Gainesville Weekly Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1925 Page: 7 of 10
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ROSSTON BOY O
HONOR GRADUATE
SENTENCES PASSED
Oil TWO MEN HERE
KEEL IS SPEAKER
AT KIWANIS CLUB
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Whitesboro Test Is
Drilling at 60 Feet
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parties visiting the oil field.
county to be spudded in during the
present drilling activities. A free ba--
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Texas Citizen Who is Visitor Here,
Has Had a Very Interesting Career
Sentences were passed on two men
convicted of crimes in the sixteenth
district court during the past term
by Judge Charles R. Pearman Tues-
day morning.
J. H. Glidewell, sentenced to ,serve
eight years in the penitentiary for
assault with intent to murder, in
connection with the shooting of his
wife, Gertrude Glidewell, withdrew
his appeal, and accepted the sentence,
and Bob Banks, who is to serve two
years for attempt to rob, at the con-
clusion of a term passed upon him
for an offense comm it teed at Deca-
tur, also was sentenced.
R. M. Hutson, sentenced on a
charge of incest^ gave notice of ap-
peal, and his bond was set at $3,000.
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K. DELIA M’GUIRE
WAS BURIED MONDAY
BLOCKING ACHEAGE
SOUTH OF WOODBINE
Acreage is being blocked south of
Woodbine for a well which will bo
started some time during the next
ninety days.
OIL INTEREST AT
PILOT POINT GROWS
Pilot Point, Feb. 24.—With the ar-
rival of a geologist representing the
DERRICK FOR ORLENA WELL
TO BE ERECTED THIS WEEK
Contractor Henderson will put a
crew of rig builders to work Wednes-
day erecting the 112 foot derrick for
the wildcat well to be started near
Orlena by Clopton and McMahan.
This test is going to attract a lot of
attention as it will be drilled in very
likely looking oil territory.
rom far to near vision and read the .
etter quickly and clearly. Whether
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J. Z. Keel was the principal
speaker at the Kiwanis Club lunch-
eon Tuesday at noon, delivering an
address on “The Great Men of Our
Nation,” in which he brought out his
version of a great man as being not
a ‘ great orator, a great statesman,
or a great warrior, but the men who
preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
who are devoting their lives to ef-
forts to make the people of our coun-
try better.
Tlie high price of crude oil—and
that certainly has an effect on gaso-
line prices, it might be remarked in
passing—is bringing about a big in-
crease in wildcatting and also in new
wells in proved territory. Denton
county, where there is considerable
interest in oil development, with one
well near Leo at a depth of around
1200 feet and drilling contract for
another between Aubrey and Pilot
Point let, may get some of the play,
for areas are under lease in other
parts of the county with the purpose
of putting down test wells.—Denton-
Record Cchronicle.
or your
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Fort Sill, Okla., Feb. 24.—John W.
Warden, son of James H. Warden
of NBsston, Texas. Saturday grad-
uated with honor from the field ar-
tillery school here.
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DERRICK COMPLETED FOR
RED RIVER WELL
Contractor Chas. Henderson > stated
this morning that he would have the
new 112 foot derrick completed for
the Red River Drilling company on
Whaley Ranch by tonight. A
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JOS. W. BAILEY IN
suitable pres,
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Iruik accounts
hi ng them to
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Fancy Set Combs------75c up
Pearl Chokers-------$1.00 up
Three - Stran Pearl Necklaces
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[quickly with
LAIN’S
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Hon. J. W. Bailey was in the city
a short time today enroute to Dallas
from Ardmore, when he has been for
several days in the trial of some of
the former officials of the State Na-
tional Rank of Ardmore. This ease
was tried in the federal court, Mr.
Bailey representing the defendants.
The case went to the jury Monday
KEEP GAINESVILLKMONET DI
GAINESVILLE BY BUYING FROM
GAINESVILLE MERCHANTS.
SIMMS RESUMES
IN LOVE COUNTY
Hie Simms Oil company has rig-
ged up rotary tools and has resumed
drilling in its wildcat on the Starritt
farm, in the northeast of the north-
aest of southeast quarter of section
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The^well is the first in Grayson !in c°unty It is now in lime
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cavy
tools
caving troubles after going to 2420
feet with cable outfit. Z1 Z
inch casing was cemented in the test
at 2253 feet.
The Magnolia Petroleum company
is fishing for a lost bit in its No. 1
on the Charles Crowe farm, in the
center of the northeast of the north-
east of the southeast quarter of sec-
tion 13-8s-2e, on the Horseshoe Bend,
about seven miles southeast of Mari-
etta. It was started in a 20-inch
hole and is at 200 feet in blue shale.
—Daily Ardmoreite.
I - Mrs. Carrie Budlong of this city
writes to the Register that slie is
greatly enjoying her visit in Califor-
nia with her brother, Horbert Brum-
She states that she missed
all the winter weather by being m
the sunny state, but hopes to spend
Skimmer in Texas, having plan-
to start home February 22.
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ler City. The
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k<1 all atten-
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pepped up the members to a consid-
erable extent.
A portion of the time was devoted
to preparations for the presentation
of the Rhondda Welsh Male Choir in practice, being the senior member of
recital at the First Methodist church “
next Saturday afternoon and even-
ing.
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new 3,500 foot test will be started
by this company just as soon, as the
machinery can be rigged up. This
well will only be about nine miles
northwest of Gainesville near Red
River and southeast of the Broek,
Oklahoma oil field.
money
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ALDRIDGE AND NELSON
WELLS MAKING GOOD TIME
The wells being drilled on
Aldridge and Nelson farms near Red
River some seventeen miles north-
east of Gainesville and some seven
miles northwest of the Big Indian
well are making good time.
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DENISON PEOPLE VISIT
WHITESBORO WELL
Denison, Feb. 24.—A number
Denison people interested in the
development of Grayson and Cooke
counties left Denison in automobiles
early Monday morning for Whites-
boro. i Five miles north of Whites-
boro a well was spudded in at noon
Cooka, Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Monday by the Whitesboro Develop-
ment Company on a large plot of;
a<reage. nt- |29-6e-3e, .five miles west of Enville
ti._ n s_ *1.. «__* «______’ in Love county. It is now in lime
at 2550 feet, and dilled tnrough the
red shale at 2430 feet. Rotary
were rigged up to overcome the
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Citizens who have occasion to visit
the oil field near Callisburg and par-
ties working in the field who come
to Gainesville many times each week,
are very anxious that the county
road gangs now doing some com-
mendable work on the Callisburg
road, get busy with drags and
smooth the road while it is moisten-
ed from the rain of Saturday night.
Already several deep ruts have been
cut by motor vehicles and if these
become crusty, travel will be exceed-
ingly unpleasant. If drags are used
now, the road will be a delight to
Warden, who is serving as an en-
listed member of headquarters dw
tachment, 82nd Battalion, field ar-
tillery, at Fort Bliss, Texas, com-
pleted a fnur-months course in horse-
shoeing., His course of instruction
included forge work and the care and
treatment of hoofs of draft and
riding animals.
The Fort Sill school for enlisted
specialists is one of the largest of
its kind in the country. All field
artillery men anywhere in the ser-
vice from Maine to California, from
the Great Lakes to the Mexican bor-
der, who seek a trade eventually
pass through its gates.
Warden,.who completed the worse-
shoeing course is now well qualified
to follow this lucrative vocation
should he desire to quit the army
at the expiration of his enlistment.
The Big Indian well, after much
delay, has at last been placed on the
pump and is now making at the rate
of 100 barrels of oil per day. The
oil is being pumped into a flow line
and directly to the flow tank locat-
ed on the hill just west of the well.
Oil operators are of the opinion that
after this well has been pumped for
several days it will make a better
producer than at this time. The con-
tinual pumping should cause the oil
to come in much floater and a little
later on this well should be producing
at least 200 barrels per day.
OPERATORS COMING BACK
TO GAINESVILLE
An oil operator here today from
Corsicana stated that most of the
oil men will be returning to Gaines-
ville during the next few weeks and
then things will begin to get lively
here again. Many test wells will be
put down in thia county during the
next few months and some of these
will be sure to find an oil pool.
VALLEYV1EW PEOPLE Distinguished
BEAUTIFY SCHOOL
Hancock Petroleum Corporation, Dal-
las interest in the oil belt southwest
of this city has increased. The geol-
ogist will remain in this city the re-
mainder of the week, he said.
Every available foot of territory
southwest of this city has been gone
over by the geologist under the su-
pervision of R. K. Stanley, local oil
man, it was said.
R. K. Stanley reported that the
necessary acreage 4,000 in all, would
be completed by Thursday night.
Some of the big land owners who
have leased their boldihgs are: Wai- ■
ter Sullivan, 500 acres; Uncle Tom
Wright, 500 acres; Lewis Linden-
l>orn, 300 acres; Miss Fannie Davis,
400 acres; B. Brand, 200 acres.
The geologist in a statement to
Stanley outlined the strata of the .
territory which he said indicated an ‘ i
oil pool. The land starts at the city I-
limits of West Pilot Point, goes west; |
to Isle d Bois creek, extends north of !
wire road a mile or so, and extends
south and west until about two miles
from Aubrey.
The geologist is much impressed
with oil possibilities in territory, he
Mid. Trinity sand wiH be found at
a depth of 1,100 feet, he declared.
Three other strata of sand exist, he
declared.
When the necessary acreage is
signed up the Hancock Drilling Com- ’
pany will begin to make prepara-
tions toward erecting the derrick and
locating the spudding site it was said.
Thirty days is given in the contract
to erect the derrick. Drilling must
begin in 30 to 60 days’ time. The
contract calls for a depth of 3,500
feet
DENTON CITIZEN HITS
IT RICH IN OIL
“There is considerable ‘play* in the
South Putnam field now,” said Em-
mett H. Whitehead, former Denton
boy,' who is now secretary of the ex-
tension work of the Cisco Chamber of
Commerce. Whitehead and Mrs.
Whitehead and Alice Elizabeth drove
over to spend the week-end with his
tnother, Mrs. C. A. Whitehead on
Fulton street. “The field is a shal-
low one, with wells ranging from
300 to 500 feet in depth, and with
production ranging from 75 'to 150
barrels a day. The biggest producer
in the district was brought in by L.
J. Warren, former Teachers College
student, whose well is making 172
barrels a day. Denton friends of
Warren will be interested and grati-
fied to learn that he recently eohl
one lease for $30j000 and that he
still has another I woud consider
worth $106,000.” Whitehead’s work
with the Cisco Chamber of Com-
merce is building good will through
Eastland county for his town,1 and
he is covering the Cisco trade terri-
tory thoroughly in that work Awith
Oaco business men accompanying
him on his daily trips—Denton Rec-
ord Chronicle.
A SPLENDID FEELING.
That tired, half-siek, discouraged
feeling caused by a torpid liver and
constipated bowels can be
rid of with surjgiaing prom]
using Herbine.
ing and reguld
and completef
out bile and'
parte a splendid fee
tion. strength, vim, i
spirits. Pries 60c.
SiddalL
The remains of Mrs. Delia McGuire,
wife of Gus McGuire, who died in
Oklahoma City Bunday, were brought
to Gainesville on the Santa Fe train
Monday afternoon and taken to the
Nazarcne church in the northeast
part of the dty, whose funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. E. Gore,
after which the body was laid to
rest in Fairview cemetery, under di-
rection of S. W. Gibson
. Mrs. McGuire was 73 years of age
and had been a resident of Cooke
county most of her life, having mov-
ed to Oklahoma City only recently.
She was highly respected Y>y a large
circle of friends and acquaintances.
Her death was caused by • paralytic
stroke.
Besides her husband, she is sur-
vived by four children, Murray Mc-
Quire, Miss Nell McGuire and Mrs.
Jewel Larrabee of Oklahoma City
and Mrs. Una Short of San Antonio.
DEPTH OF 60 FEET
REACHED IN WHITESBORO WELL
The well of the Whitesboro Oil
and Development Company was spud-
ded in Monday . afternoon on the
Jewel ranch some 4 1-2 miles north-
east of the Big Indian well and some
sixty feet was drilled Monday after-
noon. The surface casing ’will be
placed in the well today and cement-
ed. This well will be drilled day
and night with two twelve hour
shifts.
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LEONARD-JAMES
TEST LOOKING GOOD
The well that is attracting the at-
tention of the oil fraternity at this
time is the test of Leonard and
James on the Hamilton farm. If
this well proves a good producer, as
Itsburg field will be
the next few weeks. w
Leonard and James test is'running
right along with the log of the Big
Indian well, but the formations are
being found some forty feet higher
in this test, which makes it rook
much better for the finding of a
good producer. Some rock has been
encountered by drillers in this well,
but the formation at this time is
easy drilling and good time is being
made. Mr. James is using three
drilling crews on this well and each
crew works eight hours with five
men to a cnw. The rotary machin-
ery being used in drilling this well
Is the best that money can buy and
the hole eould be drilled to five
'' thourand feet if found necessary.
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John Hughes of Black Jack
here Thursday.
E. B. Cahow and son, Ernest and
::‘.j Edith of r„
s|:ent Snrday with Alvin Roberson
The Leo wvUhas been closed down
this week on account of being out of
wood for-fuel f • _
TEST EAST OF
▼ALLEY VIEW
Parties are in the city closing a
deal for acreage on which to drill a
wildcat test several miles east of
Valley View.
FIELDER AND PETTIT
WELL TO START SOON
Drilling should be started during
the next few weeks on the wildcat
well to be drilled by Fielder .and
Pettit and associates on the Wil-
liams farm north of Woodbine.
W-'
f J. L. Dowd, a St. Jo, Texas, mer-
«baaf', was in Gainesville a short
Cbne last Bunday and while here a
Aegister reporter had a short but
very interesting interview with Mr.
Dowd, who is one of th® early pio-
Seer settlers in this part of Texas.
* Mr. Dowd has been a resident of
! It. Jo for forty-five years and sever-
1 years previous to the time of tak-
ng up his abode in that now flour-
thing little village, he spent some
4 ears in Wichita county and adjacent
rest counties buffalo hunting, kill-
ag those animals for their hides moat
f which wore later sold to Major A.
Vasqon of Sherman, who was a
irge dealer in pelt commodities, esps-
islly buffalo and cattle hides. \
Major' Wasson, mentioned above,
StfT resided in Gainesville for a
lumber of years up until his death
rhich occurred here several years ago.
He.was a well known and popular
fellow -citizen of, this community.
Wholesale Killing.
Mr. Dowd and a brother of his
rere engaged together in that buffa-
9 slaughter and hide traffic and
bey freqoently killed a^ many as
ne hundred of those animals, then
i kinned them, loaded the hides on
I ig wagons drawn by oxen and left
i he carcassee on the wild prairie
rnere they had fallen and where they
I otted or were eaten by vultures,
rohrea, coyotes and other wiki car-
1 Ivorous beasts. Mr. Dowd says
1 >ey used high-powered rifles in shoot-
j jg th® bu/falo and frequently would
i diver a dead shot a half mile dis-
l ince. He atatee that when they
1 ould * attack a big herd and eom-
lence shooting, those animals would
1st “mill” around and around and
i 11 the killer had to do was to stand
! i his tracks and fire on the moving
i bjects until they killed all they
! eeded on any occasion to secure
pough hides to load their wagons
which were then driven to Sherman
where the pelts were purchased by
dealers and shippers in that then
frontier town.
Mr. Dowd states that frequently,
when they had killed all the animals
they wanted at certain times, they
would have to ride through the herd
and scare the live hearts away be-
fore ths dead animals could be
taken charge of for the
i'unfs. .
Mr. Dowd says that he and his
brother sold to Major Wasson alone
more than $25,000 worth of buffalo
bides in .less than two years.
i That great slaughter all octsirred
hot far from where the city of Wich-
ita Fafle now stands, which, at that
pme, Afr. Dowd says, contained only
• blacksmith shop.
| Mr.jiDowd says “at that tiw the
buffalo were so plentiful, so multi-
tudinoWs, that he never dreamed it
Would he possible to exterminate
those mlat herds, notwithstanding
the wBMSssle slaughter being waged
tach day on those animals, yet, only
I' few years from the time he was.
|hos engaged, the buffalo was al-
most an extinct problem and where
lad roamed thousands of those beasts
inly a few years before, not an ani-
mal'of that specie lived there to re-
mind one of the innumerable inulti-
tadra of the American buffalo that
•nee existed, multiplied and propa-
gated on th® plains of West Texas.
T This gigantic buffalo killing that
Mr. Dowd recounts took place during
the years of 1877 and 1878.
b ' First Grist Mill West.
I Mr. Dowd hauled with ox-teams
from Sherman, nearly fifty years
sxo, grist mill machinery used in the
first mill of the kind in Texas, west
ef Bherman. That mill was located
in Henrietta and did custom work for
the people *n the surrounding country
•nd for scores of miles distance,
many coming to the mill with their
Corn’ and wheat grists to be ground
for bread making purposes for a dis-
tance of 200 miles and more. This
pras.a "roller” mill, the first mill of
the kind to be operated in Northwest
A The custom grist mill and the buf-
falo we.no longer have with us in this
fountry. O, Time and Change!
llcan opponent
Minor of Paris, being present and
also delivering an 4*dress.
During That Campaign —.
Horace Greeley was running for
president on the Democratic ticket,
and while Judge McLean was not a
great admirer of Creeley as pres-
idential timber, in his address here,
he had eulogized the nominee to a
considerable extent. When Minor got
up to speak, he referred to the com-
plimentary remarks of his predeces-
sor and then pointed to a tree stand-
ing on the banks of Pecan
near where the California
bridge now stands, and said:
“Do you see that elm tree? Forty
men were hung from that tree for
taking the New York Tribune—
Horace Greeley’s newspaper.” The
speaker referred to the hanging of
two score men who had been tried
in court in Gainesville on charges of
conspiracy against the Confederacy,
and hanged from th® tree which he
had indicated, some years previous.
Continuing his political career,
Judge McLean was elected a member
of the state constitutional conven-
tion of 1875, which framed the pres-
ent state constitution.
Elected District Judge
Still later he was elected district
judge of the fifth judicial district in
ortheast Texas, composed of Titus,
Bowie, Cass, Marion and Morris coun-
ties, serving for one term.
Further honors were bestowed up-
on this most influential, capable and
intellectual Texas citizen when he
was made a member of the first rail-
road commission by Goveniq^ James
Judge John Reagan being the
; chairman and L. L. Foster, a Lime-
Ben F. Witt was chairman, and, stone County newspaper man, being
preceding the addres oof Mr. Keel.' th® other member. He resigned this
Porter D. Walker led the gathering, post in 1893, during his second term,
in a five minute sing-song which at that time moving to Fort Worth
J where he began the practice of law.
. Bine® that time Judge McLean has
been a citizen of Fort Worth, where
be still is actively engaged in his law
the firm of McLean, Scott and
Savers, composed of W. P. McLean,
Sr., Walter B. Scott, W. P. McLean,
Jr, 8am R. Saygrs and W. ILAlcorn.
Despite the fart that b® is 88
years of age. Judge McLean is still
very active, and his memory is won-
derful. He dedares he cannot re-
member when he was sick and sleeps
soundly every ipght, seven hours of
sleep being sufficient to keep him
“on the go,” he says.
Mrs. McLean, who is 86 years of
age, also is still active, and this
splendid pioneer Texas couple, who
have played such a great part in the
history of th® state, expect to have
a number of useful years before
them. Judge MeLean says that he
enjoys leaving his home city occas-
ionally to visit his children, and is
having a most pleasant time in
Gainesville with his youngest daugh-
ter, Mrs. Culp, and meeting the good
psopW of Hhis dty. •
Yes, These Are Everyday Prices
Bananas, properly ripened, cgily-------------------2Sc
Large Florida Oranges, per dozen ___________——40c
California Oranges, per dozen (this week)__—___.... 2Dc
Eating Apples, per dozen------------------------25c
Texas Grape Fruit, sweet and juicy, each____________5c
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VEGETABLES:
Cauliflower
Bunched Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
Beached Celery
Crisp, Head Lettuce
Fresh Tomatoes
We will have a limited supply of Mustard and Tumi?
and fairly
Chai lie Busby and family spent
Sunday with her brother, Doc Lam-
bert of W’alKut Band.
Elmore Liedtke was a Gainesville
business visitor Wednesday.
Matt Butt of Dexter was here Sun-
day.
Fred Mashaney happened to a very
painful accident Saturday. He was
cutting wood and the ax slipped and
cut an artery in his foot. He nearly
bled to death before he could get to
a doctor.
Robert Mashaney of Walnut Bend
was here Monday.
Mildred Roberson has been in bed
this week with the flu.
Rufe Henry of Horseshoe Bend was
here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Pilgrim and
her mother, Mrs. Amandy Ivy were
Gainesville visitors Saturday.
Alvin Hughes of Black Jack was
here Friday.
Mildred Foster of Horseshoe Bend
was here Thursday.
Joe Hughes of Black Jack and Miss
Nora Foster of Horseshoe Bend and
others attended the movies at Gaines-
ville’Saturday night.
Grandma Liedtke, Glenn Liedtke.
Harry Williams; Misses Stella, Pearl
and Venes Tramel, Loucile and Wil-
helms Liedtke, Della V. Liles, Win-
nie Thompson, Lena Marie and Mil-
dred Roberson, are onty a few here
who are ill at present.
OLIVER
AND
McCORMICK-DEEMM
(Formerly Known As Canton or P. It O.)
PLANTERS AND CULTIVATORS
are two of strongest and best lines of era the
market. They are equipped with the latest and best im-
provements and are up-to-date in every way.
When yOu buy an OLIVER or a McCX>RhQDCK<DEERK]iG
PLANTER or CULTIVATOR you wiU have one that wfll
give entire satisfaction.
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Coesfield, Feb. 23.—Health of the
community is bad at present. There
is some one sick at every home and
nfearly half of the school children
are absent on account of sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Blair and son,
Bailey of Dexter were dinner guests
of Alvin Roberson and family Sun-
day.
Pone Pilgrim, wife and little
daughter* and his mother, Mrs. Bet-
tic Pilgrim, were Gainesville visitors
Saturday.
Hoke Adkins
Thursday.
Valley View, Feb. 24.—Members
of the Parent-Teachers Associatioo
and their friends met Saturday at
the High School building for the pur-
pose of improving the school gronn^s.
The men brought picks and shovels
and a number of large trees to set
cut on the grounds. The ladies
brought well-filled lunch baskets.
The forenoon was spent in setting
out trees and putting out shrubs and
flowers. At noon a bountiful re-
past was served in one of the class
rooms after which Ways and’ means
of improving and bettering the
school were discussed. I •
The Parent Teachers Association
and Supt F. J. Clement and his able
corps of assistants are working
hand in hand for the upbuilding of
the school here and much good is be-
ing accomplished.
T. G. Brownlee was a Gainesville
visitor today.
A good rain fell here Saturday
night which will be of great benefit
to wheat, oats and early gardens
and puts the ground in good condi-
tion for spring planting.
John Connell is reported on the
sick list this week.
C. E. Harmon of Era visited his
sun, O. A. Harmon here Sunday.
Miss Lucy Gregory of Fort Worth
spent the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gregory.
County Tax ’Assessor Lon Berry
and wife and County Auditor Clay
Newton and family of Gainesville
were in Valley View yesterday.
Elder Gus Dunn Jr., of Gaines-
xille preached to a large congrega-
tion at the Church of Christ here
Sunday afternoon.
P. O. Newton and nephew, Newton
King, of Dallas, visited friends and
relatives here yesterday.
Bunn Johnson and Ralph Conch
went to Fort Worth this morning to
attend a meeting of the State Bank-
er’s Association.
J. G. Boydston is putting up a nice
bungalow in the Newton addition.
Miss Lucy Hudspeth of C. I. A. at
Denton, spent Sunday with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hudspeth.
Dr. Horace E. Wood of Dallas was
a Valley View visitor Sunday. *
A. Y. Simmons of Justin, Texas,
visited in th® home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Wooten Sunday. Mr. Simmons
formerly lived here but this was his
first visit to Valley View in more
than twenty years.
The new" blacksmith and machine
shop recently completed by J. G.
Boydston and son fills a long felt
want in this city. Mr. Boydston has
installed the latest labor saving de-
vice^i and equipment usually found In
a place of this kind. >
Ward & Connell have purchased
new furniture and equipment for
their barber shop which will be lo-
cated in the Lowe building on Main
street. They will be open for busi-
ness March 1.
Miss Eula Vanderslice, bookkeeper
fqr Monnig Dry Goods Go. of Fort
Worth, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Vander -
slice.
Judge W. P. McLean, Sr. one of
Texas’ most distinguished pioneer
citizens, is thia week a visitor - in
Gainesville being a visitor at the
home of ms aaugnter, Mrs. Grady
C. Culp on South Lindsey street.
His colorful career extending over
a period of eighty-eight years,
Judge MeLean has seen Texas grow
from a barren prairie count.v to one
of the most prosperous sections of
the United States, and during that
time he has been one of the foremost
citizens of ht® state, active in legis-
lative and judicial activities which
have meant much to the Lone Star
State.
Born on August 9, 1836 in Miss-
isiippi, Judge MeLean came to Texas
in his early childhood, with his moth-
er by way of a steamboat up Red
River as far as Shreveport, while his
father and other members of his
family mad® the trip overland.
Came To Texas Early
The family first settled in Har-
rison county, later moving to Mount
Pleasant, Titus County, where Judge
McLean spent a good part of his
early manhood. It was from the
district including Titus County, that
he was elected to the ninth legisla-
ture of Texas, the first under the
Confederate government, which met
in the fall of 1861.
Another member of th:® body was
Judge J- hi. Lindsay, late pioneer
citien of Cooke County, who died
here several years ago after a most
useful career. At that time the leg-
islative bodies were composed of
ninety members in the house of rep-
resentatives and thirty members in
the senate.
Judge McLean is “believed to be the
last living member of the . ninth
legislature. Judge J. C. McKinney,
the only other member known to be
alive up until a vear ago, having died
in 1924.
Joins The Aamy
, Shortly after the beginning of the
Civil War, Judge McLean resigned
his seat in the house, and joined the
Confederate Army, enlisting as a pri-
vate. He served throughout th® long,
struggle, and at its end, emerged
with the rank of major. He was a
member of the l»th Texas Infantry,
Walker’s Division, serving under
Brigadier-Generals Henry McCullough
W. R. Scurry and Richard Water-
house, the later making Major Mc-
Lean his adjutant-general.
Following the war McLean was
again elected to the legislature from
Red River and Titus Counties, serv-
ing in the twelfth session, and at th®
end of the term was elected repre-
sentative to the 43rd Congress in
1872, from a district bounded on the
east by Bowie, Case and Marion
OountieZ, on the south by Kauffman
and Ellis Counties, on the west by
Hood and Parker Conuties and on
th® north by Red River, including
James C- Blaine was at that time
speaker of the house.
In speaking of his campaign for
Congress, Judge McLean tells of an
amusing incident which occurred,
when he spoke in the courthouse at: becue was served a large number of
Gainesville at that time, his Repub-} visitors from North Texas and South-
for office, F. W. ern Oklahoma at noon by .the Whites-
boro Chamber of Commerce and busi-
ness men.
A representative of The Herald
left this morning for the scene of ac-
tivity, going in an airplane operated
by the Strait Airline Company.
Like Franklin, Jameson Should
Worn Bifocals ' W
At the crucial moment in his Inter*
view for the big position, Jameson WM
handed a letter to read. He miaied
its point because the type blurred. ▼
He could have forestalled his failure
to land the job by wearing Wellsworth
Bifocals (the modern version of Ben-
, amin Franklin’s invention). Instantly
ie might have shifted his eye focus
Hunter in Early Days Recounts His
Experiences on Visit to This City
the First Methodist Church Sunday
tnonuqg. Berhap® no MFriee Hka it
was ever conducted. The thorn® <<
the morning aermon waa •’The Twina
of the BtUe." The thought was
brought out that there were tw» nets
of twins spoken of in the EMK
Pharez and Zarah, and Jacob nag
Esan. The latter though of ths
same father and mother, and with
the same environment, were as OJpi
site in their characters a* ths temi
and frigid zone.
Oscar Scott left Monday reondug
for Ardmore, Okhu, to be at ths
bedside of his brother, Moran Scott,
who is reported critically ill there,
all of his relatives having besa call-
ed to his bedside. Dr. A. C. Bcott,
of Tempts, Texas, another brothsr, is
already at Ardmore attending Mr.
Scott, who is well know* in Clines1
ville. <
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Leonard, J. T. Gainesville Weekly Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1925, newspaper, February 26, 1925; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1327037/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.