The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 25, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 22, 1934 Page: 9
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Volume 25
BABBLEit
By Bcrthn Zimmcrmnnn
Hollo folks today la Washing
tons birthday and when 1 say
Washington everyone knows of
whom I speak American Youth is
taught from cradle on to believe
in The Father of Our Country
just as ho does In Snntn Claus
Washington Is n treasured faith
and hardboiled critics who have
tried to tear down our idol
would take candy from a baby
And who arc wo to judge him
What our country today needs is
more George Washingtons with
courage to forgo ahead strength
to hold his position vision to act
power to load and hnmaness to
live A brief tribute to George
Washington
In reading the life of George
Washington I couldnt find a
thing about his cutting down a
cherry tree T wonder If someone
has been fooling me all these
years
Airplane stunting is a good way l
to break onos neckoven though
ho is standing on the ground
floor Yep mo and Judgo Mc
Casland nearly hrolco our necks
watching the stunt flying Monday
Maybe youve wondered why
the Babbler doesnt discuss nation
al affairs You sec Its like this I
Frank Will attend to local
fairs
Someone told mo that in
United States a person
Wiled every 30 minutes in
auto accident
bom
af
tho
die so Tve started walking again
cure for many ills its your chief
source or contentment or it would
yo n
ho if you would let it Wo must
find that work which satisfies us
for we are happlct doing tho
work for which wn are best
adapted Tf you have a job youre
lucky if you bnvo one in which
you are interested youre still
ifckior See It through no matter
what it is grow with your job
wlthout staticail
The office dumbollo says that
homo is a plnco whoro you use n
toothpick and eat chicken with
you fingers
Rnbblngly yours
Rort
o
Attend Meeting Of
at which tlmo Stato Superintend
ent h A Woods spoke to the
assembly
Many subjects wero explained
by Mr Wood to tho satisfaction
a thoso prosont and many of the
subjects hart not boon understood
by school executives before
Among thoso who attended from
noro aro Judgo H 0 McCnsland
and members of tho county board
T O Rr fkH Rraley and John
Gaylerf ffffirlnlondont ni1 Mrs
W II Yotiriir Mr and Mrs It
V Balcor
l
Durwniu °
mann Jlja Boy Scouts
Needy
J0KB Assisting
Roportoii hanco with President
Soton P I request tho Tulia Roy
h collecting discarded
HIGH SC nodding Clothing otc
fig It over to tho thrift
Audrey S0 distributed to tho
fpnnings Jfc tj10 UOya missed you
Till
9 p m Castro Co vs Moore
Co
Saturday March 3
S a ni Dallam Co who drew
a byo vs the winner of Randall
Oldham game
a m Swisher Co drew a
decided that Will Rogers andjJT > vs winner of Deaf Smith
Congress settle those nnd mo and Hartley game
10 a m Armstrong Co drew
a bye vs winner of PotterParmer
game
11 a m Sherman Co drew a
was byo vs winner of CastroMoore
an J game
Im too yoiing to 1 P <
m Consolation games be
gin Deaf Smith or Hartley vs
Randall or Oldham
How ahnut your job are you p m Potter or Parmer vs
punching a time clock walking out Castro or Moore
the door with a sigh Well thank j 3 p in Winner of Swisher
goodness another day over and Deaf Smith or Hartley game vs
forgetting all about it until 8 winner of ArmstrongPotter or
oclock the next morning Or do Punner game
you face each day with a bright p Jn vjncr ur DallamOld
faco and n new energy Are > < > ham or Randall game vs winner of
growing on the job Work is a shcr manCastro or Moore game
S p m The finals in consoln
p in The final championship
game
The following are some of the
towns expected to paiticipate in
the event Herfonl Amnrillo Dal
hart Dumas Dimmitt Canyon
Stratford Friona Goodnight and
Vega
A large silver trophy will be
Things we can do without boor Rv n to tho team winning the
and spinach Kenneth Ramseys toornament and gold basket balls
tho Fire will he awaidcrt to a selected all
pranks Ed Wynn Chiefj
Prof Younger ipo West Texas star team
dust storms Rob Tirevs teasing Tho citizens of Tulia nro re
peoplp who say what do you quested to cooperate with the Tub
think j a School and tho Chamber f
i Commerce in staging this tourua
Things wed liko to havoWalker meat and making it a success Avjy
Joncs good humorMrs
Kelloggs i person who is tiblo to keep girls
popa new spring bonnota radio in his homo during tills tourna
engincerIonise niont please call the school offi < c
Johnsons red hair
And wo nominate for tho
And we nrfinato for the
Roodfollow this week Allan Honni
because he never gets in the
way hut bos always around when
vou need him
number
Tulia Men Visit With
Highway Officials
Judge MoCnslund commissioner
A 10 Douglas and G 15 Jordan
wont to Silverton Vigo Paik and
Claude tlio first of tho week to
accompany highway officials who
worn viuwlng a proposed route
for Highway No 117 which is to
pass from the far North to Del
Rio on tho Rio Grande and is to j
pass through tho Panlmndlo via
Claude and on south through the
Educators Amarillo stato of Texas Tulia men were
j Intorcstod in trying to get the
Sovernl teachers and educators highway to pass through Vigo
from Tulia attended a regional I Park and tho eastern border of
mooting at Amnrillo last Saturday Swishor County
Highway Nine Open
To Houston School
Grading and drainage structures I
havo bono finished on highway
No 9 from the Halo county line
to tho railroad crossing near Hous
ton school liotiso and is open to
tho public
A largo part of that section
from Houston school north o
highway SG near Tulln hnH been
finished but is not yot open to
tho public for travel
One of tho largo piers at tho
underpass In Tulia has been fin
ished but It will bo somo timo
boforo tills will bo finished Con
creto pnvemont is to bo laid across
tho Santa Fo rightofway nnd to
tho junction of Hoy Street and
collcho hnso nnd asphalt topping
Is to bo placed on tho loop thru
Tulln This contract has beon lot j
and tho ealloho lias been placal
are assist an1 ycul jmVo anything but tho asphalt topping will nrt1
pecond K ijvp i10 SCOuts know and bo laid until warmer woather o <
grado schoj j n aft01 jt until i At 1
voIIosb Scou Masti Mr Garret < n
b
GIRLS DISTRICT BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD HER
Tulia will bo host to the girls
district basket ball tournament to
bo held here Friday and Saturday
March 2 and 1 The dlstslct consists
of twelve counties and each
county will bo represented by one
school Tho games will begin Friday
at 4 oclock when tho team
from Deaf Smith County probably
Hereford meets the one from
Hartley County
Tho following schedule of games
has been arranged by authorities
Friday March 2
4 p m Deaf Smith Co vs
Hartley Con
p m Randall Co vs Old
ham Co
5 p m Potter Co vs Parmer
Co
175 Farmers Contract
Cotton Reduction
HOG REDUCTION PROJECT
TO BRING 4000000
Tho final date for signing of
cotton contracts in Swisher County
was February 15 This report
showed that 175 cotton farmers
cooperate arc urged and request
ed by the County Agent and cotton
growers to fill out the survey
Tulia Postmaster
Washingtons Rirthduy today
will be observed as a legal holl
daj by the Tulia postofficc and
no mail will be distributed ex
ST
Highway 86 May Be
Paved By State
Highway Dept
Mr Garrett and his crew of
engineers have been busy during
tho past week surveying highway
SG from Dlmmitt cast to tho Swisher
county lino In preparation ol
a project which the Castro commissioners
court has approved and
which hns tho sanction of tho
State Highway Department nnd
has been sent to Washington for
approval This woik Is undor the
have cooperated in the cotton provision inndo hv tho federal go
program and it is expected that
ornment to furnish labor for un
thoy will receive checks for their cniplnycd In drouth strclken conn
reduction within the next GO days ties of the Panhandle
County Agent Martin reports Preliminary work began the first
that ho is having considerable of the week on a project for
trouble with the noncooporator Swisher county wherebv It np
cotton farmer in getting him to j proved will continue this paving
fill out a survey enrd that has f so from tho west lino or Swish
been mailed out tho second time 0r county to Tulia and possibly
All cotton farmers that did not cast to the Rriscoo
card that is now being sent ti areas to reach
them tho second time This information
is absolutely necessary
Imforo tho cotton farmers who cooperated
can receive their bone
fits Noncooperating cotton farm I weather
ers certainly should show this
much interest in this program
300 Hon Contracts Expected
The Hog producers in Swisher
County are putting in full time
this week at tho County Agent s
office filling out the hog reduc
will he in
these contracts
county line
Paving this highway Is of utmost
Importance to Tulia as it
will enable citizens of large trade
tho north and
Her Tulia friends and the many
friends of thn family sympathize j
with the ramily because of her
untimely death
More than a hundred peopi
cept as provided by tho Depart church for the funeral
niont at Washington >
Ranks will also be closed for
tho holiday
i ST GEORGE IS TIRED
Tulia Swisher County Texas February 22 1934
Monday dawned cold clear and
still following two days of one
of the worst dust storms ever
experiences in this section it
was nn idenl day for stunt fly
iiig and parachuto jump from a
to Jim Gordon who thrilled visitors
bji his sensational leap at
an altitude of somo 3000 foot
over the city of Tulia and landed
In a hikobod just north of
tho city limits seomlngly none
the worse off because of his
aerial leap
It was estimated that Severn1
thousand visitors saw tho dlsplnv
and craned necks to see tho
south pavement when finished stunts watch for tho smnll pnra
and will permit a large number chutes Hint contnlned prizes do
of Swisher county people to reach nated hy merchants and tho para
tho county seat in any kind of chute jump by Jim Gordon
Former Tulia Girl
Buried Friday
Mrs Joe Clark Williams 23
lort > n a Nuw Mexico hospital I want to show tbolr appreciation
tlon control contracts Ry Wed
enrlj last Tlulrsay follownB 10 iy InvllR n lnorvnH I10thlng
nesday at noon there were ap
proximately 100 hog contracts signed
and it was estimated by Saturday
night the final date there
car accident which proved fatal to entertain their friends and ens
to her tomers
Her body was brought to Tulia i Visitors worn present from ns
i Friday and after funeral services rar as 40 to 50 miles distant nnd
nelBlorood ot at the Presbyterian Church con all seemed to enioy the occasion
4W contracts
signed luttu y Ucv T n TeR the and ninnv expressed their appro
iiog growers that are yet to PaStor assisted by Rev Pat Horton elation of the Tulln rolks for male
sign these contracts arc urged
aslor of tne Pjnlnvow Baptist lug It possible Tor them to en
o make every effort possible to
Cmirrhi hor romnins
wr JfV lp tMm
rill out the work sheet disposal
est n tlle Tlllln cemeterv I o
sheet and the salmon colored
con MnJ AVlliams who lived In TKo WU rWle
tract beore coming to this of i Mjll Mpr y
PnmMow > was a daughter or Mr
rice This inrormation will simply f0 pjay Qff Tie
am MnJ h u rarl r cv
ry matters and assist the group
sllc Rrow o womanhood Tulia >
working in this oirico till
to your atlPnlo1 tll0 common ui lif xli Tuln and Happy senior girK
eontract much easier nnd quick cllools ll010 whero she had ninny thd in their race lor county
or Ry having this inrormation rrlonds wlio mniunod Imr rnsnliiK fl lirtM uiHlifp here last Saturday
you will not be delayed when you n > many ppo11 iu ntlondanc and will meet in tho Tulia gym
to the final of the
eomo signing fr0ln 1illnVPW attested lie icgurd mnlum iut Tuesday night to trj
contract Tins program will mean whrn waq lip1 v or nKIlln for MP championship
that the in Swisher
hog growers wnnro KlP ln1 IlvP1 for lu mst TR promises to bo u fast and
County will receive approximately two r thlpp ypars torosling game and all Tulia as
40000 in benefits by signing pnlI iotIl active and well as IIuppv should bo proseul
honorary as well as he flowor ln see this hardfoughl gani < >
girls were all from Plalnviow with
No Mail Today Says possiiny one exception
BOY SCOUTS PRESENT
FOUR ACT PLAY
Tile Tulia Hoy Scouts nio
putting on a four act play Friday
night at 730 in the High School
were unable to find room in the Auditorium to rnlHo mnupy for a
vacation trip
j You will learn something of
D II Thompson was a business scout work have plenty or laughs
visitor in Hereford last Friday I and see a good play
By Albert T Raid
ANNUAL FAT STO0EC SHOW fill
BE KELB IN TULIA MM 2 AND
Airplane Stunt Day
Was Big Success
CROWDS SEE PARACHUTE
JUMP OVER CITY
Horse Show To Be
Feature Event
The Swisher County Annual MI
Club Hoys Fat Stock Show will
be held In Tulia at tho Agricultural
Rnlldlng Grounds on Mnrch
2 and 3 In this show 15 different
Club Hoys will show their fnt
calves and pigs Tho Tulia Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring
this show and linking the Ruslnoss
Mon to put up a substantial pre
swiftly moving plane according mlum list to mako II Interesting
for tho boys who aro showing
Saturday afternoon tho Hoys are
planning to put on a parado headed
by tho Tulia High School
Hand through the business district
of Tulia to show tho people
of Swisher County how real cattle
look when thoy nro full fed
After tho show In Tulia Is over
tho fat calves and pigs will ho
taken to Amnrillo whoro they
will bo shown nt tho Annual Fat
Stock Show Tho following boys
will show fat calves nt theso two
shows Too Kelm Jnck ICelm
This Is the first of a series nwRon Jr Carrol and Tns
ontortninments being planned for
visitors in Tulln Moro will follow
later Tulia merchnnts and business
mon nro appreciative of the
patronage given I hem by tho peo
ple of this trade territory nirl
Foster Mll on and Junior Sharp
and Elmont Honon Theso boys
will show a carload of fifteen
calves at the Amnrillo show Thr
boys that will show fat pigs aro
J T MeDanlels J K and Jack
Adams Howard mid Russell Pogue
Lloyd Mll > r Roy Rurrow
Fontella Rurrow
Horse Show Featured
As a special feature tho MI
Club Roys Fat Stock Show It Is
being planned to have a horse j
Number 8
= r
and cattle poultry and livestock In
125 Contestants To
Vie For Honors
TULIA FIRMS WILL GIVE
TROPHIES TO WINNERS
Interest In the F F A Judging
contest to bo held hero Sntunln
Fob 2i Is wldosproad becuuso ot
tho flnu livestock produced In
Swlshor County Pnnhnndlo A
M or Goodwell Okla anil West
Toxns State Teachers College ot
Canyon will bo represented by
Judging teams nt tho contest
Texas Tech hns boon Invited but
thus fnr no reply hns boon receivedCollene Men Interested
Letters from AV R Folton Asst
Professor of Animal Husbandry at
Oklahoma A M and Frank It
Phillips Professor of Animal Hns
luuidry of W T S T C were
received assuring tho contest of
riclnls of tbolr representation
Tho teams will not competa
against tho high school teams bin
aro merely judging for practice
Eleven Schools Enter
lhitrlos for tho contest hnvo
boon recoived from olovon schools
in tho Panhandle most schools
bringing throo teams Tho total
number ot qualified cnntestniiLi
ontorod number 125
A gonornl assembly of all contestants
will ho hold nt 900 ain
and tho Judging of livestock
dairy cattle and poultry will begin
promptly at 930 a m Thru
tho courtesy of local breedors and
farmers somo of the best dairy
the Panhandle will ho brought to
tho livestock pavilion for the contestsMany Classes To Be Judged
FIvo clnsses of Jorsoya two
show In connection with tho Fnt I classes of Guornseys nnd o
Stock Show and Mr S H Hraleyl class of Ilolstoins will > >
lias boon asked to serve as super tho dairy cattle dlvlslo
Intenilenl of tho Horso division j contest
Any fanner in Swisher County In Draft hordes and innresJjj
teresled In showing good horses boulllel shoop yut sheep llfrc
should son Mr Ilraley at their ford cattle fat steers and fat and
earliest convenience and let hlin breeding hogs will bo judged In
know bow many head that ho will ho livestock division
show Tills Is a new f on turn of Poultry To Have Part
the Show and nil horso Zanders In tho Poultry contest a fift
are encouraged to take part on question examination based on t
this occasion j Stnmlnrd of Perfection thr < e elr
There Is considerable Interest hi es of production birds jer
Swisher County In raising good show birds and lyj
horses for he market ns well as eggs ari > f j
j
for work stock and this show is birds fU > botrisncf Ine j
to encourage lie production of Island lleds Raricd = R 5
more anil heller horses in ho fu While Leghorns
lure We realize thai this Is a
tractor eounlrv and horses will
never cmno back and lakn the
place or tractors however wo
feel confident thai there Is
futuro
Tavlor rnrii Tr5i5y
Serves Barbecue
Today
11000 RABBITS KILLED
IN COMMUNITY CONTEST
v
j i Four fut beeves hundreds of
J loaves of bread pickles and col
li fee Ih ho menu at Taylor S < ho 1
lodnv fThursday noon when tills
llsiiltt serves it free barbecue
lo the Price community and visitors
carrying out n bargain en
i tered into by thoso two commiiM
pities somo wooks ago that those
t killing Mil smallest number of
j rnbliits In n glvt
yt feed he entire grn
en time should
oup and visitors
j Tavlor folks nro not pikers so
i tbev ire prepareil to feed sevnrnl
i hundred persons today and havo
Invited Iholr friends to the eed
j More ban 11000 rahblVs wore
during bo coolest and th <
j countv paid them at the rato of
j I two cents each as bounty
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Rural Schools Hold
ADSl
Tulln Firms Give Cups
The Farmers Jrnin Pit the
First National Hank and the
Telia Chamber of oinmn e hivo
donated throe bcuutnl 1 > vIim
place and always will lie for n ciips to lie pres > iit < > < l to niif
few horses on ho farm and hero In each division
will cerlalnlji bo a market with Hereford Post McLean rinudr
what we can raise In connection Plalnviow Olton SllverUm Pam
with our farm program In he pa Clarendon Spring Lald md
Hale Cenler have already entered
bo eoiitost
Tulia and Claude Ind
Tenms Jn Playoff
Tonight at the High H Ito I
Gym Tullu Haslcet Hall fan llll
got a chance to see the hr t Joi
test brought hero Un sensuu ut
800 p in when tin fas < fl hm
qulntotto will mi tho TuIm i
dopeiidoiit five
These towns uu I I iy last v
und played to a Afttr
extra periods the muno still
mulnod a deadli < 1 at
h
Tulia took tin i I i iu i i
period only in lii Ilaude > < i >
just before tin and e
up tlio BftUio a aJu Th0 Jma
woro on tlulr feet mdst of tb <
gumo
fluude huh oine eifdlent plj
ors men who bni die the t > > l
Hko professionub f i tli TuIm
team will be muIi stius < f
Simpson Neul irneU Hali
Johnson Plitmaji Wilsen II in
Raymond aid Dttvla AdmNslon
prli is 10c
j Countywide Exhibit McCuUou < h Named
i There Is to be one general e Qi v I kC
hibit which may Include n > OerviSOr Ut
j work done In school bv the pupils T3X Project
i Kach school Is to fix its exhibit I Ojtiih Mcihillougb has be n nt > i
elaborate decoratloiit will h ed county supervisor of Farm Mort
permitted jcukb and Laid Vniuos and with
Ruch individual teacher jnust
I certify to tlio judgo that the work
submitted bus been done by puplR
tiie asslBtuuco of C R Dvr C
Q Splcor und W AV Splller hn
is going over the records of the
No prizes will bo offend there various offices at vtho court 1ioum >
aro to bo no judgfs The thibit obtqlnliiK data required by the
is to show the public what in
Rural Schools of SvMi r i nun
aro doing
Judge McCnsland to notih ih
r to date of i xblblt
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f ib > ii > t > nil to ft f the
fedoral govornmont Tijc
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ill II of SwlHher col
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Engleman & Engleman. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 25, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 22, 1934, newspaper, February 22, 1934; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45793/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.