorrow
Cowboy, who with tht almost ruman
assistance of his magnificent white
stallion, Silver, practically single-
handed whips a band of land and cat-
tle thieves into submission.
Crooked politics, romance and gu-
.■-lirilla KarXatfc waged ..between a ty:
Since Law
The fall term of the District court
will open in Crosbyton Monday, Sep-
tember 25, J A. Odom, district clerk,
said here Tuesday. Homer L. Pharr,
district judge, will be on the bench
and Dan Blair will fill his place as
district attorney. •
Mr. Odom said that the docket was
light this term. There is no jury for
the first and fourth weeks, the se-
cond and third being the only petit
jury cases of the term.
Following is the grand jury and
petit jury for the two weeks: _
Grand Jury:—J. A. Stobaugh, Mat
Kirksey, O. J. Edler, Ernest Arms-
trong, W. C. Baker, S. F. Starrett,
M. G. Heargraves, Geo. E. Mayes, C
R. Smith, R. B. Smith, Joe E. Mc-
Duff, H. Sweatman, W. T. Reed, P B.
Ridls, 0. V. English ajid C. B.
Second week Jury".—T, D. Boyd, It
Jones Goode, Wade Cooper, Otho
Reed, E. H. Collins, W, W. Gleaton,
Roy J. Terrell, E. E. Latham, W. L.
Smith, J. W Crump, S. R. Campbell,
Carter Chase, W. . Gray, C. E. Wes-
terman, Austin Fullingim, C. A. Mc-
duie, A. 3. Coward, R. C. Boyd, J.
W Layton, W. R. Richardson, T. J.
Defee, G. T. O'Rear, C. T. Huddles-
ton, Harry Sherwood, J. H= Payne, R.
F. Artiey, Earl EasterWood, Frank
Himmil, Paul Beddingfield, G. C.
Belvins, V. Chron and J. T. Man-
tooth.
Third Weeks Jury:—J. M. Baker, ,
W. W. Darden, W. A Young, J. H.
Moses, Joe Cchuler, Linnie McDer-
raitt, I. W. Collier, C. E. Felmens, W.
O. Matthews, H. F. Pearson, Joe Gil-
more, W H* Hames, F. I. Bensoori, S.
T, Grizzle, J. E. Rudell, R. E. Elli-
son, D. Y. Blanton, Oscar Thornton.
L. W. Chance, Geo. Crump, D. 0.
.Fox, E. H. Flournoy, R. R. Jones, I.
D. Moore, J. G. Cage, J. L. Glasson,
W. P McKee, J. G Leverett, W. F.
Greenhaw, S. R
and J. F. Edler.
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DUCK HUNTING
OPENS ON NOV. 1ST
LIMIT THIS' YEAR CUT FROM
15 TO 12 BY FEDERAL
RULING
The Department of Agriculture an-
nounced Monday that the open hunt-
ing season for waterfowl, coot and
jacksnipe would be limited to two
months this yeaj as it was last. r
Until the department became a7
larmed because o^ the growing scar-
city of wild fowl, the hunting sea-
son for ducks and geese ordinarily
was three months. ,
The daily bag limit on ducks was
reduced from 15 to 12, not more than
eight of which may be canvasback,
redheads, scaups, peals, shoveler, or
gadwals. The possession limit for
*^ra" j duck was reduced from 30 to 24 and
on the accepted species from 20 to
16. ?
A new provision limits the number
of woodcock that one person may
have in his possession to 12.
The new open season for ducks
(except wood ducks, ruddy ducks and
bufflehead ducks), geese, brant, coot
and jacksnipe include:
Oklahoma and northern zone of
Texas, Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. Maryland
and Arizona (except in the five nor-
thern counties, the southern zone of
Texas, Nov. 16 to Jan, 15.
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WEST SIDE CAFE .
CHANGES HANDS
Since the new law repealing
Gin Marriage—law became effective,
Said To Be Good
^pealedr
the Harley
issuance of marriage licenses in the
county has been increasing, Miss Clau
dia Johnston, county clerk, says.
The law became effective oji Sep-
tember 1 and since that time five
marriage licenses have been issued.
Only three were iksued in August.
Three of the five were issued Satur-
day. '"i
Licenses were, issued to: James
Martin ond Miss. -... M v rtis Chi Id res,
Ralls; Arnold~T*lteynolds and Miss
Pauline Proctor, Crosbyton; Weldon
Cypert and Miss Jo Henderson, Mc-
Adoo; and M. V. Gale and Miss Ber-
tie McGee, Ralls.
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bvton
absence of i^s^eral
.Sadler is *returhi"ng to
jV.r a weeks engagement
rears,
Oros
star
pieal western community present the
share of screen thrills. We see Bar-
bara Weeks, as the editor of the town
small paper, who is*-cojmpelled to
editorially take sides1 with a band of.
^criminals because of a debt she- is
unable to pay off
Special Agent
ty Receives Checks
Crosby County and Re-
turns Them to Gov.
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King Coon-
mllrwlnT
ror
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The first assignment:
county checlcs from the federal; |
ernment to farmers for plow-up, in
the cotton reduction campaign, wept
astray, according to C. E. Mortis,',
special^ agent for Crosby county.
Mi4. Morris was in King county last
Sunday where he was formerly agent
and in conversation with the present
agent there was informed that he
had received a batch of checks with
the Crosby-county serial number on
them and he immediately. - returned
them to Washington. The King coun-
ty agent" did not know that this was
the Crosby county serial at the time
he returned the checks.
No checks had been received up to
yesterday for Crosby county, and of-
ficials did not know when to expect
them to be returned to Crosby coun-
ty. ' ,
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LOCAL ROAD FIRMS
GET FOUR CONTRACTS
AT MONDAY LETTING
-Jones senses-the
situation, buys half' interest in the
ting Monday night, tSeptember 2o, |
with practically all new company, pU^jjcat.jon an(j proceeds to go after
vaudeville and music. H:u- ^ law_breakers with a yengeaffee.
Buck Jones fans can be assured of
an abundent supply of typical Jones
fast riding and quick shootingitiii this
altogether plausible and pffeasihg
| story of the west when the law wis
; on the side of the party with the,
| fastest "draw.''
Lambert Hillyer directed.J,'Forbid-
was written espe-
cially for the screen by Milton Krim.
TEACHER RESTRICTIONS .
ARE ORDERED RESCINDED her venture
field.
new pla>-
ley is said to be better and funier
than evti, if possible, while Billii
Sadler wili be seen in an exceptional
fine lead cf parts.
the new engenue leading lady is
Miss Nunc DeLaire, saidjo be a ve-
ry clever little lady. DeLaire has
appeared with* the better class of dra-
matic companies in the b«t thea.^ den Trail which
througii the East and Middle Wo..w
and Comes to Sadler direct from War-
ner Bros. Theatre. It is her first j
tent show experience, but she lias SOUTH PLAINS FAIR
made a host of friends throughout; TUTf^TAI
Texas, and is thoroughly enjoying,
the outdoor show I (iOOD WILL TOURS
Bert Black has sold the' West Side
Cafe to Ragan Hall of Lubbock. Mr.
Hall has already taken charge of. the
business. - \ ,
INFANT SON J)F MR. AND
MRS. W. J ROGERS DIED
Billie Lee, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Rogers of the Whita Ri-
Hicks, Joe Bowers, ver community, died last Friday
noon, September 15 ,at their liome.
The remanis were carried to Spur
and burial made in the Spur cemete-
ry, with A. A. Hatchell, undertaker,
in charge.
Mr. Rogers is a prominent ranch-
man in the White River community.
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CROSBYTON YOUTHS
REGISTER THIS WEEK
AT TEXAS TECH COL.
A number of Crosbyton young peo-
ple are enrolling at Texas Technolo-
gical College at Lubbock this week.
Freshmen enrolled Monday and up-
per, classmen through the week.
Students enrolling include Misses
Georgia Mae Smith, Helen Lieske,
Genia Dunn, June Zotterafle, Willie
Snider, Elsie Craysbay, Hazel Dell
Dupn, Dorotha Johnston, Jewel Bos-
ton; Messers Arlois Coward, Robert
Work and perhaps others.
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Mr. and Mrs. Qint Wri^t of Am-
were week-end goests of Mr.
Wrights sister, Mrs. J. W. Buchan-
Md family Mrs. E J. Buchan-
ad bee# visiting in Am-
summer returned and "wi"
spent the winter in the Buchannan
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C. OF jp. DELEGATION GETS
LOST ON WAY TO ROGERS
The Chamber of Commerce delega-
tion going on their announced sche-
dule to Rogers Monday night, cot
lost and wandered around for some-
time in a circle, some of the members
of the party reported the next movrf-
ing.
Aftei some time and at a late hour
they „ai rived AtiJAogers but mpet of
the crowd that had assembled had
decided they were not coning and
went home. The j rogram, haw^tr,
was put on for those remaining, ac
coring to Judge Itutchins, who wa#
in cliarge_ '
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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19. •- The
Board of Education was directed on
Monday in a House concurrent reso-
lution by Lon E. Alsup and others,
adopted 88 to 33, to rescind its re-
cent action relative to qualifications
in State Aid schools. The action !/y
the board provided a minimum of
two years in college or its equivalent
together with a four-year high school
or six year elementary grade certi-
ficate; It does not affect teachers
now employed if they attend college
during the1 summer to secyire the re-
quired efficiency.
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Mr. and Mrs .Bernie Fralin and
daughter, Eloise of Slaton, were the
guests Tuesday of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R.* H. Fralin and Mrs. J.
M. Campbell. A
Mrs. Tort^^irrows who has been
sick the past week is reported im-
proving.
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Mr. and Mrs. Riley Duff, of Lub-
bock, were in Crosbyton Tuesday vi-
siting with friends.
The feature vaudeville act with j
Harley this season is the Whitehouse j
Twins, singing and dancing extraor-;
dinary. These talented young men
are really twins, - and it is said even j
their closest friends have difficulty I
in telling them apart. They offer
Horse Races To Be Big Fea-
ture of Fair This Year
Officials Say
LUBBOCK, Sept. ^0. — With the
20th annual exposition just a couple
different routine each night, present- 0f days and a week away, officials of
ing a high class act seldom seen in
anything but the -larger theaters.
Ewert anc^ Barry are also new ad-
ditions to the show. After several
seasons in Chatauqua and Lyceum
work, they turned their efforts, to the
the Panhandle South Plains Fair are
working early and late now getting
last minute details ironed out.
Good wiir trips to better advertise
the exposition are in progress. "First
trip was made last, Tuesday to the
tent-show world, and will present northwe.fi and west'of Lubbock,
dancing and piano accordian nov^Ty j Friday, Sept. 22, the second trip
C. H. Brazier, R. E. Karr, J. N. i
Mabe and Hubert Curry went to Aus- j
tin Monday on business. They return- <
ed home Wednesday morning.
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This week has been ideal cotton
weather, and the older cotton is be-
ginning to open rapidly* A good ma-
ny bales have -bepn ginned in Crosby-
ton this week. ' X T
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Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Day and chil-
dren, Ozella and W. M., and Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Doss and children
Cleo, Trueman and Marvin, and
their niece, Miss Gladine Doss, all of
Ralls, attended church in Crosbyton
Sunday morning where they were
joined by Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Ross,
and family for a picnic lunch and out
ing on the conyon.
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Crosby county
this
—agent for
Wichita Falls
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numbers all next week.
Jimmy Persons is the new juve-
nile man with the company, and
pOrtrays each role in a very capable
manner. Ethel Snow and A. C. Hef-
ner, old favorites of Crosbyton peo-
ple, and longer with Sadler, perhaps
than any other two players, will be
jseen in exceptionally good parts. Or-
chestra, composed of twelve talented
musicians, is under the capable direc-
tion of Joe Golforb, and will present
a thirty minutes overture each even-
ing preceeding the performance. .*>
The Chamber of Commerce ,of Cros
by ton is sponsoring the Sadler Show,
and an invitation is extended the
people of this community to come to
Crosbyton next week and see & real
show at a very nominal cOBt. Prices
of admission have been- materially
reduced this year, and on Monday
rtight, September 26, in Croabjrton,
one lady will be admitted free when
" accompanied by one paid adult tick-
et and the ladies free coupon > con-
tained in this issue of the Crosbyton
Review.
Different plays will be presented
in Crosbyton from those in Ralls this
week. j".
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Frank Corn Sells
Cattle in Ft. Worth
Mrs. S. A. Scurlock, who is better
known here as "Aunt Emma," c^
Dallas, is visiting in the, Burrow,
home. She came to be with Mr.
Mrs. E. O. Burrows ion their thir-
teenth wedding anniversary, Sept 22.
—.—q.
James Humphriaif Itetttrned home.
Friday from Gainfcville. Mrs. Hum
phries remained over with her daugh-
fltarnn, wno r*cenwy • , nr. and
an operation. She ia
ported getiting akttg very nicely.
Frank Corn, rancher and cattle
shipper, sold 110 head on the Fort
oith market Monday, Sales includ-
ed 55 calves, averaging 448 pounds,
Wt |3.26 per hundred; 48 calves, av-
eraging 269 pounds, for $8.50 per
huncWsd; five 432 pound calves for
$8 per hundred and 1*f0 .«* pound
y«MO«fegs for $2.iPer hundred
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week-end at Muleahoe
son, Melvin Bafs, and
is to be made, the party going north
and east of Lubbock, and the third
and last trip comes next Wednesday,
Sept 27, the party going southeast,
south and southwest.
A large number of fast race horsss
have been entered in the six day
racing program which will be a new
feature of the fair this year. The
track has been put in perfect condi-
tion and bleacher seats that will ac-
comodate thousands of fair patrons
(at no extra charge) have been erec-
ted at the finish of the track.
Joe E. Bowman has worked out
plans for an int6 resting h.orse1' show
in the evening each night just be-
fore the fireworks display is touted
off.
Everything will be ready and a ban
ner crowd is expected opening day,
Monday Oct. 2. Tuesday, Oct. 3rd,
is Lubbock's official day. Lubbock
stores will.cloae in t£e afternoon in
order that everyone may be permitt-
ed to attend the fair. '
Wednesday, Oct. 4, in all probabil-
ity will see the largest number of
fair partons as this is School Day.
All school children get in free this
day and special features for the kid-
dies will be offered this day.
Thursday will have important jud-
ging events and Friday is college
gS"' draw McDaniels
Twenty-five cents /or adults and
fifteen cents for children will again
permit' the fair visitors to see the
entire Show including all exhibits,
racing program, fireworks, horse
show and other features.
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Mary Jo Greer, little eight
told daughter of Mr. and
Greer, of the
Two Companies Now Hold
Six Contracts Wilt Work
-• To Start Soon 1
C. M. Huddleston, and Huddleston
& Work, contractors- of Crosbyton,
were the low bidders on- four road
projects Monday, when the Stata
Highway Commission announced low
bids on emergency highway construc-
tion aggregating $1,305,653.
C. M. Huddleston was the low
bidder on 3.7 miles grading and drain
age structure^ in Lynn county from
the Lubbock county line to the Garza
county line, for .$5,405.21.
Huddleston & Work were the low
bidders on 7.5 miles of grading and
drainage structures in Hockley coun-
ty from west of Lubbock to the
Lamb county line, Highway 7, for
$$11,391.59.
Lamb1 County—For 17.5 miles of"
drainage and grading structures from
Hockley county line to Amherst on
Highway No. 7; Huddleston and
Work, $25,531. . -
Lamb County—For 10.9 miles of :
grading and drainage structures from
\mherst to 3.1 miles northwest of
Sudan on Highway No. 7; H!iddr*s-
ton and Work, $22,721.
Other projects let at this time
were: 11 miles caliche base and tri-
ple bituminous surface in Lubbock
county from Lubbock east of Ididdu,
Highway 24, Ernest Lloyd, Fort
Worth, $86,114.50.
Bailey—11..4 miles grading and
drainage strueture from "Mulesh3& to
the Parmer county line, Highway 7,
Hannah and Hall, Wacd, $6,756.31.
Howard—9 miles grading and drai-
nage structures from the Galescock
county line to 4.5 miles south of Big
Spring, Highway 9, Hannah and Hall
of Waco, $28,645.60.
Parmar—8.6 miles grading and
drainage structures from the valley
county line--to the New Mexico line,
Highway seven, Hannah and Hall,
$14,628.31.
Carson—10.8 miles bituminoi^s. seal
coat from highway 33. at Panhandle
to 'the Armstrong county line, higii-
way 17, Coke and Braden ^Marshall,
$1,190.81. x ^
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Crosbyton golfers
play slaton match
Invitation Tourney Held in
That City Sunday
Six members of the Crosbyton Gol
club wept to Slaton Sunday to
nn invitation game with the Slat
club. Members going included R.
'A. Carter, Roy Howard, E. W. Grtx
Brit Dillud, and Owen Cr
Gregg and Mrs. Carter
their husbands.
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Garage Will
Mc Daniel
a garage a
location of
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