The Wheeler County Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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THE WHEELER COUNTY TEXA1
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8HAMMCK. TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1M4
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UNUSUALLY LARGE
COTTON YIELDS IN
SHAMROCK COUNTRY
Lrsincr Tram Gets Pulled Through the River
That the Shamrock country is one
of the very best for cotton growing
has long been known to those who
have grown the fleecy staple here
year after year, but not until the
Urge acreage of last year and the
coming of four gins did people <«sm
to fully awaken to the fact tha‘ this 1
is indeed a real cotton country.
The acreage this year is much
larger and a perusal of the following
local items relative to individual
yields, which were merely gathered
■at random, should be more convincing
than columns of “hot air” that we
have “arrived” as a cotton produc-
ing section.
Frank Knoll was in town Thurs-
day with his fiftieth bale of cotton
and reported that he had two more
at home. Mr. Knoll also stated that
he shipped thirty bales last ujfeek,
the result of only five days’ picking.
E. M. Hurlburt, who resides ten
miles south of town ,was in Monday
•with cotton. He reports that some
had estimated his cotton crop as
high as seventy-five bales, but that
ha really thought the production
would range between fifty and eixty
bales. Mr. Hurlburt stated that he
came to this section of the Panhan-
dle last year to pick cotton, and
that he was so favorably impressed
he rented a splendid farm on the
Wischkaemper place and expects to
spend the remainder of his days in
the Panhandle of Texas.
Tom Timberlake of the Bethel com-
munity was in town Thursday and re-
ported that he wpe sure of some-
thing like one hgMfeodAniles of cot-
ton. He say^nR jfigr a time he
figured qn shi®8 i|aO»ur% bale to
the acre, but only a few days ago
he started picking and so far had
realized one-third of a bale per acre
the first picking, and declares that
a part of his crop will produce a bale
per acre.
W. H. Roland from near Lela was
here Monday. Mr. Roland says he
has the best crops of cotton and
feed he has ever raised. He expects
to market forty or fifty bales of
•cotton and has all the feed stuff he
can possibly gather.
Claude D. Davis from the Davis
ranch near Texola was in Shamrock
Monday. He expects to make thirty
bales of cotton on the tract he is
farming.
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Freshmen ami .sophomores of Northeastern mllege, Huston, Mass., ure seen In their annual tug of wsr,
hoys line up on opposite sides of a stream and the losing team Is pulled through Hie water.
The
CHEVROLET ECONOMY I IRISHMEN DEFEAT
AND ENDURANCE RUN M’LEAN TIGERS BY
WAS GREAT SUCCESS SCORE OF 12 TO 0
The 100-hour economy and endur-
ance run, conducted last week by the
Ewton Chevrolet company, was a
signal success from every point of
view. The car with which the run
was made stood the grind remark-
The McLean Tigers went down in
defeat last Friday afternoon before
the slashing attack of the Fightin’
Irishmen of the Shamrock high
school. The score at the end of
ably well and appeared none the sixty minutes hard playing by both
High School Students j Gin Report Shows
Again Publishing The j Big Increase Over
Coyote In The Texan! Last Week’s Total
VGUTH INJURED AT QIL
MILL SATURDAY NIGHT
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Rea Thresh, fifteen, is suffering
from a badly lacerated arm, as the
result of an accident at the Cotton
Oil Mill last Saturday night.
Young Thresh is not an employee
at the mill, but had gone there to
visit a boy friend and had taken
his friend’s place for a few minutes
when in some manner his arm was
caught in the conveyor.
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PART OF MATERIAL HERE
The Coyote, for three years past
the official publication of the Sham-
rock high school, is being published
this year in the columns of the Tex-
an, The Coyote was originally start-
ed by 'Jack C. Taylor and was a
breezy and interesting review of
school life while under his manage-
ment. Later the job of editing the
paper fell to Arch Jett, who also
proved his ability to. get interesting
school news.
Last term the students seemed to
Ail four of Shamrock's gins are
now running full blast and have even
been ginning some at night. The
managers of the respective gins are
of the opinion that within the next
few days it will be necessary to
put on night crews.
The number of bales ginned this
week was 918, approximately 100
more than were ginned last week.
This brings the total number of
bales this season up to 2,758.
Estimates on the total production
lose interest in the publication and in the shamrock country by ginners
for a time it appeared that it would !and others vary congjderaWy. Prac.
be allowed to expire. Itically are of the opinion that
This year the Coyote is in capable
hands. Miss Ruth Shufflebarger
holds the position of editor and
Cecil Blake, Helen Hunt and Paul
Stauffer are reporters.
If you are interested in what the
pupils of the high school are doing,
read The Coyote. The third edition
this year appears in this issue of
The Texan. Besides a number of
newsy items about school affairs,
there is a well written and interest-
ing essay by one of the high school
pupils. Essays of outstanding merit
will appear from time to time in
The Coyote.
Work On Gas Main
From Schenck Wall
To Oil Mill Begun
it will equal last year’s total
over 12,000 bales and many believe
that it will exceed last year’s pro-
duction.
A crew of men is now at work
on the pipe line which will bring
gas from the Schenck well) three and
one-half miles north of town, to the
Cotton Oil company’s plant,
ijbe pipe arrived Thursday, and it
is thought that within ‘the course
of the next two or three Weeks the
oil mill will be using the Shamrock
country** natural fuel, of which she
can boast of a most bountiful sup-
ply.
The Cotton Oil company is the first
to take advantage of the opportunity
afforded by the gas field, but the
Texan predicts that at no distant
of date a satisfactory plan will be
evolved whereby, pot only other in-
dustries, but the city itself, will be
supplied with natural as.
LEWIS BROTHERS NOW
IN INSURANCE BUSINESS
FOR l’ENDLETON BUILDING
W. M. Bass was busily engaged
a part of this week removing the
coal house from the back of the
E> Pendleton lot, preparatory to
the cleaning of the entire lot for
the new brick building. Consider-
able building material is now on the
ground.
Wellington Man Buys Ranch
A deal was conaumated last week
whereby D. D. McDowell of Welling-
ton becomes owner of the H. G,
Young ranch, consisting of five sec-
tions, near Ramsdell. The purchas-
er’s son will reside on the ranch.
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The residence of W. S. Pendleton
has bsen repainted, a large and well
appointed sleeping porch has bsen
added and other improvements made
which greatly improve the attractive-
ness of the place.
3. W. Lummua, formerly of this
section, but who has been residing
in Colorado for tU past four or five
yuan, Is now employed at the Farm-
er*’ Union Warehouse Co. Mr. Lum-
mus will farm three miles wast of
town naxt year.
The Lewis brothers, Matt and
Royce, entered the insurance and loan
business a little over a month ago,
just after the latter resigned his
position as assistant cashier of the
Farmers & Merchants State Bank,
but have only recently secured a
permanent location. Their office will
be on the second floor of the F. & M.
Bnak building and they will move in
as soon as the work of remodeling
the building is completed. They are
now temporarily located in the office
of J. B. Clark.
Matt and Royce Lewis are two of
Shamrock’s most energetic and
forward looking young business men.
They hsve secured the local agency
for some of the coutry’s strongest
insurance and loan companies and
have already laid the foundation for
an excellent business. The Texan
predicts for them a well-earned suc-
cess in their new endeavor.
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H. R. Payne and family of Elk
Wheat Acreage
In Panhandle To
Show Increase
Amarillo grain men have received
reports indicating that the wheat
acreage this fall will be somewhat
larger than last season. Large tracts
have been sowed in many Panhandle-
Plains counties.
Estimates are that eighty per cent
of the crop is sowed. With favor-
ENGINEER ON PAVING
BEGINS WORK THIS WEEK
able weather, it is believed that all
F. F. DuBose, well known civil
engineer, who played a very import-
ant part in the construction of the
Red river bridge some two years
ago, and who was employed about a
month ago by the City of Shamrock
as engineer for the city paving, be-
gan running the lines Monday.
As soon as Mr. DuBose has worked
out the plans and specifications the
worse for wear when it breezed into
town at the close of the test Satur-
day at noon. The motor was hum-
ming as beautifully as at the start
and there was no apparent damage
to the body of the car.
The tun was mafle under adverse
conditions, as all the roads traversed
were in very bad condition as a
result of the rains of the week be-
fore. No effort was made by the
manager of the Ewton Chevrolet
company to pick out the best roads,
as the purpose of the test was to
show the performance of the Chevro-
let under any and all conditions.
Before starting on the run the car
was chained and welded in high gear.
High Mileage Average
The car traveled a total of 2,704
miles and consumed 111 gallons of
gasoline and 9 1-2 quarts of oil. A
simple problem in arithmetic shows
that this is equal to 24 1-3 miles
per gallon of gasoline and a little
leas than 185 miles per quart of oil
The referees of the run were John
T. Forbis, C. W. Johnson nad Percy
Bones, one of whom checked the
gasoline and oil each time the car
was filled during ffhe test.
Homer Ewton, manager of the
Ewton Chevrolet company, expressed
himself Saturday as being well
pleased with the results of the run.
”1 believe I have proven what I
started out to prove,” says Mr.
Ewton, "That the Chevrolet is
economical hi Upkeep and that it
will stand the gaff. Some of the
other dealers who made the run may
have made a little better showing
in figures, but very few of them
had to go over the kind of roads we
did.”
Guessing Contest Winners
The winners of the guessing con-
test, on the amount of gasoline and
oil /used by the Chevrolet, which
also closed Saturday at noon, were
F. P. Pitcock and John Porter. Mr.
Pitcock was awarded the first prize,
which was 835 credit on any model
new Chevrolet. His guess was 110
gallons of gasoline and 8 quartj of
oil. Mr. Pitcock has already placed
hta order for a Chevrolet touring
car. Mr. Porter received the second
prixe, a casing and tube. His guess
was 109 gallons of gasoline und 9
quarts of oil.
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City, Okla., spent Saturday and Sun-
day at the J. A. Dixon home.
J. J. Watt and son, Buel, who re-
side sixteen miles northwest of town,
were here Tuesday. Mr. Watt stated
that some of hie cotton waa damag-
ed by the rain Monday night.
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J. N. Haynes from near Texola
wae here Saturday. He eta ted that
he had raieed more feed stuff thia
year than ha could gather, and that
while thia waa hia flrat yaar to ax-
the wheat land will be sowed within
a few days.
Wheat that has been sowed some
time is up and doing fine, grain men
report. There is plenty of moisture
in the ground, and much wheat land
is being pastured now.
“Everything points to a good
wheat crop again,” said a grain
man. “All that needs to be done,
it seeijis, is just to let the wheat
grow.”
Although vast tracts are being
put into cultivation in tha South
Plains ,it is not believed that much
of this land will bo sowed to wheat.
Cotton will be planted largely on this
land, grain men say.
The large yield and satisfactory
price this year are faotors in caus-
ing the increased acreage, believe
the grain dealers.—Amarillo Nows
Mrs. V. E. Sherwood of Tulsa,
Okla., is visiting at the home of
her son, A. T. Sherwood.
Dr. B. A. Zeigler returned this
week from Chicago, when ho at-
tended the Rock Island Surgeons’
Convention.
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John Smith, who is a student at
Clarendon College, spent Saturday
•Bu Sundg*7 at the home of hie
Mrs. W. B.
mother,
Smith,
Miss Thomsie Bean, taadber of
P**no In the local schools, spent the
periment with Button, he would make w*«k-end with hot parents in Ama-
elevsn or twelve bale*.
city council will advertise for bide.
To date the council has not de-
cided as to whether concrete of brick
will be used as paving material.
DRILLING MAY BE RESUMED
SOON ON NICHOLSON TEST
That drilling will be resumed soon
on the Nicholsou No. 1, in the China
Flat community, is the firm belief
of Pat Hamilton, manager of the
Ridley ranch, who returned Thurs-
day from a trip to Oklahoma City.
Thia Well has boon shut down for
some time, after reaching a depth
of about 1800 feet, and the Texan
has experienced difficulty in secur-
ing news relative to future plane.
Inch of Rain Tuesday Night
More than an inch of rain fell
Tuesday night, accompanied by con-
siderable wind. Soma cotton farmers
have reported damage, where the
bolls were fully opened, but £ht
wheat farmers are whispering it
about that tha rain will put jnoney
iu their pockets later on.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Porter are
spending some time in Marlin for tho
benefit of Mr. Porter,* health.
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J»ks Martin and step-daughter,
Mies Frankie Pollard, of thia eMy,
accompanied by MeedameS Mollie
Knight, Anna* Patterson and ten,
Jacob, all of Wtoeburg, Pa., visited
relatives in Clayton, N. M„ tho latter Mo, hi paying bar brother,
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part of that week.
CANADIAN MAN BUYS
PHOTOGRAPH STUDIO
teams was 12 to 0.
Neither team was able to score
in the first quarter. The McLean
gridders made good gains on their
line plunges during this period, but
did not seriously threaten Shamrock’s
goal.
The first touchdown came in the
second quarter when Watkins, of
the Tigers, fluked a punt and the
ball was recovered by Douglas, who
ran forty yards for a touchdown.
The locals failed to kick, goal. '
Shamrock also scored in the third
quarter, when they advanced th* ball
to their opponent’s 15 yard line, but
were held for downs. When thi ball
went over, McLean attempted a punt,
which was blocked. Brothers re-
covered the ball behind the goal line
for a touchdown.
The game ended with the ball in
the possesaion of the McLean team
on the Irishmen’* 10-yard line.
Mayfield, Douglas and Brother*
played stellar football for the Irish-
men, while Phillips, Powers and
Water* Were the most prominent
players for the Tigers.
Large crowd of rooters, both high
school pnpils and others, accom-
panied the Irish - eleven to McLean.
The line-up of the contending
teams was as follows:
McLEAN
Shaw
Jordan "
Jackson
D. Waters
Harbison
Grogan
Davis
Johnston .
Powers
Watkins
Phillips’
&J,
JfSHAMROCK
L. E. - Wofford
L. T. Brothers
. -g|W. G.*~ ^saJBherwood
.C.
R. G.
R, T-
R. E.
L. H.
R. H.
Q. B.
F. B.
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Walker
Brooks
Blake
Seeds
Cadenhead
Mayfield
Bryan
NEW UNIT FOR CITY
LIGHT PLANT BEING
ERECTED THIS WEEK
G. A. Addison, proprietor of the
Addison Studio at Canadian, has
purchased the Pullman Studio from
C. O. Rowe, Mr. Addison plans to
open hi* business here Tuesday or
Wednesday of next week, and will
be ih position to offer the people
of Shamrock first class work on
photographs of all kinds. Ho is a
man with several years experience
in this line of work.
Mr. Rowe, th* former proprietor
the Pullman Studio, recently
leased and la now operating the
Legion Theatre at McLean. He is
also conducting a photograph studio
In that city.
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Presiding Elder Preaches Here
Rev. J, T. Griswold, D. D., pragid
ing elder of the Clarendon district,
held quarterly conference for the
Shamrock circuit Sunday afternoon,
preached a highly interesting and in-
structive sermon at the Methodist
church Sunday night, and officiated
at tha laying of the comer stone for
the new chiirch building in Wheeler
Monday.
week for Dallae, where he will taki
special couive in embalming.
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Mrs. J. W, Gooch and son, Joel,
Attended tha State FhJr at, Dallas
first of the Week.
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Mrs. Lon A. Moon from »!«■%
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The new unit for the municipal
light and power plant, which arrived
last week, is being installed (his
week by J. M. Murray, erector for
the Fairbanks-Morse company. The
new equipment consists of a 200-
horsepower Fraibanks-Morae Deisel-
type engine, a continuous duty gen-
erator and switch board. Thia equip-
ment represents an investment of
116.000.
The work of putting the heavy
machinery together is a slow job
and it will be necessary to syn-
chronize the switch boards of both
the old and new units, which will
take considerable time. However, it
is expected that the new equipment
will be in operation by the latter
part of next week.
The huge four-cylinder engine is
already upon its foundation, and to
all appearances, would be capable
of furnishing power and light for
a city much huger, than Shamrock.
It will bo necessary to build a email
annex at the northweat comer of the
light plant building in order to in-
stall some parts of this equipment.
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Mr. and Mr*. O. K, Griggs mad*
a trip to Oklahoma City this week.
State Superintendent of Home Eco-
nomics Mist Jessie Harris of Austin
visited the Shamrock, Wheeler, Wel-
lington, Plymouth and Dodsonville
schools this week.
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Tv C. Richardson, founder of th*
Golden Spruill left Friday of- last T«**r> twenty-one year* ago, but who
*• »°" *“>» «>e *wm and Raneh of
Dallas, spent senral hours in this
city Tuesday.
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L, E. Simmon of Tolar, M. M„
to spandtog pom# ffeto at tho
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The Wheeler County Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1924, newspaper, October 23, 1924; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519123/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.