The Hereford Brand, Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 13
HEREFORD. TEXAS, FRIDAY. AUGUST 15. 1913
NUMBER 28
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CH AUTAQUAS
FOR HEREFORD
Proposition May Materialize For
1914; Some Talk Started That
May Lead to Annual Affair
On Roof Garden.
Of what use is a Roof Garden on
a sky-scraper in Dallas or Fort
Worth or even Waco, when the
natural Roof Garden of Texas is in
such easy reach and that too without
an elevator. They clime it*
Right at Hereford the, admitted
capital of the Raof Garden of Texas
la the place for that Summer Chau-
tauqua. Hereford has all of the
prerequisites'for a suitable location
and a successful event of the kind.
What does it take to produce a suc-
cessful Chautauqua ? The ingredients
are—Kool Klime It. pure water for
batiiing and also drinking, fish that
will come out on the bank to bite,
cool nights and sun-burn sunshine, a
place to eat and aleep, a platform
for hot air performers and a shady
nook for dreamy eyes and coatless
young men. And Hereford has all
these and a place to build the rest of
the needed things. What's in the
way? Nothing.
The city and the citizens should
join hands in making Hereford the
summer resort for all hot Texana. A
suitable location, hard by, should
be bought, buildings erected, grounds
laid out and beautified. The build-
ing should be ample for a large
cro.wd. The grounds until trees
' could be grown should have awnsing
for shade. The grounds should
have a lake large enough for boating
and at a suitable place a neat swim-
ming pool. In addition, sunken
gardens, where the hardy and rarest
flowers would be blooming. The
Plains, with its Kool-Klime-It, the
natural Roof Garden of Texas, offers
the best opportunity for the warm
Texas people to cool off. A four
weeks' Chautauqua course, beginning
about the middle of hot July, will
furnish the necessary entertainment.
The Eool-Klime'-It will furnish the
rest. Our visitors could fish and
boat and swin (or drown) and attend
the chautauqua numbers, and then
after a strenuous day lie down and
sleep the sleep of the just in cooler
sea breezes than come in to Coney
bland. And this is not a dream; it
is a possibility. Hereford has every
thing to make the event a flowering
success the first year. Our visitors
now number over three hundred peo-
ple during the summer, and with
judicious advertising, that number
could easily be made to reach one
thousand. And why not. Of course.
Hereford will have to improve her
hotel facilities, but that will come-
A good hotel building in Hereford
is one of the crying needs. If Here-
ford is to be classed as a city, she
. will have "to see to it," as one
prominent citisen usually outs it,
that we have a decent hotel building.
Have your order taken now for
Spirella Corsets and have them
ready to fit your fall dresses. Mrs.
Robert Elliott. 27-4t
' Good Rains in Castro Conaty.
Reports came in Monday morning
tolling of a good rain in Castro
county Sunday evening, covering a
strip 8 miles wide, with Dimmitt
near the center, and for a distance
of 30 or 30 miles long. Below Dim-
mitt as much as four inches fell.
Clean Town Inspections.
Inspections of the towns entered in
Holland's Magaxina conteit will be-
gin August 1. 1913, and will be con-
tinued until all of the towns in the
contest have been inspected and
scored. To decide between town
making close scores second and even
third inspections may be made. No
information will be given as to date
on which any town may be visited
by inspectors. All towns must be
ready for inspection without warning
on and after August 1. Each town
entering the contest will be inspected
and scored on the following points:
Conditions of streets, parks and
alleys.
Water, water supply and drainage.
Collection and disposal of garbage.
Removal and disposal of sewerage.
Condition of vaults and privies (if
no sewer system.)
Condition of vacant lots.
General appearance of homes.
Ventilation and care of public
buildings and semi-public buildings.
Public conveniences, especially
those for schools.
Presence of flies, mosquitoes and
other diseas^carryinflf insects.
Handling and exposure of meat,
fruit, pickles, ice, milk and milk
products, and other food products
offered for sale.
Such special conditions as may
directly affect the health and clean-
liness of a town.
All inspections will be made wholly
at the expense of Holland's Magazine
and will be under the personal super-
vision of Dr. M. M. Carrick, medi-
cal director in charge. *'
Shadowgraph Story.
Sifts mitt Breezes.
Wedding Joy: On Wednesday,
Aug. 6, occured the wedding of a
splendid couple of our young folks.
Mr. Thomas Shepard, son of Geo. E.
Shepard, and Miss Gladys Hacker,
daughter of Emerson Hacker. The
wedding occurred at the home of the
bride's parents in the presence of a
few of their intimate friends and
their relatives. Rev. Smith of Dim-
mitt performed the solemn rite. The
bride is well favored, very popular
and accomplished young woman.
The couple have rented a house in
Plainview near the Seth Ward Col-
lege where Bro. Tom is taking a
course of study preparing for the
ministry. The whole community
joins in congratulations and in wish-
ing this pair a lojg, happy and use-
ful life.
The drouth has been broken by a
shower on Sunday evening. We
were very thankful for it and hope
there are several more coming our
way soon.
Mrs J. C. Cummins of Hereford
is visiting her brother. Roll Douglas
and wife, for a few days.
The Misses Blanche and Meta
Wagner of Parrolt made a short
call in the neighborhood on their
way home from Dimmitt Saturday.
Miss Helen Talley came out Sun-
day and stayed over night with the
home folks.
Mr. Burnham had trouble with the
gas engine he was using to pump
water with and had to send to Here
ford for a mechanic to start it.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shepard took
supper and spent the evening with
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Galley Saturday.
Miss Isoia Talley gave a party
Tuesday night to a number of Dim-
mitt friends at the home of her
father, H. E. Talley.
Mrs. Roll Douglas and her mother,
Mrs. Haaun, passed through here
Friday on their way to Hereford.
TOPI* UKS
Wno's Bim?
It will be seen that the victim oi
this shadowgraph presents a rear
view, not because he would cot make
a shadow side ways, but because
he showed signs of his heavy artillery
when the artist tried to mark out bis
shadow. The lump under his arm
is not bis cartridge box, but "gun
waden," as be calls it, which he al-
ways buys from the bakery just as
the ..Bench Congress adjourns each
afternoon and he walks off in full
view of his envious comrades; hence
this rear view. He is not, however,
in the habit of "bringing up the
rear," for his combativeness is the
most prominent bump on bis head,
but as his lump of cautiousness is
also large, he never lights until be
has the advantage. "During the
war" he always kept his eye on the
"colors" and his quality of eventual-
ity is of such a nature that he can
describe minutely every battle in
which he took part. The lines sur-
rounding his head are not shadows,
but a drawing he had jusi marked
out on the sidewalk where the bench-
es of the Bench Congress are situat-
ed. The white lines represent the
positions of the Confederate army,
and dark, the positions of the Yankee
army in a certain great battle. The
country has lost a great war histor-
ian by not discovering this gentle-
man, and the .text board would have
been delighted to have bad his ser-
vices in writing a true history of the
war. The shadow shows his lump
of alimentiveness to be large ; be has
THE SANTA EE
EXHIBIT ROOM
Road Hae Signified Willingness to
Brect Suitable Room for Making
Permanent Exhibit of
Products.
Mr. Read is in receipt of informa-
tion from the authorities of the Santa
Fe that the company will co-operate
with the people at Hereford in main-
taining a proper and suitable exhibit
near the depot. The.building will be
8 by 20 feet and will be placed so
that the passengers may see the ex-
hibits easily from the train will it is
stopped at Hereford. It is the pur-
pose of the Chamber of Commerce to
put a fine exhibit in this room and it
asks that any farmer or truck grow-
er, who has a good sample of stuff,
to let the secretary know about it,
so that as sow as the building is
ready, these things can be gathered
| and put upon exhibition.
been a good provider for hie family,
furnishing the table with good things
to eat and plenty of it; he enjoys
having people at his table eat like
they enjoyed it. , .His bibativeness
fs in the proper proportion and there-
fore likes plenty of rich c{eam with
nis oatmeal, juicy peach pies, and
tho he eats dry toast for breakfast,
he does this to keep down his avoir-
dupois and to please his wife. He
has done a lot of bard work during
his life time, but here of late, he
rather enjoys talking about what he
has done rather than doing much
work himself; though he brags con-
siderable about how bis wife keeps
him at work morning and afternoon
in the garden and yard. As an all
round man, the shadow of this sub-
jact is a good citizen and enjoys the
good will of his fellows and a fair
reputation as a member of the Beach
Congress, whom he often regales
with his experiences in the Great
War between the States, being, of
course, in the Southern ranks with
whom he "fought, bled and died."
Dimmitt Mews.
A three inch rain fell Sunday
evening.
Mr. Sullivan of Lamb county pass-
ed through Dimmitt Friday en route
for Hereford.
Frauk Query was a Dimmitt visitor
Saturday.
A party was given at Mrs. Easter's
Friday which was well attended.
Clarence Shepard returned Mon-
day from the Paladora canyon.
Farmers from Big Square were in
Dimmitt Saturday and report good
crops.
Mr. Runnels and family of Okla-
homa are visiting Mr. Vadens of
this city.
Roll Douglas had the misfortune
to have the top of his house removed
by lightening Sunday night. For-
tunately, no one was hurt.
Kenneth Rowan returned Saturday
from Colorado Springs where he has
been for some tune.
A party was given at Bruce Mc-
Lean's Saturday night which was
well attended.
The commissioners' court met
Monday.
Frank Stapleton returned Friday
from Colorado where he has been for
some time.
Tom Vaugbn and Miss Anna
Shulz of Hereford were in Dimmitt
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker are in Dim-
mitt looking after tbeir interests
here. They drove through in their
auto from Kansas City.
Mr. Lee of New Mexico enter-
tained the people of Dimmitf in the
county court house Tuesday, Wed-
nesday and Thursday nights.
Edgar Ramey was a Dimmitt
visitor Tuesday.
Mr. Galley is working on the
court house this week.
Mr. Hastings and son, Joe, made
a trip to Hereford this week after
coal.
J. F. Axe was attending commis-
sioners court the first of the week.
Fred Conner passed through Dim-
mitt Tuesday.
Mr. McCormick of Nazareth was
in Dimmitt Monday and Tuesday.
Lohman Greathoute was in Dim-
mitt Monday.
Is
Ladies do not try to clean or keep
bouse without the B. B. Dustless
dust cloth or floor mop, am also
agent for Quick Work Vacuum
Cleaner. Jessie Stllson, none 380.
It
WEEDS fill
BEFORE ARMY
Million Slaughtered by Volunteers,
Town Looks Better; Whole Daf
in Clearing Streets; Some
Play Hooky.
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Now; who said that Hereford did
not have a bunch of brave men and
boys? Any bow, last Tuesday on
schedule time, 8:30, some SO men
and a few boys, small size, gathered
at the appointed place and perfected
an organization to clear the
streets of the town of weeds and
trash. Two brigades were organis-
ed ; one under J. H. Head and the
other under J. I. Walker as com-
manders. But the commanders were
to take the lead and set the pace for
the others in cutting weeds and they
made good. They began in a sys-
tematic way, streets by streets, alley
by alley, and they were at the job
all day. The stores were all closed
and after the work began, Main
street was practically deserted. A
few real good men played hooky
and did not show.up that day at all;
guess they went fishing. One or
two took suddenly sick that morning
and had to be operated upon for
apendicitis. But in the crowd were
to be seen grocery men and dry goods
men, bankers and boosters, cashiers
and draymen, preachers and teach-
ers, officers and offenders against
the weed ordinance ; and the mayor;
in fact, that was tbe "workenest
crowd you ever seen." Occasionally
tbey would bolt past their guards
and make a break to drink counters
to quench their thirst with something
with coloring matter in it, instead of
ice water brought to them regularly
by the boys. Mesdames Smith and
Dodson fed the men who cleaned
around Mothers I'ark with ice cream
when they had finished their job at
that place.
Merchants' Free Matinee.
The merchants' matinee given
complimentary to the visitors in town
on Second Monday was well attend-
ed, the Star Theater being filled full
by the time tbe show was ready. It
was a little warm in the building as
the crowd assembled before the
"juice" from the light plant was
turned on, but barring that discom-
forture, the show was a success.
Manager McGhee put on a comedy
reel which kept the elder folks as
well as the children in an uproar of
laughter from beginning to end. All
enjoyed tbe fat policeman's acting
and the entire gang was a whole
show. After the show many of the
out-of-town folks expressed their
appreciation for this bit of recreation
and entertainment given them by the
merchants.
Ppogram.
Woman's Missionary Society,
Wednesday, Sept, 3rd, 1913, al
Methodist church.
Meditation on God's Works, The
Significance of the Imperfect, Phil.
Ill 7-2—Mrs. Betts.
Influencing the Public through the
Home—Mrs. O. E. Thomas.
Influencing the Public through the
Church—Mrs. W. B. Parmer.
Influencing the Public through
Other Organizations—Mrs. Darnall.
Lines of Activity Open to Women
and Result of Such Activity—Mrs.
P. W. Price.
The Need of Such Homes as the
Vashti and Virginia K. Johnson-
Mrs. Stegall.
Result of Community Study—Mrs.
Stocking.
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1913, newspaper, August 15, 1913; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253718/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.