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THE QUANAH TIMES
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VOL. XXIX.
QUANAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, July 3,1924.
No. 34.
TAKES TIMES EDITOR TWO WEEKS TO
SEE EVERYTHING AT AMARILLO PRESS
CONVENTION; BUSINESS MEN COMING
TEXAS PANHANDLE R^KESWONDEBFUL —J UTS
IMPRESSION ON KNIGHTS OP THE ' lor the |>rodlcled advance.
TYPEWRITER; TYLER NEXT
WILL WHEAT GO ISTORES TO CLOSE
STILL HIGHER?i HERE JULY 4TH
Arthur Brisbane, editorial writer Quite a few stores in Quanah will
oí international fame for the Hearst close July 4th regardless of whether
syndicate of newspapers says the the town na a whole closes or not.
price of wheat will go to $1.50 be- Others are waiting for "George" to
i cause the Kepubllcau Party wants start and ¡r he does then they wlll.l
I prosperity at this time to help elect etc., etc.
their candidate to office. Mr. BrlB-; Other firms will not close due to!
bane advances sonie other reasons the fa> t that their business is of
I such nature that everybody needs
Mr. Brisbane also says the Demo- their services more on H holiday than
crats will nominate Robinson of Ar-jany other time.
kansas as their nominee for the
HARDEMAN COUNTY
OFFERS MUCH TO
NEW IMMIGRANTS
, „ " „ „ . . .... I Presidency. The nominee may be, WHAT YOUR I
Nearly everybody has read a full and Harry Ivoch begged that we g i, 8electert by the tlme you rea(J this1
detailed account of the Texas Presa back to the hotel and take a ngp, ,^ at tjie j,re8ent writing he isn't
Convention at Amarillo in the other so we did; thinking all the whjlejeven a good ai80.ra„. if Mr.
OF C. IK DOING
(Prepared by Mrs. Burton).
The annual meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce will be held in
CITY IS PROUD
OF ASSETS; NEEDS
ALSO ARE LISTED
QUANAH AND HARDEMAN COUNTY ARE
GOING HAND IN HAND TOWARD
GOAL OF FUTURE GREATNESS
papers which w«. held •< Amarillo new ««"derlul II .tat h. V Brlsb.„ „„ ,he lntlde enouIh to',h. Chamber n( nerce roo ,. In
already learned what a Vavorahle irn- aran, Inter, however. Hunt h*l j '<* ">• "otnlnee when no one elae our^ejullru Clly Hall on Monday
Sf.'. the home town of Qn.nah which «ve .ta whole mailer a 'the man pukedcon- July ,. .9.1. n,
made with editors with the won- ferent turn—Harry was on the pr<^ sideiation nis aavice migni oe
dder'tUl them11 ust"when íhey aTfeít' o^Troo^Mr! BrtSK qualifies his predlc-' w£SS Jo^aVa* mamiTof''"he
ed to themJ" y "Hand mate that it was reallv too eood for \l,on- however, by advising no one C. of C. or not, is Invited and urged
w«2 h'm to have heen a.iUdthnl V> ««hi. on Ihe predicted ndvnnee
to quench this flame that parches • y. j _ , Directors and the entire governing
my tongue" or words to that effect., Round of entertainment followed _¥¿, A mrin /-rmr^FTCS An
You have read of how Amarillo npon round of entertainment. Some WAlHilv LlKvUb Al
outdid herself in entertaining the 0f it listed on the program' and some f I> A TTT INTIT velopment
editors and the wives of those that of it not, but on or off it was In -; u/\I\ri * AULilll Ei Your CI
had them, how they visited the Palo possible for one person to take in ~~ community organization, and can on-
Duro Canyon and saw with their own ?verything—there were four or five Lake Pauline will ^be the center succoed in community service
Board your encouragement and sup-
port for community service and de-
(Prepared by Chamber
merce, Quanah, Texas).
of Com-
'hatnber of Commerce Is a
eyes one of nature's masterpieces. truncheons, barbecues, dinners, etc, oí
how they later went to that auto rides, swim parties, theatre ty
seat of learning Canyon where they mrties, dances, golf, the wonderful
were entertained by the West Texas ,V|p to Palo Duro Canyon and the
State Teachers College and-sh!- formal at Canyon and finally the
some of you have heard how the convention ended with the election
local editors ware cast Into jail for of officers for the coming year and
misconduct (all of which Is falau the selection of Tyler as next year's
and without an iota of foundation meeting place.
in fact although neither c®'¡ Up to this time the mad whirl of
say so without looking sheepish)^a entertainment set before the Texas
of these things you *®ow "J*®* Press by Amarillo and Canyon was
You also know that thisscribe no t00 ior l|8 to get a cioar cul
only spent the a\otteá tjmfi at n_ j¿ea oí wjint the country looked like
convention but failed to 8h°* • or anything although it did dawn
for some seven days afterwardB Whl Upon the entire assembly that Arnar-
led many evil minded P®°P . > lllo might have nothing between it
think the rumor of the ja ®P '- and the 110th pole but a barb-wire
was no Ill-founded so, ini fence in the winter; it had less than
square things with the *jjh* . that between it and rt e bad place In
we herein give a full account (with _uminer
a few tais omitted for good reasons)
of our trip to Amarillo and rotan Anyhow, when the convention du-
to the town that has them all beat, ly adjourned an irresistible desire
Mondav, June 16th, we stepped to stay another week sieced us by
in Sassv Susie (That's the name of the nap of ttie neck, so to speak, and
. • « • • i /tn iioo/l no ♦ a {it t lio oannnn 1 «11
when It received your support as a,
member of the community.
gayety in Hardeman coun-
July 4th with a water
circus, German Dance, daiJc" So come to the meeting Monday
ing will start at three o clock in th j afternoon, spend a tln e with YOUR
morning and will continue with short O1.ganization, and help plan for the'
^intermission until 12 o'clock the
following night making practically 24;
hours of dancing throughout the day
A large crowd Is expected.
coiiVing year's work so that Quanah,'>
the Heart of the Green Belt, and
Hardeman County will be 'PUT ON
THE MAP AND KEPT THERE.'
We can do it if we ull put our
shoulders to ihe wheel and work to-
gether. So come ! ! ! Ask your
j neighbor to come with you ! ! !
Magee and Morris. Editor War-
wick of the Randall County News
published at Canyon decided that
Amarillo owed him a Hiving during
the dull summer months when thej^-vy *« nrrf «• p/\ nti/v
home merchants were not inclined tO|V|UAiNATx WILL urvJ IU
advertise so with portfolio filled with firm T TPtfYTIIl? HTV 1TTT
wicked ad suggestions we went back C *1IIj1jUAF1I1I!í VI* 11H
to Amarillo where we sold enough
advertising in four and one-half days
IIARDKMAN COUNTY, TKXAN
HAS 36(1,150 acres of u total acre-
age of 4S7.040 acres In farms.
HAS Two-thirds of the tillable land
of heavy sandy type, and total
crop failure of cotton or feed is
unknown on this type land. Re-
mainder acreage is light sand
and black land.
HAS Between 20,000 and 25,000
acres of runch lands being
opened for settlement by the
farmer; at a less price per acre,
quality considered, than any
other section of West Texas.
HAS A Government Experiment
Station which makes available to
\ the farmer in this section full
I
informal ion concerning soil
treatment, right kinds of seeds to
plant In ihe different seasons; all
after thorough tests made on
this farm.
HAS A County Agent whose entire
time Is devoted to the rural sec-
tions of the county.
Hundreds of people will go to 11AS Soil adapted to cúmplete dl-
tu keep a nice page well filled from1 t'hillicothe to celebrate the 4th of
now till October the first for whlph¡iliis y°ar y««r Quanah gave
he slipped us enough to pay all con-l" big celebration under the auspices
vention expanses, hotel bills, car, of the Y. M B. L and peoplo for
expense, money to get home on and niiles around came her- to help us
a small sum left over as a token of celebrate the birthday of our na- HAS Thousands of acres of Gypsum
which is being mined and tnar-
verslflcatli u of crops; and to
the raising of all kinds ot fruits
and berries will proper care and
cultivation.
mom
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
our own pedigreed ai d fully regi • caused us to flee in the general dl-|g00(j Will. I tlon
tered flivver) and herded It In ti e «action oí Canyon where all the stu- AU ,n al, ,t wa8 a wonderful trip This year our neighbor, Chllllco-
general direction of Childress. At dents from Quanah were seen to be take u QUe altje and down tbo the. Invites us to come over and help
Goodlett we stopped off and r> doing well, Misses Campsey, Rogers.l 0tjjer. I her celebrate.
ceived a «ice order of printing iron; '. i n m i ■■ n^i >'
Terry and rions, druggists, to he!y
pay expenses and as soon as the law
would allow we were in Children
where we dropped off long enourli
to watch Fred Haskett get out a a
extra edition of the Index, next thing
you knew we were In the office ofi
the Memphis Democrat talking shop
with Editor Forkner and by sun-
down the city ot Clarendon came in-
to view. I
After a good night's sleep tho
Clarendon NEWS office was visiten
and an invitation to stay over fori
Lion's Club Luncheon accepted with
fervor. At the luncheon Lynch
Duvidson, candidate for governor.
and Editor Baldwin ot the Waco-
News-Tribune were present and
made speeches following which a
perfectly lovely dinner was spoiled
for yours iruly when he had to brean
a long established rule of not mak-
ing an after dinner speech.
Following the good luncheon wo
fled to Claude and then in short no-
tice to Amarillo arriving a good
five hours in advance of the special
train with its cargo ot home-town1
boosters. The hottest room in the
Amarillo hotel was quickly secured
with the admonition that we had
better watch our room-mate for he
was an editor from Spearman. Mr.
Kelly, u native of Israel. |
Down in the lobby a few minutes,
later we ran into some natives of
the old homo town of Hlco, Mr. andj
Mrs. Joiner Cole, they invited the.
tired and dirty scribe to join a swhn-
ming party (which was like sweet j
music to our ears). Eídltor Storey's
daughter of Clarendon and Publish-1
er Braswell's son and daughter of
the same place and Editor Storey's
sister were In the party which soon
invaded the natatorlum and splashed
all the water out. j
By the time we arrived at the ho-
tel the Texas editors had besieged |
and captured the town and "Texasj
Press" badges were in evidence ev-
erywhere. In the very midst stood (
Harry Koch with several editors and
their wives surrounding him whilst
he was. talking so reely that an In- ¡
nocent by-stander asked me if that
near-beer -it Quanah wasn't nearer
than the law permitted. |
The next i.ay the convention open-
ed wherein it was quickly apparent
that the entire convention was going
to break drwn and confess as a
body that the newspaper profession
was the most worth while on earth
and that editors by and large were
the salt of rhe earth. As speech af-
er speech Jf communly uplift were
grandiloquently delivered tears ot
professional fervor were seen to flow
and those rho were never at a con-
vention before were led to believe
that surely here are people with a
mission and i vision and a purpose
In life to uplift and make better
this mundae sphere—as the conven-
tion lengthened Into its second and
third day with more ot the same in
convention assemble^ and less of It
unassembled w« began to have our
doubt*—but that's as m|uch as we
will say on that.
The scribe ot Ibis paper was siened
with • powerful heMoebe «boot the
eveaing ot the tint «ay's program
7-
(Continued on Page Eight).
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
^'WHEN In the course of human events, It becomes necessary
for one people to dissolve the political bands which have con-
nected them with another, and to assume ani|ong the powers
of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws
of nature and ot ftature'B God entitle thenv, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes
which imipel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are cre-
ated equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
Inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. That to secure these rights, sovernments are
Instituted among men, deriving their Just powers from the consent
of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes
destructive of these ends, It Is the right of the people to alter or
to abolish It, and to Institute new government, laying Its founda-
tion on such principles and organizing its powers in such fornf, as
to them' shall seem most likely to effect their safely and happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established
should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accord-
ingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are n|ore disposed to
suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to fiRht themselves by abol-
ishing the formn to which they are accustomed. But when a long
trdln of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same ob-
ject, evinces a design to reduce them' under absolute despotism, it
is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and (o
provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the
patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such Is now the necessi-
ty which constrains them to alter their former systems of govern-
ment. The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history
of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the
establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States. To prove
this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and ne-
cessary for public good.
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and
pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his
Rssent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly
neglected to attend them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accomodation of large
districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right or
representation In the legislature, a right inestimable to them and
formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusuul, un-
comfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records,
for the sole purpose of fatiguing them: Into compliance with his
measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, or opposing
with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions to cause
othges to be elected; whereby the legislative powers. Incapable of
annihilation, have returned to the people at large or their exercise;
the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of
invasion fromi without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States;
for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of for-
eigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither,
and raiBlng the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration ot justice, by refusing his
assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure
of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither
swarinfe of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies with-
out the consent of our tegfelatures.
He has affected to render the military Independent of and su-
perior to the eivil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction
foreign to our constitution, and vnachnowledged by our laws; giv-
ing his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:
for quartering large bodies ot armed troops among us:
tor protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any
murders whlcb they should commit on the Inhabitants of these
8tates:
for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
for imposing taxes oo jps without our consent:
for depriving us la ma y eases, of the benefits of trial by Jury:
for transporting hi beyond seas to be tried for pretended of-
fences:
for abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighbor-
ing province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and en-
larging Its boundaries su as to render It at once an example and íit
instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colo-
nies:
for taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable
laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
for suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves in-
vested with power to legislate ior us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his
protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our Beas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns,
and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mer-
cenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, al-
ready begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely
paralleled In the most barbarous ages, ami totally unworthy the
head of a civilized nation.
He has excited domestic Insurrection among us, and luis endea-
voured to bring on the Inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless In-
dian savages, whose known rule of warfare, Is an undistinguished
destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
He lias constrained our fellow citizens taken captive oil the
high seas to bear arms against their country, to becoiiH* Ihe execu-
tioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall the; is i, ; by their
hands.
In every stage of these oppressions we have i iltinii ii for re-
dress in tin most humble terms: Our repeated peti diih have been
answered only by repeated Injuries. A prince, whote character is
thus marked by every act which may define a tyr .nt, is i it'll to he
the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to oi r H"l ii brethren.
We have warned them from time to tlnie of atte 'I Ir legis-
lature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction ovi r us. We have re-
minded them of the circumstances of our amlgrai -.id ¡ nleuic.it
here. We have appealed to their native Justice and magnanimity, and
We have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to .IIhu-
vow these usurpations, which would Inevitably inte rupl our eon ie<
tion and correspondence. They too have been diaf to the vole • of | ;
tice and of consangulnty. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the n
slty, which denounces our separation, and hold tin m, nr. we hold lo-
res t of mankind, enemies In war, in peace friend
We, therefore, the representatives of the I'nI« il Stales ot \iner
lea, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to lie Suprem • .IikIk<'
of the world for the rectitude of our Intentions, t'o. in ii,> nam •, and
by authority of the good people of these Colonlt .-t, mi I pialy puhl s.'i
and declare, that these United Colonies are, an I of r.gl.i < eglii to
be free and Independent. States; that they are absolved from nil
allegiance to the British crown, and that all pol Meal oii.ie-- ion In-
tween them and the State of Great Britain, is ¡iiiii ouuii o be o
tally dissolved; and that as free and independent S'aies, Mn-y have
full power to levy war, conclude peace, contra< slllain-cs, i i all
llsli commerce, and to do all-other acts and thin s wh!< ii ¡ndepmid
ent States may of right do. And for the support or this declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, \ e mu-
tually pledge to each other our lives, our tortum-s and o;sacred
honor.
JOHN HANCOCK.
New Hampshire- Joslah Bartlett, William Whipple, M-uthew
Thornton.
Massachusetts Bay Samuel Adanes, John Adams, R.-bert
Treat Paine, Elbrldge Gerry.
Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins. William Ellery.
Connecticut—Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William
Williams, Oliver Wolcott.
New York- -William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis,
Lowis Morris.
New Jersey--Richard Stockton, John Wltherspoon, Francis
Hopklnson. John Hart, Abraham Clark.
Pennsylvania— Robert M,orris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin
Franklin. John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Tay-
lor, James Wilson, (¿eorge Ross.
Deleware—Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean.-
Maryland—Samuel Chase, Willlanif Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton.
Virginia—George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jeffer-
son, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Llghtfoot Lee,
Carter Braxton.
North Carolina—William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. •
South Carolina—Edward Ruthledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr.,
QUANAH, THE COUNT* NKAT OK
HARDEMAN COUNTY
HAS a population or 6.17C.
HAS A live Chamber ot Commerce,
whose program ror 1024-25 em-
braces paved and designated
Highways; wholesale and retail
development; settlement by thrif-
ty farmers on the thousands ot
acres ot ranch lands in the
County now being opened for
cultivation; community industri-
al and rural development.
HAS High School with affiliations
with all higher Institutions of
learning lt> the State; with thir-
ty credits In the State Universi-
ty; four Ward Buildings, with
excellent corps ot teachers for
all institutions.
HAS All denominations represented
by beautirul church buildings
and active memberships.
HAS an iuexliuustlbla supply of good
water, with rates which permit
irrigation of lawns, flowers, and
development of beaiutiful home
surroundings, cheap industrial
and factory rates.
HAS Modern sewerage system.
HAS Modern street lighting system,
to which has been added in 1924
a Boulevard lighting system tor
10 blocks on South Main Street,
and entiro town lighted, making
Quanah the best lighted town of
its sise in the state.
HAS A 940,000.00 City Hall Just
completed; which houses the
Flro' Uopwrtineut, ali City oificeo
and the Chamber of Commerce.
There Is also a Free Rest Room
for I.adl >s.
HAS All 'he business section,
and the principal residence
streets paved.
HAS Shops and general of tices of
the Quanah, Acme A Pacific
Railway.
HAS Terminus of St. Louis & San
Francisco Railway from Oklaho-
ma City.
HAS The Ft. Worth & Denver City
Railway, with beautiful depot
and freight houses.
MAS The Colorado-Gulf through the
town; and connecting roads with
the Ozark Trajl, the F. F. F.
Highway, the Lee Highway, and
D-C-D Highway at convenient.
I'oin s. All roads are kept grad-
mI ami in first -Hush travel con-
(1 i I Ion.
HAS A free Tourist I'ark, with wa-
ter, electricity, fuel end keeper
furnished. und-T ihe stri'rvlalo/i
i f Hie Ch.-iuibnr < i Co. im -rce,
II/'.: Two oi the largr.d Cement
I'iajter Ml I Is In ;l.e world. One
of i lies- Mills recently sold to
t lie ('erlnin-'.oed i'n duets Com-
pany for i-J'glit Million Dollars.
These Milis work hundreds of
men, and the products are sold
all over li e world
HAS One of tie- iarg(:it Cotton Oil
Mills iii Texas.
HAS More Whole.-,ale houses than
:i it v nt lie i to'Aii iii this setion of
'.aographlcally
I Idling center
Ins of West.
ThottM Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middloton.
Georgia—Barton Owlnnett,
Lyman Hall, George Walton.
t lie Stat", and i
located to be l>
of the I'd nil! dl
Texas.
HAS More t' a fir ill lie way of
nuriacnn - and spona than any
o li< r tr, i In t he ¡'unhandle-
I'l tins i c I'
HAS A Cmi.i ' / Club, \\/.!i a Golf
C, nrs< oi II' I by re- In th-
S ate: a 1 i.uoO.OO Club House
J ; loirjd- ed; large lake for
boatln- . 1 .Immlng and fishing:
tennis court.
HAS Lake Pauline, four mllea east
or Quanah on the C-G Highway.
I'lOO acres under water with tine
fishing, boating. swimming,
and camping privileges.
HAS Griesbeck Creek four milett
north where fishing is fine; and
splendid camping and picnic
grounds.
HAS the historic Medicine Mounds
where in the early days the In*
dlnns' Medicine Man gathered
and dispensed the herb* for heal*
(Continued on Pago Sight).
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Woodson, C. C. The Quanah Times (Quanah, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1924, newspaper, July 3, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth184266/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Hardeman+County%22: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.