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The Hereford Brand
Vol. 11
HEREFORD, TEXAS. AUGUST 93. 1911
No. 99
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Hereford Citizens Are Busy These Days Securing Engines, Pumps, Belts, Etc.
COMMISSIONED
FIX TAX RATE
ALFALFA PAYS
BIG RETURNS
Former Hereford Citizen Relates
Story That Could Be Dupli-
cated In Thit Section-
Drop in Temperature. | Oil II I inQlf AT|A|U
August has been the betteet month 13171/11.1 IRRIllA I lUH
for the Panhandle state records have
been kept. Severs,! days ths mer-
cury shot up to 100 degree* and in
a few days spilled o^er,. The maxi-
mum was reached on the 10th when
the thermometer stood at 107 de-
grees. On Monday, the 14th, the
column stood at 103 A at 2 -.30 o'clock
p. m., but during the following night
the mercury took a tumble and by
Monday night it stood at 60 degrees
A light shower accompanied the
drop. On Tuesday night the mini-
mum was reached at 55 degrees, ac-
companied by a heavy rain from the
northeast, about 1:50 inches falling.
CONGRESS ENDS
MEMBERS LEAVE
Session Lasted One Hundred and
Twenty-one Days.
The first session of the Sixty-se-
cond congress ended Tuesday and
immediately thereafter the members
began to depart. President Taft as
well as several other tired legislators
departed last night, and official
Washington is comparatively desert-
ed.
After the extra session which con-
tinued for one hundred and twenty-
ors, the wool and free list bill.
The veto was to the House by no
means unusual and was received by
the Democrats with laughter and by
the Republicans with applause. The
cember.
J. F. Joss who moved from Here-
ford two years sgo to California
but who still owns considerable pro-
perty in Deaf Smith county was
here this week and relates a most
interesting story of his 90-acre Al-
falfa farm which he recently owned
in the Golden State. The farm is
located near Pomona, Calif, and con-
sists of 90 acres of Alfalfa, 10 acres
of orchsrd and 40 acres of raw land,
but it is the 90 acres that makes
tuch fine talking. To make it short,
this 90 acres of alfalfa is support-
ing this year 52 cows from which
$500 worth of milk per month Is be-
ing sold, 150 head of hogs fed and
besides 40 tons of hay for sale.
Mr. Joss says that our soil is far
richer and better for alfalfa than his
land and that the water is shallow.
He pumps his supply 88 feot with a
60 H-P engine with a fuel oil cost
at 9 cents per gallon. This is equal
to a running expense for pumping of
about $2.00 per acre including "the
wages of the engineer. In other
words it reqires 240 hours pumping
at a cost of 75c per hour to irrigate
the 90 acres of alfalfa.
Besides the pumping outfit, the
90 acre field is laid with 16 inch
cement pipe instead of main ditches.
For field ditches 12 inch, 12 foot,
galvanized pipe is used. These
pipes do away with boaders and are
moved down the fieid as the irriga-
tion progresses. The mower runs
ahead of the irrigator, thus different
parts of the field are coming in
every week, so that when the season
opens, the work of cutting, bailing
irrigating is a sort of progressive
game.
Mr. Joss says that 80 acres of
alfalfa would keep 4 men busy all
the time and the income from the
sale of it only would be large. Feed
to hogs for meat, or cows for milk
would increase the income. This
land when under water should be
worth irom $150 to $300 per acre.
What the Californians are doing
can be done here; then why not do
it? The rich soil is here and the
water io here. Where are the men?
Wells and Water.
Now that a good rain has fallen
even after it was too late for most
of the fall crops, let's get right busy
putting in irrigation wells. Stop ' ability to walk to the top, but Mrs.
praying for rain and go to digging Skinner, who>s ten years younger
for water. Quit theorizing as to the j ^an her husband, is reported to have
source 6i our water supply, and go; said to her husband: "I'm from
to using it. Stop talking about j Texas and they are not going to say
"Oh, how dry I am" and wet your : when I get back I could not climb
whistle with aqua pura a terra matri. | PiW„ peak." The crew believe
If you can't afford to put in a 1,000 j they reached the windy point about
gallon well put in a smaller outfit. 7 p. m. About that time a severe
The time for talking is past, the time snow storm came up and covered the
of action is at hand. There is no entire peak at a depth of one foot,
further use to discuss whether this accompanied by a fifty-mile wind.
soil would stand irrigation, it's a From the position of their bodies!
dead sure thing, it won't stand a it is Believed they sought shelter be-
drouth. hind a nuge boulder near the track.
Call and let us show yo" annr* ^r-
points of the new DeLay
J^^/ators have iplt received.
"V time sadtrc and money
- maJwho has milch
W Hardware.
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Free Tnition at Bigh School.
At a meeting of the school board
last Saturday the age of free tuition
was raised to include pupils up to 21
years. Unders from 6 to 7 will be
j admitted at $1.00 per month. Thus
One Man Usee Auto For Power—fall pupils from 7 to 21, both ages in-
PUNTS GOING IN
Others Vfc indmills and Still
Others Gasoline Bngines.
Besides the three large 1,000 gal*
Ion wells on the McDonald farms
and the one on the Warren-Barcus
valley farm, a number of small out-
fits for irrigation are being put in.
Those already in operation using
gasoline power are:
A. E. Stanley..., 150 gallons
L. Gough 150 gallons
L. Weaver 100 gallons
L. W. Locker. 100 gallons
J. H. Bell 30 gallons
G. C. Major JO gallons
Others are using windmill power.
W. H. Rayzor has two mills and a
50,000 gallon tank, the capacity of
the two pumps being 50 gallons per
minute under a 20-mile wind. G.
W. Smith also has a windmill outfit
pumping 30 gallons per minute.
eluded, may attend the Hereford |
public schools free of charge.
The resignation of E. B. Bullock
was accepted and the name of John t
L. Wilson submitted. He was duly
elected and will qualify this week.
Amarillo's/ Best Hard Wheat
Flour 48 poun^rfck only $1.30 at
Wilkinson's.t^hone 81. 29-2t
Taxes For iqii Will Be Higher.
Total County Tax Rate
4a i-a Cents on the
$xoo Valuation
HEREFORD GETS
POSTAL BANK
Postmaster Smith Receives Advise
From Departassst To Open
Sept. 18.
On the map again ! Hereford has
been designated as one of the special
privileged post offices, where a postal
savings bank will be established.
Perhaps the most novel irrigation j Postmaster C. Smith deceived word
plant is that of A. L. Skeen, on the yesterday that the inspector would, . . .
south side. He backs his auto up to 1 can soon t0 arrange for the opening | the puhliy schools
the pump, raises the rear axle and j 0f the bank which will be on the 18th j ,oI10 w 'Hjjist r i cts :„
A1 a recent meeting of the Com-
missioner's Court of Deaf Smith
County the following tax levies were
made:
For general county revenue pur-
poses for the year 1911 12A cents
on the $100 valuation.
For the purposr of opening, main-
taining and general road purposes,
for the year 1911 5c on the $100
valuation.
For the courthouse and jail fund,
and for the purpose of creating a
sinking fund and paying interest on
all outstanding couxt house and jail
bonds, and also to takfr care of new
court warrants, for the year ITU,
17 cents on the 100 valuation.
For the jury fund for 19111 Scents
on the $100 valuation.
Foe the purpose of supporting and
in
attaches a belt from a clutch pully
to the pump jack, and while *fce
directs the water into the melon
one days, the adjournment was prac- j patch, his good wife sits up in the
tically featureless. The president, auto and keeps the machine chugging
vetoed the cotton tariff revision bill,! away at a lively speed.
just as he has vetoed its predecess* j Three or four more other outfits
will be put in right away.
L. W. Ricketts will have a 150
gallon outfit as will also W. A.
Ricketts. H. H. Boardman may go
them two better and order a 300
veto was referred to the ways and gallon outfit.
means committee, and there it will j Thus slowly but surely irrigation
rest until the matter is brought up is coming. It is hinted that one man
when the body meets again in De-! may put in four outfits of 1,000 gal-
lons each. Let the good work go on.
of September Other Panhandle
towns have been listed and all will
be ready for business next month.
These postal banks are bringing out
of the hiding places thousands of
dollars and no doubt will prove popu-
lar with the people.
Fine Cantaloupes.
The truck growers are bringing
some of the finest Rock Ford canta-
loupes as ever man bad for break-
fast. They are uniform in size and
color and are extra fine and firm for
shipping. If the local demand is
j satisfied a shipment will be made to
other markets.
District No. TTSn $100 06 cts
District No. 2, on $100 25 cts
District No. 3, on $100 20 cts
District No. 4, on $100 10 cts
District No. 5, on $100 eta
District No. 6, on $100 2> &ts
District No. 7,.on $100 10 ctr
It was further ordered that there
shall be levied, assessed and collect-
ed from each male person in the
county between the ages of 21 and
60, who are not exempt from taxes,
the sum of 25 cents as a poll tax for
the year 1911.
It was also ordered for the year
1911 a special occupation tax upon
Couple Freezes to Death. For Rent.
W. F. Skinner and wife of Dallas, Well improwd section 13 miles
Texas, were frozen to death on Pikes northwest of JHerefc>rd. Will sell
Peak Tuesday morning near the J work stockyCr^^roachinery cheap,
summit. Their bodies almost cover- j Phone longWfd short on 214 or ad-
ed by snow were found this afternoon | dress W. S. Williams, Hereford,
by a boy who was walking down the ! Texas. ltp
peak.
' all occupations imposing a tax on
The grocery stores occupation and persons, a sum
equal to one-half of the amount lev-
ied and assessed by the state on.
such occupation and persons.
Last yar the state advalorem was
4 cents and it is believed it will
reach \ cents this year.
! this week have looked like an exhibit
j at a cdtmty fair, they have such a
1 variety of garden stuff.
Truck Growers to Meet.
L. P. Landrum, president of the
Hereford Fruit & Truck Growers'
Mr. Skinner was clothed in a light
suit, light underwear, low shoes and
no vest. His wife wore a thin shirt-
waist and otherwise thin clothing.
They are said to be both printers on
a Dailas paper.
They started to walk to the top of
Pikes Peak Monday afternoon, and
were last seen a.t four o'clock by the
crew of the cog train. Mr. Skinner,
in a talk with the crew, doubted their
Rainfall.
Tuesday night, 1.47 ; Wednesday
night, .02; Thursday night, .20.
Total, 1.70.
YOU'LL LIKE ilKKKFORf)!
Association, issues a call for a General fund last year was 8
special meeting of the Association j cents, (his year 124 cents. Road
e good Skinner was lying flat on his
Creamibaclc with his hands folded on his
was in a sitting
chest. His wife
position near by.
Star audi/Lj^der Windmills at
Garrison 26tf
YOU'LL LIRE IIKIlKFOItl)?
D
O YOU READ The
Brand Want Ads?
If not you ought to
make it a weekly
habit to do so. There is
seldom a week but what
you will find an item of in-
terest to you in the Want
Column. It is one of the
best market places ever de-
vised. Your neighbor is
offering for sale or trade
something that is just what
you have beeif looking for.
Something is lost or found,
someone v% ants to buy or
sell—the WANT COLUMN
is the place to find it. Do
not oaly g«t in the habit of
reading the Want Column,
but alt# tile habit of using
it itrfom own needs Ad-
veftii* tor what you want
or«l ert what you do
The rate is
3* per line.
next Saturday at 2 30 o'clock.
Everybody invited to attend. Special
speakers will appear on the program
Local Firm Sells Carload of Im-
plements.
Warren Hardware Company of
this city took the bid tor a larg* bill
of farm implements ever s'rong com-
petition last week when they were
and bridge, last year, 6 cents, this
year, 5 cents ; court house and jail,
last year, 14 cents, this year 17
cents; ury fund, last year, 2 cents,
this year, 8 cents.
This year tne jurors will receive
52 50 per day as against $2 00 las'
year.
Formerly the court stenographer
received a fee of $5.00 per lay
This year he will receive a salary
' is
awarded the contract to furniah the
C. B Live Stock and Land Company!0* $1*500 per year. This salary
, ,, , . prorated among the different cour
of Crosbyton, Tex*s, wit* au equip- , „ . u a- . „ 1 u
' 1 r ties of the district, and this count
ment of farm implements for their will bav(, t0 pay a good sh ir„
10,000 acre farm of wmch L. Gough this salary owing to the largness
has been employed as supervisor.
The implements were leaded this
week and required a big carload.
M r and Mrs. Troy Womble went
the docket.
summary
General fund
Road and bridge fund
Court house and ail
to' Amarillo Wednesday afternoon
where they met Miss Margaret Mc-
N'iel of Huntingdon, Tennessee, a
cousin of Mrs. Wornble. Miss Mc-
Niel came home with them Thursday
morning and after spending the after-
noon with them she weot on the
"Merry Widow" toClovis where she
will spend a day or two visiting other
relatives before she goes to Dalhart
tlo take charge of a large mosic class
fund
Jury
Total County Tax
To this must be added 'he
special school tasCs the distric
'irbr the coming
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per 48 lake 1
hnci
Count
State
Wheat -j"'1 ' s
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the
state advalorem ^^^e state sch jo..
The list above ^^^the loo 1. iis-
trict tax, the 0 (ad*-iforem is
likely to W*- '• '.te
school wW IT*' Tf S the
Hereford SHvodeii ool district
with t fci•<. thM"tfould make
dtaaM' for 1911 as follows
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1911, newspaper, August 25, 1911; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253618/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.