Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1935 Page: 2 of 4
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Claude Newsv
NOEL O.
When the thermometer registers
j 93 to 96 in the shade, that is what
Panhandlers say is quite hot en-
WAGGONER, Editor i°ush tor the Panhandle.
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CECIL O. WAGGONER, Publisher'
i Maryland State Police recovered
a car stolen lasi February which
was actually in better condition
Entered in_the Post Office at Claude j than when stolen from its owner.
THOS. T. WAGGONER. Owner
Texas, as Second Class Mail Matter.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
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A lanky youth went into a gen-
eral store to order some groceries.
He was 17 years old nnd was pass-
ing through that . age of adole-
scence during which a boy seems
all hands and feet, and his vocal
organs, rapidly developing, are apt
tc cause, his voice to undergo sud-
den changes from high treble to
de?p bass. In an authoritative.
: Subscription Kates
In Armstrong County, year
Outside the County, year
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A cloudy green glnsscup, gmran-^umbling bass voice h? demanded
10 be of 1st century work-Cf (he tmSy clerk: "Give me a
_ ; manship and thought to be the can of com." Then his voice sud-
«> ?!> ®ra"' ls now 011 exhibition | (jg.jjy broke ancj continuing In a
*-'50 in London. Found in a cave near shrl]1 faiseito he added: "And a
Palestine, the vessel is believed to! tac|[ 0f f]oul. ••
be sacred because of the care taken | .Weli dolVt be ln such R hurry
ir. preserving lt.^ ; i can't wait on both of you at
:0: I once." snapped ihe clerk.
Texas is entitiled to $23,000,000 j .q.
additional federal funds which can 1
be spent under supervision of the
federal and state highway author-
Action of the senate finance
I committee last Monday in striking
out the LaFollette amendment to
Jlties. Half must go to grade cross- I .
, j „ . „, the pending tax bill in congress
mir niifl ffrndn K naration urmeets. .
indicates the measure as finally
be in line with the
common sense policy that taxes
should be levied in accordance with
PROCLAMATION
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRE-
SENTS SHALL COME:
KNOW YE. that I, S. P. Math-
ews, County Judge of Armstrong
County. Texas, do hereby order a
special election to be held through-
out the County of Armstrong. State
of Texas on
SATURDAY. THE 24TH DAY OF
AUGUST. A. D„ 1935
for the purpose of voting for or
against "A Stock Law for Arm-
strong Countv. Texas" as directed
by an order of the Commissioners
Court of said county at a regular
term of such court. The proposal
to be voted on in the customary
manner provided for by the laws
of this State shall be according to
the order of the Commissioners
Court as follows:
On this, the 15th day of May.
A D. 1935. came on to be heard
by the Commissioners Court of
Aimstrong County. Texas, at a
regular tprm of such court, the
petition of at least one hundred
freeholders of the whole of Arm-
strong County, Texas, filed herein
on the 15th day of May, 1935
praying that this court order an
election to be held in such county
for the purpose of enabling the
freeholders thereof to determine
whether horses, mules, jacks, jen-
nets and cattle should be premitted
to run at large therein, and it ap-
pearing to the court that such
petition is in due form, that no
valid election to determine such
question has ever been carried in
such county, that no election to
determine said question has been
held therein within twelve months
prior to the filing of such petition,
and that such petition should be
grunted, it is accordingly ordered
tii it on the 24!h day of August.
19?5, such date being not less than
thirty days from the date hereof
an election shall be held through-
out the whole of Armstrong County,
Texas, for the purpose of enabling
the freeholders of such county to
determine whether horses, mules,
Jacks, jennets, and cattle shall be
permitted to run at large within
the whole of such county.
The whole of Armsirong County,
as above stated, meaning as the
same is laid out
ing and grade separation projects.
A minimum of 25 per cent of the, .. . ...
remainder must be spent for rural !jasS( W1
farm-to-market roads.
! taxpayers' ability to pay them.
It is commonly believed that a in taking this action the com-
perscn trapped in quicksand is mit.tee reversed itself from its
sucked downward to his doom.: stand of Saturday when it favored
H. v/cver, there is no force other a tax on incomes as low as $800
t ain gravity and his own efforts yearly, against vigorous protests of
to escape that cause him to sink senator Cupper and other members
and suffocate. When anyone caught 0j the committee who finally
in quicksand tries to pull his leg brought about a reconsideration on
Monday.
out the movement is hindered by
a suction produced by the pulling
and which forces the other leg to
sink deeper.
Directors of the Panhandle-
Plains Dairy Show and many
county agricultural agents will
gather in Plainview Friday after-
noon. August 30. for tiie purpose of
deciding on dates, committees, ed-
ucational programs, and making
general plans for the ninth annual
dairy show. The meeting will be
held in the Chamber of Commerce
office and President H B Hales,
of Amarillo, will preside.
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After being acquitted of chargps
in connection with the collapse of
his financial empire causing a loss
of $2.000 000.000 to investors, Sam-
uel Insull went out "to look for a
job" as he was broke, h? announc-
d. He failed to find work but that
need not worry him now as direc- j
tors of four former Insull com-
panies that survived the crash
have voted him pensions totaling i
$21,000 a year.
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A stranger appeared in a gro-1
eery store at Broken Bow, Okla
and stocked up on needed supplies, j
Asked how much the bill was, the
storekeeper replied. "It's $1.G5 for
ihe groceries and 3 cents for the
Sppaking for lvimselt as well as
j these protesting members the Kan-
i sas senator declared emphatically
i against any increase in income
| tax rates in lower brackets, or to
| bringing the poorest paid families
onto income tax lists by lowering
exemptions.
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Most weekly papers went to
press too early last week to give a
report of the sudden death of our
much beloved Will Rogers and
Wiley Post, who were killed in an
air plane crash near Point Barrow.
Alaska. Thursday night of last
week. Post, the noted flyer, who
has flown around the world twice,
once alone, was instantly killed
along with Will Rogers, when his
engine failed just after a take off.
They were only 50 feet above the
ground when the accident occured.
The plane fell in the bed of a
river and the engine was driven
back into the plane. Both were
killed instantly
Will Rogers, the humorist, writer
cf fun and facts, and the Ambas-
sador of Good Will, was more to
the people of the United States
than any other one man. because
of his humorous witticisms and
philosophy. He was worth too
much to the American people to
be dashed to death in an un-
REV. W. E. FERRELL
Pastor First Christian Church
Clarendon, Texas
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Rev. W. E. Ferrell, pastor of The
First Christian Church, at Claren-
don, Texas, is holding a revival
meeting at Claude, which begin
last Sunday morning and will con-
tinue over to and including Sept.
1st, 1935.
Rev. Leslie Moore, our pastor, is
leading in song services, and other-
wise assisting in the revival. Rev.
Ferrell is bringing us some real
Gospel messages from night to
night. He understands the Bible
and tells the Old Old Story in a
REV. LESLIE MOORE
Pastor First Christian Churdi
Claude, Texas
Are you sure your Policy Covers—
WINDSTORM AND HAIL?
LET US CHECK UP ON YOUR INSURANCE WITH YOU.
/ WE WILL PRESCRIBE THE COVERAGES NEEDED.
| HENRY E. HERNDON^
; Agency ^
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PALACE BARBER SHOP g
15 YEARS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS \
Your daily appearance adds to your £
success. Let us help you keep that *
Appearance
SHOWER & TUB BATH 25c
W. A. McMurry,
LAUNDRY AGENCY
Propr
way that the most unsophisticated
can understand it. His Sunday
night sermon. "Face to Face with
God" was a wonderful message,
filled with heart-throbs through-
out. You are invited to hear Rev.
Ferrell every night throughout this
revival until Sepl. 1st. It will do
you much good. All member:; of
any church at Claude and :dl these
member., of no Church are cor-
dially invited to he-r tlii. great
preacher of the Bible.
* Per Cent Farm and Ranch Loans
A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Earned—
$3000.00 at 7 per cent interest is $210.00
$3000 00 at 41 per cent interest is 135 00
Save the difference $75 00
It is a pleasure to explain our plan
CLAUDE NATIONAL FARM LOAN
ASSOCIATION
A. V. NELSON, Sec'ty
Have you ever stopped to think
I what the Scout Movement lias
I meant and will continue to mean
[to the boys and girls of our com-
t munity?
Had it not been for this great
work, the boys and girls between
the ages of twelve and eighteen
would have had no interest in
common with others of their age.
no special goal to work toward
| and nothing to keep them interest-
ed in doing their best. Competition
j is the basis of all improvement, or
' nearly all, and when these young
| people are banded together under
i the organization of Boy Scouts of
America and Girl Scouts of Amor-
' ica they are not only compel ing
j with boys and girls of their own
ales tax that damn Governor
Murray put on the poor man's necessary air plane flight in any
grub." The customer was ex-Gov-1 dangerious part of the country.
• mor Murray himself who had just However, those were his orders as
moved onto an 80-acre farm he to the flight, and his death follow-
had bought nearby ; ed. We will miss Rogers, and will
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In spite of the present trend to-! od from his short-dash editorials
and the metes j var(j efficiency in government and from day to day. It is stated that
ofiePArmsu-ong I ("mination of duplication between he was worth four or five million
departments, we find in this State: dollars, so his wife and children
cities, counties, schools, water dis- ; are well taken care of. That does
triets. drainage districts, road dis- j not replace the man as a humor-
boundary lines
County. Texas
Such election shall be held and
conducted at the regular voting
places of each of the eight voting , . . . „ „ .
precincts of said county as same '™ts, irrigation districts and many ist for the U. S. and his place i
are laid out and generally accepted | others, all assessing and collecting as a father and husband to hisi
in accordance with the laws re-1 taxes on the same property. As a family. He was also one among the
^^fhe^me arl appTable iurf result most P1'f,p,'ny owncro must leading Movie Stars one who caus-j
the laws applicable to stock law' render the same property to sev- ed millions of laughs in the var-
eral assessors and pay taxes toj ious characters he portrayed or]
'community, but with those from
i the far corners of the globe The
! splendid part is that it is not
greedy competition, but the friend-
ly sort where each says I will do
i my best"—letting the honor go
where it will.
! A recent example of this is the
Boy Scout Jamboree for Inter-
national Scouts which was ,o have
, been held in Washington, D C.
I this month. Due to a cause over
I which no one had control, the trip
was cancelled, but each area sub-
stituted another outing to replace
this one and as a result the boys
who are representing the Claude j
■troop are at this time enjoying!
the many beautiful sights, chief
of which are the ever-famous lakes
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the;
neighboring states. This project
w illd never have materialized nor
the trip have been made possible
without Ihe full coop ratio,i and
friendly compel i ion of scouts all
I over the world.
The latter part of this month
i will close the summer camp of the
jC.irl Scouts of this, district,. Can!)
M iry White, in the Sac amenta
Mountain; near Rosv.dl. New Mex-
ico is tin* regional si 1 scout camp
where girls from seven states have
camped this summer learning to
know one another better, to bear
their share of the work, and last
but not least enjoying a delight-
ful vacation. While the Claude Girl
Scouts have not been organized
long enough to send represent a-'
lives tc this camp this summer, it I
is hoped ami believed thu next i
year there will be several who can
take advantage of this, wonderful
camp.
Let'3 all work together, and I
whenever an opportunity presents!
itself to further the cause oi
Scouting in Claude and Arm 'rong
County. lot us fail not to lend out !
assistance in any way possible.'
For after all. in only a few years
the youth of our town and county'
v/ill be our full-grown citizens, and!
if we have made the way a little!
more pleas art and profitable for
them while growing up. we have I
done much! -Smirk.
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A Want Ad Brings Results
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A Waul Ad Brings Results
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/ Cheapest Laundry Service Obtainable 2
Washing Machine Service
£ HIT WASH, at 4c a pound, nothing ironed.
S TIIKII TV. il.it work ironed, wearing i Indies d nnp (!c pound.
f KOI (ill IHIY, Hat work ironed, elotiies dried and starched, 7c
a pound.
£ We now give you a Service cheaper than you can do it at
f home regardless of whether you have a washing machine or
not Clothes returned ready to finish as desired.
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/ CLARENDON, TEXAS. £
Everything Washed in Soft Water
Neutralized - Sterilized
NO BUNDLES LESS THAN FIFTY CENTS
See either barber shop or call 97
Clarendon Steam Laundry
Uncooked f resh
\ egetaldes, sin It as raw onions, tomatoes and
lettuce on ' induu lie, as the WAG-INN
make them, form a well balanced diet
for ' umnier.
Wagg = Inn
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election of such character. 51-c
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
witness my hand and seal
S, P. Mathews. County Judge
of Armstrong County. Texas.
several collectors
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Austin, Aue. 23: Governor James
V. Alhed will be asked to submit
a drivers licensing law as emer-
gency legislation to the special
session anticipated in September.
Rep. Fred Harris, of Dallas, author
of the licensing bill which failed
by only two votas at the regular
session, said he would ask the
governor this week to include the
subject in his call for the extra-
ordinary session. Harris is
lining up support for his measure
and tightening its provisions.
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We notice in the Wet Papers
"here a great deal more federal
liquor licenses have been issued
<n DRY TEXAS than were issued
I during the saloon days in Texas.
| That being the case the Liquor in-
terests should follow Jim Fergu-
son's example and vote against
j Repeal that is vote to KEEP
STATE WIDE PHOHIBITION.
Some months back ex-Governor
Ferguson said he would vote for
Re-peal, but now. in his T
OKDEK OF COMMISSIONERS'
COURT DESIGNATING VOTING
PRECINCT NO. 1.
On this the 12th day of August.
1935 at a regular meeting of the
Commissioners Court of Armstrong
County. Texas, came on to be con-
sidered the question of creating a
new voting precinct in Armstrong
County. Texas, the motion being
duly presented and seconded and
cairied by unanimous vote that
Voting Precinct No. 1 be designat-
ed as follows:
Beginning at the North East
Corner oi Section No. 148, Blk
B-4, H & G N Ry Co; Thence
South 7 miles to the Southeast
coiner cf Section No, 268, Blk B-4
H & G N Ry Co.: Thence West to
the West Boundary line of Arm-
s ron<T County; Thence North with
the said West boundary line to
where said West Boundary line of
Armstrong County crosse;, the
North line of Section 13 Blk 8
I & G N Ry Co Survey; Thence
East to the Northeast Corner of
Section No. 178, Blk B-4. H. & G
N Ry Co.; Thence North 1 mile to
the Northwest carrier of Section
144 Blk. B-4. H it: G N Ry Co ;
Thence East to place of beginning
containing 59 ections of land more
or less. Meaning by the above des-
cription the proposed precinct to
coincide with what is known as the
Falrview School District as laid
out by an order of the Commis-
sioners court, recorded in Vol 2
page lffiof the Minutes of the i |jcf.nfies being issued in Drv Texas
Commissioners Court of Armstrong . ,
County, Texas. | than when this state was wet.
The voting place in such pro- neans that we sell more liquor
posed voting precinct shall be the j now than we did with open sa-
®TS5J5r«w8"" *
It appearing to the Court that nnnds this editor of what the
the above described territory liesjGieat Southern Evangelist, Sam
wholly within one Justice of the r-mes. said about a Kansas town
sr&sa&s1 - T
that such new voting precinct is meeting. Rev. Jones said a saloon
necessary it is therefore ordered by keeper of that town came to him
the Court that Voting Precinct No and said Mr Jone " ell more
1. of Armstrong County Texas be __ . ., . ,.
created as above described with 1 since we ha, do ed the
voting place at the above design- saloons than we did when we had
ated place, that publication be open saloons . . Mr Jones re-
made of this order in the Claude p|ipd Wh.n you had open saloons
New . a newspaper published in „„„ . „,, ,, ,,
Claude. Armstrong. County. Texas, y u hquor you could;
week for three consectivr "id when you have closed saloons
52-c you sell more liquor than you can
what kind of a lie is that you are
' impersonated in various plays.
To them, whom the American |
people loved so well, we bid a
fair "adios".
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Cline. if he stilt holds to that |
conviction is apparently out of har-
mony with other officials of the
Central Exposition corporation on I
that policy. Cline brought to Dallas j
Major Lenox Lohr. director general!
of the Century of Progress for
consultation and advice. In his;
now f;, t interview with reporters, Lohr J
announced he would recommend j
that the Centennial spend not one |
cent for advertising space, but pro- j
mote its attendance via the FREE j
PUBLICITY BLURB route, as did J
the Century of Progress. Recently.
Ciino retained the services of
Frank J Purcell, press agent for
th' San Diego exposition, as pub-
licity director of the Central Ex-
position. Purcell at his first inter-
view announced his belief ln a
policy of free publicity, rither than
paid advertising space. He has set
up an elaborate organization of
rguson ; publicity writers to do the adver-
Forum. he says he will
AGAINST RE-PEAI, No one
believed "Farmer" Jim would vote
against hquor. but his
vote Using job with free pufis instead
ever
of paid space
But all has
on ce a
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Presiding Judge
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W. H Hamblen |
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Thurnian Havins ,
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not been harmony j
paper say- , „ jt|,,)5 file publicity set-up of Pur-1
he will, so that s that! I cell's department. Paul Joses. pub-.
'."city director for several years of]
The idea of more federal liquor j the stt.te Fair of Texas—who has!
leari'-'d the value of spending somej
advertising money with new-papers j
•hpt are asked to donate the space!
for free stuff—quickly found him-1
self out of harmony with Purcell
and esigned after a few weeks of
ervice Another special writer from
(.'hicago resigned before he even!
reported for duty in Dallas,
N otwithstanding this viewpoint, j
reports here are that officials of
he Central Exposition are ex-
perie icing considerable concern
over the growing number of Texas
newspaper editors who for a year
have published Centennial publi-
city mr.tter free, and who during
have been re- j
of their iiigh
ireau at Dallas.,
that publica-
1 until a Cen-
policy is de-
WANT ADS 2c A WORD
trying to poke down me yoj lousy
old hound.'
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ONLY 2-CENTS A WORO—may
sell something you have about the
place, worthless to you, or bring committee i
you the very thing you need Try tio.i at an ea
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