The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 16 1911.
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Declared Tuesday of last Week-
The Records moved Thurs.
- County Clerk' office here
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The offer of the Texas Indus- It hasbeen-rumored that the
trial (Congress of $10,000, in gold Records of Crosby County had
irizes to the farmers of the Stat# j?een stolen and brought t o
Crosbyton at night, and we have
been ask to set the people who
are not in possession of the
facts on the right track. *
We will say that the Records
we are told by Mr. Will F.
Ezell, County Clerk, were not
moved until nine o'clock Thurs-
day, morning the se^nd day
after« the result had been de-
clared and Crosbyton had been
declared the County Seat.
It is imbarassing to an officer
for such reports to get out and
we simply make this statement
to set the officials right, in the
eyes of -the people.
The party starting such report
is not known to ua but such peo-
ple should be looked upon as" a
joke and condemed for such re-
ports.
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f for the best yields of corn andf
-cotton raised this year is not only
attracting State-wide attention,
but is causing favorable com-
ments throughout the country.
In a letter to Col. Henry Exall,
president of the congress. Hon.
James Wilson. Secretary of Agri-
culture, indorses the movement
as follows: 1 'I have read with a
very great deal of pWsure of
the prizes that are V/be given
.to the farmers of Texas for the
best yields of corn and eotton.
ISvery intelligent citizen is aware
that the rapid increase of our
population calls upon producers
from the soil to double their dil-
igence and make the acre yield
more. The steps that the good
-people of the Texas Industrial
Congress have taken, to stir up
the people of the State and in-
duce them to use all improved
methods to prove the capacities
'of the soil of your great State,
are highly cpjxjmendable. This
action will have aline effefet. It
will show what ..your soil and
your people caii do. It will
g to the attention o;f your
that the farmers' day's
can }>£ ;made to produce
k nrvy^e fiveragtr Texas
acre can be made to yield infin-
itely more. You. have my best
wishes and deepest sympathy in
your efforts."
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Mixjng Brains With Dirt
Austin, Tex., Feb. 11. — Repre-
sentative Coffey of the Sixty-
.... Ninth District and a member ,.of
the Committee on Agriculture in
gathering data for a speech in
support of House bill No. 122 by
Cureton, Himself ' and others
made some calculations based on
figures obtained from the many
xsorn clubs in Texas last year.
After the bill was prepared and
introduced Coffey sent' letters to
different l^oysjn all parts of the
/.State and ascertained that the
average yield produced by the
,• boys was seventy, busHels per
acre. Now the Department of
' Agriculture at Justin shows that
the State* average was but twen-
ty bushels per acre. This means
that the boy beat his father 250
per cent in raising corn.
The estimated value of the corn
fcrop irpTexas for the year 1910
is $92,500,000,. bpt if the daddy
had been.afe progressive as the
boy the crop would have been
;v„ $238,750,000. Jn order that the
:.,v * mind ^may Comprehend what
the'Se figures mean, it would
have put enough money into the
pockets of the Texas farmer to
have built an agricultural and
mechanical college in every coun-
ty of this. State worth $500,000
and "in addition would have left
a surplus of $21,250,000 as an
fg&owmeM fund.
Hf?"', House bill .No.; 122 provides
at the Commissioners' Court
may establish an agricultural and
^ " experimental farm in each coun-
—-—- + It has passed the House. '
Dunwody returned Mon-
day from Aspermont where " he
Strawberries $1 A Quart
Brownsville, Texes, Feb. 11.
Home-grown strawberries ap-
peared on the local market today.
They, were ripe and luscious
and sold at $1 per quart.
Qld Indian
Claim Allowed
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California Pays $1,000 for Sup-
plies for Indian War
in 1879
Met Monday Morning-Much Im-
portant Business to Dis-
pose of.
Monday morning of this week
the Commissioners met in regular
session and the first thing con-
sidered was to decide whether
they should come to Crosby-
ton before the contest proceed-
ings were settled or not. The
Crosbyton people were well rep-
resented and argued the ease
from Crosbyton's standpoint,
while the Commissioners or a
majority seemed not to be satis-
fied with the advice they had at
-hand so they have made ar-
rangements with Judge Randolph
of Plainview to come over ancl
advise the Commissioners Court
in the matter.
This virtually settles the Court
House controversy, if Mr. Ran-
dolph sees Crosbyton as the At-
torney General of Texas has and
as all the Courts in Texas has
clear up to the Supreme Court.
It might well be stated here that
Crosby County has never had
any lawsuits, so to speak, to
"What it now has a chance to
have inside the next few months
if matters are not adjusted.
""" It is to be hoped that the Hon.
Commissioners Court will accept
the ^dvice of Mr. Randolph and
we believe everybody will be
satisfied with the resdlt.
Thlt Is where the track laying
Outfit was at work yester-
day morning; >
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Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 7.—A
claim of $l,000~broi^ght against
the state by A. G. Lafftery of
Humbolt county, for supplies
furnished, during the Indian
wars lit 1851, was allowed by the
assembly yesterday in the pas-
sage of a bill providing for the
payment of the claim.
Lafftery . was^ 22 years old
when the supplies were furnish-
ed. He is now 82. His claim has
been before every California
legislature since 1879, and was
refused. The bill was passed by
a unanimous vote.
Going to Join Gen. Otozco
Two American wireless tele-
graph eperators, were in Dallas
yesterday en route to join the
army of Gen. Orozco in Mexico.
Both are young men. They
have a tempting contract with
the revolutionists, 'which includes
a half section of fine - Mexican
farming land gs. well as.a gener-
ous monetary consideration.
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Food and Drink Compositions
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Austin, Tex.. Feb. 11.—House
Committee on Public Health re-
ported favorably the White-Hub-
bard bjll placing foods or drinks
containing drvigs not specifically
mentioned irt the pure-food law
under the operation of that law,
and requiring the display of pja-
?ards announcing the drugs cori-
in such foods ortfi'Tnft* in
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upon placards
not less than 20 by 30 inches in
Ladies Club Met
Last evening at the home of
Mrs. Barney Johnson, the mem-
bers of the Ladies Literary Club
met in regular session and had a
very interesting time. Mr.
Avery Coon ley of Chicago, was
invited to attend and we under-
stand delivered to the ladies a
very interesting address. Mr.
Coonley, is so far as we know
the only man to have been in at-
tendance and it can well be said
that he spent one hour in mighty
fine company.
The Leterary Club will give a
Colonial Tea at the School Build-
ing on the 22nd, so every body
make arrangements to attend.
The Admission is 25c for all.
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Dallas' Oldest Voter.
The oldest voter in Dallas Co-
unty, according to the registra-
tion, js Granville Crutcher of
428 Swiss avenue, who was 92
years old on the 25th day of Jan-
uary. Mr. Crutcher says that he
does not remember that he has
ever missed an opportunity to
vote, His first vote was cast for
Van Buren for President, and he
has been voting the Democratic
ticket ever since, in both State
and National politics. He has
never offered as a candidate for
office. /
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I have lOOO bales of nice bright
millet hay- for .sale at 50c per
^conversation with General
Manager, J. M. Bassett, of the
Crolbyto|i South Plains Railroad
thfa week, we were informed
that Mr. Denison had just visited
Mr/ Bassett's office, and we
were informed that the steel had
been laid out sixteen miles from
Lubbock, and would reach the
County line in two or three more
days work.
We were also informed that
Mr. Denison said all the time
he wanted was March 15th, in
which" to run the train into
Crosby ton, and that if. he, had
perfect weather, and nothing
handicapped him he might put
it in by March the 1st.
Now good people, we are with-
in lefts than a month of the , rail*
road and it is time tr> begin to
see about and if we are ready
for it. Have we all made some
improvements about our homes
in order that the town will look
inviting to the prospectors
who come seeking a place to
locate? Lets leave no stones
unturned to make Crosbyton
attractive, and by so doing we
Will settle Farmers in the Coun-
try and Business men in the
town.
Now since the big rain last
night it is the most perfect time
to plant trees do so at once and
make your holdings just the more
beautiful and valuable.
It is a good time as soon as
the water runs off to start all
those breaking plows and turn
the sod, and with the coming 6f
the railroad, the more-big fields
we have broke out the better it
will look to the fellow We wajit
to locate among us.
The next order you place tor
freight after March 15th just
say! Bill it to Crosbyton, via.
the Crosbyton South Plains
Route. How does that sound?'
That's The Kind of a Saeson we
Got Last Night—The Earth
Vis Covered ^
Crosby County has at last been
blessed with a good rain, and the
people all have a smile on their
faces that won't come off for
some time to come. The rain
came steady and was a continual
down pour for some hours and
the lakes look like young seas
from the Editors window at this
time, but we can't say how long
the lakes will look that Way.
This assures a wheat crop so
says the old wheat raisers in this
part, as the spring rains will be.
sure to mature it even if we get
no more .rain until Jthe . spring
rains set in. ,
^Crosbyton Country is certainly
wet this morning and every one
is well pleased with the damp-
,n$ss thereof, if we. don't do
something now we will lose
fine chance as everybody has
been so anxious to see the mois-
ture that it makes us all rejoice
at its coming.
It looks like it might rain a
week now and we-j f<jr one-will
not kick if it does for we would
like to see the lakes all full and
running frorn-one to the other
and then a stream to the cap
rock, so let it rain.
Colonial Tea
To Be Given
Feb. 22d by. the Ladles of the
Literary Club Everybody
Come Out.
Verdict on Jim Crow Law
" Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 11. —
Miss "Heart Morris was today
awarded a verdict oF $15tQQ0
against the Alabama and Vicks-
burg Railroad Company, for per-
mitting three negro bishops to
ride in the same sleeping cai
with her.
Her suit has been ene of the
most novel on record. She
claimed damages in the sum of
$25,000. The case went before
a jury. '
The company's defense was
that the negro bisTiops had come
here from Washington, riding ijn
a sleeper, and that they were
entitled to the same accommoda-
tions on the return, hence the
sale of berths to them. ' Miss
Morris took the same Pullman
out of Vicksburg^
bale, also 10,000 bundles of nice4—The case was appealed to the
Remarkable Increase In
tlon in 1910
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Kaffir Corn, at a low price. If
you need any of- thS same see
me one Half mile south of Cros-
byton, A. L. Ellison. 2t. "
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PIG LOST!- •
One white spotted pig strayed
from home the first Of this week
no marks; of any kind, about
^e^mnt^^ld; zz::
Please notify Kelley White at
the ReView office if you have it
Mentally to visit (?) friends. size., up and get" pay for your trouble, transactingbusiness thfe
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Mississippi Supreme Court. If
the lower court judgment should
be affirmed the railroad will carry
the'case to the United States
Supreme Court in order tp es-
tablish precedent on which the
railroads may figure in the
futurejas tojtoe*. carrying negro
passengers in the same sleeping
car with whites, j '
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C. W. Gotta wealthy farmer
from near Cone was in -the City
to week.
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The ladies of the literary Club
>4fill give a Colonial Tea February
22d at the School Auditorium.
Come and see George and
Martha Washington in their
colonial costumes "and powdered
hair.
The ladies'of the club will also
appear in colonial dress and
powdered hair. It will be an
event the like of which has never
before been pulled off in Crosby-
ton and everybody is invited.
A musical program is being pre-
pared and refreshments will be
served. Music all during the
evening. Admission 25c.
Miss Mary Boggs is quite
this week. . ■
sick
Judge Holman
the City today
legal matters.
of Spur
looking
is in
after
Mr. Cosby and son of Floy11
dada were itt Crosbyton this
week prospecting and seeing the
city.
S. L. Rushing and H. Peeples
of Floydada, were visiting in
Crosbyton this week. , ;
I. L. Cone now .has charge of
J. E. Johnston'iatore fa grosbv-t
ton. where ^ewould like to serve
his friends, when they need dry
goods or groceries . * It.
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Hon. W, E. Cranford and F.
E. White had business in Emma
yesterday.
JLaRue and Miss Saftold
yes
E. Smith was a caller
Texas is a wort
agriculture. With
products from the
the people of two
will go hungry and shiver _
cold. Out of the soil and from
the air our farmers take annual-
ly nearly a billion dollars of
wealth. In plowing the land of
Texas farmers walk 330,000,000
miles, which is equal to travi
around the globe 13,200 ti:
Our harvest will give empl
ment to all the people on
continent for three days;^ pi
our faraa products in a
house and we would have L
granary as large as the state of r
Rhode Island, but in taking our
invantory let us not forget that«-r, -
only one-fifth of the land is tftt-
der cultivation, says the Texas
Commercial Secretaries, Asso-
ciation. ;
The world averages two acres
of cultivated land per capita and
in Texas we have eight acres of
cultivated land per capita, giving
us a surplus of the . products of
six acres of cultivated land...per
capita which we must sell outside-
of the state and to this surplus
we must look for our balance of' *
trade; the banker must depend -=
upon it for his deposits; the rail-
roads for, traffic., apd jrornpaim-, ,
for sustenance. Increasing pro-
duction per capita is the path?
way to prosperity. "v, ^
Governor Colquitt's message
to the 32pd legislature lends the1 T"
hope that the state will build nip
our agricultural industry, and a
discussion of our agricultural in-
terests and agricultural institu-
tions is peculiarly important, at
this time.
The chief soil products of Tex- -
as in order of their value as esti-
mated by the federal agricultural
department of 1910, afe cotton,
corn, wheat, oats, hay, potatoes,
rice, etc. Cotton as the leading
productrTs far ahead of any of
its rivals. Corn occupies second
place without challenge. Wheat
and oats have been disputing T .,^
third place, but the separation;'|§§$
this Vear is so pronounced that
there can bfe no longer any con- ——-j
troversy over tlieir respective-
positions. An examination of
the wheat acreage planted efieh
year during the past three years |
shows an irregular and volcanic
condition. In 1908 we harvested
924,000 acres; in 1909 we harvest-'
ed 555,000 acres; and in 1910.
harvested 1,152,0<K) acres, indi-
cating sudden and rapid changes
in area, planting. .Oats take the
place.with a stable record for
growth in.area and increase in
production Ttiere is rapid in-
crease in area and production
all other important comm
products.
An examination of our
products dispels the idea
Texas is a one
1910.JKe-har.vi
bushels of grain. Although a
bushel of oats weighs less than
any other grain, yet there'is con-
siderable significance in tl\e total
quantity of all cereals produced.
Qurceral belt is following close
behind th«rploW as it turns the
we have s<^ far
upon_its nature.
There are numerous causes
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1911, newspaper, February 16, 1911; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242224/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.