The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 133, Ed. 1, Monday, December 7, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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BRECKENKIDGE. STEPHENS COUNT' TEXAS MONDAY. DECElIHEn 7. 102.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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MAJORITIES ARE
IN THE SADDLE
ttAMlll.Ni.TO.N. I- A .
jrtss came buck into ciiii lutu
aftr IU longpi !... t .. I
With the ripening r n.oiic .it'
irnon tir Ma iiin)nrili tolled in..
In the (.'oolitifct .andslide of l2l!
woh the adll in tmwi it. i.ai.
and lb house Lut kept w.tthrr
e on h Mineral nml inif Mi
who it as. in at inr an niiiK ma
iiuon auainat some i pi..j . t of
I hi- adiuitiiHratlni)
WAIUIINiJTON f-e : t
ii'w revenue bill proposals . u.h
of J3Sa.73g.000 in u.- duitrn.
the neat calendwr r and .r.
tiding for Hi' Mli.' r Miiuai.i
rry federal lik pi wj riiii
4 to the House today m the fnt
li-rlslallte bualifvi '' tiil in Uf
U w CvBgte
In irNM ntitiK ih r't'. t of iii
M and Means I iiiiiim.. wlm !i
drafted the mraJur. during the
seven week previous to lb ses-
sion o( ronggreas. Chairman r n
nerved nolle ttat u uuld ask lh-
IIobm to take it up imiraw und r
lit plan to eod H the .Hnet
If-for th" end uf i. inid weeg
uf tt aeeeJoa
WAflflNliTOK. IH ; i -IV'
It.g a craaft of legislation and tuxuy
bitter controversies the vUty-HtiUi
CungroM agotmbtod today for U
firt Mhl long session
Orfnniuiluu wa id- fust urk
buferv I ha House but ih- ttoneie
titaohlnwry wag t tarty in funrtin.i.
Urn organisation hating txrn p-t
fi-eted at the apodal itulon Laid
U. .Ma rub.
rtm Republican aUtt in II.'
Units with Ntchol's (.ongviurth t
ubiq. an apaNkar. aart JMn W I yl rTs- ttvr ' ' s r.iniplrii.
IiIiwh of CoBBWlleuit. aa floor ltt-nv"'l" "( ' "" fri-mi-.
IiaU ban aalacted iHontha ao; "'' "r imiir.. of tl .. jwv w .
b.1 awaltatl only formal vole wf "rK' r h J' J '"
th iHtfiNbarahlli for final aj.proval.1 1B n "harisinn ll. Tra. r...inn
A'lr I rit.lUvUl l-uolld'a tt- kn lur nPharawl Dial Mnly
nuai tuMa ha- Utan trnnamlUd. ' "' u"' u 1 N"lnr all unfln
i.robaliU lumorrow th. Ilrnu. win' uh" bualnaa from Hi- taut miH
grt down to worn lumiedlatrljr. b-
tnc first onIUtratlon to lit ta
ttrlalon bill which H plana to and
to thu Xn bufor tba Chntman
liollilnju
Thla mnru U th inujor one
with which CongrtM will danl ut
Hi U araaion. bnt oihor inporuni log'
latutun l lluclmU farm raltaf thti
llalBlan and liaMnn dabl funiHns
aattlamanta. dlapoattton of Mmili
iitioiiU railroad aaolldtlona kot
criunimt reorKunlialton polul rat
brauoli bunking a public UulldlRB
litll and idtfvan annual approprto-
llaua bill aupplylng monay for lli
oonduet of oTrumtt dapartntanu
drnlNK the m-u ttaral yaar
Tlio 8imI haa baaldaa two Im-
portaHt niatiara of forln affalra
an IU calendar -tha World Court
which will b tnkan up on Deani-
bor 17. and Hi hauaann Tmtty
with Turkey Iloth of tln-a' will
moot with iMermlm-d op(HNdtlon
but ultimata raufleaUon ia pndlet-
il. I'olltlca will plnr li nan In tha
fleealon. which probnbly will con-
tlnuo until tlio ConRTuaalrtiial raoi-
rulKnn pet underway during tln
tiii minor. Tli Itepublloaiui will
Mick to wrlto a record on wliloh tlioy
ran nak tho countr)' to rsturn them
mujorltion In ImIIi houioa far tha
lart two ynars of tho prosent nd-
mlnlstratlon of President CoolIdBO.
Tho Domocrata will tk to draw
attention to what they win yoinl
to na HhijrtcoiiilnKa of tho admin-
istration In tho hop that thoy ran
regain control of tho two hounfli
relinquished in 1019.
.Several polnta of attack against
tha ndmlnlatration now loom
among thorn tho coal situation and
the conduct of tho air forcerf by the
Army and War Departments Tho
.Mitchell courtmartlal and tho Shen-
andoah disaster will fib'uro largely
In tho discussions of this matter in
tho Houbo and Senate.
Secretary Wllbuh and Secretary
DavU are cortafn to become tarcota
of CoQcreailonal orators and a
numbr of Wastorn wnatora are
preparlnc to brlas a third cabinet
office Secretary Wk uder fire.
(Continued on page two)
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Judge Charges
Jury To Make
Sweeping Probe
Jur !
Ineludnl In th unflnUh.-d Uiml-i
naaa la a reeonl of two month ln
veatlanllon of th iflahway Iiapart-j
tntttACl'lil'I'S I'AHTOIIATII 01' J
rami.'? HAi'ri.ST riiriK'll
!iv..M. A- Smith of Jayton haa
accepted the paatormte of pgrka flan-
iJ
tit Church for half time Rcv.led While helolHg to shovel sand
Mmith apeul acreral weeka In thlai
eountjr during the aummer holding
meetlnga Ih vaiioua tutiuuunltlea and
ia well known here
DAMfART- PHton block being r- was reniow-d ta the Weafalde Hoa-
modeled Into modern hntH tdial of Hreckenrldge.
T.hree-Year-Olfj Boy Lost Since One
OTJoek Sunday Al'lernoon Discovered
Today At'ler Frantic All-Nidit Search
Lost slnee one o'clock Sunday in
a wuuerneas or undergrowth on
Big Sandy eieek. threo-yenr-old
Jessie Thomaa Norman waa found
at 10 a m today unharmed. o.
ept for eeratenes on hi face and
Ickb. it was reported
c M Norman of the Von Oak
community together with his fam-
ily oro picking pecans on the Led-
bettor farm at Ilig Sandy whan
little Jeaalo Thomas wandered away
yoatorday.
Tho family hunted deaporatoly up
and down the creek and then sent
out an alarm that tholr boy waa
jone. Oil mon and workors from
the Ilubor cabon black company
and from tho Curry I'ool district
Joined In the search but night camo
on without any trace of tho youngH-
tor bolnu found A car wan sent
Into Iirccktnrldge for flashlights
;tnd about SO men formed a long
lino a quarter of a milo long- and
searched out tho undergrowth at
Dig Sandy and dragged the doep
pools for tho body of the boy.
At 10 lUonday morning after
all hope of finding the bay aliro
had practically be given up Llttl
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mi iini'iin i mnt aald
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rinm mi .fin. mtiM nfnt arranao-
im n- nf Hiiimn fiimiiMr. walr
li.in liKhiint. n nlllallon. It
tin i-Milalti'd
f"nj .i-ralil.. Irl"nt la hlnt
Viwn in ;ii.. rontpat and niw en-
ri ttfn beintf ntndi. rry day.
' hi mnlr.i (a Krlm foatMvd bf
i Mouihwr-atfrn fann publication
fhrfih lb KxliwaloH UfjvnrliHeiit
if A AM foil and la daatjrn-
i iii improtn kltfhon eoadltloni
for ih hnuafwlfo. fly atudy ami
nniiarlaoti nf kitchen arraniraHtant
i. niiii.i..nt with model hnmaa tt
. at ii l of lioiiwnrk ran be
I'.in.ii. tt wan alalfil
LoeuJ Oil Man
Uivl Near DeLeon
h RcaSLing Wei
J J I'aniDbKll of HrrckenrlilLM.
wttw auffrd a bdlr cruahaj thigh
wh"n g uvy plte of rig timber
f 1 on h'm nr P Loon Friday.
haa bn brought to the Woataldo
Uoapltnl from the Claeo Rnnlttrlutn
nnd la now rvported to ln dolnx
wHI.
Campbell who owwh a leaio noar
Di I.eon. waa hauling timber to
lart a well when liia team stall-
from under the wheela the load
allppiHl. and f"ll. badly cruahiHg
his thigh
lie waa ruahed to a Olaeo Hospit
al following the aeeldent ami later
Jessie Thomas
waa found almost
three mlloa from the placo whoro
he had wandored away and tho
cry went up that the boy waa
found. With both arma wrapped
tightly around a fence pmtt nnd with
his pookeU filled with rocks to without any srroats a record tor
"keep the buggara off." T.lttle Jec-i jjood behavior will have been brok-
slo Thomna greeted his rescuer.' on according in Chief Orlmslnger.
Mr Tucker of the Ilullorli Koadf Itecnrda of both tho sheriff's of-
Company with a choorful grin. Kx-j flee and the police dopartmont show
cept for scratched on his faco andith.it thoro aro fowor arrests for
legs he waa unharmed a hasty es-j December of this yoar than thoro
amlnutlon ahowed. j waa for December of either last
Thirty minutes later the rnunlt-i yonr or of two years ago.
ed family wero back at their home Doom day conditions when tho
on tho Akin farm while a Joyful hl-Jackar card shark and petty
mother nnd father gavo thanks for thief piled his trade regularly havo
the recovery of tholr boy practically disappeared it was ex-
Seated In his mother's lap bo-' plained and Hreckonrldge'H records
fore a big firoplaco with both hands I now comparo favorably with any
full of eats llttlo Jennlo Thomas
wondered what all tho fuss was
about as searcher after searcher
came In to ace the youngster and
congratulato the parents boforo re-
turning to tholr work.
When asked whera he had slept
little Jessie Thomas said "In the
hollow."
ER LONGEST
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(ilirUlums "CJicfr"
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i. I.ia'n! nf mixh'Ii hail i mi
il nil Mil on ii Hum
V U Uiit ihi- dni.ilnf had bivn
In. irrli. nijilh. or waa ncM-
it ii'd In ihi iinltii'l) n iirtmr h
mh oMie t. It I tint knnv. n.
Al mi) rati'. I h' jeni'iir r port
II.. ii ii vniMl pf d patch of tin
floM rintah at th rlly hall aa
dtPMilii.il in Hi whlakiy which
I .' mil i
I IriKti'iiM n'i
iiili rniiiuini'il I; and other
i ii Inn villi ulrohnl.
fjif i i
llnrd IJireclorv
Issued For City
OF Breckenriciffc
'S-i'
Tin ihir nn diriHni io b. ia -
mii-1 fm Ihn rli nf MrcfkunrldK iS
no liiii.- iliMiihiiti-.l h II r
H' t nrt rrri.tai of ihi Rnlall Mer
chnnn .mod hi. in utut publlahi-r of
tin l.n.ik iioih In apiNiaranep and
in ntranKmnl thi mw dlrvrtory
rrprnta a eieal Iniprovfrnrnt over
lhi- ine nf last year. It la bound
In lialhc-r and buekraJm. a binding
rar-l n In the make-up of th
dlrecioriea of siiiall eltlea. anil M
roMliterable lunger nnd wider than
the wio which preceded It. In Addi-
tion fhn regular directory Haling
and Ike r Unified direelnry are each
print d upon paper nt different col.
era and aro arparattid by tho ac-
tion ii"Vbfid to Mici-t llalina print-
e on pink paper thm maklne
r-fun T" tu Ha pages much more
cnntnilnnt nnd aattafaetory
Time arc about 11.800 listings In
th riw book a gain of 3.000
more over the numbr Included In
the list Theae listings are set In
S poi.it type though In the 1921-
35 vrtume the listings wr prntid
In ID point. th change being made
neeeaiary through tho need of space
to meommodate the increase.
Aa i further Improvement over the
old. I lie 1926-3G volume has Inelud
ed an Index to the advertiaera hlch
la foi-nd on jmgea 43 to tl.
Tho book the conlrnet for thi
printing of whleli wtia let to u loeal
firm was delivered laat Sntunlay
and Mr. Watson enpregced hlmae:f
ad well pleased with It and with
the success which he hurt hail in the
jjulill-atloii of the book. It Imi
bfn oointod out that thnro Is prob
ably no ety of the size of llrooken
riiki' vrbleh can boast of a direc-
tory of such excellence.
$
City B as tile
Empty; December
Has Few Arrests
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The citizens oi Drockenrldco are
all on good behavior .according to
local officers. The city baatUn has
born empty for the past four days
and not a single entry has been
filed on the police blotter during
that time while tho Sheriff's of-
fice reports that no arrests havo
been iiindo since Saturday.
If a couple nf more daya pass
city ita sire in Texan.
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MEKT TUESDAY.
X meeting of the teachers and
officers of the First Baptist Sunday
School will bs held at the church
Tuesday evening at 7:30. All teach-
ers nnd officers are urged to he
present.
GR)FUT0 1 FT."
WORTH Sl'RVEYi
BEIiNG FINISHED.
KOItT WOHTII !. .ii
t 1 nHf i ill r! w n ' i M.
m rs mid ii.iiiiiitK v.iii iii i..'i
rtinnlOK llmi iion iiiiiii.nu itn..t
in lo r I Worth ia 1'irrm un.l ii'
li.W .ir. iiiillhfc. In ili'ni miiHiii I.
cuu frmii (irnii'im ihl- iiri.
bfinn Mn It In: nf ihi. I'iM ln-
Kort Uor'n roiili-
Th- iiri noni I'oat in tirnlMiu
wna conrliidul flu- wmU nmi. mid
no r I Iiiiii pi wan iiiadn at Hut linn-'
to run li.ni furtln-r i-aMward ii '
IiavIiik bun midi-ratiMHl that tin
fianla t'i aa inBiillatliiK fur irn.-ii j
r. rlithta mrr th- llrn-k l-lninl
from (Iraham in lliU rlly
Thi line as miri')"d runa fmin
I'oat thronah Thrnrk morion and
lleakill T:n auriy out of lira-
ham to Fori Worth would iiorun!
ho dlaianrp Ixii-ii iln- two lowna
by about I" mllna. and folio a the
v w
annniincpnii'iit airal nionitm ami
Il ritori-y. pi. nldi-nt of thi
Santa F". that ihf ) Klein wouiiS
conatnirt m abort line from ihla
ctr l0 inn ;una aa ponalbh- to
build.
Oni) u nk ago Ston-y In a
uit-saagi- to the Kurt Worth ritar-
Telegram aald thai It had nut bven
decided Just when he would apply to
the Internal Commerca Commie-
slon for permit to build. The sur-
vey followed closely the applications
of the Port Worth & Denver anil
the Tekftg i'tahantile A Quit fur
Una .to (he 1'iftjna. The laleratnte
Commerce Commission hag not IhiII-
cttod when Ii will decide an limitation of certain highway contract
npplicationa of then roads.
Th (iraham advlceg reported
that sunr.y ord.ra had been Isamd
to ih- crew to go as direct to r
rlo. if the dlfncult lirraln In luwer
Jack and Vuun counties will p. r-
mil. Uralum is 100 miles fruuii
Fort Worth and Terrln Is 50 uilltM.
It is th anuoiinevd Intention of inn
Texas. I'anhandle A ciulf should II
obtain a permit to build its own!
line from here to I'crrtn. so the
rfantM Vv sune runnlnt througnj
that town to I'ort Worth at least
InitlcaliMi a linrnllnllnw nf Inluraala !
team r i'hihiioiiiib oi iniereaia.
ll throe of Iho propoaed linos
uld greatly reduce Hid trawl tlm
from hero into the South Plains At'
present travel Is routed cither M;
Uweutwatur or vlu Amarlllo. j
Ht Dili I.V At'TO ACCIIHJ.NTS j
l.V l Wli.TI'i:it.V .VI'ATliS
I
CHICA0O. Doo 7. ? J-'Iglity-
(our deaths from utitnmnbllo neel-'
dunts were reported from nine mid-
die wetlorn statue laat week Nino
of these deaths occurred in Toxns.
DAI.IUIIT Ksienahe Improve-
niunts tinder way In Itoek Island
yards.
Chamber Of Commerce Launches Its
Membership Drive For 1926; Members
Asked Send Tn Pledges Voluntarily
The Chamber of Commerce mem
bership drlvo for 1026 haH boon
launched by a lotter asking that all
members voluntarily send In mombo.-
ship pledges for noxt year.
It la polntod out that only
through tho cooperation of all tho
membors can tho Chamber of Com-
merce function efficiently and that
by mailing in membership pledges
In advance much of the trouble and
expense of having membership com-
mittees call upon ovoryono will bo
saved nnd that a good start will be
hart for Chamber of Commerce work
during 192(5.
The letter Is as follows
"Ah a mombor of tho Chamber
of Commerce you aro interested In
tho growth and welfaro of Ilrock-
onrldge. You havo shown thlfl hy
your support. Tho president tho
directors and the secretary cannot.
alone make a Chamber of Com-
merce. Each Individual member
has hl.i part to perform.
"If you wera asked to serve on
a committee I believe you would
do It because of the intoroat you
have In your town even though it
might be st a sacrifice of some of
your valuable time. The hardest
RECESS IN YEARS
For 82 ear
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CASE AGAINST
ROAD COMPANY
IS SET TODAY
. i- u
.scTT1.?- ST "' r Tb MUi.tru tore. 1. ni 100
LlY rnrnptnted . few wwk. o
r: "'"-; :r r-v.:.' r" rr:
tin
Ifarrla and Ogh-caton oou.lleg.r"J'.-.: 'ZU fuusn r.
' WM for J11 'B " dlatrlet
fourt hr ioA tor January th
I '"""" I
" " " "' "r"u '" nr "" ind tin company will prot.nl m
'"' made ihe announcement fol ln rw. mher 2Mh It ne .
'ow"B inference with Attorney niinrt The I'hllllpi rompnny T.
wneral Moody who Inslltuted they no foot .) BUTag. adjacent
"'- Moody seeks a recelvir-' lo (n lfftc.. bulldlnc. which eoi
Prevent the iiayiint
of
1
nppri.lmlol 130.000
Shippers Of The
ri j
nOlllhWOSf i MnOP
UUULn " V-L VijiUau
A .... P. i T -.
Ally llU IllCrCaSC
DAM.AS. Die. 7. tP) A united
front ntmlnat any raise In freight
nitoa with the Tea ettln and ag-
rlcultural Interosls di-mnndlng u de-
cremo was presenteil hero today by
the Soulhnest trippers at the Iu-
teratato Commerce Commission
honrint: on n nronoioil five nor
cent rala Increase hv ih weaierw.i
rosda. Tha haarlnr. a Ian Involve1
the sweeping rate struoture Investl
i?stlon recently ordered by the com-
mission work that any cnmmltioe Is called
upon to do Is to act on tho mom-
bershlp committee. Tho members
of this commlttoo must glvo sev
eral daya of their tlmo In January
of each yonr to tho work ot gecur-l lM 00'fl c0
."TJ'I'J.J !rJi0".B." "?tho Past three months.
a plan to relievo this committee nf
some of tho hard work heretofore
performed by thorn. I want your
Iie'p f urn enclosing to you lmrt-
wlth a momborshlp plodgo rnrd
wnlcli I am going to nsk you in
sign nnd fill In for tho amount you
nro willing to pay towards tho op-
eMtlon of tho Chamber of Com-
merco for the year 192C and return
to me In the self addressed envelope
enclosed herewith. This wilt only
take a moment of your tlmo and in
addition to lightening the burden of
the regular momborshlp committee
you will give u.i a good start for
102f! by January 1st. Do not lay
this card acldo but sign it now snd
have K ovor with.
"Thanking you for this support
which I am sure you will gladly
give I am
"Yours for service
O C GOODWIN Sec'y."
LIST INCLUDES
NUMBERS OF
1 LARGE PERMITS
Impm- tn nil nfi.1 i iTitrtirtlo-1
work In llri'"K' nrldne. rntntilclcd
.Inline tin pait Ihri'c tiiimlh. or
inivr iifiil- r w.iv inlnN npiiroxitnnle
ft m. nun. t rlnck up shone
Thin i.timiini Inrliidi. ItSb.im"
fnr th- V M i A iniildlnn. I7.00O
f..i ih.. llruliM Hrocur Tampan.
i.iiidliiK nnf riHir-!. l.tu.Olil fo-
l'i irolmini I'onitmn office btilldln .-
m KnfSB". ISn.OOO for tlln J. '
ivimy store 'iiilldlnu: Si 00000 for
ih- ChrlMlan rhurch building; 100
oimi for I lm lloonn and HlockT
hulldlnt and flMtiria. -r.n.OOO for
thi Mcrmhren Motor fompan-
hullillnn. 120 OH" for lh ImU
Hardware buildlm.. lll.o00 fn-
ihn new enurthouw nnd flxtiirs:
tISe nun worth of iint'itMnt. "'!
iluO.ObO worth of ri-aldence con
I trurlni dono ihe past io ami
I a half months
The permit for th construction
l of Mi" new rourthouse waa Iftki n
nut foda) Kteatnllun work for
' fnundntlons and basemeni In the
new co'r!nue.. haa lin practlenllv
eompleicd. and pouring of eoneretn
will prohabl) h started Wln-da).
Il waa aald.
The llraley Orocery building t
a S8 by I no fool one alary brick
'
rt nAMna fAMl H ?
wna ot th.. Phillip ivfr ' '
rninDlin) coating appio-
i go eon u now nearlng con
JIR.OOO ban he"!! cnmpli-ted uud
occupied
The J. r. penny fiore building.
. .... . .. . ....... i..i.i.
P 3t liy 10" looi iwn auiry nrn-n
strueture. rnatliiK 155.000. has bi-e
completed and Is now occupied !
the J. 0. Penny Coinpan
The Plrst Christian Church bu '
ng. which together wlili the ..
lures will rust about Jl"0.ouo t.
noi nciring completion The wall
rnd roof has been completed un.l
the floo-s and finishing worh Is
now beliiK done.
Finishing work on th lloom- nnd
Illnaker hulldlns which toB'-tln-w1th
the flMiirca will rost about
IcO.OOi). Is now bring done.
The building will lie occupied by
the Iloonw Rervico Station Decern-
ber I6lh. (Jrease and wash ruckrt
will bo maintained and a full line
of accessories and tire will bo car-
ried 117.000 worth of flood) eur
tlrew wore recalled today b Ih"
company. It was said
Tim McCathreii .Motor Company
bulhlln:'. a 100x160 (yot brick one
story structure rusting HS0.000. Is
now being completed and will b
occupied by th Mef'aihreii .Motor
Compan) Dodge dealers and other
buslnoaaes In the nar future.
Tho Davis Hardware company ha
constructed and mined Into a 5ui
100 foot two-story brick hiilldlnu-.
costing 120000.
paving work formlnn u network
I giving nccesti to nil parts of Ilrerk
rKU( cogtlnr npiroxlinat.-h
led dm
In addition to this about ilOO.oou
worth of reslilcneo construction ha
been done In tlio pint two month
and n hall.
Suffers Severe
Sprain In Fall
nuqene Hancock 23 employee tf
tho American I'xpretw company note
received a sprain to his left foot
whloh will Incapacitate him for a
period of nt least three weeks In
tho opinion of physicians when he
fell from the dock of the Htatlon
about noon today. A loose plank
was held responsible for the acrl-
dont. POItT ARTHUR- Plans mukln'
for construction of 'MOO.OOO wrttm
purification project
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Spears, George T. The Breckenridge Daily American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 133, Ed. 1, Monday, December 7, 1925, newspaper, December 7, 1925; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth69531/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Stephens+County+-+Breckenridge%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.