The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 18, 1935 Page: 1
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Get your Oldtimers
Badge at the Herald
Booth Today
Volume 26
Modern Farms Exist
Where Buffalo
i Roamed
Half a century ago thoro were
no white women living In what Is
now Swisher county The only
Feeding on tho abundance of
prairie grass besides tho cattle
were Immense herds of wild horses
and antelope with an occasional
buffnlo remnant of tho once
inaumerablo herds of bison that
Inhabited this section during the
rolgn of tho Indians all over the tor
No they are not with the
Carnival Two JlilTImors Guess
who they are
a small stock of groceries for tho
scattered families nnd cowmen
Other settlers moved into the
territory and In 1890 a score or
Intj
FORTYFIVI
One Woman Nine
Men Served Swisher
Co As Sheriff
Nine mull and one woman have
served Swisher county in the ca
pacity of Sheriff nnd tax collector
white persons In this section at slnco Its organization In 1890
that time were cowboys who were I Frank Scott of Weslnco Texas
employed by largo ranching firms formerly associated with the Scott
such as the J A Uaneh with head Tracy Hardware Co was the first
quarters some 110 miles northeast sheriff and served for six years
of Tulla and other largo ranches Frank Ilritlnn was the second
In other directions land O C Hutchison A Conner
A large part of this part of the Mack Crawfoid Ollroy Porter 1
country was under fence which ex H Walters and John Mosoloy fol
tended to the Palo Dtiro Canyon lowed In order named Tho late 1
The rest of the section now known C Moseioy was killed In Hue of
as Swisher county was open pralr duty January 23 1033 while at
ie which was used by cowmen for tempting to arrest Olon HutiMicker
range m l Perchmoutb Stanton In the
ens part of Tulla Mrs J C
Moseley was appointed by tin
court to serve as sheriff for tin
remainder of hor husbands term
J IJ Cnylor is the present slier
Iff which now Includes also tin
offices of tax assessor and colic
grout Plains country Swisher county citizens are proud
Little loss than half a century of ho sploudld record our count
igo the families of two white sot1 bus for being lawabiding and that
Rlort made their appearance in I their sheriffs hnve always In en
llils men Mr and Mrs T A Gray j known as fearless and efflcicir
find Mr and Mrs W G Conner officers
Mr Gray camo to boss tho crow I
of cowboys that were caring for a ors lanchmon would haul wood
largo number of cattle for an eastern
syndicate He and Mrs Gray
some 30 to CO miles obtaining it
from Tule and Palo Duro canyons
M ntllial f fPup 0SR wn ww
settled a lew miles west of the
banks01 from the uniiio source before
present site of Tulia on tho
of Middle Tule Creek where they j mlni of the railroad
built a dugout and began a life of
real pioneering wbere they were
compelled to haul their supplies
more than 1 0 miles
They lived in this dugout for
several years later taking up land
nround them and building n more
comfortable and attractive homo
where they continued to live until
they moved to Tulla some 10 years
ago Tvlrs Gray passed away less
thiti n year ago Mr Gray is still
Little farming was done in 1890
and the pooplo depended nltogeth j
or upon cattle raising for their
livelihood driving their herds bun
dreds of miles to the railroad for
market
Tulla Grows Rapidly
As tho settlers began coming In
thrlr relatives from afar heard of
the now country and still others
enniu and the little town of Tulla
grew rapidly for a time and was
a citizen of Tulla and is nblo to nB or a wide territory
liulilm b l Snntn Fo extended
recount many evpork wc
tholr lino Into Tulla In 1000
Ui tho enrlv lite rr < e 0 n land
1 w ° f l
countered at lirst < I
Mr and Mrs W G Connor P > oP ty became bigb priced
tied on ihe section on vhkli Tulla i uo11 nf u stllinK to men from the
now stands Thev also built a dug I ro11 Ur < < w hl sellout
just south Jf the present < < > > Whole carloads of prs
of the home in the south part of peetlvp land buyers were brought
l 1 > > envisioned real oslnte deal
Tulia 1I re ilie llvd I i eveni
years and nice ihcir home was 1 < > > < l > > sections all
° r tn to these I
on the trail heiu u Amarillo and county men most
r nluni Wi Illo Ihe
Pluinview and other ponts south county
thev Mltiil d pest office and v 10 > s < l ve and bin
clpcd make this county one
he fnrcinost agricultural
n the Plains i
Conner First Mayor I
W inner was made ihe first
mavor oi Tulla and had n leading
part in the dovolopment of the
own and county ft was lie who
diiimtul IhA two city blocks on I
1 which our fine schools are h cat
oil lie also donated the block on
Hroadway and designated tho site
to he a park It Is now a city park j
and will soon be dedicated and Its I
citizens and others allowed to use
It as ucli Tlie trees are large I
enough an the grass Is becoming
> beautiful
Many sales of lots were bad
some by drawing and otherwise
This may nccount for tho fact that
scores of lots in town today can
not be traced to proper owners
who probably never proved up on
them or had them recorded
Mr Conner passed away a few
years ago but Mrs Conner is living
In tho same block she lived
as a young woman with her husband
in tho dugout and she may
bo pi oud that alio was tho first
white woman to live In Tulla or
where Tulla now Is
Many Left Country
We who live In this county today
fool that we havo suffered drought
and low prices nnd feol that It
never could havo been worse In
more citizens decided to orgnnlzo an early day lint some of the old
X Hoparatu county and with the i timers tell us thnt they could not
aid of Col It P Sinythe and otli make n living on n sotion Thev
ors the county was organized on coinplolnod to tho government and
lulv 17 1890 and was given the I some oven moved bnck to their old
name of Swisher in honor of Col homes and left this section inter
Swisher an early Texas Patriot
Alter iwtch discussion and dls
ngieenientVtliP town of Tulla was
disignaled by oloctiou as being the
silo for the county seat Many of
the citizens of the eastern section
wanted the silo placed directly In
tho center of the county which
would have placed the town several
miles enst and a few nilloo
north of tho present site Mr Connor
and several of his friends won
tholr point and tho county sent
was designated where it now
stands on tho section which Mr
Copper honiesteaded on his arrival
tioro
Fuel Was Scnrce
This bolng a prairie country and
con or wood within many many
nl aiiy settlers were forced to
hand In the
what fuel was at
thin constted of cowchlps
uh wen n very good substitute
lo return and wore allowed to
homestead four sections Instead
of one
Thoro are those of the oldtimer
who will toll you that those who
havo lived hero only n short time
do not know whnt hard times and
privations menu while othors long
for tho rood old dnys of the flOs
After all Is said and done ono
thing stands nut as being true
Thoro are few If any places In
this U S that conditions are bettor
over a period on several yonvs
than In Good Old Swisher County
and tho Tulla Herald Joins all other
Tulln Citizens In welcoming tho
Pioneers as woll as nil citizens of
tho county U > tho county sent
TODAY to colobrato our 15th Ulrth
day and hope thnt the Immedlae
future years mov bring g nor 1
Improvement in rvrrv wiv nnd
tl hr rrnntij will prfir
r ii tier fuel Later many farm it u vcr hn profrci d In err r
istory
LOOKED
THE AND NOW
I nili mil m i In i iiinl
worn inlmtiil Pictnrcil nlnn i IiiIli
J Conner as lie lookeil when lie
which Ttiliu new tainl ami i i it
Coyote Chorus
Was Music Of
Pioneer Period
MRS TOMLINSON TELLS OF OR
GANIZATION OF COUNTY
AND DEVELOPMENT
By Mrs T W Tomllnson
Editors Note Mrs Tomlln6on
Is one of Swisher countys oldest
settlers She came to the county
as a bride In 1893 Her husband
Judge T W Tomllnson who died
In 1925 was recognized as one of
the leaders In the development of
the Panhandle
Long before tho day on which
and turned tholr facos toward tho
land of brood plains lowering
mountains forests of finest tlm
her out of which was carved the
republic of Texas afterwards the
state of Texas
Tills vast domain wns settled as
conditions would permit First on
tiio eastern and southern borders
and then In tho interior Hut as
recently as tho seventies there was
yet a vast domain lying In the
northwestern part of the stato
known for legal and commercial
purposes as tho Jack Land district
out of which was carved
tho republic of Texas afterwards
tho state of Texas
This ast domain wns settled as
itltiiiis would p rniit First on
tie i I 1 o I oiillii rn hi ill
prd thn ir th > n < re r T
I i i nuiiii Ii
> n If totinn on
lei lie Cllllcil MtS
Tulia r KlJO
On tlu > right is Mis Charlie irtfi t
I hi lillc Mis Tulia at a conlel uc nl i
Tlicalri in which a liir c nuinlicr ol < < a i a
Another OldTimer
Passed Away Mon
1 A Nail nn early settler oi
Swisher County died July 15 ai
the 1101110 of his daughter Mrs J
T Colder in Tulla Texas Mi
Null moved to Swisher County in
ISO lie moved to Lockney in ion
and has made his home tlieie
ills dentil Ho was an active i e
her of the Church of Christ
more than fifty years He b
his wife with whom be has
for fifty nine years one mm i
H Nail of Lockney and
daughter Mrs J T Cord i
Tuliu
He left us In his eighty i
year peacefully and wllllng II
was ready to bring to a close h
life hero in passing on to a h
ter and n more enduring life i
a perfect home His oldest daii h
ter Mrs T M More pioi id il
him about twenty three ai
lenviig several children most < t
whom are now in California
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Tulia Swisher County Texas July IS 1935
wihtirn purl ot Hie state known
which was curved Swisher county
together with many other f the
Panhandle and plains counties
Swisher county was named for
one of the patriotic citizens of
Teas who figured prominently In
the early struggles In wresting the
republic from Mexico contemporary
with Howie Travlr Houston
Crockett and
prominent as these heroes
First Settler
Historic McKenzie
Battleground In
Swisher County
In tho extreme eastern part ot
Swisher County stands tho Bpol
of tho Old McKonzIo llattlegiound
where a bloody battle was fought
between the whites and Indians
ami where many on botli sides
iot their lives
it is said by old timers that tin
route traveled fiom Ktiuniugwaicr
tJraw now known as the Mckenzie
Trail traverses Crosby
Hoyd and Swisher counties aiitj
litis trail and the battleground
iliould be properly marked for the
convenience of visitors to Toxiib
during tile Centennial next year
Highway officials are now
undertaking to locate those his
torlc spots in order to mark the
tiato and federal highways to
guide visitors who may wisli to
view them
Any oldtliner who knows about
this should got in touch with Mr
Garrett Tulla Highway eiiBinoer
and tell him nil you know concerning
the matter
Swisher County has two or
three members of the Centennial
committee who should and possibly
will see that this batllogiound site
receives recognition Horn tho
officers of ho State Centennial
mid if possible may gi t some
iiriiice get In touch with Mr
Moles pastor and he will see that
vou get to attend
Tulia Had Indian
Scare
In 1890
for legal and common ial purpose In 1890 fourteen years alter tin
as the Jack Laud district out ol l hist Indian battle in the Pan
handle citizens of the South
Plains hurried to Tulln when the
rumor was spread that Indians
wore on the warpath butchering
all settlers and destroying tlier
homes
A drunken stage driver was
It is said that J H Parish was i passed from mouth lo month by
the first actual settler In Swisher I riders who feared for the safety
county ho having come here with
his family In September 1680
And this statement is attested by
the abstract of Texas land titles
the Immortal Horace Grooly spoke which show that he was the first
tlie words Go west young ninn j sottlor to file on school land His
of their families and all rushed
l
Visitors on Sunday Inly 21 ai Ilaylor University bus i n I
lie conforenco will ho welcome recognition as n wrini in I
and many Tulia folks will n > ml Florence 10 Humes book T si
the day there
Writers of Toilny He is iino r
1 published a hook entitled i
1 Cowboys In Story and Sour t
I Hveiet Is also honored lu hin I
i Dr Damns slate In Ie i an
ed book given him
that she is Indobld lo htm mi
his assistance In compiling hi
hook
o
Many Old Timers
Banqueted Kiwanis
Sixteen old timers wen btinqncl
ed at the Kiwanls liu hoii in In
Tuesday by invitation from the
various members of the club The
One Years Subscription
to the Herald
Today 100
Number 29
Old Timers To Register at
Herald Booth July 16 and 17
Old Timers those who came to
Swisher County 25 years ago or
more nro requested to come to
tho Herald Ilooth on the west side
of the Square during the annual
plonlc register tholr names and
tho ditto they came to the county
and they will recolvo a badgo
with their name and the date
to be pinned on their lapel to
wear during the picnic
If you have not lived In tho
county all the time slnco coming
to the loiinty tills fact can bo
designated on the regrlstratlon
shoot
Someone will be prosont at the
Herald Ilooth to iisbIsI you In
making your roport and It is
vory Important that you register
nnd lecelve a badge
Old Timers Registered Up To
Five Oclock Yesterday
G F Heed Tulln
W 11 Love Tulla
L II Campbell Tulla
lames Frye Tulln
L S SimpRoii Tulia
P W MIllhell Tulln
C It Spear Tulla
Mrs Win Ward Tulla
Mrs Ilui Cox Garden City
J M Potter Clarendon
F W Jackson Tulla
appiopriatlon of funds for Hits W N Clayton Amarillo
Purpose
Presbyterian Conference
July 1825
The Panhandle Presbyterian Conference
under the auspices of the
Amarillo Presbytery will bo in session
In Ceta Canyon Methodist 10n
campment Grounds beginning
Thursday and ending Thursday
July 25
Many of the young people of
lulia iie making preparations to
iitentl session of the
i iiiuig people from all sections
> I In Panhandle In n rellgios
I recreulional program for I lie
uok
llcause of this conference there
v ill he no services tit the Pr
I viinm Church in Tulln next Sun
iImv escept that Sniiilnv School
will he hold for any that may jon
uant to come at Ibi > 10 oclock
I
i he oi i hour
i Whether you are a member of
I ml r MH wt id fo the Old h Presbyterian congregation t
ll not if you want to attend this con
W It little Tulla
Jofr Potior Tulla
John Uieo Tulla
J T Hale Tulla
1890
1891
1008
1901
1S90
1901
Discarded TextBooks
Given To
Local Children
County School Commission r IS
C McCasland wishes to notify
parents and children that he has
1000 copies of good discarded
textbooks that he will give free el
charge to iluw who want them
These books nie no longer listed
us adopted text books but ore
every cop
n lK
i nce where thev will meet nth
are In good condldllon and would
S M Illcks Tulla 1900
J O Halter Tulla 1887
Sam Stapp Tulla 1893
W O Hulsey Tulla 1893
O S Stronp Tulla
A J Harris Tulla 1906
J T Lenimon Tulla 1878
Mrs J I Ward Tulla 1891
Mrs M G anylor Tulla 1891
Mrs II W Armstrong Tulln 1891
It F Ormsby Kress
II Grlssom Tulln
W Ii Itice Tulla
II A Hodges Sliverton
T W Moore Tulln
C S ltiiss Kress
J F Smyor Kress
T P Johnston Tulla
Arnold St roup Tulln
Lao F Pearson Tulla
P M Porter Tulla
S C Scott Tulla
Mrs C L Medley Happy
W L Sexton Tulln
F J Vniiderson Tulla
J M Parties Tulia
F ll Anderson Tulla
1908 ll p Cnmpboll Tulla
1908
190S
1908
1S90
1890
1S91
1S90
I Sill
George A Vaughn Tulln
It Jennings Tulla
Ii M Faulkner
1904
1910
1890
1902
1911
1900
1890
1905
1890
1902
1908
1902
1891
1909
1007
1801
1911
1007
Mrs II L Wright Vigo Park 1009
Mrs W S Uln Tulln
W C Crawford Tuliu
11 L antrull Tulla
L M Lamkiii Plulnvlew
Will llousser Tulia
U O Jennings Tulln
W A Grnhiim Tulln
1901 a II Jordan Tulla
lOOi
1908
lOOO
1S89
1S0I
189n
1909
1900
1902
1890
1889
Wayland College Is
Host To Baptists
A llapllst school of Missions and
Church Training Assembly will behold
at Wayland College July 25
and 20 in n series of programs
that promise to be both Instructive
and Inspirational
Lecture1 cIiiich Inspirational
in Iks nuilc and pageants standout
as In ing high lights h
twoday program
be cducalluml for any child Manv Tulla pi
will
Hiovli up lo have in lltelr hlraiv
Firel comers will have choh ol lliK mcili i of tin S >
books so If you want some > > l Ibin n > uiiemi int
them call at tin Judges office as Ing
soon as possible and he will u lsi < y
> ei making ii dunce
Phis is a spii mlil iipmil i
mi II
Tulia Student Is
Listed In Texas
Writers Of Today
Fvoi I Anscbiilz mi
Tuliu High school mid
T A ilJADDYi iItW
responsible for the rumor who basement of the Methodist church Swishers First
must havo become alarmed at his
others but not so own story for be never returned
to tho town
Hut the story grow as It was
J
Tax Assessor
introduction of each old timer was
made by a young old timer in tho J T A Ciiin who bus Ihol in
person of County Attorney A Foy Swisher County longer than an >
Curry Jr Those present were In other man was the first tax as
traduced In the following order sossor after its organization July
to Tulia to make a desperate I Mrs W G Conner mother of the 17 1890
stand against the dreaded tenor town Mrs T W Tomlnlson who There were only two other fain
of n raid responded with a number of remln llles ben when I moved from
From all over tho South Plains i Ismnces of former times or joys Crosby county says Mr
tlie frightened settlers rushed to iind hardships of the pioneer days who holds the uniau < di i
Gray
ii
world I T Lemons 8i J L Cantrell having nlded In tin m > <
men from all over the j settlement was located in tlie tlie Swisher county capltol Trench
Missouri Tennessee Kentucky m part of the county on middle os were dug around the courthouse Daddy T A Gniv W C Hulsey of two Panhandle n >
Virginia Arkansas Mississippi the Tule creek near u littckberry grove nnd tho White Hotel aUm M the G Gunnison W A Graham and Swisher
Carollnns and many other states the land being now owned by Mrs only buildings of uny bizc In the j J A Hutchison Geo Heed W Wo settled time n oi
had set their imaginative eyes on J T Crawford of this county J H city Posts hauled by settlers C Crawford Dr J Ed Crawford town and 1 built a
Settle came with his family In Dei trom the Palo Dure and TueMrs J A Oden and Jus T Hule fanily to live in 1 pu
cembor 1880 and settled near Mr Canyons were used for additional all of Tulla and T M Baxter of windmill in the < on
Parish I fortifications and for two nights j Vigo Park of 1S87
About 1SS5 the IA ranch after and a day the terrorized citizens Other guests of the club were I wtis working i < n v
wauls owned by Mrs Adulr wits stood guard expecting everv ruin1 Walter Hoard of Chlcaiio 1 A ranch owned by A o
csabllshod in the enstern part ofluteo the attack of the Indians I Hicks and Albert MoCarty of Lub Dailus vh u I dime here ami on
the county here thoy built sub According to oyo witnesses bock and tlie guest speaker Ilev tinned to work for the outfit itnti
stantlal hcuduuarters from which guards wi re sent out some distance Sumner missionary to the foreign 1890 when 1 began to work foi
thoy operated and fenced a largo from town at night and through field Africa who made a most In
portion of the county Into ono largo out tho night thoy would hold torostlng talk on the African work
pasture and the young men or
cowboys took active part in the
early settlement nnd organization
of tho county
Lumber From Quanah
W O Conner and family and T
A Grny and family came In Juno
1887 At thnt time Quanah was
their ears to the ground listening His nudlonco wns spell bound with
for tho hoofbealB of the horses
expecting every moment to hear
tho bloodcurdling warboops of tho
Indians
After two nights and a day the
his portrayal of tho pioneering and
tho evangelizing of the black race
Two now mombors W A Graham
and A N Baldwin were
Sreoted by tho club
oxcltoment began to die down the Miss Paulino Ihieliunau official
trncod back to Its pianist rendered two old time
story whs
tlie nearest railroad point rm1 the original source and the settlers numbers for the benefit of the
lumber to build their ducm nnd departed for tin ir homes guests
IIIill 111tie II I ele Tl l IV I I 1 I III III I I H 11 if V Ml plot
i 1 le n i mi t i i i i t t rrm under tho leadership of
if i in i i i
B H Johnson and worked far him
for six years
About 1897 Mr Grey filed on
four sections of land and went Intr
the catlo business for himself nnd
bulU up one of the finest herd
In the Panhandle He continued
to live on this lnnd uutl lhs became
physically unable to work at
tlm jib when he moved to Tuliu
He was tax assessor in 1800 ami
the t rate at that time was 2
cen on the 100 valuation am
1 a iboii
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