The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS* THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912.
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Crosbyton has been very fortunate in the past •
• in never having- had' a fire of any conseqnence,
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and it was soon found that the-Eire
Demon was getting in his- work on the best bfc
'iff-the city. The fire originated in .'the R. M.
Dry Goods and Grocery Store. The alarm
was given from the Methodist Parsonage by
Rev. C. D*. Pipkins and "in a short time there
' were hundreds of people out in full force fight- '
ingto save the rest of the town. The wind was
* blowing^atLabout twenty-five miles an hour from
a northeasterly direction and in just an hours
time the following buildings were consumed with
their contents: .. . "
R. M. Snells Store was the first to go to the
groui e fire originated in the same, and
. .did so an unknown cause, as there had
been no fire in* the buildi ng since, early in the
^yer/ing.'-^'-M^^Snell^Bss was at least.$8^000.00'•
covered by $6,000.00 Insurance. He -had just
unloaded a lot of new goods Monday evening"
that had never b'een opened.
In convention with Mr. Swell he states that
at this time" h£ cannot tell whether he will open
.again or not. Hetells-us thai he cannot tell
just what he will do.. It is hoped however that
he will re-build and open' Boon„as„ his store is
badly needed in Crosby ton. . -
The next house in the wake of the fire was
. the two-story building of Mr. Carmack wjiieh
was I or a restuarant, and whicfrwas--
i 500.00 and it ahd its
contents were a complete loss there being no in-
surance whatever on the^aTneT^MiTtJra^eswho-
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conduct^the Restaurant in the Carmack build-
ing.tells us 'that'he lost adout $650.00, *The upper
■story of ;jthe buildi^ wras used as a lodge room**'
by theK. of P. and Odd Fellows and they lost
1;heir entire equipments, which possibly runs up
td $500. w with-no insurance. • « c :
Bill Lamar Building wa§'next to fall, it being
.occupied as offices in the second,,story and the "
vfirst-floor. was occupied toy Simon O'Neal, the
ious opened with'"a. nicte stock- andhad no insnr- •
, ianee, biit by ffie efforts 6f his ^employees and
the people of Cfosby ton his stock was! saved
with the exception of about $700.00 -"worth?'.of
shoes.
Sheriff C. E. Roy had acquired offices in the
Lamar building and he was only, able to save
the Tax Rolls and "one tax receipt book. The
loss,,of these records he telis us will run about
$50*0.00 with no insurance.
^Mr^^Lamar maintiained hislandofliees in his
building and the office equipment was worth
aboutjferee hundred dollar^ and, the building
$1,500 with $1,000!00 insurance. 7 % ,..
The Citizens National Bank was the last of
ithe bfuldipgs to catch fire and it took the bla^e
oply a very '.Jew minutes to finish it when its
tiirn came; Cashier Edgar Allen by his herioc
ejffdrt-s smasjied inja window,Just as it begin-to
blaze and. forced his way taking from the
flaming building the adding machine. This ma-
chine was all that was saved. The loss of the
Bank was from $2,500.00 to $3,000.00 with $1,-
500.00 Insurance, - - — — ^ _ ^v';.
The yault of the, bank was i>$ened yesterday
morning and it was found that "every thing was
intact Th^y opened for business yesterday and
will begin the erection of a new home as soon
as. the Directors can hold' ameeting. t
At this stage of the fire the flames were lap-
ping almost to the Emma Hard ware Company 's
War^S'duseC as well as the sparks and flying
shingles blowing on, around and over the build-
ings for nearly an. hour. . The Citizens af Ci'OS-
byton by .their united-effort saved the fire from
spreading7 further, but at, several times--the
stores ol iQartfer and J.,,E. Johnston were on fire
, ' o . .. C. Woody.
There'were a line of about 75 ni¥nr strung"Irora
the main water tank" on the South side of the
"sqtrafre to the firing llne^ ia^
taken in sufficient quanities*t<) hold it in check.
The fact that the wind was so very high add-
ed to the fury_of the. fire and it is ^arid thatres-
"idences several blocks a way .caught on firf but
the people were so cautious that they were
promptly extinguished. -
The fire sailed through the air for a half mile
or more looked like ia bunch of black birds feed-
ingjallweafihsdiMionds,^
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At this time we are unable to say how many
of the buildings will be replaced and how rpany
will be open in business soon.'
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Caused the Crosbyton South
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'The alarm that went out< last.
Fr; '' • ;.a very dis-
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well as several automoibile loads
of Fire Fighters. The Special
soon left and carried.some forty
fighters, and it made1 the fastest
time ever made over the Crosby-
ton Southplains road, making the
l^milor. "i? ' 'hiutes.
That is quick time for a i^ew
road- and the same. was in no
>n arriving at
Lorenzo it wao loam :d -that the
"fire had been extinguished and
the fighters were soon on their
way homeward .all well pleased"
to leatn that the fire had' only
caused some slight damage, in
the~Smyr.es pasture.
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. Letter to D. L. Weller
- Crosbyton, Texas?
Pear Sir • Three gallons saved
is $12 to $15 earned. -
• Mr. Hanford Piatt of Bridge-
port, Conn,' ordered 15 gallons
Devoe to paint his house, and re-
turned 3 gallons. _ His ^painter
said it would take 16; a lead-and
oil painter.
Hubbell & Wade Co sold it.
They say everybody, has the same
experience there. ' ;
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v The is, of course:' they
are used to poor paint.
What is poor paint? Anything
not Devoe: some worse
others. Besides, paints wear
about as they cover.' Dou ble the
$12 to $15,. * ' \ ,,
28- . F. W. Devoe & Co
The Old Timers of Crosby County Tell us tl
fore m" the rtistory ~6tThis Country
Been Such a Blizzard.
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Meiiday ni^h¥at about 12:00 o'clock, : the wi-nd:
switched |rQmthe north to t-he northeast and.
begin to rage, blowing at first at a moderate ~
gait, until at aboiitday break it was coming at
about thirty miles an hour and at that .tithe
there was a-fiae iniist^of,ram-falling-whichfroze•
as-it fell, and by sun-up it had " turned slightly -
warmer an.4 thejthist was converted into thg ,
finest snow that has, ever been seen in this
So^th Plains.country and was being driven by
ah unmerciful north easterly wind until at about
8:00 o'clock a. m. when the wind switched back .
to the north for. the rest of the' day the
ftnow fell so. thick and was carried in" the winds
so ddnse that travel was impossible. People
in the town who attempted to go to their places
of business found it most difficulty to find their
way, and many were blocks from where they
had headed when they found themselves. By
noon the travel was completely stopped and
even the deliveries of the town were out of
CdjmMsliibn/ The evening train was held up
snow bound two miles west of Lorenzo and., had
to'spend the rest of the day and night at that
point, ^.id went out today at 12:30, fr-effn .
Crosbyton and the regular- train, that wou'ld
have gotten in at four-thirty the day before
Will be helped out of the snow-borfnd districts by
some thirty odd of Crosbyton's most energetic ,
men, but as we go to press (Wednesdayeveniog •
at;6: o'clock) the trainshaye not arrived. The I
rescue train was also snow-bound at "last reports
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they had a H difficult tasl
.c|p rQck, with-the'team and ag(
aes
they, were about half waylfp t""-
team were side deep in the snow# when a -
came, and in the ditch, te > and
went They got out in the snow and after
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wagon
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considerable time cutithe team loose ai
them on top the cap rock, at "which ph> *, ej
mounted the mules and came ,in, r.
however lost in the way arkl . -
some two miles south of town.
late in the evening and were taken in at the
hotels. At noon yesterday they started for ,
camp with a party who offered ^assistance in
- the way of seeing them down t i i ,.roek
- safely to camp. As yet we have not heard hov?
the pan-y h\ c:lni;)G wave yervee'.. hv'-
■ have good equipment it is not anticipated that
.they suffered any to speak of.
The cattle men say the" Blizzard was the
harde^jsf the winter on live stock; but as yet ,
no loss of cattle has been reported, and we hope
4hat the-loss will be very little if any. The Sun
rarae -out yesterday morning with a clear sky,
and the mountains of-snow in various parts of
town and county brought to. the gaze, of man
'thmgs'that he hadrTiever anticipated seeing in"
this Sunny land of purs. The snow in the barn
Jots and yards in-the city arS in_many, places
six to eight feet deep, especially so where -the
^now c uld drift.
''It is an assured fact," said an old timer this
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before -the—j^--^£ffi)injilQjhejyjpM%-J'th3t the. Sot:
trains.reach Crosbyton. , - . > ^will make"^the biggest erop in its . history this
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•The-Sur-veyi'ng party of "the Crosby ton-South-
plains R. R1 who was in camps two or* three
miles below the cap rock were running short on
Supplies and. feed for their team and .they -.de-
tailed Scrap Freeman and Shorty Wallace to
come to town for'the same. They" tell us., that
the year 1912. When we have sue.
this I have never seen it fail, that the harvest
was great in the coming Fall," so we will get
back with interest all we are out,on the Severity
of the Blizzard."
S% D:0od> Ramseur
D. P. Griffin was in town Mon-
c(ay and infoifMed us that he
«oul(l- tx-Kin sowinpr onts this
wcoK. Mr. Griffin is well fixed
for farming - nd we are-sure he
will make a g;ood yield "on any-
thing he may plant*, f
. In the announcement column
df the Review will 4ae found the
name of S. D. (Dod) Ramseur,
who comes before the voters for
the office jof boi if; ' "j1 ur
of Crosby County.
Mr.- Ramseur ia a son of C. R.
Ramseur, deceased, who had
jserVed^ the people of Crosby
County in the capacity for . years
as Treasurer and at his- death
Mrs. Ramseur was appointed to
fill his unexpired term. Dpd
has been acting as Deputy and
has conducted the affairs of the
office to the entire satis faction of
all, and is now placing, his , name
before the voters as a, candidate
for election to the ;office.; i
We take pleasure , in recom-
mending Dod, as a young man
who has been-well raised, well
trained in his boyhood, and
raised by one of" the old Con-
federates \ - r> held
in hig' >d was always
plains -;n ingthe
pc< - official capacity was
than less and did his duty
without favor to any one. Dod
we.believe will fill the place of
his father just as sai'1, >,ory to
the people of Crosby County as
his father and we, are glad to say
that so far he has no opponent
and we hope he will 'have none
for the h should be ele
,e'd by a solid vote. So when you
go to the Polls in July remember
Santa Fe Free Ce;ctiires oft
'FARMING
* It will be of interest to all
farmers to know that on Thurs-
day February 29 1912 froffi 2:45
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Farming special train ot fB:W
cars will be in Lubbock, in charge
of H. M. Bainer, Agricultural
Demonstrator. ■
The best agricultural lectures
obtainable will be on the train
and the main subjets to be dis-
cussed will be: ""
; Better Farming.
Profitable Hog Raising.
Our Farm Poultry.
The need for more Dairying.
Admission and Lectures are
free, and the benefits to be de-
rived must be appreciated by all
interested in these subjects, p "
The Review is glad to bring
'War:/' fepov
readers, that all . who,can may.
avail of this opportunity.'.
Zay Powel 1 of the Half Circle
S. Ranch was. in the city last
Friday and was tranr sk
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$5d,000 to Loan in. Crosby
County
In sums of $1000 or more on
long time ttf extend' 'didorfs
lien notes' or to; invest in live:
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curityf nWPite-to me.' f handle my-
loans with promptness and dis-
patch and as soon as the security.. .,'
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is investigated >>ou get the money* '
R. A. Underwood,';
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Wanted:
.. I want 50 firs^class dry. coyote
hides inside the next ten
J. C. Johnsoh, Crosbytc
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We will; show every
day and Sattirday 'nights
now on. Come in and enjoy %
good Moving Picture Show:
Crosbyton Amusement Co.
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1912, newspaper, February 22, 1912; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242271/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Crosby+County+-+Crosbyton%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.