The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME FIFTY SIX
FLATONIA, TEXAS THURSDAY FEB. 19, 1931
NUMBER EIGHT
Tarzan Visited Here Booster Day Success Brunner-Theide
“Tarzan,” the cow-hoy hnrsi> j Last Saturday was Booster
of Ken Maynard stopped over Day in Flatonia. The town
here for a couple of hours Tues- was well filled with folks
day afternoon enroute from j from every section of this ter-
Waco to California. He was un- ritory. The free picture show
loaded at the junction depot at was well attended. In the after
noon and went on his way on noon the house was packed,
the west-bound train at 1 :30 p.1 not even standing room was
m. Many people gathered at the available. The picture was a
station to see this celebrated good one and everybody on-
movie horse. The care taker joyed it. Merchants report a
was a congenial fellow and had very satisfactory business and
Tarzan show a few of his I the folks took advantage of
tricks. Jthe many bargains offered. In-
Tarzan photographs pure creased sales up to forty per-
white on the films but his color cent above normal were rep
is a light dun; rather of an orted.
odd shade, but his mane and) This was the first Booster
tail are silvery white. He is Day program which is one of
nine years old and looks just
like any other ordinary good-
looking horse but of course is
highly educated. His master,
Ken Maynard was not with
a schedule of twelve which will
Mr. Louis Brunner and Miss
Edna Theide were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony
at the Catholic church in Cis-
tern, Thursday tnorning.
Father Jansky officiating. Miss
Theide is one of the pretty
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H.
Theide of Cistern and Louis
is the son of Mrs. August Beal
and is employed at the City
Cafe. Mr. Brunner is well
known and well liked and Mia*
Edna went to the Flatonia
School. We wish this couple
lots of happiness.
—o—
FREYBURG RURAL MEET
The second annual Freyburg
The next one will be announc-
ed shortly and the dates v ill
be set for the second Booster
him, being in
time.
Mexico at this Day in March.
DAIRY NEWS
be held in Flatonia each month! meet will be held Friday Feb.
27, 1931. Scott, Muldoon,
Rock Ridge and Freyburg are
the schools taking part.
Suitable trophies will be
given for all-around champion-
ship', volley ball, indoor base-
ball and track.
The entire meet will be run
off during the day thereby el-
iminating the contests which
were formerly held at night
The singing contest and dec-
BULLUOGS DEFEATED
IN PLAY OFF
For the last ten years, the in- The Flatonia Bulldogs were
come fronr milk Has been.! eliminated from t ^he County
about onehalf of the total farm- Championship Thursday ' nite
income in Wisconsin. In add it-, in Sctyulenburg by The LaGru-
ion to the direct income from Inge Leopards. A Vrge/crowd Hamjitions will be held in the
All Around Town
(By the Editor)
milk, approximately one-third, from here attended,. The fan>
of the other farm income came were thoroughly ' disgusted
from cattle, calves, and indir-1 witn the' outcome. 'TJ hey wme
ectly from dairy byproducts so' unanimous in blaming.the re f-
that roughly two-thirds of the
farm incojne is dependent upon
thp rlnl-rv -fnrtiistrv
the dntryIndustry.
Indications from Wisconsin
aree for our loss.. The decis-
ions against- the Bulldogs
were said to have been of a
nature not in keeping with reg-
dairy reporters point out that j ulations. The Bulldogs have
they are still increasing their however closed their 1931
herds. In view of the favor- basketball book with a regret
able spread existing between j that important games as this
the prices of dairy products j one was had to bp placed with
and the average of all farm! odds against them outside of
products, this is clearly justif- ; the. court,
ied. It does not seem likely that j * —o—
the efficient and well establish-! ROAD EXEMPTIONS
ed Wisconsin dairy farmers
can shift readily, to other lines
The time for procuring* ex-
of production to advantage i emPtion ftom workmg the
even though milk prices may j Pul)lk’ '’lia,is ot ***<*& Cm,nty'
seem discouraging. The fact is spired January 31. 1.931. Bar-
that relatively milk prices are!tiys have jiaid-thinr
better than the prices of most ,oad exemptions tor 1931, in
other agricultural products. ,tlu> *um of *3'00* i‘U(l who ar*
. . 1 subject to road < wjji k, must
The above was taken from . . _ ,
.... ... , , . 0. . serve their y days on the public
Wisconsin Crop and Livestock . , .. •... ,
„ . ,. . ■ roads. If unable, oV unwilling
Reporter and we pass it on to, • * . ' .
.. , . ....... .. to do so, they may send a.sub-
th. tar immSd «. h, lhl.h. ,,|aci, Th„.
empharizmsthefactthulthoro ,1.11.1-f.'r
is still good money m selling i , .
... ... . . .... - a days work, as tliey used, to
milk and its products. I lie1 • .
, . ■, ,, | do. -.Road overseers should take
many advantages the Southern . . . it .
... , , . ! notice of tins, as they have no
dairy farmer has over ms nol-i ; M
1 right to accept the one oollai.
I in lieu of a day's’ work mi Hie
’ ’•> » •
| roads.
Now is the time to improvej
your herd bearing in mind that ■
the use of a proven registered I
sire will bring you better res |
ults and more money than a
common ordinary scrub bull.
Since the series yf permanent
afternoon immediately follow-
ing the track events.
Cold drinks, sandwiches and
cake will be sold at a nominal
price. - *
Ever^dhe is invited to come
and spend the day at Freyburg.
The *meet will start at nine
o’clock In the-*mormng.
Clyde. Jones,‘Director.
—<H", '
10TH AND 11TH GRADE
PROGRAM
Roll Cartl—Answer with one
of Washington’s rules of eti-
quette. *
S(tng—Glee Club.
Sketch* of Washington’s
LifeA—E/nesf J,echacek.
Prophecy of 10th and 1 1th
grade—Dollie Hurt.
Piano. Solo—Adolph Stryk.
tjuestionaire—Joe Kotrl'ik.
Accordian Solo—Joe Sed-
lm£yer.
Declamation—Idella
epshein. * ■'
. yectarnation—Annie
Young, ,
' J , —o— (
•LEST WE -FORGET
Fink-
Beth
them brother is not theoretical]
but a proven fact.
Geo. Hausler, <*ounty Auditor
—o—
HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY *
More rain fell here Sunday’
soaking all this'sCction. Sun-
day night-a high wind came up
pastures meetings we learn thatj artd for a few rhinutiis rrticheti
m^jiydairymen are going to j stormy proportions. fto damage
improve their pastures by the )lJJS |)ueft reported.* Tuesday
sowing of various seeds enab-|the weather cleared up and
’Fhe^farmers ’ are all blue
about1' too much rain, no plow-
inV.-Old timers, work back a
iT'tv years.»Ir the fall-of 1874
if began tu rain^' about Nov-
qiiTber and* rained most of the
tyne; unJtil Kebfuary 1875.
TJiPn -ft*tleay§d up and plowing
'-Lifted March 1st. We' made
good crops of corn and cotton.
In 1894 we had a bumper
cotton year, picking lasted
ling them to lower the cost of j |(M,ks as if we may have fain through January. Some paces
production which is of vital im weather for a while! Soon as till spring, “no rain” until
portance.
Again we say, more cows,
more milk, more money.
W. L. Baumeartcn.
—o—
Mr. «"■! Alt . John Murvt;.
of Alvin w»j o ■.'! e" I :J< .■
In common with most of the
citizens of Flatonia, the Argus
believes most sincerely in the
advantages to be secured by
the thorough practice of trad-
ing at home. It is a doctrine
that is often misunderstood, in
that some people would go so
far as to demand a blind ad-
herence to the theory without
regard to the facts of the sit-
uation. The essence of such a
conduct, if it is to be a com-
mutiitjy success, requires the
co-operation of our merchants
as well as the patrons. It is the
duty of local merchants, or
sellers, to be alert in their
business, to present to their
customers attractive goods,
fairly priced in line with mod-
ern merchandising practices
elsewhere. This does not nec-
essitate elaborate displays of
metropolitan stores, but it does
mean meeting the price essen-
tials of trading that make buy-
ing profitable to the buyer as
well as the seller.
The obligation which rests
upon local citizens, as buyers,
demands that, before purchas-
ing merchandise out of town,
they give Flatonia business
houses an opportunity of hand-
ling the business. No buyer
should, through sheer laziness,
or a careless idea of economy,
thoughtlessly send money from
Flatonia. The foolishness of
such -conduct can be easily
demonstrated to a reader who
has the slightest doubt of its
correctness, or of its -value to
a eivic community.
Flatonia boasts many pro-
gressive businessmen, where
service to the buyer is as much
the keynote as profits to the
seller. Our local buyers, as a
rule, do patronize local busi-
nesses, and, we are convinced,
in the majority of instances,
with pleasure and profit.
—o-
“Solitaire” was conceived by
a couple of friends of the
“robbed ’. It is published with-
out the knowledge of him and
not written with malicious in-
tent. The purpose of same is
also not designed to perpetuate
unpleasant memories. It is giv-
en in a friendly manner and I
know it will be accepted thaf
way. We tell the truth when
Mating our friend is a very
good sport and affords more
gems than the one in question
since it oecured that he tossed
a big one around the back seat
of an automobile. To those how
ever-that have more intentions
at-robbery we say"’his stocks
are in a vault and would be
useless to even see one after
the time-clock clicks.
—o—
Material is arriving daily
for the new Lee garage and
work on the foundation is now
under way.
General Activities of
the County Agent
during 1931
Worked in 40 diferent com-
munities.
Organized 34 4-H Clubs,
with an enrollment of 213
boys and girls.
137 of them completed their
demonstrations and turned in
to the County Agent a detailed
report of their expenses, sales
or production, and
their net profit to the $2066.39
and a total production of
$4895.46. Net profit on all
demonstrations supervised over
average production of men car-
rying on special work $78,082.
44.
The County Agent spent 64
days in his office last year get-
ting out information, reports
and receiving callers on busin-
ess. •
235 days were spent n the
field. During these 235 days he
Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Keath-
ley and brother Keathley of
Victoria spent Sunday with
relatives.
Mr. Joe Matocha, Lenert
Cherry, E. Needham, Harry
Wiedeman, Louis Dostaik, Fra-
nklin Nesrtsa, N. W. Cham-
bers, Allen Freytag, W. M. and
F. L. Wotipka and Tommie
Marek attended the Texas Co.
Banquet Wednesday night. All
reported an enjoyable time.
Mr. J. Sullivan of Halletts-
showed j ville visited his brother Heard
Sullivan Tuesday.
Mr F. Patzelt attended a
birthday celebration of his fri-
end in Weimar Wednesday.
Mr. Louis Hobizal motored
to Yoakum Gonzales and Wall-
is Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boehm an
Frankie of Gonzales spent Sat-
urday and Sunday at the Haas
home.
Mr. Louis Hobizal spent
Tuesday in La Grange.
Mr. W. M. Daehne and Miss
Della Kristek motored to Gal-
visited 450 farms, besides con- ,
antj| veston to visit Miss Valasta
Kristek.
Mr. F. L. and W. M. Wot-
ducting night meetings
day meetings where he talked
to 11,607 people.
Had 2,628 calls relating to
extension work.
Wrote 95 news articles that
were published.
Wrote 2,941 personal letters
pertaining to Extension work.
Prepared and mailed 208
circular letters.
Distributed 1289 bulletins on
farm work.
Next week we will find out
where the County Agent was
during the month of January.
W. H. DuPuy County Agent..
p. t.”a°~news
ipka motored to Houston Wed-
nesday on business
Miss Hattie Koch visited her
sister Miss Clara Koch in Fay-
etteville last week.
Mr. Robert Keil is attendin
the Forcf school in Ho
this week.
Miss Edna Albrecht of B
City spent the week end with
homefolks.
Mr. A. L. Vrana and family
spent Sunday in Rosenburg.
Miss Emma Rosenauer spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs
A. Herzik in Engle.
Mr. Al. Coehn of Columbus
visited friends here Tuesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wiedeman
spent Sunday in Sommerville.
Mr. and Mrs Gus Meyer of
La Grange visited Mr and Mrs.
Fritz Meyer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Beno Netusil
and baby of Smithville visited
Brunner
The Parent Teachers Assoc-
iation celebrates its thirty
fourth anniversary on Febru-
ary 17. This organization, now
numbering one million and .a
half, men and women, pledged
to the best interests of the child
and home has achieved a won-
derful record, which is but a]
small part of the program that’ Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
is ahead. Every candle on its Sunday.
cake represents of good deeds Mrs Adolph Scheer and Mar-
ami happier people. I tha Marie are visiting relatives
This week we especially wish: *" San Antonio this week,
to honor the founders of this1 Mrs. R. O. Hill spent Friday
world wide movement. They! >" Cuero.
have passed on, but thru their Mr Owen Faires spent last
faith, their courage, and their! week in Houston,
vision, they set in motion a Mr George Simmons attend-
course which has grown not ed the Poultry Convention in
only n our own organization
but in the homos, and lives of
our people.
Therefore, let Love be the
the ground dries out quite a
bit of corn will be planted.
The tomato farmers are* an-
xirttjf, tor iltv rl'.itber The
plant: m thi i oM Irani
i»i
a re
February 14th. Biggest snow
«vrr stroll in this district. Feb-
ruary’was'a busy jnonth; plow
Big All* behind. Corn and cot-
to*i !'Li1''"h ann Apr!!
j*. H'* t ■ tifij .nnlli^i* ■’jaf'rv titi'il hiflv raaos in
amount ol plant. Inui. already| May. C'>Hnn w*:. comt-
Houston.
Mr. Henry Miller spent last
week in Galveston.
Mr. Herbert Miller of Mus-
touchslono by which we test: kogoe Oklahoma visited his
of Mesdames Patterson ard! bcen pi;wltrd in the fields..
Stewart. | —o—*
Mr. J ('. Petei, n and Ei- Mr. Herbert Mi!4*r wa« vfc-
business his uncle Mr. Henry Mil-I *c’ ,n country.
! whab short but the -biggest
corn and catur crop ever rais
ward Monroe w?ii
visitors in LaGrange Tuesday/ !cr here this week.
—One time Farmer.
Workmen are rushing to
comp-lction the office of Dr.
J.’V. Dozier which is in the
building hr-tv.tin Birgir*and
Kailua stores.
—o—
Mrs. J. T. Kolar. John Joe;
ourselves and our work, that
we remain true to the high
ideals of those who have gone
before.
—o—
Mm R. P. White returned
to h. •• huino in Columbus Tu.es-
dn.\ alter a visit h ic with M>
R. L. Simmons
Mrs. Ella Foster of Muldoon
was shopping here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. McCmn-
mon« and Mr. and Mrs F F
\\ i-t'pi.a v.-trt in Yoakum Tu*‘.i
da 7
Uncle 'Mr. Henry Miller Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Miss Lottie Fernau enterta-
ined a few of her friends hon-
oring her birthday.
Mr. Sam Arnim motored to
Alice Saturday.
Mr. Maro Williamson and
W. M. Mueller spent Wednes-
day in San Antonio.
Mrs. White of Columbus is
visiting Mrs, R. L. Simmons
i Mv • wt-f k.
Hr. and Hrs Jet Stafford
! Hr: Gr-ioa Byar: cf CM-
Mudooti were shopping here;
I Thursday.
Kolar and Miss Evelyn Bittner, yrf q p Harrison and C
•M, *nd •’* :4"dy.&t*T viMUri Mr.. B. r. Blul.
worth one day Lbt week
Ml' Albert Zcuzalik made
were Sail Antonio visitors Tues-j p. Jr, were visiting ih Galvea*! a biteinef-s* trip to New Brau«
day..
ton the pust-week
nswcls Tuesday.
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Sedlmeyer, J. J. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1931, newspaper, February 19, 1931; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112823/m1/1/?q=songs: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.