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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAfc FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1929
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DISTRICT COURT BE.
GINS SESSION
Petit Jury Chosen For the
JFirst Week
■*s
■ffie January term of the district
court will open Monday, January 14,
.^with Judge Homer L. Pharr on the
bench and Durwood Bradley, district
attorney.
Follqjving is the petit jury for the
Jfrst week;
Sam B. Armstrong, Bud Marsh, H
A. Pierson, Ira Prewitt, Willie
Strange, D. J. Dial, G. E. Bomer, E.
R. McDaniel, L. H. Stephenson, D. C.
Bradford, A. E. Ellison, Buck Strou-
bough, Roy Sherrod, L. H. Odoni,
J. R. Stewart, J. J. Jenkins, Jeff
Reed, Joe Brown, L. W. Whitfield, C.
. D. Smith, Lester Cowan, T. L. Taylor,
Bud Jackson, Ashley Cox, Wint Catch-
ing, Worth Matheny, J. A. Dunlop,
O. J. Edler, P. L. Reese, S. G. High-
ttrtver, Joe Schuler, Otis Morton, Joe
Suggs, C. T. Heath, J. R. Alexander,
Jr., and Don Howell.
Second Week
Joe Moore, H. H. Pearson, Henry
Karr, A. L. Winfrey, W. F. Ihrfelt,
J. Frank Smith, O. C. Ogle, T. T.
- Easter, Jr., D. D. Thornhill, Jeff
Lemley, Ernest Williams, F. A. Tid-
well, E. G. Bailey, Jno. Lane, Minor
Wideman, E. R. Senter, R. P. Nichol-
son, Jim Fdy, T. R. Richards, I. F.
Feezell, Ed Fullbright, O. W. Young,
J. Robinett, F. Q. Snipes, Roy Wheel-
er, hCarley West, E. J. Norman, E.
J. Flourney, W.^Rr'Grizzle, E. 0.
Latham, P. D. Fullingim, Joe Boyd,
R. D. Jackson, W. L. Smith, J. T.
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C. of C. Offices to Close For
Spencer Funeral
Costs of Pavings Higfiway
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(By E. H. HENDRICKS)
In reviewing the costs of paving
Highway No. 53 east of town and to
connect up with the pavement of
Dickens county, thence to Fort Worth,
it is the intention of this article
merely to mention a few of the more
important facts.
In figuring costs, we too often look
simply at the dollars and cents ex-
,, an<| consiiier that the cost.
Many times tins is erroneous. A- first
class road cost more .than a trail; an.
automobile more Than a buggy and
horse; a wagon more than a cart;
a three-section harrow more than a
log or brush drag; a row binder-more
than havesting knives to be used by
hand. ' But the savings and the ad-
vantages of the improved road, ve-
hicles and machinery more than com-
pensate for their additional costs in
a short time.
i . A lew of the advantages which
will tend to off-set the costs of the
above road improvement will be
briefly mentioned, and some atten-
tion will be called to the savings af-
forded, and to the enhanced values of
~ all properties by such improvement.
The cost of the row binder will soon
be off-set entirely when compared to>
the costof haY vesTihg' with ah a rve s t -
ing knife, a scythe;—or a cradle.
The government claims that a poor
' sts~-2*4 cents more per
mile to travel than on paved roads.
— Of courser~tfaiH~Toad "is good in"dry
weather, but it is so bad, during
rainy weather, that the estimate of
2% cents per mile may seem conserv-
ative. On this basis we figure a
hdndred cars a day Which will aver-
age as much as ten miles each over
the improved portion, would repre-
sent a travelled mileage of 2,000 miles
daily. This would amount to a cost
of $50 a day or over $18,000 annually,
i in favor of the improvement. It may
be pointed oat that some voters Will
rhave little personal use of this high-
* way, but it must be remembered this
is just a starter of what will eventu-
ally extend ..across the county, and
"that "SOffie of our latest tax payers
do not have any children in the public
schools. This does not hinder them
from favoring good schools.
The cost for the road is easily fig-
ured. The district has a valuation for
State and County purposes of $2,282,-
400. Our firsts bond and interest for
. - one year would amount to $3,200
even. Fifteen cents per $100 as-
sessed valuation would net $3,423.60,
or a net surplus over and above the
payment of ■$228.60. These costs of
course will materially decrease as the
bonds mature annually The average
to farmers for, the^first year for such
road improvements 'would run from
$2.04 to $2.28 on 160 acre tracts.
Businesses may' be figured " on the
same basis.
These costs Will be further off-set
by the advantages received by the
district. Counties north of us and
counties south of us are providing for
pavement through their boundaries.
So if we retain dirt roads through our
county the traveling public wttHlodg-j
Us,, and pass through the more pro'
counties. Failing to travel
igh our county, tourists and oth-
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 7.—
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
and Fort Worth Association of Com-
merce offices will close Tuesday to
enable workers to attend the funeral
of A. B. Spencer, former president
of the former and former manager of
the latter og^anization, who died Sat-
urday night at his home, 2017 Sixth
avenue.
The Rev. E. H. Eckel, rector of St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church, will of-
ficiate at the service at 10 a. m. in
_tJxe,_cbur.ch _v ——
"Mr. Spencer gave generously of
his time and ability in the interests
of West Texas," Clifford Jones,. Spur,
said of him in a telegram.
—At thd grave in Greenwood- Ceme-
tery, the Arlington Heights Masonic
Lodge and Worth Commandry. wilj
hold rites. •
Past presidents of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce will serve as
honorary pallbearers. They are Col.
A. D. Herring, Amarillo; H. B. Brels-
ford, Eastland; R. Q. Lee, Cisco; R.
W Haynie, Abilene; ami C. C. Walsh,
Dallas. A. M. Bourland, present
head of the organization, will also
serve.
Actiyp,pallbearers: will be Raymond
C. Gee, Paul Rogers, F. B. -Wolker,
J. O. Montrief, Frank Taylor and
Max Bergman. \
New Subsribers and Renew-
als the Past Week
Here are, the folks that have re-
newed and started anew The Rpview
in the recent few days:
T. E. Mangum, E. L. Goin, J. B.
Brown, R. B. Smith, L. J. Stokes, O.
S. Harvey, Morris Gatlin, J. H. Crof-
ford, Mrs. O. E. Meadows, Henry
Ellison, A. L. Ellison, West Texas Gas
Co., J. L. Parsons, J. W. McDonald,
H. H. Perser, W. T. McCurdy, H. B.
Mayes, J. P. Lott, J. W. Aynes, Dick-
son Jones, Albert Lieske, W. C.
Sauls, Grady Hill) P. C. Newton, Mrs
R. A. Crausbay, M. G. Bass, J. B.
Wall, J. T. Hight, T.-rA. Raiidleinan,
W. H. Woodson, Mrs. R. A. Paschall,
R. A. PaschaTI, J. F Roberts, LToyd
A. Fowler, R. H, Simpson, S. F. Star-
rett, A. A. Fowler, P. R. Weather-
ford, J. B. Zinn, Geo. E. Mayes, Otis
Sims, O. C. Fowler, John L. Parker,
W. H. Hames, C. J. Higginbotham,
S. R. Campbell, J. P. Williams, T. W.
Stockton, W. H. Housfe.
BRYAN KARR WINS KNOT-TYING
- - CONTEST —' 1—r
In the Boy Scout knot-tying con-
test among members of the Boy Scout
the following awards were made:
First, Bryan Karr; second, Archie
Karr; third, Wilson Johnston; fouth,
Crockett" Smith; fifth, Buster Mc-
PfcBiel. ■. '• ,2:...
Other entries which received honor-
able mention were: H. M. Reed, Arlis
Coward, August Lieske, Woodrow
Wilson, Jack Lucado and Victor
Nixon. ,
COUNTY'S BOOKS WERE AUDI-
TED THIS WEEK
John C. Oglesby finished up the
auditing of the county's books the
first of the week. Mr. Oglesby start-
ed this work«Jast week and finished
Monday. He was employed by the
county two years ago to do the same
work. He is an auditor of wide ex-
perience and very capable:- ——
J. M. ZINN BUYS EIGHTY ACRES
NORTH OF TOWN
A. B. Spencer of Fort Worthy form-
er resident of Crosbyton, passed
away suddenly last Saturday at his
home in Fort Worth.
A. B. Spencer was born in Green-
field, Indiana, November 25, 1871,
and died in-Fort . Wprth, Texas, Jan-
6, 1929. He moved to Texas, in
ie old Jumbo district until 1925,
when he moved to Fort Worth to be-
come manager of the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce. He moved
to Amarillo in 1899, and to Crosbyton
in 1911.
During his residence in Amarillo he
first represented the F. W. & D. C.
Railway, as traveling freight agent,
and later the Rock Island lines as
general agent, his duties in those ca-
pacities taking him continuously to
all parts o^ the Panhandle of Texas.
In 1911 fie removed to Crosbyton,
taking over the completion of the
construction work of what is now the
Crosbyton branch of the Santa Fe
lines, operating that line as an inde-
pendent railway until its sale to the
Santa Fe in 1915, after which time
he was manager of the C. B. Live-
stock Company until 1925, when he
moved to Fort Worth.
In 1922 he was elected president of
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, serving in that capacity for
two years, breaking an unwritten law
restricting the tenure of that office
to one year, and during that period
came closely in contact with the busi-
ness, social and educational advance-
ment work of all Northwest Texas;
and much constructive work for the
advancement of West Texas was done
during his administration and under
his direction.
The high lights of his work during
Mother of W. C. Baker Died
Monday
Mrs. S. J. Baker, mother of W. Ch~
Baker, died Monday morning at five
o'clock at the home of her son, John
Baker of Littlefteld. *
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day'morning at eleven o'clock at the
Iiix Furniture Parlors of Lubbock,
conducted by Rev. C. E. Dick, pastoi
First Baptist Church of Crosbyton,
and interment made Wednesday eve-
ning in the Snyder cemetery b^ide
her husband who proceeded her in
death several years ago.
Mrs. Baker had reached the ripe
old age of 88 years, and was a faith-
ful member of the Baptist church.
She will be remembered by the Cros-
byton people as she made her home
here for some time with her son, W.
C. Baker.
Of the immedate family there are
five sons living: W. C. Baker of Cros-
byton; T. F. Baker of Little Rock,
Ark.; John Baker of Littlefield; E.
A. Baker of Denver, Colorado; J. E.
Baker of Mission, Texas. The first
three of the above named sons were
present at the funeral, while the two
latter were unable to attend on ac-
count of sickness.
Highway Bonds Are Voted
In Wise County
DECATUR, Wise Co., Texas, Jan.
2.—Bonds for a projected highway
to run from Rhome via Paradise to
Bridgeport in the south and western
part of this county were voted by a
substantial majority in an election.
The-vote wa*273" for and 46 against.
The bonds for $145,000 were prev-
iously contracted by the County Com-
misfrfohprs' Court to Roger Evans
Company, Dallas. The distance is
twenty miles.—Q. W. ■ Humi,
PRECINCT NO. TWO NOW HA
OPPORTUNITY TO PAVE NO.
General Feeling Is That The Road Bond Will
_ Necessary Majority Needed
Voters of; Precinct No. Two will have an^ opportunity... to.
the Dickens County Line to Crosbyton, on tomorrow,
Saturday the 12th. The general feeling is that the
road bond will carry the needed majority.
SEASONABLE RAIN
VISITS THE COUNTY
Good Rain Falls Here
Tuesday Night
On
the two years mentioned jnaybe;
called- the launching of the Coriserva-
tien and Flood Control at Waco
out -of - which finally grew
tlie passage of the flood control bill
by the-Texas legislature, with the eo—{-twenty miles.—y. W. Fluiinr roUnTy
operation of the Federal government engineer of Wise county, is employed
jrogram for the conservation of; for the engineering work anH~adviseil |
One of the best winter rains for
several years fell here Tuesday night,
ranging all the way fi-om one half to
an inch.
The rain fell slow and soaked into
the ground, giving a splendid season.
This rain coming at this time will be
of unestimable benefit to growing
wheat, anil wll be sufficient to keep
the wheiit going for . some time to
come. There is considerable acreage
sown to wheat this year.
Farmers are very optimistic over
the rain and say that it will put the
ground in good condition for cultiva-
tion, just as soon as the remainder
of the cotton is gathered.
There is considerable cotton yet to
be gathered, most everybody having;
one or, two half s; and othrrs having *
quite a number in the fields.
. The rain was general over the
countv.
A highway engineer working under
George A. Fields, district highway
engineer of Labbock, appeared at the
hearing before the Commissioners'
Conrt of Crosby County, Texas, ia
Deaember, at the time the electioa
was called for January 12, on
question of paving the highway from
Crosbyton east to connect with thg
Dickens county pavement. This enyi-
tni
neer discussed the proposition before
the commissioners court at some
length. He discussed the presence of
caliche as it outcrops on the edge of
the cap rock in Blanco Canyon, stat-
ing thait'it greatly simplifies and less-
ens the cost of the construction of
paved roads in this country. He com-
mitted himself on the proposition
that there is no other place in Texas
in which a paved road may be con-
structed and mnaintained at so low a
cost as on the Plains where caliche is
available. He asserted that he bad
hat! many years experience as high-
way engineer in East Texas prior to
being transferred to the Plains coun-
try. He appeared to be entirely fa-
miliar with the construction of hard
surface roads on the Plains in Dickens
county.
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Facts About the
that surveying will start next Mon-1
day and that contracts will be let fori
construction to start in ninety davs. j
MR. MAYES, NEW TAX ASSESSOR
MOVED TO CROSBYTON
in a urogram for the consei
the flood waters of Texas' streams;!
the passage of the bill creating the j
Texas Technological College; the tax
equalization movement and the de- j
fense of the Texas Common point S
freight rate adjustment. . j,
A. B. Spencer was an empire build-j
er and his name will go down in his-] Geo. E. Mayes, newly
torv as such. Th^ peopl? of Crosby- ( assessor, and his family ha
to;j, among whom he made his home-
so long, are sad because of his pass-
ing. We shall always remember hint
as a big man, an empire builder, and
an untiring devotee in the ranks of
pioneering.
The Highway Department evidently
knows that it would be impossible for
a county-wide bond issue to be voted
in this county. They, therefore,-
e moved
rom Lorenzo to Crosbyton, where
they will make their hocae. They aic
making their' home- in West Crosby-
ton in one of the B. W. Ellison hpuse&
We welcome Mr. Mayes and family to
our city.
REVEREND BUIE AND FAMILY
LEAVE CROSBY TOR VALLEY
Real Estate Transfers
E. Hayes Sieber to J. C. Orr, part
of Sec. 4, containing 5 acres of land.
R. S. Hensley to E. Smith, Lots 23,
24, and 25, Block 7, in town of Lo-
renzo.
_ S. M. Clark and wif^ to Jack Moore,
640 acres, survey No. 1072, E. L. &
R. Rv. Co lands. 1
J. M. Zinn has purchased the J.' J.
Murphy > 80-acres of land just north
of town." He expects to improve the
place and move on in the near future.
Mrs. R. C. Ellis of Lorenzo was the
of her sister, Mrs. W. F. Ezell,
C. B. Livestock Co. to J. E. Mason,
Lot4~& am! 6 in Block 104, east ad-
dition to the town of Crosbyton.
S. P. Richardson and wife to R. W.
Cathern, NW'4 Survey No. 14, con-
taining 160 acres land.
E. L. Barlett and wife to S. L.
Hefner, SE % and 50 acres SW!i,
Sec. 17, containing 210-acres.
P. B. Ralls to H. C. McMillan, Lots
7 to 12, Block 161, in the town of
Ralls.
A. E. Smith and wife to C. M.
Woodard, IJEU.. Sesf. 812, containing
160 litres of land.
J. E. Collier and wife to Laura F.
Adams, Lots No. 6, 7 and 8 in Block
61. north addition to town of Cros-
byton.
Alva Adams and wife to J. E.
Collier, 128 acres out of sub-division
4 and 5, Survey No. 1002.
J. A. Craft and wife to R. B, Ben-
nett, 394 acres of Sec. 41, H. & O. B.
Ry. Co.
' Jesse L; English .and wife to R; B.
Pool, Ldts 11 and 12, Block 79, in the
town Of Ralls. • .
E. R. Cash and wife to D. B. Gor-
don, 150% acres> Sur, No. 4. .- ..
HAVE FAMILY . REUNION ON
CHRISTMAS DAY
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Biggerstaff of
the East Plains enjoyed a family re*-
union on Christmas day. This was
the first time all of the children had
been together in five years. Those
coming from a distance were: Mr. and
Mrs. M Biggerstaff 5 ,and aohs of
Anadarko, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. R.
Biggerstaff and daughters and Her-
man Biggerstaff of Kirkland, Texas;
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. McCain and chil-
dren of littlefield, Texas; and Mrs.
G. T. Mannix and children of Cros-
byton. The turkey dinneir was great-
ly enjoyed by all .present.
Rev. E. P. Buie, pastor of the'local
Presbyterian church, preached his
farewe|l sermon Sunday, and left here
yesterd&jf with his family for Bal-
morhea, Texas, in the Madera Valley.
Bro. Buie goes to take the work of
what is called a community preacher.
Bro. Buie and family have been in
Crosbyton something like four years
and during that-time lias been pastor"
through their reprsentative, offered
to call the Highway from Crosbvton
r>W (.d f.iv' to the edge of the canyon and from
iave moved t'ie e('£e on the east side to the Dick-
' ens county, line a Gap, and since tne
highway department allows $2.00 to
every $1.00 on a project closing a Gap
we feeKthat when this bond is viTSed
that they will make the same offer to
the west side of the .county and will
take care of the four miles from Cros-
byton to Precinct No. 1 as they are
going to do with the four miles in
Blanco Canyon.
There is 2.5 miles of" road on the
west side of the Canvon and 7..r< mile
on the east side, making a total of
10 miles to be paved. With a total
of $120,000 for'this purpose it will
In addition to being a strip of road
that^could be well built at low coak.
he stressed the point that after con-
struction the road would be main-
tained by the State of Texas at a
cost" "less than the cost required
the highways as they now exist
Unpaved condition. On being que&-
tioned as to the permanency of the
road in the condition in which it is
proposed by the State Highway De-
partment to place it with the present
bond issue, he stated that it will be
such a road that properly cared for
as the State Highway Department
proposes-to care for it, the road would
lust indefinitely. He said that in this
Plains coiintry maintenance cost is,
low and the presence of caliche in tne
cap rock made the type of road which.
they propose to build a very desirable
one from an engineering point of
view. *
This road which the State Highway
Department proposes to build at a
cost of about $40,000,00 to the road
district, and approximately $80,000.00
to be spent by the State of Texas,
will cosL the farmer who owns ltki
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acres of land a little more than $2.00
per year. The paving of this high?
ii ., f .. , j way will be a vast assistance to the
allow the sum of $12,000 per mile for 1 whoIe community, particularly in bad
the construction, which according to weather> in offering easy marketing
the State Highway Engineer is subfacilities a<ul easy access to market
ficient to build a first class paved j p0jintg_
r°It'is a fact and anyone who travels | , ln. ",l',iti"n- * vast amount of^rav-
the dirt highways knows that the dirt | pl wlU be d,rected o^er this highway.
is blowing off the
only a matter of a
road?, and
short time
it is
until
of the Presbyterian church. He hgs
-endeared •■hifnaelf- to -his -PeopTe and-
also to the entire community.He has
been active, not only with his church
matters, but has taken an active and
leading- part In the Boy Scout move-
ment of the community, having been
local scoutmaster for some two years,
and was county chairman of the Red
Cross chapter, besides taking other
active part in civic development.
Bro. Buie lias the well wishes of the
entire community as he goes into his.,
new field of labor.
the farmers owning land along these
highways will be asked to set their
FATHER DIED
A message came Wednesday morn-
ing from H. C. Barzier stating that
Mr. King, father of Mrs. Brazier, died
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock.
The Brazier Drug Store here was
closed from three to five o'clock
Thursday during the hour for funeral
services held at*Pilot Point.
Mr. King has* beeir ill-for several
weeks at the home of the family in
Fort Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Brazier
left Tuesday morning for Fort Worth
and was at the bedside of the aged
man-when he passed away. Crosby-
ton friends offer sympathy to the
bereaved family.
fences back, so that the highway tie
partment can gjpt sufficient dirt to
build up the road bed. In some coun-
ties the highway department is now
demanding a 100 feet of right-of-way
before they will designate a highway.
One prominent ami successful farm-
er who lives eight miles north of
Crosbyton and who owns "" several
hundred acres of land stated that he
has seen several times when he would
have been glad to have paid the
kmount it will cost him to have had
a hard surfaced road for one trip
from Crosbyton to Spur.
Remember it is going to take yout
vote to build this paved road so give
it your earnest consideration and on
next Saturday—Vote—for the bond.
Crosby County Good Road Ass'a
HIS FATHER DIED
Ed Haynes left here Tuesday morn-
ing for Arkansas, in answer to a
message that his father had died at
the home theie late Monday night.
Elder J. W. West and family re-
turned the latter part of the w$ek
from an extended trip«-4nto Soflth
Texas. They were, al^ustiri, San
Antortio,«nd other places" in tfiat part
of the country. Bro. West was hold-
ing appointments in t^at part of the
country.
Infant "6hild of Mr. an
Fralin died Thursday niL
merit made in the Crosbyton
Friday.
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Rotary Has An Interesting
Spelling Match .
For a diversion of the half hour
program of the Rotary Club each
Tuesday at 12:30, the program com-
mittee announce) a surprise at the
Tuesday's noon hour by announcing
a spelling match after the choosing
As a community developer, in view of
the low cost of construction and main-
tenance, there^is hardly anything e&e
right now that Could happen to
Crosby Countv. in the opinion, of The
Review, that would be as great a
stride in community development as
the paving of this stretch of highway
under the terms which the State
Highway Department proposes to
take it over. It fits in with the com-
pleted hard surfaced program in
Dickens county, which will make an
outstanding' Plains road development
project. The Highway Department of
the State of Texas is making a pro-
position ihAt ike people of : this road
district which undoubtedly will be to
our advantage and certainjorofit to ac
cept. If this strip of ro^cPwere situ-
ated in a country whereStJie land' ia
not level, and where this caliche j®
not available, and the same were Hot
a connecting iink, the cost of cott-
struction would be very high, bat
cause of the conditions under
this district .is now able to g
strip of hard surface road, the
construction is very low, and
vantages accruing to the c
very great.
The people of this road
have an opportunity to e:
views on this subject at
Saturday (tomorrow)
of two sides was completed
Clayton Carter and Bill Walker
were selected to choose up, and with
Doc Greeh as "giver out", the two
sides stood facing each other as in
times of the blue-back spelling book.
The ordeal Started and many of the
"expert" spellers were seen to scratch
their heads in deep thought, and
many a time the "giver out" was
heard to say, "next."
INFANT DIES
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Thursday
mother when
Mr.
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