Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 62, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL l'UBMC'ATION CITY OF BOItUKIt, TK.VA8
JLLA DBPAjBTMULS T®
VOL. 2—NO. 62.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORGER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1928.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PANHANDLE MUST BOOST, SPEAKERS SAY
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BETS ON LIFE
FJRE DESTROYS FIVE CITY BLOCKS EARLY LAST NIGHT
TABLES FILLED
AT B. T. AND C.
PROGRAM HERE
FIREMEN LOSE
LIVES FIGHTING
FIERCE BLAZE
Departments From Neighbor-
ing Towns Join In Battle
Against Flames
MILLIONS LOST
Damage Estimated by Insur-
ance Men to Be About
$25,000,000
KALL KIVEH. Mass., Feb I! (API
Fall Itiver business district today
lay in ruins with only a. few ehqrred
wall? standing in an area of five
blocks, following a fire which swept
i'ii area of five blocks early today.
The loss, estimated by the mayor,
win, from seven to iwelve million
dollars while some insurance men os-
t'mated the loss might run to twen-
ty-five million dollars.
Several firemen lost their lives
and others were injured. Two1
thousand workmen in offices, banks,
hotels and stores were without em-
ployment today
Starting at the corner of l'ocasset i
and Main streets, the flames spread!
net thward to Hank street and east - •
ward to Rock street leaving in the!
path of destruction three hotels, six |
banks, two theatre?, a church, a
newspaper plant and several office
and store buildings,/
Firemen from a number of neigh-
boring cities fought the flames
throughout the night.
Uniform Closing
Hour Sought by
Borger Merchants
A meeting, called for the pur-
pose of discussing the feasibility of
selecting a uniform closing hour
each day, was called Wednesday
night b> the Holder Hoard of
Trade. No decision was reached.
Another meeting for the same pur-
pose has been called for next Thurs-
day night.
Several" Borger merchants, who
have been requesting that merch-
ants cooperate by closing at a cer-
tain hour each day, met at the
I Hack hotel and discussed the pos
nihility of closing at a unitorm
hour, but because ot an insuflicien!
representation action on the ques-
tion was deferred until next Tues-
dn> night.
Stewart Refuses
To Discuss Secret
THREE INJURED
YESTERDAY IN
PLANE CRASH
Pilot and Five Passengers are
Slightly Hurt; $2,000
Damage Reported
PAMPA. Feb. 8--Special to the
| Herald J. S. Phillips, pilot, and
| Scott Vincent and .). B. Rose, pas-;
| sengers, were slightly injured yes-j
terday afternoon about ii:.'Jn o'clock!
in Pampa when the monoplane in j
I which they were, taking off for a
flight jammed into a telephone pole1
| and nosed into the ground. Vincent ;
| sustained two broken ribs and the
pilot and Rose were badly bruised.
Phillips brought C. I.. Steel, a jew-1
icier, from Electra to I'ampa in the;
j plane on business yesterday after- !
Looks healthy enough, doesn't he?
\V. \V. Watson, Salina Kas. capita-
list, says he doesn't bet. lie lias
deal with an in-
whereby he pays
noon While in the
ed to take up some-
's believed that one
city he start-
passengers. It
of the passen-
jjust completed a
surance company
' $ 10o,0no for an
i a month for tin
Mr. Watson says h<
ten years more, in
| will get back twici
i in. He is 79. his
I be fid, his mother
(grandparents in tlx
income of $ 1,500
rest of his life,
expects to live
which event lie
what he paid
father lived to
ss and his
SU's and StO's.
gel's touched the c
in which he was
accident.
The plane head
jihone pole which e
the wings and canu
in five feet of a re
mtrols in the
ding to cause
leat
I lu-
ll t
ward a tele-
ated one of
to a halt with-
idence with the
i ngine nosed into the ground. The
damage is estimated at $2,000.
Phillips is a veteran aviator, hav-
ing piloted plane:
the war. He de
first accident iie
left tin' service.
since and during
dares this is the
lias had since lie
Four Arrests Here
Wednesday Night Quebec Shops Are
"Antique Makers'
Sturdivant. who lives in the
north part of Borger, was arrested
at his home Wednesday night and
several bottles of beer seized. He
was charged with posession of in-
toxicating liquor and released un-
der a bond of $25.
Three other arrests were made
by the city police
woman was arresti
vagrancy and two
last night. One
id on charges of
men were charg-
ed with intoxication. All three
posted cash bonds which were for-
feited this morning.
MONTREAL. Que . (A>) Many an
out of the way shop in Montreal is
reaping a harvest because of the
rarity of bird's-eye and curly maple
in the t'liited States and the huge
demand there for antique produc-
tions.
An owner of one of the dusty
little stores recently sold four bur-
eaus with solid curly maple fronts.
He goi seventy-live dollars apiece
for them. The American buyer
WASHINGTON*. Feb.
Robot
boa rd
I St <"
of I Ik
ana.
fiance of the
i ommil loo.
last by Ills
a nswer <| n• si ions
had discussed w
rt. chairman
i AP
of
Hie
Standard oil company
persisted today in de-
senate oil investigating
The oil magnate stood
decision to refuse to
as to whether he
h Harry Sinclair,
the lessee ot Teapot Dome, profits
in ibo extinct Continental trading;
coinpan>, which made millions by j
oil for $1.50 a barrel in the
I'nlted
to the
panic:
Slates and selling it
Stewart and Sinclair
for $1.75.
Contempt Case Is
Postponed to Feb.
)><(«*k
colli-
10
:: (Al'l Feder-
today postponed
I he passing of
Hull, executive
three other of-
Pacific lines
for contempt
HOUSTON, Feb.
nl Judge liulcheson
until February 10
sentence on II. M.
vice-president, and
I'icors ot the Southern
io Texas and Louisiana
0 court.
violating the court's injunction en-!
joining iliciu from pursuing methods
which union officials said were eal
1 ulaied io influence company clerks!
like employees to join the compam
union Instead of leaving them free
to affiliate with the Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks.
England Mourns
Death of Leader
LONDON. Feb. .'! (AIM While
all Knglnnd mourned and throe sons
oi the king led a three-mile proces-
sion from Si Columbia to West-
minister Abbey Willi the body ol
Field Marshal llitlg borne through
llie streets of London In one of the
create I milltar;. , pageants in the
hist ii> or London. Funeral services
Were jo-Id at Weslminister Abbey.
O. U. Field House
Will Seat 8,000
NORMAN, Okla . l/P) - The dream'
of I5f n (I. Owen, director ol' athle-
tics at the University of Oklahoma,
of providing every man in tin* uni-
versity an opportunity to take part
in some form of athletics, approach-
ed realization with the recent open-
ing of the university's new Held
house.
During the past two years.
Owen's program of intermural
sports has made rapid strides, as
the director was relieved of the
duties of coaching football and per-
mitted to devote h'\> entire time to
executive rapacities.
The field house, dedicated by the
Sooner basketball team defeating
Kansas, can be adapted to several
branches of indoor sports.
It seats S ,000 spectators for a
basketball game. The basketball
floor measiuvs 00 by 108 feet.
After the basketball season, the
basketball floor and the first floor
bleachers can be removed and an
excellent clay indoor track, mea-
suring 0 laps to the mile, is avail-
able. Space is provided for a com-
plete indoor track program, with
balcony seats foi 1.000 people.
The building is 1 7by is") feet
in dimension, and 7f> feet high
At n later date, when funds be-
come available, it will be extended
to twice its present length.
The new structure has not yet
been named
Legion Helps Form
Other Organizations
chopped
four hurt
ses.
The pr<
had so mi
bird 's-eyo
A merican
down
bundle
under
away from all
left the carcas-
l rout
and
prietor of a similar shop
odd strips of curly and
maple on the shell. An
buyer saw them and put
twenty-live dollars for the
whiheli could be carried
one arm.
LATE NEWS
I By The
Beaumont
lc> llamlill.
Ills (laughtei
ston,
stall! I.v lo<la\ when
I'm ific i rain si ruck
at Nome.
Associated
I eh. (/P)—Wes-
liO. Soni'lake, and
Mis. .lack Jolms-
killcd i 11 -
a Southern
t licit- truck
LOS \\<;I;lksv .YI . i/p>
—Today was alienists da> in
the sanit.x trial of William
Hickman. It was indicated
that most of the da> would In-
monopolized h\ medical ex-
perts. l>r. I!. (). Shelton, Los
Angels, said he was of -llie
opinion that llie defendant suf-
fered from Dimciilia I'raecox.
W ASH I \(«TO\,
— Norman Dodge
ted h> President
da\ t< he t nitcd
I'cb. :5. (/P>
was nomina-
< 'oolidge to-
States attor-
ney for
dist ri< «.
the Nortliern Texas
lit \TS\ IM.i;, I eh. ;i, </Pt
—Prison otVicials said here to-
day that they contemplate no
investigation into yesterday's
shooting in which <>uard D. K.
Long was killed while searcli-
ing for prisoners who had es-
caped,
ing wa
They said
' accidental.
the
shoot -
RAY MONO VILLI-:. Texas. (/p)
Much interest is being shown in the
activities of the American Legion
post here which is aiding other;
in
i nearby
and at the
members to
orga ni/.ing
same tim«>
its organi-
is under
I o (ierman
imI througn
local post,
already has secured nearly 2.000
points in this contest. Post Com-
mander Verne SnbUi said.
Recently a Ladies' Auxiliary was
lform?d. with a membership of U.'5.1
com munlt ief
new posts.
adding new
zat ion.
An active campaign
way to win one of the
jcannotis to hi• dlstrlbnt
Texas next .lune The
\\ ASH I \< TOX,
Rear \dtniral II. I*
tired, told the House
mittee tcnlay that at
ary naval arms
(tcncva in
I'cb. :5.—
Jones, re*
naval coin-
a prclimin-
coilference at
lie had gath-
Herald Adds Third
Linotype Machine
With the addition of a third
linotype machine the Herald is
now able to give additional ser-
vice through the iicwspn|H r and
to customers of the printing de-
partment.
This machine, a Model 5, adds
approximately to the mo-
dern equipment of the Herald
office. It will permit more
work to he turned out lieii* on I
short notice and will add to the
amount of news material which j
can be set for the newspaper.
The llorger Herald is adding
this machinery to keep up with
the city in its siip|M>rt of t lie
newspaper.
J. R. HEDGECOKE
FOR TREASURER
Present Off ice-Holder Appoint-
ed Recently Asks Re-
Election
County Treasurer John Howe j
Hedgecokq officially announced his \
candidacy for election subject to,
tin' Democratic July 28 primary.
Mr. Hedgeeoke was appointed to |
the office of county treasurer ten
months ago, to succeed S. M. |
Hedsecoke, who resigned.
Mr. Hedsecoke announces that j
he is running and asking for sup-1
I port of citizens of Hutchinson eoun- I
iv on his own merits and not on
I the demerits of any person who;
! may aspire for the office. His ten
j months incumbency has familiar- ]
ized him with every detail of his I
.office and his duties as a county •
| officeholder.
Hedgecoke for a number of years
; before coming Io the Panhandle;
was acting land commissioner of
New Mexico. His experience while
j holding this office lias acquainted
him with every question pertaining
| to the duties of his office.
lie pledges continuous ^ service j
and an honest, performance of duty
if elected to the office of county j
111 easurei .
Tripleheader To
Be Played With
Spearman Tonight
Three basketball games will be
played for Borger fans tonight at
| the high school gymnasium, one,
i between the high schools boys of
Spearman and Borger, one between j
the girl's teams of the two schools j
I and the third is between the two I
I adult town teams of the two cities.
The first game, between the girls,]
will start at 7::>u o'clock and the
| game between the boys will be
| played following the girl's game.
Those teams have met before.
The Borger girls were defeated bv
j Spearman last Saturday 31 to 21,
'in one of the most thrilling con-
tests of the entire tournament,
played here Friday and Saturday
The town team met the men of
j Spearman a week ago and went
down to defeat, lS-ll. at Spearman.
[The contest was played on a dirt'
I court, which was a decided handi-
cap to the Borgerltes. Tonight the
| locals believe that the game, to be
played at home will be decidedly
|different, in as much as they are
at home and are familiar with the
high scliol gymnasium court.
Spearman nosed out the hign
ischool bovs of Borger at Spearman.
|two weeks ago by a margin of !•
I points, on the same court as that
I used by the town teams. Coach
Cherry of the Bulldogs has
drilling his men strenuously
week and believes they will
away with tonight's game.
Fans will be admitted to all three
games for the same admission char-
ged for one show In fact it is a
basket bal bee, which every person
in the city will enjoy.
SEARCH HICKMAN SPECTATORS
M
wwfa
.Just to be sure there is no unexpected commotion spectators at the trial
of William Edward Hickman for the murder of Marian Parker at Lo-
Angeles are searched carefully for weapons. The picture shows deputies
examining two young women who wanted to ^er in ;iiid hear •!! about it
Clark Norris Says
He Slid Too Far
Clark N'orri:
of Mr. and Mr;
was hard tor
. 4-year-old son
. Noal I). Norris.
•ven bis parents
to recognize yesterday afternoon
when he slipped into the house
making excuses for his appear-
ance.
It seems that Clarlc had been
playing with four or five chil-
dren near a slush pit. not far
from home. The boys were
sliding down a hoard, he said,
and he slid too far. lauding in
the center of the pool of oil.
Dreading his reception ai his
home, Clark is reported by
neighbors to have come to them
asking permission to eliminate
a portion of the lubrication.
His request was refused. How-
ever, and his father is said to
have had an interesting •.session
with a scrub brush in the bath-
room of his residence.
Famous Guide's Son
Forest's Guardian
MINNEAPOLIS i/Pi t'p in the
big woods of Minnesota, where
Pierre Bottineau, famous north-
west Indian guide, directed mis-
sionaries and traders, a son of the
scout is utilizing his woodcraft to
suppress the forest fire evil.
Ho is Noah E. Bottineau To
him is entrusted supervision of a
forest protection project of several
large lumber companies. They
maintain a system of lookout sta-
tions, connected by private tele-
phone and trails. The tract is dif-
ficult of access and is penetrated
only by a private logging railroad
A graduate of an Indian school,
Bottineau has a deep love for books
and music, appeased somewhat by
programs brought into his log ca-
bin by radio.
FINAL IEDIS10N
WILL BF MADE
Primary Question Will Be
Threshed Out In Commit-
tee Meeting Tomorrow
Whether or not Democratic pri-
maries will be held in Hutchinson
I (oUntv. will In decided at a meet-
ing of I he Democratic executive
! committee in Stinnett next. Saturday
| afternoon at 2 o'clock, County De-
mocratic Chairman \V. S. Christ-
ian announced today
The question of whether to order
la call for the primaries will be
discussed freely and passed upon,
ill a majority favor llie calling ot
II he primaries, it shall be done.
Christian said and if not. there
I will be primaries in Hutchinson
county.
com m it toe-
to attend
iv Walter
is
attenda
R. I.
"Farm Train"
In Stinnett Today
Democratic precinct
.men have been otitied
the meeting by Secret.
i R. Allen, and a
expected.
The meeting will be held ai the
Townsite office in the rear of the
First Stale bank. Every candidate
I or prospective candidate interested
in calling of the primaries is urg-
ed to attend the meeting
Visitor Praises
Borger as Best
City in Southwest
H. C. Cleveland.
Mile dealer of Laqu
j spending several
| looking over the
i possible location for
Mr. Cleveland, in a
day, said Borger wa:
i most progressive citli
tire southwest. "You
that it appears has
night, from a few
to a metropolitan
general mercan-
•y. Mo., 'has been
days in Borger
territory for a
or !ils business,
tatellient to-
one of the
in the en-
h a vo a city
grown over-
attered shacks
<iM one ot
! Max
been
this
| walk
el-oil general impressions llutl
an effort Motihl be made to ter-
minate the Washington navnl
arms agreement in intiti.
\\ XMIIM.TON, l ob. :t (AIM
—-The Texas I'ncit'ic llnlhviij
asked permission from tile In-
terstate commerce commission
I mill) to purchase control of the
Tc\ns-\eu Mcvico company for
99-Year Sentence
For Dave Wilson
i (iAlNSEVIl.Uv Feb. :! i AIM
Dave Wilson, farmer, was senteue fi
! to lilt years in the penitentiary yes-
terday for lho slaying of Deputy
Sheriff W W. Emerson lie wa
sentenced to an additional eight
year term when he pleaded guilty
to a charge of assault with intent
to murder in connection with nil at-
tack upon Sheriff .lake Wright of
; Cook county.
In an effort to encourage diversi
lied farming in the Panhandle the'
Hock Island railroad company is
'sending a large delegation to Stin-j
Inett in what lhe> term a "farm'
demonstration train" today. A pub-
lic meeting will lie held at 'J o'clock
this afternoon and at 7 this even-
ing ai the Hex theatre.
One of tin.' best informed group]
of agricultural experts ever as
'sembled in the Pan handle are
] speakers on the program, many:
of whom are professors in various
|state colleges.
Car Stolen on Main
Street Last Night
which every citizen should be proud
There seems to be more business
transacted in Borger every day
than any other cities I have visit
ed in several months," lie said
Mr Cleveland said that he would |
return to Missouri and dispose of
his property there if possible and
hoped to locate in Borger.
Ill a collision at llie corner o,
Fourth street this morning, the
new Buick roadster, belonging to
W D Witt, wa- badly damaged
when it collided with a truck be-1 most beautiful
longing to the Continental Suppb and I am sup
company. city during tin
Hutchinson Donates
$100 to Convention
A donation of slOO has been
raised among business men and
county officials ol Hutchinson coun-
ty by DemoerHth Chairman W S.
Christian, which will be mailed to
Chairman W. E. Sterling of the Na-
tional Democrat i< convention com-
mittee at Houston
Mr Christian explained that the
Democrats should raise funds in
ever*' communis with which to
Hoover and Willis Praise Thi#
Section; Say Borger's Mer-
its Are Unknown
ADVERTISES CITY
Get Acquainted With Your
Country, Push It or Move
Out, Hoover Advises
i Advertising the Panhandle its
'many industries, resources and po-
tentilities was the theme of speak-
ers who addressed approximately
i :;oo persons who attended the Bor-
jer Board of Trade banquet at tin;
Black hotel lust night.
President L. L. Brooks was in-
troduced after every person at-
tending the banquet had been re-
iquired to sign a register, and in-
vocation had been given by Kev. A.
F Johnson, pastor of the First Bap-
iiisi church.
In behalf of the commercial or-
ganization. President Brooks wel-
comed the entire assemblauge to
the "Wonder City of the World."
Young Citizens Here
Judge Newton P Willis of the
"-4th district court, the first speak-
er on the program, over which
President L. L. Brooks, presided,
declared that the Panhandle of Tex-
as was composed of young citizen-
ship, interested in the future of the
territory. "Borger has been ad-
vertised as the home of the had
man, gunmen and bulldoggers,"
Willis declared "but to the con-
trary we have the finest young cit-
izenship in the entire country.
These young people should belong
to the Board of Trade, tor the man
not belonging to a city's commer-
cial organization is a destroyer of
progress. I would rather b« a
builder than a destroyer."
Judge Willis then recited a poem,
entitled "Ship Me Back to the Pan-
wa> roundly applauded His talk
handle. Where I Belong." which
was interspersed with humor which
kept the crowd in an uproar of
'aughter. throughout his address
Attorney H. E. Hoover of Cana-
dian in opening his address in a
humorous vein said that he had
told Dan Moody recently that he
has just visited Borger "and got out
alive." You had better go up and
get acquainted," he said he told
the governor.
Hoover I'rnises Panhandle
"God Almighty made all coun-
tries equal, tiltd the best in your
country and make the best oT it
You are entitled to live in the
best country in the world: if you
don't like the Panhandle get out. '
Hoover declared, "and make more
room for those who can appreciate
its true worth.
"The Panhandle is made up of
the finest red-blooded people in th"
(Continued on page 4)
Motorcycle Officer
Resumes His Duties
11 I. Rickard. who was ster-
iously injured several weeks ngo
'as the result of a collision with a
speeding automobile has returned
to his old duties as city motorcycle
officer.
ltick aid
near the
w a rehouse
at Front street.
avert a collision
bile backing out
machine skidded
speeding machine
following
was injured in Isom
ercules Supply companv
is he turned the corner
In an effort to
with an automo-
of an alloy, hi.;
and struck the
which he wa.
Borger Town Team
Defeats Phillips
provide entertainment
cratio visitors at the I
volition. "Houston is
for Demo
loustou con-
one of till
cities
everj
eollVi
ill llie state
visitor in that
ution will en-
was defeated Wednesda>
5 by tile Borger basket-
team in what proved to
the hottest contests ever
the locals.
■ml of the first quarter,
r had walked away to a win-
lead of L'!!-.'!. hut Phillips not
rame hack in the
piled up lit points.
Phillips
'night, in-
bull town
be one of
j played by
At the
: Borg
j nine
I to be daunted
-ecoiid hall and
The roadster had a badly bout
fender. I lie front bumper Wft«
knocked off and the front lire cut
iTIie truck was not damaged.
joy the wonderful climate, enter
tninineni features and other facili-
ties which Houston has to offer,
christian said,
Brownfield starred for Borger.
, scoring in field goals, two tree
|throws and one forward pass, while
j II Conley. left guard was tin*
leading man for Phillips, wltl. three
I field goals to his credit.
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