The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1927 Page: 4 of 8
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ASTING POLLY
STAMFORD LEADER COMPANY
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G. L. INGUSH, lUnairer-Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$1.50
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.Wfk* at Stanford, Teaaa. far transmiaaion thrwngh tto
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STAMTT1RD TEXAS. Jl NK H. 1***
Om Year
Six Months
ply- .
Harrold—$196,773 contract let for
paving of highway 5 from Oklaunion.
Dainart—Work progressing on new
sewage disposal plant. j.
S.erra Blanca—El Faso Electric
Company to build light plant here.
Lam<-?a—Highway Number $3 from
tricts Thi* Colquitt table shows that I ml las being completed to meet New
there were 72*1' white common school Mexico federal highway*,
dtstrvts in the state* and 1647 color- Abilcm—'-loOO-foot dam to be built
«1, or a„total of 8928 common schools, in Cedar Creek.
It shows put of 8928 common schools Abilene)—1144,000 '•re plant to be
3060 of1 "them were run less than six built here.
to nine months. * Happy-—School bond issue approved
This former governor says of the and plans for building mad8.
schools running less than six months BoFwr-^-$200.0U0 school bondelec-
COfiT OF PUBLIC
Romance oi Hudson Bay
and James Bay in which
the luxurious pelt oi the
stiver fox is the lure that
tempts men to brave the
perils of barren shore*,
dangerous waters and the
maddening silences of long
arctic winters. A story of
love, patriotism and de-
votion to duty rendered
exceptionally vivid by the
author’s splendid ability
to impart the mystery and
charm of the great white
places.
Seymour Low man. former lieutei.
mu pnvPFmir of , New York, who is t<
l«t> Jfhi s* cretury of the treasure
in cbjjyse of priddMiiou, to succeed
Lincoln C. Andrews, August 1.
lldren
1.033 immi-
“* COBUDenl « im9 JorTaeT I^velland—Texas Utilities Com-
wor who is chairman of the state tax nany ^ buj,d mod„n eleclric pUnt
survey commi**Myj. —here. . •
-u would requirt a comparatively ' Aa5th,_Bid,-for *1..500.000 of high-
'*^nf*^* SU*!P ea>*kt*jali f*v maintenace machinery opened,
their available funds to run the 4863 1 n,!hart_nalhart ^ 4 Klectric
schools which-are now conducted for ’
, — , . . ind Dalhart Water Companies con-'
leaa time than the six months required ,,.A. , _. „ ... '
, , , olidated to form the Dalhart Public i
nr the constitution to bring them up , _
to that average.” - ,.^-tce Company —
• Comfort—Ground broken for two
This should appeal t« the state su- , _ , • _
permtendent of public instruction and n*"' * r*ntr#1 P,,wer *
all those who are ularaonn* In* mil- A* * * omPan*-
lions of dollars for rural aid. Accord-1 Eastland-Over -V) oil operations,
ing to the Colquitt report - the- expen- iwdudtd in drilling:
ditures for public education in Texas Pu-senberg-Hojston and
common schools and independent dis- PoW*r Company to extend line* from <
tricts amoundted' to $47.27*;989.10. *'barton Station.
The report says the scholastic popula- j Bogota Texas-Louisana Power
tioa as given is 1.340.08.3 and the ex^ Company reduces rates,
pend it u re for each scholastic $35.20. hast land—hed^ral IrfJ rmedmte •
Furthermore, the number of pupils in 1 redit Hank organized.
•wage.daily attendance was 89,7,358 Fairfield— Thousands of acres of
and on the basis of. actual attendance -and leased by large oil companies in
the expenditure per pupil was $52.68. eastern section of Freestone County.
Then th^.rule of comparison was used Higgins—Federal T i ans-continkntal
of in the report. Average expendi-j Highway will pnss through here,
ture for the United State*, according^ Sherman—New Hotel Giayson I
to the latest data on hand, was $41.45. opened.
Then jthe former governor used a Fredericksburg—225,000 pounds of
lMWniri l'i dli»t the Jiad homt. __Gillespie Cbuntv wool shipped from
“For the year 192-5. ,34.3 per cent .,ere to San Antonio. ' .
of aJU money collected by taxation by Santa Anna—Work on SluO.oOO
the Texas state government was ex-j ntw high stho.il U> start -cm.
p«»dr-d for public education. Only Sajiu Anna—West Texas Utilhjes
three otlvr states in the union exceed- j company's $.;0,000 ice plant nearing
ed this expenditure on the basis of completion.
•ooev collected They were Delaware Perryton—Ne* tity water well
■a 63.2 per cent: l tah, 62.6 per c**nt; j JHllinsr and contruction of 2-50,000-
Washmgton 63.9 per cent. , ; ; gallon concrete water reservoir under
If these figures are accurate and the .....
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former is a glutton for statistics and Amarillo—Panhandle oil production
•tetistk.1 accuracy, then Texas «hould ea^d ^ jn we<jk>
wot be ashamed of their record in pro- | <-Qtatm_4)ytT 40 000 Crockett ( oun.
vidi/ig funds for the education of the. , b„ „M so f„ thia 5e„on. ....
boys and girls of-the commonwealth. ,1A-»ruw.
_ *, Alamo—Contract let at $102,000
There must be something wrong some- , „. . . . , , .
.___ * .for 3-i hlrg-ks of asphalt paving.
■_ ® Kaufman—$35,00*) contract award-
Texas Weekly Iadaatrial Review ^„for bot*' *nd bui,diW-
Brownsville—Southern P«ilic and /P°rt^^r~ActUal
u x u , . of $1,000,000 west jetty • t»/. .
Juasouri Pacuic Kauroa-ls authonx-
. , V '. ' off Sabine under wav-
ed to make extensions in this aiea. ... ... ,
Ty.er—-Over 41.000.0u0 «u real- Mmm^^ur.l gas to -e 0..
iaed m.Rutk County in 1296 from for- *T*' . .
Texas leads all other ‘tates in
PTOdllCUe m~~'
Nabogdoches—Power distribution num.**r °f
. . , ... , I^iredo—New $->00,000 hotel to he
•yatem to „reconstructed following . , . . .
, ■ -> . . . , , . . _ built here folowing razing of old bne.
tgansfer of municipal plant to Texas . ..
,, . . ., ^ Throckmorton—Gas mains to be
Aimer — Light Company. .
Arp-^Fth.000 bond issue approved =- — - tti. t ’------». . ,
, , . . , . Bar«tow—Highway being surfaced
far erection of school here. - - , .___ _
., _1 . v. t.ntuwi from hetwtTS Pecos nver.
Nacogdoches—New $40,000 high _ _ . . . .
. . ... ^ Texas flour mills products value
•ehool auditorium opened. - . ,
_ .,f | » , more than $40,000,006 yearly.
Farmersville—First carload of on- ' '
. . , Corsicana—Navarro County
r ^ ’. _ $2,690,000 Ixmd txsoe for roads
Alvin—Western Public Service ' „ . .
„ . Dalhart—Company making gas in
Company reduce* ra^ea. . „ .. , r
o ‘ u-.,., -----"UllfHon here.
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EX AS ClOEs WET sec cotton will be white by fall. Coun-
W ITHOl'T CONTROVERSY , try foks sometime* get to thinking
Texas weather is like the North that such -things are their exclusive^
ican menu—the variety makes concern and that city people are blind r
sivn -of it- inwcCurate of neces- to Jheir meaning. But it is not so.
For a time parts of the State For both the bread to feed them and
money to buy. it With come to
townsmen *s the result of rains on
far-awity valleys and mesas. "The
song of the cowman reverberates in
the city canyon and the clatter of the
triphamtpe rin the forgeman’s shop
beats out a sort of tune for the march
.... The wheels of haying
implements and the wheels of lathes
-, and loom* tur ni nunisorf.1 After all
we are one people. After all we are
still children of AheaoiL—Dallas News.
cept New York. Since the begmning (
of the fiscal year last July 34.396 m<
aliens admitted were to make their disc
| residence in Texas, the state again aity
1 holding rank next to New York. - w ere wondering if drouth had them in he
Mexico has furnished 72,552 immi- its grip. A few areas* were practi-•
‘ grants, servant* and laborers arid rally sure of it and desperate mea-
farm laborers predominate. sure* were under consideration.
1- Tbb? explains the activity of I-alxir yut „)| that 1* changed overnight.1
Commissioner James J. Davis. He was |n place of threatWd..disaster there
jlxirn in Wales. He came down to Tex- rejoicing unrestrained. ln~pla.ee oT"
as to tell the Texans they must shut barren fields theer is the green prom-t('>f th«. plow”,
lout Mexican labor. He came to tell j«e of yields to come. In place of’*;,
.them that a monument as high as the gb>om hope lias burgeoned. out. now
1 sky • should be erected to perpetuate that the thirsty soil has drunk iU fill,
.rAl'e Patriotism of John C. Box ,»f Tex- ,-,nH in turn-row and counting-house
,as- • the gladness of bountiful and welcome
Has there been a dollar subscribed ram has left wholesome tokens of its
•to. the monument fund? If not, why? presence
THE STAMFORD LEADER
room* for
b 1V 719 E.
V^-tfc
wih reach the crib
a week or So ago it
week, seemed doomed in t^ie field. Date* feed
alnut crops will be^booming and land that
1 neier thought a little while ago to
FOR RENT—fu
Mrs. W. B lOvft
apartment
Mr. Ed Cox, wife and sop, John Per-
ry, were through Stamford Wednesday
night on their way home from an ex-
tended visit and vacation. Mr; Cox
is with the Graham Leader, at Gra-
ham, Texas. The Leader acknow-
ledge* a pleasant call from Mr. Co».
Mr. and Mrs. Cad Shipp and son
Billy, and Kenneth Mansfield re-
turned- Saturday to their home in
Dallas after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jy
T. Halselj. .\
PHONE 70
Mrs. Will Perkin* and daughter.
Miss Frances, and Miss Ixiuise Cliff
of Dallas were recent guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Halsell.
M- ^a1cuh.s, c*nd^ ^Pr^entativ* will be here to tell you all about the larfest randy far
Don’t fail to come and ae*
How to be Bouffant
and Still
Slim
the big randy display.
| Saturday Specials
Conntry Gentleman
DUNHAM’S
Basket
votes
Prewh and Tender
Ponad of Candy, regular price 40c
Barr<oo yon admire the r*k dr thU type
cl frock, as many fashionable young wo-
mb do. But suppose you do not look
your hast la a straight, tight bodice, as
many young women don’t. Then the
atyW above is the answer, combining with
the piqnaat charm of the period frock the
Battery dfa surplice rinsing and the com-
fort of a short skirt. Moreover it achieves
to bouBaat grace with only yards 0!
-a to inch material, ia «be m Either
tafleu or a softer silk may be used, while
lor summer dottaf into, organdy and
cotton prints are channiag (Csyyrf|B.
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VISITOR, AS IMS
6CLPCR SCSS HIM
fllkrnrtt -$I5,®00 building being
M«a|pt«d tar First StaU Bank of
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Inglish, G. L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1927, newspaper, June 17, 1927; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1024217/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.