The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1930 Page: 1 of 12
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The Nolan (Bounty News
Goes Into More Nolan County Homes Than Any Other Newspaper
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VOL. VI
TWELVE PACES
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1930
On the Broadway of America
NUMBER 21
HIGHWAY BODY TO CONSIDER DESIGNATION
Locust St. Crossing Project as
Temporary Measure’ is Approved
By City Planning Commission
Approval of the Locust
street extension project as a
“temporary measure” to re-
lieve the downtown Texas &
Pacific crossing situation was
reported by the city planning
commission to the city eom-
sion at a joint session of the
two groups Monday.
Judge H. Ft. Bondies, chair-
man of the plan body, pre-
sented city commission the
following resolution which
had been adopted by a ma-
jority vote of the planning
commission:
“Resolved that, as a tem-
porary measure, we approve
in principle the proposed
grade crossing plan over the
Texas & Pacific railroad
tracks at Locust as presented
to us this day by the city
commission. Conditional, how-
ever, that the adoption of
such plan should not commit
the city to a waiver of any
light to insist upon a re-
moval of the Texas & Pacific
switching tracks from off
First street and Avenue A.”
It was indicated at the ses-
sion that the Locust crossing
project was sought as a tem-
porary measure and that pres-
sure would be brought to se-
cure removal of the network
of T-P switch tracks out of
the downtown area.
The project in question
centers upon extending Lo-
cust acoss the T-P, opening
into Avenue A on the south
side of the tracks with drive-
ways leading into both Lamar
and Bowie streets, and clos-
ing of the present crossings
on these two streets.
The plan will now go to of-
ficials of the railroad for con-
sideration.
Schmelmg Wins Title
May Port Clearings Total 160
Air Passengers, Report Shows,
With Number on Steady Climb
Officials Admit
Error; Grant Tax
Plea of Citizen
Any mistake made by a eity
employe which results in a
hardship to a citizen will be
acknowledged by city commis-
sion and the innocent victim
will not be made responsible.
This was attitude taken by
commission members Monday
when a property owner appear-
ed before the body at its ses-
sion and asked that 1926 taxes
on a piece of city property be
remitted. It was claimed by
the property owner that he had
secured a certificate showing
all taxes were paid when he
bought the property, and that
he made the purchase with that
understanding. Later, it was
claimed, taxes for 1926 were
found to be delinquent.
Commission members held
that the error was made by the
city when the certificate was
issued showing the taxes paid,
ard they granted by unanimous
vote the property owner’s re-
quest for remittal of 1926
taxes.
More than 160 air passengers
{ were cleared at municipal airport
j during the month of May and the
: number is steadily increasing, ac-
I cording to figures compiled by
Chester Moffat, port manager, and
VV. A. Larner, representative here
for Southwest Air Fast Express.
During May the Safeway line
had a total of 86 passengers
booked for outgoing planes, and
62 passengers on the line were
aboard arriving planes.
Southern Air Transport booked
12 passengers on departing planes
during the month. There was no
S. A. T. record of arriving pas-
sengers.
Business at the port, including
passengers arrivals and depar-
| tures, overnight storage and oil
and gasoline sales, is steadily in-
! creasing, according to Moffat.
“One of the greatest obstacles
to . big increase in our passenger
tota! is the fact that S. A. T.
planes usually arrive here with
full loads,” said the port manager.
“The ships can carry only five
or six passengers, and every day |
we have to turn down requests!
for bookings. The westbound ships,
after leaving El Paso w ith a few I
South Will
Be Surveyed, Ely
Tells Delegation
I EQUIPMENT FOR NEW JUNIOR
HIGH WILL BE BOUGHT AT
MONDAY SESSION
Bids will be opened Monday
night at a session of the board of
trustees for equipment for the
new junior high school building
now under construction on Lamar
street.
The equipment and fixtures are
expected to cost in the neighbor-
hood of $12,000 to $15,000.
Many bidders are expected to
submit figures on the equipment
job, according to Homer Bradford,j
president of the board.
Equipment to be contracted for!
will include desks, chairs, teach- •
ers’ desks, lockers and other furni-
ture and fixtures for the structure. I
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GR0CFRY SOLD
TO W. R. HOPE
GAS PRICE IS
CUT 2 CENTS
FIGHT BEARS FRUIT TO PUT
CITY ON EQUAL BASIS
WITH OTHERS
ACTION DUE AT
SEPT. MEETING
AFFAIRS AT STANDSTILL
SINCE STERLING IS CAN-
DIDATE, SAYS ELY
Wholesale and retail gaso-
line prices were cut two cents
in Sweetwater, effective
Tuesday, and gas is selling
for 18 cents at most stations
as the culmination of a long-
waged local fight to bring the
price down here on a basis
simi.ar to that in surrounding
towns.
WELL - KNOWN DAIRYMAN
BUYS HELPY SELFY NO.
2 ON LAMAR STREET
W. R.
water dairyman and until recently j
the operator of
Action will probably be
taken by the state highway
commission at its September
meeting on application for
official designation of the
proposed S weetwater-Win-
ters-Coleman road as a link in
a new trans-Texas route, W.
R. Ely, commission member,
told a d« egation of Winters
citizens who called upon him
in Abilene Wednesday.
Request that the road be
designated was formally filed with
the commission at a meeting in
MAX SC1IMF.LING, THE WINNER
Although efforts were made
several months ago to bring the
several months ago to get a re-
duction in the wholesale price of
gasoline, actual results were not
accomplished until this week when i Austin several weeks ago when
~ . | the price cut came following I representatives of the Sweetwa-
ope, well known Sweet- j strenuous efforts made during the ter-Winters-Coleman Highway As-
and until recently j past several days by A. R. Car-1 sociation appe .red before the
Hope Milk Plant, j ter, agent here for the Continental I
has purchased from Chester Free-j Oil & Refining Co., and W. R.
man the Helpy Selfy Store No. 2 ; Johnson, of
at 1111 Lamar street.
Sharkey Fouls
Max In 4th
A terrific low left nunch de-
livered to Max Schmelin"’* stoni-f
ach by Jack Sharkey as the bell
ranjf for the end of the 4th round
was judged a foul and the heavy-
weight champions,«tp of the world
was switched from the United
States to Germany at the abrupt
ending of the title match witness-
ed by 75,000 spectators at
Yankee Stadium, New York,
Thursday night.
The Boston gob, “America’s
Hope,” reeled in his corner and
was thought for a moment to have
fainted when announcement was
made that his blow was a foul
and that the title crown had pass-
ed to the German.
Sharkey had been complete mas-
ter of the four rounds although
Buck & Henry Serv-
i ice Station, who waged intensive
Mr. Hope took personal charge ; Station for a reduction, resulting
of the business Monday. The firm finally in announcements
will he known as Hope’s Cash j cut the fiist of
Grocery.
“We will carry a complete stock
at all times of groceries, fruits,
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fk ? % B
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vegetables and meats," Mr. Hope
said in announcing his purchase
of the business.
Sam C. Sellers will be in charge
of the store when Mr. Hope and
his family leave next week for a
vacation trip to south Texas. They
I expect to be away 10 days. J. H. |
Fieeze is in charge of the market.
Mr. Sellers has been connected;
■ with the store since its opening.
| Mr. Hope has long been identi- j
fied with the dairy business in
the county, and recently sold the I
Hope Milk Plant here to Quality j
Dairy Products.
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of the
the week.
The tank-wagon price reduction
of two cents, passed on to the
motoring public, will save auto
body.
Ely told the W’inters delegation
Wednesday that there was little
probability of new designations
being made until after the pri-
mary election.
Since R. S. Sterling, commis-
sion member, has entered the race
for governor, action of the com-
mission on designations will
likely be suspended until after the
election, Ely said. He‘pointed out
■ that inasmuch as Sterling was still
a highway commission member,
designations ordered now might be
WTPP HKTORY interpreted b> opponents as
»* * vV 1 llk> 1 'w'lA 1 political moves and that it was the
-- j desire of the candidate to table
designation requests until after
the election.
“It will probably be in
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CRANE TELLS
SAYS S WATER WAS LEADER
IN EARLY FIGHT FOR
AREA DEVELOPMENT
*na«
IAIL CAUSES
CROP DAMAGE
,200 ACRES YOUNG COTTON
NEAR ROSCOE ARE DE-
STROYED IN STORM
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Damage estimated at $2,000
esulted from a heavy hailstorm
a territory west and south of
|oscoe last Friday night.
downpour of rain, which ac-
|;J>mpanied the hail, flooded
! Iiany fields and a solid blanket
1 f water stood over young crops
i or more than 12 hours.
I The hail completely destroyed
"Lout 1,000 to 1,200 acres of
joung cotton, according to re-
mits from farmers in the damag-
< II area.
!
", Most of the land which caught
-x.be ferocity of the hailstorm is
jested around the Goode com-
iunity, in the neighborhood of
|ie city wells, southwest of Ros-
i>e.
Schmeling’i stock was rising after
he had stuck that long before
the onslaught of the Bostonian.
Sharkey tapped Max freely in
passengers and picking up more at. j the opener, the second was slow
Big Spring and Midland, are full and a draw. In the third Sharkey
nearly every day when they reach cut loose with everything and had
Sweetwater and We have to turn | the invader from foreign soil reel-
down many calls from local peo- ! ing under tcrr'fic rights to the
i'e who want last transportation jaw. The fourth started slow, with
to Ft. Worth and Dallas. If s. A. Sharkey sightly leading, and end-
1. begins operating larger planes ed in a whirlwind cf bodv blows
our port clearings will run into that culmin^cd in the low left to Blaze in Dwelling
high figures. ' the pit of the German’s stomach as
--O--- the bell ring. Max sank to the
YOUTH IS SENTENCED j floor and was carried to hie cor-
Johnny Ratliff was sentenced ( ner. Sharkey retired to hit
Man’s Eye Blown
To Bits as Gun
Explodes on Hunt
M. J.
JACK SHARKEY, THE LOSER
Does $750 Damage
to a term in the state reformatory
at Gatesville in county court Wed-
nesday morning in connection
with the attempt made to enter a
Mexican store here Monday night.
The youth was already under a
suspended sentence. Buddy Guth-
erie and B. C. Greer, charged in
connection with the same offense,
were paroled to their parents.
corner
and waited anxiously for a verdict.
Schmeling's body was examined
by a doctor and the blow was de-
clared a foul.
Trainers worked on Sharkey's
body to prevent him from fainting
as announcement was made that
Schmeling had won the heavy j when the fire broke out in the
we'ght championship of the world kitchen. The enterior of the resi-
on a foul. 1 dence was badly damaged.
Fire Tuesday night caused'
damage estimated at from $750
to $1,P00 to a residence on east |
New Mexico avenue, occupied by ' while
Don Ferris and Bill Jowei.
The dwelling was owned by
Mrs. I). A. Myres.
Jowei was asleep in the house
Swartz, Claytonville farm-
| er, was reported resting well
Thursday following the removal
of his left eyeball at Sweetwater
San'tarium as the result of an in-
jury he received when a shotgun
exploded while he was hunting
rabbits.
Swartz's eyeball was literally
blown into bits when a cartridge
exploded as he raised the gun to
fire at a rabbit. A two-inch sec-
t on of the end of the barret was
shattered, with the full force of
the exploding steel striking him in (j(.(.].lr,lf|
“Sweetwater has
tural’ advantages and never
has had. But it did have a
few citizens in the early days
who, by their own determina-
tion and nerve, put their
shoulder to the wheel and
started the growth of this
town from a railroad whistle-
stop and the laughing stock
of Texas to what is now
West Texas' outstanding
city.”
j That was the declaration of
Judge R. C. Crane, Sweetwater
attorney and noted as a West
| Texas historian, in a talk at the
| Sweetwater Club Thursday noon
! when he reviewed the history of
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
I merce.
Both the West Texas Chamber
September before we have a
full report from an engineer
on the route,” Judge Ely told
the Winters group. “We will
have the survey made and
give the application our com-
plete and impartial consldera-
t on.
The report that we have
refused this designation is
absolutely untrue. We have
taken no action whatever on
your request.”
Ely has stated that he was op-
posed to designation of a road
from Sweetwater to Winters to
Coleman and has told several
representatives of the towns con-
cerned that he did not be!ieve the
road was needed.
His opposition to the route has
been no secret to those interested
in the project, and local members
of the road Association pointed
I and the Texas Technological Col-
lege should :ghtly call Sweetwa-1 °Ut that tht' whole Proceedings be-
ter their b'—.hpinre, Judge Crane 7'in ",tb t(u‘ ,ub knowledge that
Judge Ely did not feel that this
Swartz wax
' *ye‘ . . , i He pointed out that the begin-
.■ * /CC1 .en' occurirr ** nl* 1 ' ning of ihe two institutions were
| closely interwoven and that Sweet-
j water, more than any other city,
j was the hub around which early
j agitation hinged during those hec-
j tie days when West Texas first
came into its own and demanded
hunting
auto light with a number of
Claytonville community neigh-
bora.
He haa been removed from the
aanitarium to the home of hia
brother, T. F. Swartx, 201 Hickory
atre-t.
new route was practical or needed
at this time.
Judge Ely said Wednesday that
there were more than 30 applica-
tions on file for new designations
and that action on any of them
would probably he denied
after the primary election.
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----------------—-----Commissioners
200 Scouts Leaving For Camp Concho Monday
Seven days’ vacation for $7!
Sounds like a bargain, and it is.
At least some 200 .Boy Scouts iln
the Buffalo Trails Council think
so for they have made that de-
posit, packed their duffle hags
and polished their mess kits, and
are counting the minutes until
Monday morning when the “back
to nature" trek begins to the
beautiful camp site on the Concho
river.
A. C. Williamson, executive fpr
the council, announced Thursday
that all was in readiness for the
annual encampment which opens
Monday. F’ifty-two boys have
registered for the first week, and
72 for the second week. Registra-
tions are still pouring in and the
total is expected to top the 200-
mark by Saturday.
Troops will leave Sweetwater
early Monday and eat their first
meal at Camp Concho Monday
noon. Williamson will be super-
visor of the camp for the two
weeks, assisted by various Scout
officials from over the area. The
camp is located on the Concho
river 15 miles from San Angelo.
Among the adult leaders who
will be at the camp a portion of
its duration are Dr. P. T. Quast,
chairman of the council camp
committee; J. C. Morris, Rev.
Gary L. Smith, Thomas Cole and
C. FL Paxton. Officials from other
towns in the council will also at-
tend.
Scouts who will attend the camp-
will represent troops from Sweet-
water, Colorado, Big Spring, Mid-
land, Snyder, Rotan, Odessa, Lor-1
nine, and Stanton.
The following Sweetwater
Scouts have registered to date for
the encampment:
Troop No. 40, First Presbyter-
ian church: William Sullivan, 0.
L. Stamps, David Bryant, Keats
Kiser, Edward Hartgraves, Clvee
Tax Adjustments
County commissioners court has
j been in session here this week, sit-
B. Chambers, Jr„ Jim Boothe, | £"*“• J'.08.rd of ta* ^a'ization
Most of their activities this week
Frank Newberry, Billy Lewis, Rus-
sell Turner, Keith Manroe.
Troop No. 42, First Methodist
church: Otho Allen, Austin Davis,
Jimmy Crist, Leon Shinn, Chester
Gordon, Ira Barry, John R. Norris,
Weldon Canfil, Lester Eugene
SHomake, Tom Headrick.
Troop No. 44, Heighland
Heights Methodist church: Levi
centered upon fixing pipe line
valuations. The commissioners will
go into session again June 23 and
24 to resume tax equalization
work.
Smith, John Barry Hubbard, Will Hammond, Howard Butler, Jerry
Hubbard, Charles Rosebrough, A. Greer, Bruce McKee.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Y. Morisae
and family of Yorktown, Texas,
departed for their home Monday
following a visit here with Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Lee. Mrs. Morisae ig
Mrs. Lee's sister. ^
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Boyles, C. S., Jr. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1930, newspaper, June 12, 1930; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559009/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.