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Trade At Home
For Self Protection
ssssoassssssssaES:
WEATHER
Wfit Texas: Partly cloudy to-1
night and Tburaday with scatter-
ed showers southwest portion. |
Little change in temperature.
VOL. 20.—No. 290.
THE
OBSERVER
BAIWAIX IK .08
nOURES ON WAR
MKX1CO EXPROPRIATION
SEBN OB K* n
J^AIN heard on the roof last
night amounted to only .08, but
It ma<te it appear Breckenridge l
In a shower spell, which can be
used by stockmen and farmers.
Rainfall for the past two dayn
was placed at 2.18 today, total
measure.
here awoke this morning
to get the paper quickly to
see how much Germany had In-
creased her blitzkrieg against Eng
land only to find that a lull had
been on.
Readers about the war today
are having a little trouble deter-
mining Just what is going on. Cor
respondent* have t0 take thc offi-
cial figures. They arc always re-
prevent victories for thc side mak
ing thc announcement. We do not
know how to advise, unless one
should add the figures and divide
by two.
A-STORY told thin morning Is
that Germans dropped a 101
I bombs on a golf coursc In ISng*
land, and the custodian remarked
they were very poor shooters be-
cause pa' was 72. That is the first
idea gained of that many bombs
-ft*, dropped at any one spot.
1MEXICO has passed Its con-
script ion law. All men be-
tween the ages of 21 and 45 will
fee required to take military train-
ing. It will become effective as
soon as President Cardenas signs
It, but will piohably be put into
practice about January ). Mexican
citizens In foreign countries will
be given five years to meet the
requirements. Which may give
aome residing here something to
do in the way of meeting the re-
quirement ,or taking out cltlzcn-
ship papers.
"MEXICO, in a book answering
arguments of the Standard Oil
company on expropriation of oil
properties by the nation, has told
the United States something eith-
er that is not ttiown or has never
occurred to most people.
Mexico cites the emancipation
dt slaves as thc biggest expro-
priation of private property in
United Slates history. Thc unus-
ual phase of it is that until thc
adoption of thc 14th amendment,
after the Civil War, the govern-
ment provided for compensation
slaves, except in the seceding
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1940.
Price Daily 8—Sunday 5c
=s*
300-PUNE ARMADA STRIKE! AT DOVER
War Hysteria Is
Charged By Taft
In Conscription
End of Democracy And
(•rave Situation Are
Pictures Drawn
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 <tr> -
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio ac
cused supporters of military con-
scription today of creating war
hysteria to obtain a huge unneces-
sary tr. S. army.
A short time before. Secretary j
of Navy Frank Knox had told thc J
house military affairs committee I
that conscription is vital because , ,1
the nation faces the "most gra^o j fj
crisis in our history" and that the
British may be defeated 'within 00
days leaving us '^without a friend
in the world."
Historic Savannah Battered By Storm
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Senator Burton K. Wheeler
(Dem.) of Montana told the Sen-
ate Tuesday that passage of Hie
pending conscription bill woulu
'slit thc throut of the last demo-
cracy still living today," while
Army chicfs. chafing at congres-
sional 'delays, said they had been
forced to postpone plans for hav-
ing 900,000 troops in uniform by
early fall.
The Montana Senator argued
there was no foreseeable danger
of an attack upon thc United Stat-
es, that the Army was taking ad-
vantage of a crisis psychology to
bring about conscription, and that
thc Army's legitimate man power
needs could be filled by voluntary
enlistments.
Demanding to know where See
retary of War Stimson planned to
send thc conscript Army, lie ask-
ed: "Are these administration
men not counting upon Our invad
ing laigc parts of South Ameri-
can — Mcxico perhaps — all in
the name of defending our coun-
try?"
Earlier, Senator Edward R.
Burke (Dcm.) of Nebraska, fin-
ishing a speech begun Monday,
contended that voluntary enlist-
ments were too slow to meet tiic
necessities of the times and as-
serted, "This country does not
want to wait until war comes, if
unhappily it should ever conic,
before we start training our citi-
zens."
Anthrax Meet Called
I
The force of the tropical hurricane i-Alilch struck thc coasts of Georgia and South Carolina is clesrly
demonstrate-i i>y this photo of a battered building in Savannah. Georgia. Entire second stury was
blown from the building.
*or sla<
rIE freeing of slaves by Lin-
coln was not on the ground of
the right of the slaves to be free,
but upon military considerations
of defeating the atatea that with-
drew from the union. This was
pokited out by Mexico, and is a
point not ki town to many in thc
South.
Expropriation of slaves in other
states man based on callih« the
blacks Into military service, and
the various orders provided that
the owners should receive payment
It being in the nature of the
•^bounty" offered by the Utoited
States foj enlistments.
TATEBT REPORTS r e a d of
Gallup p o I I a show
President Roosevelt back-
ing falling from 71 to 67 pei
cent, and the nation two to one
in favor of military traintng. No-
tice the Roosevelt Fall still leaves
enough to elect him. The OaHup
poll so far has been reliable al-
though straw votes as a rule are
the most deceiving of election in-
dicator*.
8th Dance Team
Acceptance Listed
One other acccptancc from a
square danc team has been re
ccived for entry In thc proposed
square dance contest to be held
here this fall. This was from a..
El Paso team, making eight ac-
ceptances that have been recelvca.
Betters have been mailed to all
teams formerly addressed on tho
matter requesting a definite an-
swer. Thc letters received suggest
September J4 as thc date for the
dance and that datc may he set.
SEEN OR Heard: Ernie May
getting In boat and not falling
out . . . Happy Andrews, cleaner,
eaconaed In his new quarters . . .
Patricia Alejander getting to be
a big little* girl . . . Little Wild
McDonald Not To
Vote Republican
AUSTIN. Aug. 14<l'.ir> — Agricul-
ture Commissioner J. E. McDonald
■who uipcs farmers to disregai-d
party lines this year tn choosing
the presidential candidate with
best farm program asid today that
he never had and never mould
vote a Republican ticket. TJiis was
in answer to Democratic critics
who nviht to "punish" him for ad-
dressing the Ktate Republican con
vention at Beaumont yesterday.
Garrett To Speak
Here Tonight
Local C lub Organized
To Support Present
Congressman
Congressman Clyde L. Garrett
will speak in behalf of his candi-
dacy for re-election to Congress
on thc East wide of thc Court
House at 8:30 tonight, Stephens
County Garrett for Congress Club
Chaiiman C. J. O'Connor stated
today.
"Congressman Garrett will not
only discuss hit record but will in
form the citizens of the national
defense work which Congress haa
done in the last few weeks,'
Chairman O'Connor said.
Congressman Garrett is now In
thc second week of his campaign
which he opened Monday, Aug-
ust 3, at Eastland. Already Con-
gressman Garrett haa toured Co-
manche, Hamilton, Erath, Nolan
and Fisher Counties speaking to
large crowds.
About 100 volunteer workers
met Tu~sd«y night to discuss
plans for rc-electlng Congressman
Clyde L. Gorrctt to Congress.
The meeting was called to order
In the alrscncc of Garrett Club
Chairman C. J. O'Connor by Er-
n-st Maxwell. Thc meeting wns
held in thc Junior Ball Room of
the Btircli Hotel.
Plans were mailc for canvassing
Stephens County by precincts and
volunteer workers were assigned
their working precincts.
Some twenty-five wc-mcn work-
em -were present and laid plana
for organizing a Garrett for
Congiess Women's Auxiliary In
Stephens County. Mrs. E. C. Minx
will be Women's Chairman ol
prrcinct No. 1. Mis. George
Wright will be Women's Chairman
of precinct No. 2; Mrs. R. C. Brit-
tain will be Women's Chairman of
prcclnct No. 3; and Mrs. Hai rjr
C. Jones will be Women's Chair-
man of precinct No. 4.
County On List
For Calves To
Be Fed Out
A letter received today by thc
Breckcnridgc Chamber of Com-
merce from the Texas Dairy Pro-
ducts Association was to thc ef-
fect that Stephens county has
been placcd on the waiting list
for baty bull calvcs for boys to
feed out.
Thc plan is to send five fine
registered Jersey bulls into Ste-
phens county to be placed with
boys selected for thc purpose.
Thc boys willgrow out thc calv-
es, and agrec to show them at two
calf shows.
Then with the conscnt of the
owner they may sell the calf and
rcceivc half thc sale price, or thc
boy may clcct to buy thc owners
half.
This is one step decided upon in
efforts" to breed up dairy stock In
thc county.
Oil Men's Assn.
Drive Successful
i <
Quarantine Steps
May Be Taken By
Two Counties
Suspicious Death Asked
Reported to County
Agents At Once
Following ■ 'meeting of ranchers
with veterinarians of the Live-
stock Sanitary Commission here
yesterday afternoon to discuss the
anthrax situation in southwestern
Stephens county, it iwas dccidcd to
call a meeting in Brcckenrdigc to-
night of the commissioners courts |
of the Eastland and Stephens
counties to determine stcp3 to be ;
taken. Thc meeting will open at 8
o'clock.
' Committeemen from Eastland
a<nd Stephens counties were ap-
: pointed to act in advisory capacity !
| to the county commissioners =
•will L. G. Cloud and R. F. Chap-
pel, state veterinarians. A. W.
Mueller is chairman of thc Ste-
phens county committee.
Addresses Texas
GOP
i
Ninety-Six Members
Are Received In First
Workers Report
Reports received from workers
who yesterday canvassed in
Breckenridge in the annual mem-
bership campaign of the West
Central Texas Oil & Gas Associa-
tion were that 06 members bad
been secured, and full reports had
not been received.
The workers took the street fol-
lowing a breakfast held Tuesday
morning at the Burch hotel.
Bay Stttfe Hens Industrious
BOSTON <U.P.: Massachuset *i
hens have produced more than
25-1,000,000 eggs during the first
half of 1040, thc state agriculture
Hero By Chance
Gets Two Medals
CINCINNATI, O. (U.R) — Rcbert
L. Hauck, trackman for the Cin
cinnati Street Railway Co., might
never have received two World
War military decorations if he
hadn't lost his silver victoiy serv-
ice button.
For when Hauck requested a
duplicate frc-m Washington he rc-
ccivcd back, to his surprise, thc
two new awards. One was the
Purplc Heart decoiation which U
awarded for ' slngulirly meritor-
ious) action" and the other the sil-
ver star medal for rescuing u
wounded soldier.
In looking up thc duplicate ser-
vice button for Hauck, the adju
tant general's officR discovered
that he had never been given the
to decorations awarded him.
Hauck previously had been
awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Out of this meeting may come
quarantine measures. It had been
hoped to check und stamp out the
disease without resorting to quar-
antine.
No spread of the disease had
been reported, and no additional
deaths, but the situation was con-
&4.tcrcd serious.
One animal reported dead Tues-
day was found to have died from
fod poisoning.
Tlie two veterinarians arc con-
tinuing the vaccination in thc in-
fected urea. Dr. Cloud was working
east of Harpcrsvtlle Wednesday,
Dr. Chappell at thc Croft brothers
ranch near there.
County officials and the state
representatives ask that all discas
animals or animals dying 'where
~ .. . . , ,, anthrax might bt suspicioned to be
Those listed as members in the reported immediately.
report of Tuesday fellow: As high as dozen head of cattle
Kinchen Ins. Agency, C. E. have been lost from one or two
Sawyer, Hellinghausen Grocery, hcrds Plans now arc tQ vaccjnatc
Gov. Ralph Carr of Coolrado
shfu-n as he 8,ddresscd Tcaxs
State Republican Convention
at cBaumont. Carr stressed
third-term issues saying that
Texas will be won by Willkle
in November.
15 DAYS SHOOTING ADDED
Game Warden O. F. Etheridge
today called attention to the new
genie laiws, which this year give
rabbit that played in our yard hunters fifteen more dBys of ..va
apparently has more little rabbits
. . . Mrs. "Susie" Scales and Mrs.
Jtmmie Williams sipping coca cola
and eating frltos . . . Jack Lewis
light company managar. In city
^getting about on cane ....
Sheriff Dyar, Ward coilftty, here
on mercury thefts . . . Loving
No. « still at 2,830 feet after aome
trouble . . . Marlon Gentry with
41 pound catfish . . . caught on
Ifivcr . . > Baas striking In pri-
vate tanks . . . LJndsay Hawkins
saying client whether to act and
attorney tUls him how . . . C. V.
Welch saying h* heard FDR may
call off election . . . aaylng he
haa tmn drafted ... and maybe
big annouaceaaent from City Com-
Mrrowl shooting than haa been
the case thc past few years.
The season on ducks and geese
will be open from November 2 to
December 31. and the bag limit
will be 10 ducks per day, no hunt-
er to have over two days limit In
his possession at one time. In this
connection hunters may keep their
gattik twenty days after the seasd.i
expires.
Another change In the regula-
tions la that shooting may start
at sunrise Instead of 7 o'clock and
continue tin'" 4 o'clock In the af-
ternoon. Etheridge said official
aunrlse will be used here.
The bag limit on geeae haa been
lowered from 4 to 3, no hunter to
haw in his possession mora than
six at one time. Exceptions made
on thc bag limit for .watet'fowl arc
that redheads, bufflehoa^ds, ruddy
ilnd canvass backs arc limited to
three per day.
Hunters must possess licenses
to hunt outside their own county,
which cost $2 to hunt all game.
All licenses expire August 31.
Changes announced in tije water
fo\l laws mere made, it was said,
because ducks are more plentiful
this year.
Dove shooting will open Septem-
ber IS and extend through Novem-
tcr IS, Etheridge said, in thia
zone, but north of heie In the
Young. Throckmorton counties
their shooting wilt open Septem-
ber I the bag limit being IS per
day. For all shooting (una still
must be plugged with only three
shells to be /used.
Copying Job Now
In Second Year
PITTSBURGH (U.R) — If Louis
H. Hart-nam comes dcirvn with a
case of "writers' cramp,'* there's
a good reason for it.
Hart man has been commissioned
by thc city of Pittsburgh to make
an exact copy of the city's first
ordinance book. The Job is nearinR
completion after a year's steady
work, during which the penman
has copied contents cif the yel-
lowed pages — covering lows be
tween 1811 and 1832 — In minute
detail.
The laboilous copying method
is being employed because law pro
htbits use of the modern photostat
Big City No Longer
Lures Farm Boys
ST. PAUL Minn. «l'.R — Thc
Mincsota Taxpayers association
has found that the migration of
thc fortune-seeking country youth
to the big city Is almost a thing of
the pest.
Thc association based tliis ob-
servation on census reports which
showed that for the first time in
history the''population in congest-
ed areas Is leveling oft
Mac Smith Scrv. Sta., R. I. Me-
Arron, Glen G. Vincent, John W.
Miller, Ray's Groccry, Ruth Motor
Co., R. F. Keener Gro., C- R. Ciit-
shall, Tip Top Cafe, M. A. Nay-
lor, I .lake Johnson, Mrs. Laverne
Martin, A. Huffman, O. R. Wal-
ton, Ernie May.
Grady Hester, J. B. Williams,
Palace Theatre, R-iyford Carey,
Army Store, W. A. Holmann, Jr.,
Luciie Hotmann, Rob I'adgelt, S.
F. Bowers, Shienberg'u, National
Theatre. C. W. Mrs*, Mrs. M. L.
Clark. VV. F. Thrope, Torn Offield.
H. H. Mch.-'ffey, Dr. G. C. Woml.
Or. D. J. ft. Youngblood, Dr. W.
B. Guinn, Aarn Kupcrman, Homer
Tu Jor, K. C. Ray, Saul Cohen, A.
F. Wolfe, J. B. Bolls, Bill Chris-
tian, Pate Bros., J. P. Wyatt. 1
M. O. MiddJcbrooU, E. II. Fitctl,
Mr. W I,. Robeson, C. E. Hood,
Modern Cl-.aners, W. W. Wilson,
R. C. Wiley, Kelly Farrar, E. o.
VlcClain. J. L. Marh'n, O. Faun:-
Icroy, O. I,. Alexander, Oil IFeld
Salvage Co., W. H. Clegg, R. A.
Pltzcr, B. J. Garner, Royce Ctr-
rlgan, F. I. Earney, H. N. Howell,
Cen-Tex Supply Co., F. M. John-
son, BarbT-Sattn white, Wftcd's
Service Sta.. M. P. Kiker, Powcia
& Buchanan, Jnck's Drive 1°.
ler Cleaners, Minchcw Grocery, J.
M. Herrington, Cliff Jone;;, W. G.
Howell.
J. H. Bates, D. B. Prilchard, J.
C. Fergnson, Chester Loven, J. K.
Brewster, Paul Williams, Homer
Martin, Palace Barber Shop, Jn >
Houston, H. Ft. Owens, P. S3-
Faulkner, Spoonomore Ptg
Claude Peeler.
all hcrds where infection has ap-
peared and to take steps to pre-
vent spread of the dread disease.
Breck Airport Is
Given Rating
Breckenridgc has been Included
in the ccaipieted list of airports
for Texas, a letter received by R.
B. Jonea, chairman of the Cham-
ber of Commerce airport commit
tee, revealed.
The field had been placed in sec
end i-l issification In thc first prto-
rity. T0 be thus classified a field
must have thre ■ runwrys at least
3/i K) feet long and 300 feet wide.
This gives the Breckenridge
fort a definite classification for
whatever expansion or need
government decided upon.
tlic
Co.,
Aluminum Seen
For Alabama
BIRMIiN'GHAM, Ala. H'P> Ala-
bama, rich coal and Iron ore state
son may dcevlop another valuable
mineral In commercial quantities
—auminum.
Duncan Smith, general superin-
tendent of the Alurjflnum Ore
Company plant at Mobile, predict-
ed here that the mineral iwli;
eventually be jdeveloped In the
state.
iHv said that Alabama aluminum
ore has been used "to some extent
in the past," but that Its silicon
content lstoo high for preesnt
methods of rsflning.
County Hainfall
Reported Spotted
Further checkup on thc rainrall
in the past two days as reported
by County Agent W. R, Lace was
that thn fall was very beneficial
where received but that few plac-
es in thc county received it.
Tt put land in shape for fall
breaking and will bring out pas-
tures where received, he said.
School Finances
Rotary Subject
Young Misses Entertain
Club Members With
Songs, Dances
Members of the Breckenridge
Rotary Club Wednesday ncah
heard from J. F. Bailey, superin-
tendent, a discussion of school fi-
nancies, special music and datneing
furnishing the entertainment.
A technical plea of balnkruptcv
has been entered in an effort to
reduce interest on the sehooi
bonds from 5 and 6 ci):ta to 3 1-2
ccnU. ,
Shoul/i this be done, Mr. Bailey
caid. thc school can then start
paying some of the principal,
while as It |3 all goes for Interest.
!|n thc current expenses of the
school he said foothill paid the
way of al lothcr sports and in thc
vocational subjects the state pays
from one half to three fourths ot
the costs.
The situation is such that if
the school system should suffer a
loss of any kind, or a drop in rc
venue, the payments on the bonds
would have to continue, the onh
method left of lo verin-; thc over-
head being to cut salaries ot
teachers.
One depaitment receiving most
aid from the state is that of the
machine shop hvhirh receives
threp fourths of cost from the
tsate.
Misses Shirley Ann Kincr. Jnc
quiyn Finer, Ftam<?<ia Lu Duvall
were applai^led for their daincc
numbers and Hilda Lou Cohen en-
tertained with both songs and
dancc. They were accompanied by
Miss Vivian Carter.
PALOMINO SHOW PLANNED
AUSTIN, Aug. 14. (U.R! — A
Palomino show cxpccteJJVo have
more than 250 of the colorful hora
es entered will be held Oct. 2, 3
and 4 at Abilene, Tex., Howard B.
Cox of San Angelo, president of
a Texas Palomino Association has
announced.
A Palomino is not a particular
breed of horse but a horse of
particular coloring. He may be a
thoroughbred, a saddlebrcd, a
quarter horse or any type If the
coloring is right. Last year at Fal-
furrias a Palomino Shetland pony
was exhibited.
Generally recognized specifica-
tions for a Palomino arc the >l:,n
must be black; the mane and tall
must be silver; the eyes must be
dark. Thc animal's coat may be
any shade of gold. Dark, dappled
gold seems to .be considered best.
So popular have Palominos be-
come among Texas stockmen that
200 were exhibited in an ali-Palo
One hun-
a mid-snm-
mino show last year.
dred were entered in
infer show at Mineral Wells this
year.
The program for llio October
show will be made tfy> of the usual
horse show events, but all the en-
tries will .be Palominos. There
will also be rodeo program with
only Palominos used.
Though Palominos are compara-
tively new In Texas, they were
famous in Spain before thc dis-
covery of America. Queen Isa-
bella Ib credited with having had
thc largest stable of Palomino*.
They were raised by -breeding red
Arabian stallions with flaxen man
es and talcs to dun mares. Mod-
ern raisers say beat color results
are "till securcd by sticking to
the Arabian strain.
To heighten the colorfulness of
thc Palomipo show, riders all will
be required to wear yellow shirts
and white sombreros.
British Heavily
Bomb Italian,
Nazi Factories
Berlin Says Parachute
Troops Landed In
| British Highlands
A 300 plane German armada
struck at Dover and southeast
England this afternoon after a lull
or several hours during which Bri-
tish planes heavily tombed Italian
I aircraft factories and German
! arms and industrial centers.
j
j Berlin ciaimca 20 British and
I f'vc German planes were shot
down today as was part of Dover's
famed balloon barrage. London
had reports of more than 12 Nazi
Planes had been down and fight-
ii:g continued on large scale.
Berlin reported a few parachute
; troops had landed In Britnlns
j Midlands industrial district, and
British honie guard searched for
the.n although 11 parachutes
found near Manchester were of a
type not generally used by Ger-
man parchutists. Warfare contin-
ued on English channel, where
bombs sunk a British .lightship,
British claimed destruction of a
German trawler and torpedo boat.
Royal air force pilots reported
great damage in raids on Italian
aircraft factories at Milan and
Turin, where pamphlets also were
dropped.
A captured German pilot wa3
quoted as saying that British
i aids m Germany arc so destruc-
tive that war cannot last much
longer.
In Berlin Gem, ay's blitzkrieg
sharpshooters Tuesday night
claimed a bag of ninety-six Bri-
tish planes, largest for any one
y sincc the battle 0f Britain bo
gan, and Nazi quarters asserted
German fliers have seized ait-
control over the vital British port
of Dover.
Boosting its total claims to 281
British planes in th rec days of
running action, the Nazis said tho
nttacks on thc British Isles will
become more violent with every
day until Britain's -warmongers
will have to capitulate."
Twenty-seven of the planes
were shot down over Dover, clos-
est point for any attempted Ger-
man invasion, the official DNB
news agency said. In this one bat
tie. which was one of lhr fiercest
thc Germans admitted losing eight
Mceserschmidt fighters.
DNB said that of ths day's
bag, sixty-five were shot down in
aerial combi'tu, fitcn destroyed
on the ground and sixteen brought
down when two British attacks
were made on thc Nazi l>aar of
Aalhorg in Denmark. In addition,
twelve barrage balloons were rc-
ported shot down.
Increasing Ihcir attacks, r,e.-
niHii planes wcr„ reported to have
destroyed two large hangarn at
Dctling, in southeast England,
and blasted several planes stand-
ing in front of the hangars. Work
shops and living quarters also
were damaged.
Airdromes at Odiham and Fain
borough, on th„ south coast, also
wcer heavily bombed, DNB sain,
with hangars and airplane build-
ings heing hit.
"Landing fields looked like cra-
ter fields," the agency said. "Worn
shops and living quarters at thes^
two airdromes also were severe-
ly damaged."
Tht! Germans admitted losing
twenty-four planes.
Fractured Skull
Shown By X-Ilay
X-Ray examination of Larry
Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Knight who was accidentally
struck by an automobile Monday
afternoon, revealed a small frac-
ture of the head. Attending phy-
sician said he might be confined
to his bed for about four weeks.
Social Security
Increase Planned
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 <ll.Rl —
Senator Robert Wagner of New
York today Introduced amend-
ments that would extend tbe social
security law to about 10,009,000
farm, domestic and government
employes and - increase federal
funds available tor "poorer" states
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 290, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 14, 1940, newspaper, August 14, 1940; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth131222/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.