The Wheeler County Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1924 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WHEELER COUNTY TEXAN
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A Superb Western Story With Tremendous Punch
will be the attraction at the liberty Theatre Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25
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Report Shows
Panhandle Has
cent less than normal. Oats—Pro- this state we will wipe out Ferguson- hand-picked men—picked by Fcrgu-
duction was about 30 per cent less , ism in short order. If I understand 1 son, of course—met down at Austin
than normal, due to late -pring freeze ethics and the language of ethics; if and issued that remarkable address
Bumper Crops and dry weather at maturing period. ' I understand morals and the language to the Democrats of Texas threaten-
W heat Production was about SO per of good conduct; if I understand pa- ing to scourge them out of the party
Crop conditions in all parts of Tex- cent below normal. Fall plowing is trintism and the language of loyalty, (for bolting You can lead the
as. especially the Texas Panhandle, well under way.
are excellent, according to the Southwestern Texas. Cotton-
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monthly repor issued by the Rock licking is completed, yield was fair-, , , , . .. .. „ , =
, , . ' 'perform a duty to our State. "All of the machinations; all of =
.-.am rai ioa . ' go < m n .rani < a i ls s. A. Fishburn, secretary of the the intrigues of this little hierarchy £
The largest production gram sor- tnct it was much better than at first • pr„entpd j. Gam. will not be ahte to 8tem the tidc of §
ghum crops m the history of the expecUal. Ranges Condition is ex- \ who de8cribed her9elf aP a thia revolution that u Koin|C to put I
Panhandle is predicted in the report, oellent. A large acreage w ill be * , « * . ^0 . . -5
daughter of the Old South and neces- an end to the reign of demagoguery =s
aarily a Democrat. jin Texas.” g
General James A. Harris of Dal- j Two or three times Dr. Butte made §•
las, a veteran of the Confederacy, 1 reference to the party pledge. The
Give Your Livestock
Good Feed
You can't expect your livestock to keep in the best condition un-
less you give them the beat of feed.
in winter vegetables this
The report covering Texas is given planted
below: year.
General—Crop, soil and weather Southern Texas. Rice—Forecast
conditions generally are good; heavy production 1,500,000 bags, which com-
rains over practically the entire state pares favorably with last year’s crop;
during the latter part of September harvesting is about* completed and
have proven very beneficial to crops, quality is good. Cotton—Some dam-
and also soil in excellent condition (age to this crop is reported due to
for fall plowing. Cotton—Condition lack of moisture at the proper time
52 per cent; forecast production, snd extremely high temperature dur-
4.237.000 bales, compared with 4,- ing August and September. Range—
290.000 "bales last year; picking is Condition is, only fair.
well under way and already com- El Paso—Cotton was exceptionally
pleted in some sections. Corn Fore- good, the plants being heavily fruit-
cast production, 79,984,000 bushels, ('d with bolls, squares and blossoms,
compared with 96,440,000 bushels Ranges—-Condition is only fair. Acre-
last year; condition 55 per cent com- ages devoted to principal crops terv-
pared with the ten-year average of ed by the Elephant Butts Reservoir
71 per cent. Winter wheat - Esti-jare: Cotton, 76,000 acres; alfalfa,
mated production 22,422,000 bushels, 46,000 acres; fruit and truck farms,
compared with last year’s harvested 9(1,000 acres.—Amarillo News,
production of 16,370,000 bushels;
made a spirited attack on Ferguson-
ism that provoked both laughter and
applause.
Dr. Butte laid a sarcastic tongue
against the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee in his address today
Republican party will have to hold 3j
a primary and prescribe a party p
pledge two years from now he said. *
We are now in position to furnish you with the best grades of
Cotton Seed Metl—Bren—Shorts—Corn
Chops —Barley Chops and Other Feeds
Our prices are reasonable. See us before you buy feed.
“I urge no man to violate a moral
obligation,” he said. “I never have
and I never will, but I do urge all
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quality 97 per cent, compared with Good Government
the ten-year average of 86 per centf.
Oats—Forecast production 48,994,000
bushels, compared with 40,052,000
bushels last year; quality 91 per cent
compared with the ten-year average
of 83 per cent.
Panhandle—Sufficient rain has fal-
len in this section to mature all
crops; indications are that row crops,
such as milo maize, kaffir corn,
feterita, etc., will show largest pro-
duction ever grown in this section;
the cotton crop also gives promise
of being above the average. Fall
plowing is well under way; in many
sections seeding of wheat is complet-
ed. Ranges are in better shape than
for years.
Western Central, Northern and
Northwestern Texas—Weather the
past month has been generally favor-
able both for growing crops and for
farm operations. Com—Thts crop
is in excellent condition except in
few sections where more moisture
would be beneficial. Wheat—Pro-
Democrats Meet
At Dallas Monday
At a meeting held under the aus-
pices of the Good Government Demo-
cratic League at Fair Park, Dallas,
October 20th, Dr. Butte, the princi-
pal speaker, was introduced by Dr.
C. C. Selecman, president of the
Southern Methodist University, who
predicted victory for Dr. Butte by
an overwhelming majority November
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A poll among 100 traveling men
at the State Fair Saturday he said
had disclosed ninety-two for Dr.
Butte and among ninety physicians
he said seventy-six had declared for
the Republican candidate.
Dr. Selecman was vigorous in his
defense of Democrats who voted in
the primaries and would vote now
for the Republican candidate.
“I can scratch my ballot all right,”
he declared, “and you just see if I
that followed the general lines of the-good citizens to see truly their higher
campaign address he has employed i obligations.” I
at other places. He had described ; The tide of support that he is re- _
his candidacy as spreading like a ceiving, Dr. Butte declared as n §
prairie fire and told his audience of j revolution in which the people of g
great crowds that have been coming j Texas have decided to ‘‘exercise their
to hear his presentation in all quar-, inalienable right of revolt, pledge or
ters of the State. ino pledge, in the same fashion that §
“Among the anomalies of this cam- i George Washington broke his pledge I
to George III.”—Political Adv,
and high prices before laying in your winter’s supply of coal.
We handle the Vlctor-Ameriean Company’s famous Labeled Coal.
Order yonr today.
Farmers Union Warehouse I
PHONE 70.
paign is that for the first time in
fifty years it has become necessary
for the Democratic candidate to wage
a post-primary campaign to save his
neck. (Yes, and he’ll not. save it,”
one of the dozen or more old Con-
federates on the platform exclaimed).
Not only is the candidate white with
fear but his Democratic supporters
are wildly alarmed. Just a little
while ago that Fergusonian State
committee—that little hierarchy of
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All of Block nine (9) in the E
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the street from Mrs. G. H. Aldous’ E
residence. See J. R. Porter. 21-4t. j =
See our line of Buck Heaters and
Cook Stoves before you buy.
E. J. PULLEN.
FARM BUILDINGS
duction from the thresher was more'don’t. But I’ll tell you how the
than previously estimated. Cotton—j Democrats can get us to abide by
Condition generally is good; some our pledges. Just let them get Jim
slight dmaage due to excessive rains
and boll weevil reported. Ranges—
Condition is excellent.
Eastern Central and North Cen-
tral Texas. Cotton—With more than
one-half of crop picked, and gins
running night and day, cotton acliv-
to lead ‘Ma’ off the stage and then
let the central committee nominate
some real democrat like Joe Cockrell
or General, Crane and then we’ll
vote for the nominee.
“We’ll vote for a clean democrat
against a clean Republican, but we
ity in this section is at its height; | won’t vote for a dirty American
condition is good but grade was
lowered somewhat due to rainy
weather. Corn—Yield and quality
are good; average was about 15 per
party candidate any time.
“To scratch the ticket is not illegal
nor immoral and if we can get that
over to the plain honest citizens of
Farm buildings of lumber, cement or brick, if properly
planned and constructed of the best materiols, will last
a lifetime—often longer—and will withstand the un-
usually severe tests of the open country.
We are specialists in supplying information on farm
building problems and make a point of carrying in stock
the best materials for this purpose.
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when guests arrive, you will have no fears and no
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In the Postofflce Lobby
O. G. McCORMACK, Jeweler.
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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/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.