The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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ThnrMUy, February 2, IMS
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Shamroclt, Wheeler County, Texaa
Report Is Made of Chamber
Commerce Work Daring 1927
EDITOR’S NOTE: The annual i*e
port of the Shamrock chamber
commerce, covering the activities of
|he body beginning on January 17th,
1927, and ending on that date this
year, as submitted by Guy Hill,
secretary-manager, at the annual
membership banquet Monday night
January 28, follows:
Agriculture
(1) One week agricultural cam-
paign with Rock Island parties, five
meetings held in territory. Topics
covered: dairying, fruit raising, poul-
try and home economics. Total at-
tendance at these meetings estimated
at six hundred.
(2) Through efforts of chamber
of commerce all dairy herds in Sham-
rock territory were tested for tubercu-
losis by State Livestock Sanitary
“Commission and found to be in first
class health. Records show no re-
actions. This is in line with our at
tempt to have pure milk delivered
in Shamrock.
(3) Financed Buster Worley, club
boy, of Lutie, and Edith Reneau,
club girl, of Heald, for trip to Short
Course at A. £ M. college in sum-
mer.
(4) Petitioned Commissioners Court
to employ Home Demonstration
Agent. Miss Viola Jones was later
employed.
(5) Report from agricultural ship-
ments in survey show a decided in-
crease in com, maize, cattle and
bogs and a large decrease in cotton
•nd wheat Nearly a fifty per cent
Increase in poultry was made in 1927
Over 1926. There were shipped from
Shamrock 13 cars of dressed poultry
and 10 cars of live poultry.
Industrial
Six trips were made to Amarillo,
Panhandle, Borger and Pampa to
visit oil well supply houses, with
the intention of assisting them to
locate here. Result of this was prac-
tically every large supply house
■ecuring locations. Held an electior
to close portions of Railroad Avenue
and Commercial Avenue for five
year period to give more room for
this class of business.
(2) Through efforts of the organ-
ization a local stock company was
organized to build a telephone line
to Magic City. This company bought
material and arranged to construct
the line when the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company bought them
out. This one piece of work is out-
standing as a community enterprise,
as the financing of this line was
completed in thirty minutes after
the proposition had been presented
to the membership.
Civic
(1) Through the Southwestern
Advertising Company of Oklahoma
City, the chamber of commerce was
enabled to have all business houses
and residences in town numbered
(2) Through the Shamrock Ice
and Fuel Company and the Shamrock
Gas Company each placing one hun-
dred dollars at our disposal,-and the
city council adding three hundred
dollars more, a systematic street
marking plan was devised, and nearly
six hundred street markers ordered
and erected. The work was super-
vised by the chamber of commerce,
and the signs are being maintained
by the city street commissioner.
(3) Survey shows for the year
1927 there were constructed in Sham-
rock 176 residences, 10 business build-
ings, 2 schools, Methodist Church and
power plant. Analysis of building
situation by four contractors show
total of approximately half million
dollars expended in construction in
1927.
Fairs
(1) Chamber of commerce applied
to Commissioners’ Court for finances
to hold county exhibits at Wichita
Falls and Dallas. $200.00 was allow-
ed, which covered all expenses.
Conventions
(1) (Conventions were attended by
delegations from Shamrock at the
following places: U. S. Highway 66
Association, Tulsa, Amarillo and
Albuquerque; West Texas Chamber
of Commerce at Wichita Falls, and
Wellington, at the last two the band
attended and much desirable publicity
was obtained.
(2) Shamrock was host to the
Panhandle Association of Odd Fel-
lows in 1927. The chamber of com-
merce assisted in arrangements and
caring for delegations.
Railway, Express and P. O. Dept.
(1) On January 27, 1927, a meet-
ing was held in Shamrock with dele-
gates from Wellington, Memphis,
Canadian and Spearman for the pur-
pose of completing an organization
of the north and south towns to
interest the Fort Worth and Denver
Ry. in building a line from Childress
to Canadian. This plan was not
completed because Denver officials
were planning to make additional sur-
veys before definitely deciding on
the route. This organization, we
understand will be agait^ sponsored
this year.
(2) A continual effort has been
made by this organization to have
either an express office established
The man who knows
nothing and
knows he knows .
nothing
knows a lot.
up town or to have free express
delivery. A survey was made by
the Express Company in the sum-
mer and a tentative promise made
that we will get express delivery in
1928.
(3) Part of the requirements made
by the Post Office Department for
village mail service here have been
complied with. About two miles of
sidewalk was built in the sidewalk
campaign conducted by the chamber
of commerce, and with the streets
being paved it is presumed that it
will only be a matter of a short
time until the Department will allow
us delivery. House numbering, street
markers and a complete city directory
are some of the requirements,
Highways
(1) In the late winter it became
necessary to construct a shorter road
to Magic City. The money for this
project was raised by subscription, a
total of $4,301.00; of this amount C.
M. Young of Magic City donated
$350 and the Continental Oil Company
of Wichita Falls $200.00, the balance
by the business men of Shamrock.
Of the amount subscribed $1,280.80
was used to pay for a bridge over
Big Sandy Creek and the balance
for labor and culvert material!).
This project was considered one of
the most important in 1927.
(2) Agitation by the Shamrock
Chamber of Commerce for nearly a
year and a half for a hard surfaced
road system in Wheeler County came
to a head in October 1927 when
committees from Wheeler, Mobeetie
and Shamrock met in the Commis-
sioners’ Cpurt when Shamrock asked
for a separate road district. It waB
agreed at that time that a county
wide system would be better for the
whole county- All preliminary work
incident to the election was carried
on by the Shamrock Chamber of
Commerce in this section and by a
committee of Wheeler men headed
by H. M. Wiley. The election was
carried successfully in December by
a majority of 79 votes, calling for
68 miles of paved roads and one
hundred miles of lateral roads. One
million dollars was voted.
(2-A) The itatus of the road
bond election at this time is ques-
tionable. A contest has been filed
and a committee of citizens are try-
ing to get it settled. Monday, Jan-
uary 9th, S. P. Britt and the Secre-
tary went to Abilene to confer with
State Highway Commissioner W. R.
Ely and upon his advice the Com-
missioners’ Court sent Judge Wood,
Commissioner Miller and S. P. Britt
bo Austin to confer with State High-
way Commission January 16.
Publicity
About four thousand descriptive
folders of Shamrock were distributed
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Bones, Percy W. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1928, newspaper, February 2, 1928; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528736/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.