The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 1, 1927 Page: 7 of 8
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NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION
That, Whereas, by virtue of the
authority vested in me as Mayor of
the City of Electra, Texas, notice
is hereby given that an election yvill
be held on the first Tuesday in April,
A. D., 1927, same being the Sth day
of April, A. D., 1927, at the City
Hall in said City for the purpose of
electing one City Commissioner for
Place No, 1, and one City Com-
missioner for Place No. 2., who shall
be elected for a period vof two years
and until their successors are elect-
ed and qualified. s
TEAGUE—140,000 water improve-
ment bond issue to be voted on, on
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Frequent washing will not only keep your
car looking its best, but will save the origin-
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spoil any paint job if allowed to remain on
the car for any length of time.
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Polish those floors with our Elec-
Wilson, Estelle Taylor, William Pow-
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Why Not Concrete?
Concrete, with its smooth finish and enduring qualltlea, is the logical
matenal for your sidewalks, walks around your house, garage floors, <
etc—But it is only by careful workmanship and the use of the best 1
grade cement that you can be sure of getting the work done right. (I
—That’s why Babcock’s Concrete Work is always in Demand*
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William Calvert is hereby appoint-
presiding judge of said election, and
said election shall be held in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State
of Texas.
The presiding judge of said elec-
1 saw him; lean from his sad- | tion shall open the polls of said elec-
tion at 8:00 o’clock a- m on the 5th
day of April, A. D., 1927, and shall
close the same at 7:00 o’clock p.
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The ballots and returns of said
election shall be delivered to the City
raillery— Secretary, who shall keep.the same
you, George!” until required to produce them by
trie polisher. For rent $2 a
New York—-with its teeming mil-
lions, gleaming billions, blinding
bright lights, grinding pirze fights,
happy night life, sappy sight strife,
New York—-with its East and West
Side, Bowery and River Drive, City
.Hail and Tombs, Brooklyn Bridge
and Bridge of Sigh*, night clubs and
mght courts. New York—with its
gayety and sadnesss, millionaire and
pauper, Ritz and Mills hotels.
New York—as it is in the year of
our Lord. 1926, makes its movie
debut soon at the Liberty Theatre
^when Paramount’s current production.
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critters, George,” Does she wear the
britches, George?” and so forth—
my friend Jenks arose, i____
| while the solitary figure, braving
our stares, came on to the fires.
4iGawd almighty!” Mr. Jenks de-
livered.
It was My Lady—formerly My
t Lady—dad in embroidered short
• Spanish jacket, tightish velvet pan-
good Uloons- ‘fxK)te<i to the knees, pulled
i4T^ev' ^own apon her hair a soft black
• hat, and hanging from the just- re-
t vealed belt around her slender waist
I a revolver trifle.
She paused, small an dalone, view-
You didn’t' eyes very feiue’ her fsce
“Is Mr. Jenks there?” she hailed
measure
another.
About three o’clock with whips
cracking, the Captain Adams wag-
in the lead (two pink sunbon-
nets upon the seat), the valorous
Daniel’s next, we toiled creaking
and sw?aying up the Benton road,
amidst the eddies of hot, scalding
dust.
It was a mixed train, of Gentile
was chafed raw
£ swaymg Colt, and my face and
. i were parched with the dust,
| when I arrived at the encampment
£ cf Jenks8 train-
Some dozen white-topped wagons
were standing in a group m a circle
5 form and figures were busy mov-
cmoie of their fees was a. welcom-
cig s.gnaL
I marked
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fast
’ ctn.".<r—vras homey.
; “Damn’ if I ain’t.'
glowering at
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Attest:
HOUSER,
City Secretary of the City of Elec-
tra, Texas.
ment while he waited, provocative.
“Say, Mister,” he blurted sudden-
ly, “Can you shoot?”
“I presume I could if I had to.
" .n Adorns G^xered a thick
"-ch proved singularly sofc
* i last under the callousness,
he
*•> meet. scranger,
^Brestfasted?*’
I was anxious to
women and children,
hole prospect-—they, the break-
sn*.' he. the grazing animals, the
• ehieles, a line of washed
Jenks himself
ao ■ to meet me.
*H<-< ray! Here you are,"7 he said.
i o - fetched all your outfit ??T
"tv -at you see,” I confessed. '’“They
me dean-”
all you need is a blanket.
n pay tor it oux of your
r turn ft in at the end of the
No9 he ain’t
But he will be,
’ hfe takes his pick accordin’ to law >
• and gospel among them people.'
iYou bet you; he will be married i
plenty.” •
Later in the day as I sat resting j
of an convenient wagon tongue, i
Damiel hulked to me. |
^Ycu know me?” he asked-
“Your name is Darnel, isn’t it?”
“No ’taint. It's Bonnie Bravo on j
the trail ”
“All r.ght. s:r.” said I, “Which-
ever ytu prefer.” j
“I Tacw y u a.m to s’o through
with this tram to Salt Lake,, do;
you ?
‘‘That’s the engagement Tve made !
with Sir. Jenks.
“It’s four hundred mile, an’ twenty J
mile at a stretch withaout water.
Most the water’s pizen, too. from
hyar to the mountings.”
“TH have to drink what the rest ■
drink, I suppose.” ‘
“I Taow the Injuns are like to
They’re powerful bad
Ain’t afeard o’ In-
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^•jnT HAS GONE BEFORE:
j.: 1868 and the Pacific Rail-
has reached its newest *Tar-
we§tM—-Benton, Wyoming, a
described as ^‘roaring,’* as l____
terminus, temporarily, was.
^get us.
ichat thar desert,
fans, be yu ? ”
“111 have to
that? too?”
“We don’t thmk much o’ Gentiles.,
yuuder. We don't want ’em, no- r
how. They'd all better get out.
The Saints settled tms country and
. it’s oum-”
■ “If yonYe a sample, you’re web-'
come to live there.” I retorted. “I
riwfk. Fd prefer some place else.1”)
“'How?” He bleated. ‘'Thar airft
m place as good. AH the rest of
stranger.” spoke the
"Such as it is, you are itlie wcrH has sold itself to the dev-
.a. We are a plain £££> fiL,r (
vho wulk m the way of tEs- i We remained in silance- for a
“What! You! Killed him?” Ex-
clamations broke from the bystand-
ers.
“No, L didn’t have to. But when
he tried to abuse me, I defended
myself. Wasn’t that right, gentle-
men?”
“Right or wrong, he’ll be after
you, won’t he?”
The question held a note of a-
larm.
“I am only an employe here, mad-
am,” I faltered. “If I had an out-
fit of. my own I certainly would! help
you.”
She flushed painfully; she did not
glance at me direct again, but her
.unspoken, thanks enfolded me.
The large form of Captain Adams
came striding. |
“What’s this?” he demanded harsh-
ly. “An ungodly woman? Get you
gone, Delilah!”
“I am going, sir,” she replied, “I
ask nothing from you or these—
gentlemen.”
“Them’s the two she’s after, paw;
Jenks and that greenie,” Daniel
bawled. “Ain’t she purty, though!
She’s dressed in britches.”
“G^t you gone,” Captain Adams
thundreded. “And these paramours
with you. No brazen hussy in men’s
garments shall travel with this train,
to Zion—no, not a mile of the
way.” •
^ussday, March 1, 19^;7..^' . ‘ j<
er. Not,” he added, “that we stand
against the railroad. ; ‘ * *
and we have petitioned without be-
ing heard. We are strong but iso-
lated, we hai,e goods to sell, and the
word of Brigham Young has gone
forth that a rad.’o&d we must have-
Against the harpies, the gamblers
and all the Gentile vanities we will
stand upon our own feet by the help
of Almighty God.”
At this juncture, a tall double-
jointed youth of about my age,
carrying an ox goad in his hand,
strode to us as if attracted by the
harangue. ♦
“My son Daniel,” the Captain in-
troduced. “This stranger travels
to Zion with us, Daniel.”
The youth had the grip of a vise,
and seemed to enjoy emphasizing
it while cunningly watching my
face.
“Howdy,” he drawled.
I left soon to join Jenks’ wagon
| and as I passed Rachael, she glanc-
the|€^ quickly up. I caught her eyes
’'with a blush. She was indeed whole-
some if net absolutely pretty.
“Wall, these Mormons are
providers,” Jenks commented,
will share with you whatever they
[ have, for no pay, but if you rub r
’em the rvrong way or go to dick-;
erm’ with ’em they’re closerin the
hide cn a cold mule. '*««. ..
'make sheep’s eyes at any of thel^^ ^-S e“.
women ?” i . \
“"However, I could not help but e r
see that the Captain’s daughter is *
pleasing to look upon-”
“How? His daughter?”
“Miss Rachael.”
“Whoa, man! She’s his wife, and r .
not for Gentiles- They’re both his ’ 8 ma am’
Whether he has more in'
Utah I don’t know. But you’d best
She’s been jined to
sooth to say there
. on
let her alone.
him.’’
This took me all aback,
twice her age, apparently.
“And Darnel, his son—-is he
ried?”
“That whelp?
ried, yet.
he is in search of ,health and
Benton considered l*high,.*'M>d■■dry.,,
Edna Montoyo, ajfellpw. paxsen-
ger on the train from Omaha/im-
prests Beeson with the'Beauty of
her blue eyes and th'e* style of her
apparel. Equally sh astonishes shim
oby takm ga “smile” of brandy Be-
fore breakfast. A brakeman tells
Beeson she has “followed her man’’
to Benton.
Jim, a typical western ruffian,
whom she know apparently well in-
sults her and is floored by Frank
whose prowess impresses the passen-
gers
Col. Lunderson and “Bill” Brady
volunteer to entertain young Bee-
son.
Frank avoids being caught by any
of the numerous gambling devices,
but is robbed of all his money.
At the “Big Tent” Beeson again
meets the Lady with the Blue Eyes.
At “Monte” someone turns up the
corner of one of the cards and Bee-
eon, his whole $22 bet on it, turns
the card, which instead of being
the Queen is the eight of clubs.
Broke, disconsolate over his discov-
ery that ’’the lady of the blue eyes”
as he calls her, is what she is, and
finally humiliated over his glaring
“greenness.” Frank repulses Edna
when she begs him to go away with
her, sobbingly telling him that she
had made a mistake in letting him
lose his money. He goes to take a
£ job with
George Jenks, a teamster in
wagon train about to leave for Salt
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mon oxen; therefore not strictly a
“bull’ train, -but by pace designated
as such.
Trudging manfully at the left
to the; fore wheel behind Mr* Jenks’ four
cross.
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' New York,7z is y flashed; on the pared it for screen use and Luther*
screen. y/ ?? Iteed directed. Ricardo Cortez# Lois
i Barbara Chambers and Becky Gar-/ - — * " ——
diner have buiMed an engrossing
story about the city which, wtih
its magnetic personality acts as^a
vampire, attracting people from all
over the world. Forrest Halsey pre-
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ger?” he inquired.
“Yes, sir. 7
only yesterday.”
A. Sodom,” he growled harshly.
And it wall
I tell you, you do well to
-- .—u your-
, self with the appointed of this
- earth, rather than stay in that sin-
pit of the eternally damned.”
fT agree with you, sir,” said I.
“I did not find Benton to be a
; pleasant place. But I had not _
known, when I started from Oma-’mules and the more numerous Mor-
ha.”
“Possibly not,” Adams assented.
“The devil is attentive; he is pres-
ent in the stations, and he -will ride |
in those gilded palaces even
Jordan, but he shall not cross. In [ span of mules I played the team-
, the name of the Lord we shall face ster—although
him. What good thero shall come, was little of play on that job,
; shallabide; but the evil shall with- that road, at that time of the day.
— _ _—J At sundown, having eaten our
It is needed, suppers, we were sittin gat our
fires, smoking and talking, when, as
a constructio ntrain of box cars
clanked by on the railroad I chanc-
ed to note a figure spring out quick-
ly, alight in a whiffle of sand, aind
staggering up, hasten to us.
Firts it accosted the hulk Dan-
iel. T
die; then he rode in, bawling like a
calf:
“Paw! Paw! Hey, you-aH! Thar’s
a woman yonder in britches and she
’laows to come on. Shhe’s lookin’
for Mister Jenks.”
In a storm of rude
“That’s a hoss on j
Didn’t know you owned one of them the City Commission to determine
the results ’of said election.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Witness ■
peering,! my hand officially and attested by
: i the City Secretary with the seal of
said City affixed hereto, this the
28th day of February, A. D„, 1927
Geo. E. Ragland,
Mayor of the City of Electra, Tex-
as.
(seal)
me.
'T wish to* engage
’ Salt Lake.” she said-
“We haven’t no place for awem-
Jen&s demurred.
‘There are other women m the
train,” Edna insisted.
“Where’s Pedro? Where’s Mon-
toyo ? ” asked Jenks.
Her eyes blazed.
“He ? That snake ?
It
road
thest
town
fleFrank Beeson, a young man from I ^onderf ally ere I was half through with
Albany. LTew York, comes -here be- th^fourse. ' ’ Any _
are. from the East, stran-1 poppin,’ yu let me know.”
I arrived in Benton
passage to
Lord, for that is commanded.”
“I ask nothing better, sir,” I an-
swered.
The pork and beans and the black
were Why?”
“Becuz I’m the dangest beat shot
i a Colter in this hyar train.
Any time yu want to try a little
’ And with
‘this, he left me, with the uneasy
impression that he and I were to
strength in one way or
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what I needed, for I began
i Captain’s “That will dos
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■ a fresh young face within
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a kettle to a pRfcter, poured
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jc'e them, to me; her eyes
zyly handed1 them.
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