The Hereford Brand, Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Ma
Tire Hereford Brand
Vol. 11
HEREFORD. TEXAS. AUGUST 4. 1911
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Almost Every Day Prominent Men Arrive to Investigate Irrigation Possibilities
EXPERT FARMER
INSPECTS LAND
Wyoming Super vision Visits Here*
ford and Pronounces Our Farm-
ing Opportunities Ideml.
Dr. Cook, in company with W. M.
Bainer, Santa Fe Farmer, paid Here*
ford a short visit Monday, but while
inspected our soil and water and pro*
nounced both excellent, the special
object of his visit was to examine a
large tract of land west of town
which belongs to some London par-
ties. They wished to know if the
soil was suitable for cultivation
either under the dry farming process
or irrigation. Dr. Cook found the
conditions much more favorable than
had been represented to him.
In speaking of his work in Wyom-
ing, this gentleman says that in bis
state, where the normal rainfall is
only 13A inches, that they have suc-
ceeded in raising good average
wheat and other crops. He thinks
with the water resource surrounding
Hereford that the community should
become widely famous. To raise
wheat under irrigation would be
highly profitable and that 60 bushels
per acre should be raised. Mr.
Bainer reports that the feed crops
along the Santa Fe lines in the Pan-
handle are very promising and that
the fanners are feeling good.
Both of these gentlemen have just
returned from College Station where
they attended the Texas Farmers'
Congress, one of the most important
meetings of the kind ever held in
Texas. Dr. Cook was especially
commendatory in his remarks about
the progressive spirit of the Texas
farmer.
The result of Dr. Cook's visit to
Hereford may be the opening of a
large farm upon the most approved
methods. This farm will be of un-
told value to the community from an
experimental standpoint as Dr. Cook
is likely to have charge of the farm
and he is perhaps one of the most
successful western farmers in the
United States.
Velie Vehicles ■rGarnson Bros.
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Firm Changes Hands.
O'Brien & Arnold, who only re-
cently bought the J. F. Collup Grain
& Coal business, and installed A. P.
Murchison as manager, have now
sold the business to James Hughes,
and hereafter the style of Ihe firm
will be the Hughes Grain Co. Mr.
Hughes is well and favorably known
to Hereford citizens. For several
years past he has been connected
with the J. G. Callens Dry Goods
Store. The affairs of the firm will
be under the personal management
of Mr. Hughes.
Gardening tpglaat Garrison Bros.
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C. E. Oliver of Winfield, Kans.,
was in the Brand office Saturday
and asked that his paper be changed
to Friona where he will make his
home for some time. Mr. Oliver
owns 5,000 acres of land eleven
miles southeast of Friona. Hetays
that if the lakes fill up wtflfcho ^yill
possibly plant a good at0
wheat. '
200 good yeapltnpsteeri for sale
lerf^Cb
at $20 per h
Pecos, Texas.
Chas. W. Tudor,
2tp.
Legislative Hews Letter.
Austin, Texas, Aug. —They're
off at Austin with a wet track and
fair weather. The re-districting bill
will give the jockeys a chance to
show their talent aad when the event
is over, m*ny * promising roadster
will be left at the post. Likewise
the appropriation bill will give the
colts an opportunity of playing to
the grandstand, as well as tax the
wisdom of the judges in apportioning
the prizes, but the Governor has
placed a handicap upon the field,
which renders it absolutely free from
danger.
The people have spoken on the
Prohibition question and the issue is
settled. The State is still surfeiting
from the overflow of thought and
words as raw as uncooked beef are
passing between the contending fac-
tions, but these nerve racking after-
pains of state always attend trying
ordeals of this character. They are
the natural symptoms of recovery.
The Legislature, like the harem
skirt, is divided but will not fall;
the people are united but badly hob-
bled, but we are rapidly approaching
the day when Texas will lay aside
her freakish customs and put on the
robes of progress.
The development of the magnifi-
cent resources of Texas should now
occupy the thought of those who de-
sire to serve the public. In years
gone by, many a patriotic Texan has
lived in hopes that such a day would
come, but they all died fasting. It
is the misfortune of Texas that many
of her distinguished citizens, who are
"foremost in a brawl and in all else
the least of the Greeks," usually
cast the political policies of state,
but the time has come when politi-
cans, who do not care to become
wrapped in the merciless shroud of
oblivion and then cast into the bin of
forgetfulness, must move the star of
civilization Texasward. God will
forgive a politician everything ex-
cept stupidity.
Congress will, in all probability, j
designate at the present session the j
number or Congressmen Texas is en- r
' titled to during the next decade and
! the work of forming Congressional
' districts will fall to the lot of the
1 present session of the Legislature. (
'The Legislature will also fix the j
' number of state representatives and
| define the boundary line of each re-!
Ipresentative district. The state!
' senatorial districts, while remaining
the same in number, will undoubted- j
ly undergo serious changes in their j
territory, and when the work is com-
pleted, we will have a new constella-
tion in the political Armament.
Many a candidate, who is afraid
of silence as a child is of darkness,
will appear before the Legislature
and harp until he busts his harp in
producing unanswerable arguments
and submitting proof as good as Dr.
Cook's, showing why certain changes
in districts should or should not be
made. Political sub-divisions are!
always made by politicians for poli-
ticians, but the atmosphere in Texas,
is charged with development and he
who dares to explore political caverns
must carry with him the torch of
progress.
Read our week}? newsletter and
watch the currents •pi cross-currents
as they play upon the political arena
at Austin.
Pumping Plants.
Hereford hss 10 real irrigation
plants and a large number of small
ooes. These include the three big
wells of McDonald & Co., each of
which will pump from 800 to 1100
gallons per minute, the big creek
pump of Warren & Barcus' which
throws a stream of 2,000 gallons per
minute. Then there are the two
How Farmer Lines.
Three new farmer telephone lines
having twenty subscribers has just
been connected with the Hereford
exchange of the Southwestern Tele-
graph and Telephone Co. The lines
extend about eighteen miles out
25-Mile ave. and furnishes service
to the following well known people:
NEWSPAPER MAN'S
WMDENGK
A G. Bell, C. I. Powelson, G. T. J
uinitor plants of J. F. Collup. OfjHiggins. W. R. Higgins, R. G. j
the smaller plants pumping from 125 [ Guffy, Sherman Williams, E. Wood, j
to 800 gallons per minute—A. O. J J. O. Thompson, Leslie Moreman,
Thompson, L. Gough, H. G. Stanley John Burch, A1 Mcintosh, H. G.
and E. E. Ramsey. Of the large j Conkright, Chas. Hodges, I. E. Hop-
Young Editor Turns In
Surprises Engineers si
—WiH Ala Irrigation.
number of windmill plants that of L.
Weaver and G. W. Smith will count
for most.
That irrigation has really come to
Hereford is a settled fact, the only
thing remaining is for about 20 more
land owners to get busy and make
contracts for big wells. A little
outfit will not give satisfaction nor
will it be very profitable. It is
known that three well known men of
Hereford have said that they are
ready to go down for three big wells.
More Rain in County.
A heavy cloud in the west poured
out a gulley washer along the upper
Tierra Blanco Friday night, causing
the creek to rise. On the Wither-
spoon alfalfa field, west of town, a
lot of new cut hay was floated away,
but he gathered a load of bass in-
stead, securing one 6 pounder and
several smaller fry. The fish were
left in the overflowed field.
Tuesday evening again, two heavy
clouds northwest and northeast came
up and heavy rains fell, but none at
Hereford. At Umbarger a destruc-
tive hail fell and did considerable
damage to the crops. It is not
known to what extent, but the hail
covered a wide strip of territory.
TubularA^usm Separators at Gar-
rison Bros. 26tf
kins,
Mrs.
W. C.
W. M.
It should not be a thing of surprise
for a newspaper man to turn inven-
tor, especially when his fertile brain
should turn out a wind-engine; yes,
_ „ _ , , a real wind-engine. Not a hot air
usse , in o ges,. M(j compressor, but an
\i n n00^" .I' engine that is run by the wind just
McDonald and D. P. Vaughn. I
The subscribers on these lines are gteam or gasoline. This is no
now in constant use, telephone com- j ejtber.
munication with each other and | W. A Williams, of Olivet, South
through the Southwestern exchange j Dokota, is the genius whose nasto Is
with telephone users in Hereford. ! mentioned in the patent papers as
The construction of these lines' inventor.
and its connection with the telephone j The Olivet Leader has this to say:
exchange here is another step in the; "W. A. Williams, of Olivet, So.
progress of telephone development j Dakota, has just been informed by
which is being made by the residents. Munn & Co., of the Scientific
in the rural sections of Deaf Smjth American, that his application for a
county. Under the plans of the ' patent for a wind turbins, or motor,
Southwestern Company farmers and ; has been allowed by the U. S. pat-
other rural dwellers are enabled to j ent office at Washington, D. C.
secure telephone service on an, "This mechanism is a new deper-
economical basis. As a result, far-jture from the old style of windmills
mers in all sections of the state are i in that it can have one or any multi-
installing telephones in their homes.! pie of power wheels and can be con-
structed with from ten to five hun-
Now is th| time Jo plant clover ; 4^ ot aws. The pow-
blue grass
the seed an
tne time ,
hup#*
dA^y ire
Grain Co. has
are clean. 26-2t
Truck Growers Meet.
Twenty or more truck and fruit
growers met at the county court
room last Saturday and began an
organization of an association for
er wheels are placed within a build-
ing, safe from storms, and as wind
concentrators or sails are used ex-
tending out from corners of the build-
ing and high up into the air, great
power can be brought to bear upon
the power wheels from a light wind.
"The length of the building con-
their mutual benefit. L. P. Land rum
was chosen a, temporary chairman, j '"'"I"* Pow" wh"1' depend* on the
J. E. Gyles as secretary. C N
Hill, of the Express Company, and
Gates, agent for the Santa Fe, were
Anent Cantaloupes. present and made talks about truck
Plainview will ship one hundred shipning aud selling. Their remarks
cars of cantaloupes this season, were both interesting and instructive
The cars have been ordered. Several others made short, talks
This will be news to a lot of folks. , The business attended to was the
Up to this very minute there are appointment of a committee on per-
people over tnese Plains, who will manent organization and on market-
argue that a red yearlin' is the only tng. The tirst committee is compos-
available agricultural asset in the ed of W. H. Rayzor,
Panhandle. These same 100 -ars C N. Hill. The second committee
number of wheel and the amount of
power desired. The question may
be asked: "How can you work
with an east or west wind if your
(building stands north and south?"
Simply by a manipulation of the
sails.
"We cannot go into complete de-
tails of this invention, but Mr. Wil-
liams, the inventor, one of the oldest
editors and newspaper men of the
Gates and ,tate' ^as evuiemly supplied a want
that will revolutionize the motive
of Rocky Fords will put more of the is composed of C. N. Hill, Gates ■ P°wer °* world, with its auxiliary
long green into the pockets of the and A. C. Elliott. These committees j aid# of electricitY and impressed
farmers of Hale county than a big have been at work this week, and j It is cheaper even than water
bunch, yes, a mighty big bunch of one or two shipments of vegetables ! Powcr ant* ®ore available, as mil
been made to Ft.!llon$ aod bUIion* of horsepower of
, and fruits have
Worth.
The oDject of the association is to
j create a market for Hereford pro-
whitefaces. This is no argument
against stockraising, but we want to
emphasize the fact that there are
some other things that will pay.
We don't know what 100 cars of j ducts and to make Hereford a regu-
"mushmillions" will be worth on the ilar shipping point Those who will
market but if the price you pay at: enter the association must agree to
the cafes are an index, the boys; sell only through the association and
around Plainview will be able to at sucn places as may best serve the
start a bank—just any old kind of {ends sought.
bank, too.— Silverton Herald. ! The next meeting will be held to-
wiod are going to waste all over the
land. This power is not confined to
a few localities and is something
monied corporations can not
ner "
This engine should be used b-«
rigators in the Panhandle. W^sl
the power of the Panhandle win
ing to wnste, something s^
done to utilize it. If
For the benefit of the Herald and morrow, Saturday, at 4 o'clock,! which costs nothing coul
others, the News will state that can- when a permanent organization will j ®oto u,e ^y pumping w^\|j*g#
taloupes bring from $360 to $450 a be perfected. If you are interested er Part Panhai
car, f. o. b. here, hence, the Plain- be on hand.
Tie* .hipments of over 100 can thi. Ffuj( ^JTap. at Gar-
Friut jar
rubber ca
Hardware Co.
jar^rf^ll
B^^tJeiliD
sizes, also jar
eilingwax. Warren
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year will net the farmers between ri>on g.
$36,000.00 and $50,000.00—quite a
tidy sum.—Plainview News.
E. T. Woodburn, T. B. Rector
and C. R. Moreman, went up to
AmariUo Wednesday morning to at-
tend the Confederate camp celebta-
tion which was given there this wee*.
Gardening tooh^jrf'Carrtson Bros.
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come the irrigators
description of this
not been secured ^rite
tion will be rv"
YOU'LL LIKE HEREFORD!
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and scali
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the ha
beau*
get ♦
d Wir
rial!
Dr. Townsend and J. A. Thrasher
of Garden City were here Wednes-
day looking over the beet crop on,
the McDonald Farm north of town. | dandrufoj
Dr. Townsend is consulting agricul-(the ha M,crfd/ usually carried
turist and Mr. Thrasher field super- i ^ Wl to connection Let
intendent for the United States get fc He matter how small
Sugar Company. ^0,oterrat
s( nimee. y>**he Cor^j. £Umfcer Qo .
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nded
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911, newspaper, August 4, 1911; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253615/m1/1/?q=WAR+DEPARTMENT: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.