The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. [69], No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1941 Page: 2 of 12
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ALL STYLES^ALL COLORS—ALL MAKES—ARE BEING
REDUCED THE SECOND TIME!
$7.95 Values — NOW
99S Auto Pa
$5.95 Value* — NOW
Old Sett
$3.95 Value* —'NOW
$2.95 Value. — NOW
$1.95 Vilue* — NOW
:o- vs* sss
Tu Col toe tor;
wr- ^lAMmr; O. :
rSi-. *»$• THMurif; J.
it It* <“ •ton, Clark; D. P.
Ive r» well Ctork: a O.--
t jairiM u Surveyor; O. a Smith. ^County
• County I Attorney; J. M. Utejor. ny»
j . entettve. All Democrat. except the
-The ixmoo to *vtoii»: it to Count/ Attorney.*;
Her. 8. W. Smith. PMter.J
»i£Iji£=asp*^r:
it- ■
.
ifftni
-
ItTtuSt M SnUghif a* • ben
w. U exactly two miles ton*,
to thickly set with houses qp
sides the entire length.” ,
T$o where to the br-
nee of the Lone Star Si-
■ the world om lot its
■
know
To
Tills, and Coleman. “
wood.
jtussszsrziTt
c/JB'srs&rs
"There to
that can
be due
other conditions in Comanche wm 2SS
while the balm ol health. Nature s ed. th« ilr?*tohtt»
n° fifoS?*
______ of ae-
burne^pastor; Christian, Rev. A.
DtoEct TOmtoltetr*’ **“* "^ *° 6**m 71 the town of Comaie- n^to’' Comanche and this would
^strlc. populated . , I Che U wooded and one half stands happen in Heaven. Dissipation
“Comanche situated on the exposed upon the treeless hills. will ruin
Miia on the dlvlsloh where 7.: • * - *
and deatructive insect has been
‘ I havoc with the cotton in-
a.Mduatry ef the rest of the state
east, but so far has not shown
up hate, and we hope it never will.
Did you know that Cbmanche
at one time was Mscsr than Port
Worth? The 1941 Tmm
___1 for Port Worth
____1870. No figures are
erjg2n?§*ffi
that there were MO or 700
“The average yield is from about
one half to two thirds bale per
acre. In good years the yield is as
much as three fourths or a bale
per acre.
the text books is cheap,
fixed now by the State. The aver
age term la from 4 to 0 months.”
-‘At the election to 4003 to Co-
manche County there were 4.200
will
he-tMuta« o,
j This Sunday jV* j
.fourth lund*, !£l\
i rim fjswTH 1 u “’v ind y
fcvary
out the state. It is the dullest
kind of a place for doctors and
as; the drug stores are forced to carry
the Mue mists. ‘he^vaHeys and mg. and not for the legged on the capstone df the speaker «7J£*
MilMBSlfi im- money th£r can make out of the whole aggregation of Texas court.' Apostle Paui-?gjN
JSton on thegreat expanse of! practice of their profession. ties.* .1 C.
"As an agrciultural county, as Qatmviiu
a fruit county, as a well behaved The even*1
and orderly county, as a health- be held at oJ .“P** 1
ful county. Comanche sits cross- As tt t. »..*'Method
"Last year <1902) the yield la
Comanche County was 48.000
bales with the average price of
7ft cents with 20 cents per bushel
for ootton seed
tas*i
to 1480 The Texas Almanac lists
1_- -----«-si- /ViaManeha At.
sa'BSSsa^ £rsr*s
"The Tndiana made only one
raid in Comanche County after
the establishment of The Coman-
che Chief in 1873. We presume
they had learned "the pen was
mightier than the sword."
, « a
j&rasr&'s.vsK
a ura
1----1 Comanche County is
slassed aa Wait Texas, but really
K is to Watt Central Texas, part-
ly an tha Orand Prairies and
^ •* *• ^—11, Timer
It has been 38 years since a
certain special editor of The Chief
was published by Sid Thomas to
1903. yet he considered The Chief
an oM paper at that time as can
be seen from the following item
of March 18 of that year:
"The Chief Is a little more than
half (now.two thirds) as old as
ana the State of Texas, being estab-
mac. lished a little beyond the half way
line mm TexSs wme admitted to
l ,
M;-
I
W
'V
the 'Mexican Oovem- the Union in 1845
wm partU<of the°vSecal “When we remember that one
......•*" I half the population and vastly
1 * I more than one half the wealth
_ T** Republic wm hM been added to the State since
188f. what is now Co- The Chief wm established, we
mty waapart of Milam begin to have some conception of
um 1880 it wm attached - “— -----------
County «nd In 1884
ed the flight of time, the wonderful
to progress the State ilk making, and
.what a venerable sachem the
Chief really is*
4;. •
Few people ttrlhg
County today know
aha wm at one tlmi
• • | Chief really la."
County wm created 1 *
I Few people living in Comanche
mow that Coman-
___time headquarters
of the Tetos for the Port Worth and Ft. Turns
__jtatives. who Stage tone, the longest stage line
, .. .. at the Caman- in the work!. It was established
Old Settlers Reunion. In 1878 and wm the famous Star
—at* for re-election as Route told of to the Texas hls-
of the House of the 48th tortei which caused so much
/ — I ecandal in political circles.
_atoned as The following Want Ad signed
Seeratary of by the now famous Dr. Robert T.
* 8ui Mr ■
Km and Hill appeared in The Chief in an
for the imue in 1880:
1 mentioned ______
. the Tru A. A L, “Curioeltles Wanted:
"cunoeiues waniea: Any one
[ having any unusual or queer kind
p M-.. .• T - j of rock, fossil, or petrification.
iD hr M 1 know now, I am will do a great f*W by bringing
—A- far Bnneker' vf the them to the Chief Office for its
-- ----- and nothing else," geological collection."
) we have found the
■PVf WT IMTS IVUIIU Wto urvof IB AWVUt O.wv to
lion TAX Paying County of Than is only one persoi
It is Sterling County. The .at all off in color and
City News says tha total’'‘Frank.’* a venerable
ml
"The population of Comanche
<1803) is about 3.000 all white.
“ person who is
I that is
wm. 1 « . — 1 ■. .» fninavic Mexican
________for who peddlM candy and tamales
1.870.07 anrf the on the streets.”
rSatt is 188.037.00.___ » •
r488A7 uncollected. “The electric light plant wm In-
1 ooUactad WM 98.03 stalled in Comanche in 1903 by
t v.. IS. Qullltch and Is now owned
_ - (1|03) by Hoff A Harris. Service
Kittle brought to tl given from 8 to the afternoon
other day a num- till mtdniflt; and from 4 to the
morning until 7:30.”
v day a ___
. of The Chief
the lata W. H.
some of
as 1870.
from
"Comanche Public School tac-
1 ulty to 1803. The City employee
' a corps of thirteen teachers as
1 follows: A. W. Svans. Super In-
I tendent; J. to Jon8s, Principal:
loom which WM re-! Miss Ola Cunningham. Principal
■"n.75.7T!SJ5iSSUa“*--***-•»- w
at Co-
%
t 'prtee of Var’ooo'
- Hamilton. Daisy
________ . Jennie O'Connor. Orace
Bean. Laura Simmons. Maud
Thomas. Janet Todd. Mrs. Willie
Reynolds. And U. O. Lovejoy.” .
IUL
“The salaries of the teachers
range from $100 per month for
the superintendent down to 340.00
per month (1003).” , .V
,8k Ul b
L'TStfi
“The Comanche Bohoois to 1003
were supported by a local tax of
80 omits supplemented by a State
apportionment of 18.00 snow
422.50) for every free school child.”
1 * .• *
Srhool Board in
of Port' "CcmAnch
11803: W. B. __
J. Oray. 1 H.___
lit Clair. W. D. Lusk. F. M. Me
Cunningham. Dr1. A.
H. McMillan. C. P.
•tt. and N. &. Palmer.” <Now
tsed except Dr. Oray and
Clair.) • ;
,! • • ' •
streets of Comanche
paved with a native
FURTHER
sex
ssaacs
Summer Dresses
' * • ' ?
'0&ixr.
•«<_ 1 •« • •_v,*. ’:/
WE ARE OFFERING THIS MERCHANDISE DURING
THIS SALE AT FAR BELOW PRESENT
T WHOLESALE COST
At the first of this sale, we greatly reduced the prices of all Summer
Dresses in our Ready-To-Wear Department. Now—with many weeks •
of hot weather ahead ... WE ARE REDUCING OUR SUMMER PRESSES
A SECOND TIME. — It’s unbelievable, but true!
V#tvV
At this priceuyt>u can well afford several of these lovely frocks—and At
a real saving. A gala chance to buy for the jba|at*e of the season. Be
sure and visit us as early as possible for best'selections. .
^ '' ' V "-' *-
to Rovemtor 3.108 wood.. The Pnio w
?000N Populists, the are vteible in djin^outlin . [houkl pot live to be 90 years old CET *-*A8*!
V. • . ' | no the Baxt'of ta <?omanche . ***
ra_ baain*of^toe^towm Riwr swings nyphold fever in Comanche is The
cittow of 0vef » rich territory to ^ce^mgiy rare, malaria fever. Bowie withl?'
wa. ^ g3S5n 22 mile. away. chUU ^ ague, are practicalff cUlpn of a ^_
• On the aouth of Comanche, unknown. - __ , who lei^ v{^'#
hnaatlfui IbdliQ Ctttk, d*lighter * #^ Anni
beautuui msnv * **’m—^ scarcely a disease their 1
n he Mid in any way to wi^J^Jjb
to'climate, water, or any ._The check..
ui country tlnce it wa. vlr- other condit
gta. untouched by man.
IhTwIo'uS WoC0^d?Crol! ^CJtoto“ew^^d^th^‘iTth mT." t^the^Vl
.well the majestic prairie, every inhalation _ -- i atanding.- c#«toT
wh^pon^wxeJ^herd^th.t ^ .......________• -V
.................—-.. B*W.e SchooTZ;
ruin the nerve., Overeating cv£*y 8u*)day at^
Impair the dlgertlon and ex- _ Bteachlng evtr*
___>U unww , “The heaitnrumesa o. r."-" at tim,“ wU1 enUU rhauma- Sunday at
rolling
moat -----
locations In the State.
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Delicious Foo
52 Year? Ago
i The fcomanrhe Chief,
. April 17. 1879,
'itethen. Publisher.
I the |
I He
! liqul
to
give]
mstl
yarl
\ Simmon., i general stock..
, EUtland City, Texas. AlU-
haring horses or cattle1 etc-1
or stolen will do well o. the!
i their dercription in full, j
fete. I am constantly riding j Yell
gland, Comanche. Erat’.i.! g U1J
Md Pinto. Hamilton.; 0rf
k tad Somerville Counties, I
MBf knowledge of many I
I un anxious to know
wi.il
■ton. Charges $5.00
[to delivery
<J
Vi
k: Dr. G. W. Tucker in- |
to friends and the public !tLn;j
Bias resumed Uie practice
““i He has moved to the ■ 1
east of Mr. Todds
fs rt&
fcdence. Office at hfs rt*i-
knd Dr. Holmsley’s Drug
W, L. Robertson, physi-
and accoucheur, of-
professional service to
i of Comanche and ad-
l comities. Office at Ham-
Drug( store, west
the square. Comanche,
[Methodist Church is ap-
1 completion. The floor
j laid and the doofs and
i Wt in and the plasterfng
bung is all that remains
J«! When completed the
I will be an ornament to I
t city and will reflect I
the talented architect;
J* J. Porter and the
gentlemen who have
J so arduosly to raise the
[Holcombe has rcopaned
At his old stand on
COMANCH1
V" ■ ' ^ ^
[magnolia PRO!
[AUTOMOBILE R1
[washing v
BASING
|star tires
,BU! BA'
IcomplEte line!
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. [69], No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1941, newspaper, July 25, 1941; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1046344/m1/2/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.