The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 29TH YEAR, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1929 Page: 6 of 14
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The Hereford Brand, Hereford, Teu>, Thurgday, June 27.1929.
Atticus Webb Denies That All
RODEO STAR
‘Prohibition Killings’ Are of
Innocent Persons: Many Guilty
Taking exception* u> publahad
accounts of various killing!** by
prohibition officers, Attlen* Webb,
head of the Anti-Sahxm Ixiague
of Texas, has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the newspaper* of
Texan, Including the Hereford
It rand. The letter follows:
"Dear l'.dltor:
The ncwziupor* are being Im-
pelled uis'n by tbo newN-itiil boring
amende* which lire reporting I he
bootlegger'* story >'f killing* by
prohibition officer* and carefully
phrualDK their "»torlo*" for prop-
aganda effect. in the emigre*-
•lonal Record of June 14, is a com-
plete Hat of all prohibition officer*
killed and all person* killed by
them, with a detailed account
of that report The new* atorle*
have made the nubile believe that
there killing* were all Of "Inno-
cent citizens." In reporting what
conferedato, lielleved to lie for the
purpoHo of killing the officer.
In UR eases of the above killing*,
the grand Juries after hearing the
evidence. refused to Indict the
officer*. In Oil Instance* the of
fleer* were indicted, but acquitted
on trial. A* Indication of how
unfairly we have touted the pro-
hibition officer*, of the 4 convic-
tions liad, one of them was being
allot at by the tioot loggers before
he returned the lire, anil yet lie
ro'olviMl a three year aetitcuec for
killing the bootlegger In *elf de-
fen*c No bootlegger In America
would have been convicted under
Hindi el men instil me*. In numerous
!n*tan<*e* where the officer* were
killed by the most outrageous me-
thod* on the part of the bootleg
ger* the l>oot logger* have gone
free, as was the case at K1 1‘aso.
Tim fact Is we «re *o unfair to our
officers that there 1* not a law
‘Windrow’ Method of Harvesting
Wheat Attracts Much Interest
Growers; Tried Here
Among
Senator Hroekhart said u|h>u the | upon the Federal statute* by which
Senate floor recently one agency's mnn can be tiled for murdering
sta ted that be wn* defending the I a Federal officer,
killing* of "1R5 innocent person*". I Will those who are howling
The following facts takeu from I about these bootlegger* being Willed
the Oongrezsloni.il lloeonl referred jin open defiance of our laws i**r-
to will show bow Innocent they mlt u* to call their attention to
were; Of the 1RR killed, flfl were
shooting al the Federal olfleer*
when the officar* began to shoot,
10 others engaged In shooting with
the officers, :t2 other* pulled their
gun* Aral, but the officer* wore
better shots, 12 other* made at-
tempts upon tho live* of the offic-
ers with other Instruments than
gun*. Mont of the others were en-
deavoring to escape. In 140 case*
of the lfift tlie Innocent citizen wu*
known to be a bootlegger.
Among the six Innocent parties
killed, one wa* a boy who wa*
• round the still when It wa* be-
ing raided and wu* not seen until
after the light wa* over, and then
found wounded 200 yard* away.
Another, when the officer* were
chasing a bootlegger, auddenly
ntepiied out from behind a truck
in front of the officers car. The
officer* bad no time to slop be-
fore striking him. The third case
was not killed by a federal offl-
eor but by a man who wa* pilot-
ing the officer* to a still and who
ran Into another car and killed It*
drlVer. lie received a prison sen-
tence of from year to life. A mnn
nnd hi* daughter were killed In n
boat collUlon and unother whs
killed m* lie handl'd a gun to 111*
"SIP"’ .......... ........'
the fact that RR of our Federal of-
llivrs have been murdered by the
bootleggers and several hundred
of our state officers have been
murdered. These 1RR eltisens, with
six possible exceptions were all
guilty of defying the laws of their
country. These officers were all
Innocent citizen* and died In the
line of duty Just a* much aa did
any American soldier who died up-
on the battle field of France.
A* President Hoover said recent-
ly, the outlawed liquored trnfflc
Is at war with our government.
And lie has repeatedly called upon
American citizen* to show their
loyalty to their government In this
crisis. We have nothing against
the eltisens of (lermany. but when
their government was at war with
ours we much preferred seeing her
soldiers fall than to seeing our
own soldiers fall in battle, In
this war between the outlawed li-
quor traffic and our government
we much prefer seeing ihe ene-
mies of our government fall than
to see our own faithful* officer*
die in buttle In behalf of our
country's honor, and we believe
every loyal American citizen will
take the same view,
ilecause Hoover wa* elected as
Here Is Vaughn Orulg Johnson,
"sweetheart” of Amurlcan rodeo
audiences, who wilt appear In Ama-
rillo at the Trl State Fair rodeo
July Jt, 1 and ft. Miss Johnson
1* shown In her most dangerous
trick, bulldogglng u steer from a
moving automobile, a feat which
no other woman performer has
ever completed successfully.
Other world famous stars who
will he at the Amarillo rodeo In-
clude Tommy Kirn in, champion
trick rider and rojier, hi* wife,
Ilea Klrnan, herself a champion
lady rider, and William King, Col-
orado's best known performer.
Official* of the Trl Wate Fair
association are making plan* for a
crowd of at least 2S.000 in Ama-
rillo during the three day rodeo
meet.
a dry and I* honestly trying to
enforce the law, the outlawed II-
qour traffic I* doing its best to
discredit both prohibition and Mr.
Hoover's administration. This Is
the reason that our papers are fill-
ed with these gross misrepresen-
tations concerning the killing of
•‘innocent cltlseu*.” One wet or-
ganization 1 understand, has an-
nounced that they have 200 new*
reporter* pledged to get their story
of the news into the palters.
Let intelligent American citizen*
not be mlaled.
ATTIOU8 WBRB.
--o--
“Virgin Queen's” Statue
Wlmt Is believed to be (lie mil)
contemporary portrait In stutuury
of Queen Elizabeth Is to lie seen In
a niche over the vestry door of the
church of St. Dunxtnn-ln-the-Wesl
Fleet street, London.
Used primarily to reduce the
moisture content In grain when
harvested to a |*dut which will
allow of Its immediate shipping
or storage In bins when threshed,
the new “windrow” system of
harvesting wheat which Is being
mail extensively this year by farm-
er* In Kansas ha* been Introduced
Into Deaf Hmlth county.
On the farm of A J. Walker,
located 18 mile* northeast of
Hereford, L. M. Rhodes Is harvest-
ing a : 120-acre field of wheat with
a "swather" and a combine. Full-
ed by a light tractor, tbo "swath-
er", similar in appearance nnd o|>-
eratlon to a binder, cuts a swath
of grain 1(1 feel wide. As the
grain falls backward on a canvas
conveyor It is carried to the end
of the sickle nearest the body of
the reai*'r and fall* off to form a
windrow behind the machine.
After the grain hn* lain In the
field for four days the combine,
fitted with a pick up attachment,
follows the windrow, picks up mid
threshes the gmln which then, *uy
operators of the windrow system,
can Immediately be shipp'd to
murket or stored in bins on tho
farm,
"lly the ‘windrow’ system of
harvesting," states Mr. Rhodes, "Ibe
grain can be cut one week earlier
than It cun be harvested other-
wise. The moisture content 1* re-
duced from 22 or 23 per cent which
It has when cut, to about IS per
cent moisture when it Is thresh-
ed, allowing the grain to be sold
and shipped at once without any
dockage at the elevators because
of excess moisture."
"Recuuse grain will ripen on the
ground If some of the heads are
still green when cut, the harvest-
ing machine can go Into the fields
earlier," declared Mr. Rhodes,
“thereby reducing by several days
ihe danger of damage by hall."
Kansas farmers who ure using
Hie new method *ay that by using
tho windrow system the harvesting
season will 1m* extended over a
longer period und aid in prevent-
ing glutting the elevators with
grain. The extra cost of opera t-
lug the light tractor and swather.
they claim, Is more than offset by
the reduction of moisture content
of the grain, allowing a higher
grading.
Thu II2U acre Walker furm, esti-
mates Mr, Redes, >vl:i yield 30
bushels i*t acre.
Girls Home Al Arlington
Badly In Need of Help
HARVESTERS
Hee IJs For
OOODU1CH TRIJOK TlllttS
Don’t wait—Iluy NOW, save
time and worry
WEST & SNYDER
Phillips Hervlce Htutlon
Persian Tea Rooms
Tea Ulillllll'g I;, lie r-'vnsul
hn hit of IVi-sIn, There are it great
many tea houses lo meet the de-
mands of all clus-e*. Some are very
elaborately furnished end oilers
have the rudimt kind of equipment
These mduhlli hments are u*ed a*
meeting pi.'in * uml often hu*li.es*
between niei'chant anil patron I*
conducted there. Smoking ulwiiy*
accompanies the cup of ir-u.
Delaware Appellation
The Bureau of American Ktlinol
ogy suys that the Delaware Indian
name for sycamore tree Is "urn oh
holhs," which menu* "canoe wood."
An appeal for more funds has
been Issued by the Berachah Home
at Arlington. Texas, which Is main-
tained for the reaue of girls who
have no other source of help.
Handicapped by a lack of sufficient
funds, the home is unable to an-
swer all the pitiful appeal* to ad-
mit girls. Twelve applicants, say
officials rrf the home, ue now plead-
ing for admission and the home
roqulre* #1,500 at once to meet
the present expense* of the in-
stitution. Rums from one dollar
lip may lie sent to Miss liuttye V.
Saylor, secretary of the home,
r)
'Box 88, Arlington, Texas. Booh
funds will be used In caring for
mors girl* now In such desperate
need of bstp I
Van Horn and Roswell, N. M.,
will entertain the Big Bend and
Pecos Valley lutcr-MountuIn dis-
trict conventions rcxis-clively of the
WTCC during the fourth annual
motorcade, the dates of which are
from July 10 to 20. Approxlroate-
ly 100 towns lu the West Texas
country will be visited by the mo-
torcade.
Importance of Rubber
It la estimated that rubber now I
used In the production of 3(l,0U0 m
Moles. _
LOOK! LOOK!!
TRUCK HAULERS
32 x 6 Heavy Duty
Tire and Tube I38.M.
b
BKCMIJCY CHEVROLET CO.
FREE!
Six Green Glass Plates With Six Cakes
Amondtfl Soap for 59c
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
3 11)8 Sam Houston Coffee, cup and saucer,
$1.50, one lb, with glass, 50c.
THE GROCETERIA
We Deliver—Phone Three-One
Perfect!
The way to get perfect
work dose Is to hsve your
dry cleaning done hers.
Our process of dry clsaa-
ing will ramovs grass stains,
auto grease, soot, asnd, paint
and other stains without the
slightest harm to tbs fabric.
Thl« la tbs boose of
8POTLR88 reputation!
Kates low
We give Hold Bond Blimps
«>u all rloMning and pressing.
Carroll and Corbett
TAIIOR8
Rear Beene A 8b*w Barber
Shop
.‘.'WAWAV^Wi
.W/bW^
Three Big Things Are Happening!
Harvesting Days! 4th of July! and a Big Sale at
SPROWLS-CRONIN & COMPANY, Hereford, Texas
W\ A
Greate&i Sale In Our
History
Starts Friday
9:30 Sharp
June 28th
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Sale That Will Sweep the Shelves
f rom End To End
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'i ing Here!
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—It’s an occasion I hat s klorn happens ihis early in l!ic summer season, but we have de< ided to st‘!I oiT the hulk of our sea-
sonable /cods and wo are ^oing lo jnve von bargains ihal yon won’t forget for many months.
SALK SWINGS INTO ACTION FRIDAY 9:30!
—Great :u p Co s er< Im in;' made for this Id; event. The entire store will undergo special arrangements lo make it easy
For}our hopping Come and see \lvi greatest array of bargains and the hipest sale that this store has ever attempted.
P ol lost nv dems on sah—no. imVe '! Great price concessions will sweep through eac h and every depaitnicnt. Come
and !k‘ with the jolly erowfls. hej'inninjr Fridm promptly ; l 9:30. Waleli our show windows.
SPROWLS-CRONIN
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Jones, Alger. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 29TH YEAR, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1929, newspaper, June 27, 1929; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth583942/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.