The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1931 Page: 1 of 12
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The Hereford Brand
Our Slogan—“More People—More Farm*”
OOUWTT* TSXA0, THURSDAY. AUGUST 27, 1281.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS II TO CONTINUE EXTENSION WORK
Many Instances of Saving Gted
By Delegation of Citizens Who
Ask Reconsideration Decision
Mass Meeting
Protests Gas
Rates of City
It wan a spirited assembly that
fathered Thursday afternoon of
laat week In the War Theatre to
formulate a protest against the
newly proposed gas rates of the
West Texas Oas Company to be
used In Hereford this winter.
Upeecbes were made by repres-
entative dtlaens statin* their rea-
sons for aaklng for a lower gas
rate, expressing their attitudes to-
ward the gas company and its ser-
vice. •There was no discordant
note relative to the local man-
agement of the company or the
service it haa rendered tta patrons
In Hereford, hot there was a unan-
imity of determined expressions
Hut the gas ootnpany must lower
its rates to the levels of living pos-
sibilities of the community. The
highest praise and tribute waa paid
by those who spoke to the admin-
istrates of tho gas service to
Hereford patrons, but a derided
opposition was expressed to the
new rates proposed.
Three hundred and 87 gag users
of Hereford signed the following
petition:
"Where**, The citterns of Here-
kford hsre fieen served since Nov-
'ember, 1938. and ars now being
served natural gas by the West
Texas Css Company; and,
Whereas, After much complaint
from the people, and long delay by 1
MINN MARUAKftt1 THOMPNON
TEACHES WELLINGTON BAND
the said West Texas Gas Company,
that corimratlon lisa Anally pole
Mshed a schedule under which It
proposes to serve gas for oomsser
rial and domestic purposes at the
present rate of «7H cents a thous-
and for the Aret six thousand
cubic feet, and thereafter at the
rate of 57ty cents a thousand for
the next fifty thousand cubic feet;
and,
Wliereaa, The rltisena of Here-
ford In maaa meeting assembled on
this the 39th day of August. Itffll,
are Impelled to believe, and do
twdleve. that the published propos-
ed schedule of prices contained In
the foregoing paragraph. next r°
above taken from the authorised 1 .
statement of the said West Texas
(las Company, unfair, extortionate
and altogether out of line with
other commoditise essential to the
welfare and comfort of the people;
therefore, be It
Itesolved, That we. the dtlaens
of Hereford, users of natural gaa,
served by the West Texas (las
Company, do hereby and herein
most emphatically and unreserved-
ly agree that the published propos-
ed rate to apply durlag the roontba
of November, December. January,
February and March, Is la fact no
relief at all, and will not be ac-
cepted by us: and be It further
Besot vad, That we, the dtlaens
of Hereford, uaera of natural gas
nerved by the*West Texas ties Com-
pany, will not be, nor are we
willing to accept a higher flat rate
than 80 cento par thousand cubic
feet for domestic consumption, and
a commercial rate baaed on the 80
rente domestic flat rate, according
to,the volume ooasumad; and be
it further resolved that we notify
other community users of natural
gas supplied by the West Texas
Oas Company la this general por-
tion of Texas, of our action, sug-
gesting that they join us in this
protest from their several locatione;
and he It Anally
leeolvtd, That • copy of this
resolution he furnished Mr. B. V.
Hlnehey, vice president tad general
■aflAfir of the West Texas One
Company, and to the Hereford
ft rand, the Amarillo New* and the
Assads ted Press.
Is addition to tbs short paper
the chamber of comm—os prepar-
ed a statement of existing tests
to to the gM situation is Hereford
and as it appeared la the other
41 towns served by the West Tax-
es One Company, sad has mailed
to those towns a proposition to
safe their sedate nee in cooperation
Is dealing with the problem. This
pap— deals with the advisability
of instituting (l suit to test the
prevailing or proposed gas rate,
sod reeds la part as fallows:
Hereford, Angus! 31, 1*31.
MIM MARGARET THOMPSON
Miss Margaret Thompson, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex O. Thomp-
son, has bean started director of
the municipal band at Wellington,
and will begin her duties there
next Monday. Hhe will also have
charge of the public school music
In the high school.
Miss Margaret received her
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of
Music degree* from fllinmona Mill-
versify In HWO, receiving Instruc-
tions In band and orchestra direct-
ing from Prof. Wiley, director of
the famous ('owboy Baud.
Miss Margaret taught
school music in U»e high
at Abernathy last year.
Urge $13,000,000
Project to Aid
Unemployment
Citizens of Big Kprlng. Lamcsa,
Brownfield, T.iibbock, Amarillo,
l<evclland, Dimmltt. Hereford and
Vegn were given u new cause for
rejoicing Just one year ago when
a projection waa made by offlclala
of the Texas A I’adltc railway to
construct a new rail line front Big
Mprlng to the Plains and Panhan-
dle section, providing the Inter-
state Commerce Commission would
grant permission for construction
of the line; and If the dtlaens
would grant the right of way for
the roadbed
A year has gone by and we are
not far from where wa started.
True, the Interstate flomutoreo
Commission grantad permission for
tho construction of about half of
the projects, but this to not satis-
factory to tnose who have the de-
sire and money to construct the
needed railway as originally out-
lined.
With President Hoover and the
other great minda of our nation sit-
ting up nights trying to solve the
unemployment situation; hurrying
the construction of Federal build-
ings, and other j>roJects as an aid
along this line It does seem that
they could be jicrsundcd to see
that the building of this $13,000,000
jiroject would materially aid, with-
out It costing the government one
nubile
i« boo! i Almost everyone r*rt*jH the Hunts
ROTRN. nOM f*ATHER’N
PINEIUL AT ISALMNGEB
Fe and officers of one or two com-
peting rail lines agree this new
rail line la a necessity and all
agree It will tie built eventually.
Why then delay the granting of
|M-riijl*Nion to build.
Andrew. Clem and Carl Gilliam ] A meeting of representatives of
and their families have returned | th* cities along the line, and cities
from their old home nt Ballinger,. friendly to the jirojsisltlou, discus-
whero they were called Inst week jllg the l>r„,KisHlon of sending a
to attend the burial of (heir fath- committee to confer with President
er, It. W. Gilliam, who died Ttiurs-! j|oover and others now wrestling
day at Marlin where be had gone* with tjie unemployment problem
In aoarrh of better health. should to* considered. If this pro-
Mr. Gilliam was u form— cIM-!j,h.| could Ik* started In time to «b-
W»n of Hereford, moving from horej|N)r|) nttinr of the unemployment be-
Tulla several years ago, where for9 the coming winter It would
made hla home until a few, certainly In* helpful,
days before Ida death. j Congressmen of Texas could be
'Hie funeral was held Friday 1 dc|M>ti(led upon to lend a hand In
afternoon In the preaence of aor-1 bringing the matter before Presl-
<lent Hoover and the committee
studying unemjdoyuipnt remedies.
A strong eomudttec could and
should lie sent to Washington at
the earlleat possible dale In order
to get aouie action on thla mat-
ter.
rowing relatives and a host of
old friends who gathered to pay
Isat resjs-cts to one they cherish*
l
Ila la survived by Ids widow and
ail children. Besides the three
eons here, three others, Karl, Big
NpHng; Boy, Honors, and Noland,
Junction, ware preaant, aa were
thraa daughters, Miss Lena and
Mra. Vera Allen of Tulla, and Mrs.
H. a. Oct kins of Clovis, Now Mex-
ico. One son, John, prscadad his
father In death and is also touted
at Ballinger.
Hall County
Wants to Trade
Cows for Wheat
Gas Sentiments
Voiced In Page
Advertisement
A communication from the cha-
tter of commerce at Memphla
the local organization says tlw
farmers down there have more
dairy cowa than they need, but
have g shortage of wheat. They
aak If term—a In Deaf fljnUJi coun-
ty are interested In trading their
surplus wheat for dairy cows, and
if they are, to please let them
know.
ft. O. Dunkle, county agent, who
If head of tbo agricultural com-
mittee of the Hereford chamber
of comm—sa, has aath—laed the
Brand to say that any Dsaf flmith
oouaty or nearby farmers who want
dairy stock In exchange tor wheat
to Inform him and he will use bis
knowledge and experience in help-
ing to complete the trade.
One pan* of this issue of the
Brand is used to voice the dis-
approval of many of the people
of Hereford of the proposed sche-
dule of gas rat— tor the months
ot November to March inclusive.
Payment for this apace waa
guaranteed by tho ehamb— of com-
__. and that organisation ask
tofed a numb— of cKloans, among
those who— names appear on the
page, to ebare the coat of publica-
tion, which they did.
After escurlng almost two-thirds
of the eoet of the page from flrtns
and Individuals, the Chamber of
Commerce assumed the remainder
of the payment and opened the
tor algnataree of any Inter-
anted cittern, without making any
te sharing in the ex*
I BULL TO HOLD
ftAUR NEXT THUBftDAY
ii
MteaMwfth teaftteM
». w have watted m
mmmTm
Allan fleN, tor years a noted
farm—, stock and sharp man of
Deaf- Amtth county will hold A
complete diaper sal aala of his sqnlp-
nmot at Ms ranch flva mil— south
of Adrteo on Thumdoy of uogt
am*, ft apt— h- flrd, according to
r apuommomsut* mods to tho Brmi
te mwar*'
This statement la made so that
everyone may understand the status
of this und—taking. The puhlldtp
1s oft—od tor the sole purpose of
Indicating the attitude of tho pom
pie relative to the prices charged
tor natural gaa In Hereford.
No III tooting te entertained tor
the local manager of the West Tex
ae Oas Com pony in Hereford, tor
general esteem has been publicly
expressed tor him. No sMmoetty
is telt against tbo general officers
of the Wont YSouao tie* Com piny,
This protect to filed and la boinfl
urged In the Intenant of the mo-
fdo of Hereford, and only against
the Wool Wrsaa Qua Componp to
»««■«. «w ran• *
T-rg, SSSSHo
IJONN PI,AY AGAINNT
Ml IN. KIN THIN AFTERNOON
Nothing tbiuntnd by their de-
feat at the bandM of the Odd Fel-
lows lust week, tbo Lions club Is
taking ou the fast playing Midget
baseball team this afternoon at
4:30. The game Is culled s little
earlier than usual because there
were so many runs made last week
It took until «f‘*r dart, to liiile*..
There Is one thing that gives the
spectators s great kick: One time
some of those old time hall play-
ers will perform brilliantly Just
as ha used to In the old days, and
tho next time he gets a "crick”’
In his neck, hack or logs and the
playing shows It is not what It
used to be.
There will be no charge for ad-
mission at the gate. A free-will
offering will tie taken, hut the com-
mittee in marge of these affairs
urg— that no one stay away from
the games for lack of money. They
belong to the city and the pro-
ceeds are dedicated to the Lake
Burk play grounds, the games are
free to all. Those who wish to
contribute may do so, but let none
stay away,
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Cooking School
Postponed By
National Agency
Through no fault of Its own, the
Brand Is forced to ssy fills week
that the cooking h bool dated and
announced to oj*i» In Hereford
next Monday under the sponsorship
of the iiaper, bus been Indefinite-
ly postponed.
This the Brand Is comjiclled
to do by the failure of National
Newspaper Enterprises of Dallas
to lie side to deliver its part of
the eonfraet, which deals with the
distribution of uatloiiully advertis-
ed products.
The post jam men f. of the rooking
school is one of the most regret-
ted announcements the Brand has
bad to make for the juist several
years, as local merchants und the
social und civic life of the city
bsva evidenced more Interest, nnd
approchilIon of the cooking school
and the jMijier for endorsing It,
than in any other one thing under
the present inilliHgcment. of the
Brand.
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ANNUAL MAHONir AND
EAtlYEft NT All PICNIC
The Hereford lodges of Masons
and Eastern HI ars are holding
their annual outdoor picnic Friday
evening of this week at the Wes
Brsdly ranch east of town. All
members of either lodge In good
standing, wind her belonging here
or elaewhere, are cordially Invited
to attend this occasion, which this
year will be a steak fry. Wes
Rradly ha* donated a young beer
whL’h la to he fried, and there
Will bo plenty of coffee; other pro-
vislona must Is* brought hy those
who attend. Wes Rradly did say
ha would make some "son-of-a-gun"
though.
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I. C. C. Postpones
Dates for T. & P.
Protest Filjng
The Brand la Informed that the
date for filing objections to Com-
missioner Wood's recommendations
aa to the p—mlt for building the
proposed Texas A pacific Northern
Railroad from Big Hprlng to Vega,
haa again been postponed from the
data a— at Meptemlier 1 to a new
date of ftrptenitMT 22, according
to a recent communication from
Washington. Likewise, lletse who
oppose Bia T. A P. project will
bava until October 22 to (Hu Muir
replies.
Judge Jno. P. Hinton, who has
(man —ora closely In touch with
the new railroad situation than
any on* else here, gives as bis o|Hn-
Ion that the Interstate Commerce
Commission will keep the T, A I*,
mattor under advisement, with the
arguments tor ami against proto
ship sowing up some Mine in De-
cms*—, will take considerable time
te reach a decision, and ft would
Mt hi wise te e*##<( It before
a date fig late aa neat spring.
Marvin Jones In
Patriotic Appeal
to Legionnaires
that
new.
to It
Those who attended the cham-
ber of commerce luncheon several
weeks ago when Congressman Mar-
vin Jones xpoko In Hereford will
recognize some of the statements
and altogether the trend of thought
of our representative In Congress
from tho exer|>ts taken from his
address before the American Le-
gion convention In El Paso thla
week :
"This la s crucial time in our
country’s history. We are at the
cross roads.
"There Is sn age old struggle
In the world, it is a contest be-
tween control of government hy
a few In the Interest of s few and
the control hy many In the Inter-
est of all.
"Five great prlncljvlea are writ-
ten Into our constitution: Freedom
of the press, freedom of speech,
freedom of assembly, freedom of
religion and equality of opjvortun-
Ity.
"Today n giant has risen In the
old world that challenges all these
principles. Russia takes Issue with
both our jirlncIjricN ami our Insti-
tutions.
"Again this Is not a new strug-
gle. Greece had the world's first
democracy whore the hn|>j>lno*s of
the Individual was sujirome.
"Just to the south of Athens In
the land of Npiirla was the world's
first communistic government.
There the Individual existed for
the state. Men and women were
the pawns of the statu. Children
belonged to the state.
"The Russians may feel
they have found something
hut tin* Spartans heat them
three thousand years.
"America must meet: this chal-
lenge from the Old World.
"This Is a contest that will test
her metal ami she must clean tin1
barnacles off the old Hhiji of
Ktate.
"During the flourishing js-rlods
we were so busy chasing the dol-
lar that a few selfish groujsi have
undertaken to saddle an economic
feudalism on Mils country.
"We have had too much of the
philosophy of Andrew Mellon, lie
i*t a smart man, and when his In-
terests do not conflict with the In-
terests of the government he mny
he efficient, hut when they do, ft
Is too had for the government, as
he looks after Mr. Mellon.
"The trouble Is flint he Is Inter-
ested In so many lines of endeavor.
**He and his co-workers have re-
duced (he amount of money In cir-
culation until this jsdley has made
hard times much worse.
"In 1020 the j*»r capita circula-
tion was I.VUM. According to the
Ihmi treasury report ir is now only
$07.00. This Is s reduet on iff nl
mosi our-ihird,
"It Is hard to j»ay debts created
during a js-rlod of liberal circula-
tion with money that must lx*
earned when the currency lias lieen
contracted until It has driven prop
erfy values very low.
"Money Is the life’s blood of the
nation. If a human ls>lug had
one third of his blood removed he
would grow anomic, listless and
Ills body would la* very much weak-
ened. Tlie same is true of the na-
tion's lowly.
"The restoration of the circul-
ating medium would do more than
any other one thing to restore nor-
mal conditions In this country.
"Again this group tins oncotirag
ed merger upon merger, the piling
of bolding company upon holding
company, the organization of sub-
stdlary corpora Mims and ihc Issu-
ance of excessive slocks mid (muds
until business has gotten on econo-
mic stilts so that If rein ns are
to bo had on these watered Invest-
ments tha prices are made too
high.
"A few poo|»le have too much of
the wealth of the natbm.
"There are many discriminations
In our freight rate structure, on
jsN-lslly against the agricultural
sect ions.
"We must meet the Russian sys
(cm face to face, If we are to do
so successfully these discrimina-
tion* muff tie removed, The peo-
file must take an Interest and see
Mist their rights are protected.
"I bava every faltb (bet (hie
will be done. Americans have met
and will mete
FKHNHYTKKIAN CNl’RCH
ANNOUNCES REVIVAL
Tho folks of Hereford soon will
liavo an opportunity to listen for
two weeks to a man who 1* not
a preacher hilt Just sn ordinary
layman. Yet he speaks on "Every-
day Religions". This man is Guy
Green of Kansas. Glty, Missouri,
lie will be at rhe Presbyterian
church dally at 8:00 o’clock p
m., beginning September 6.
"I have never tried to fool any-
one Into thinking I am a preacher
except once," says Mr. Green.
"171st was et an Implement deal-
ers dinner In Kansas City. I
thought I had put It over. But,
as I was leaving the hotel after
dinner I heard one hlg hoy from
Texas say to another, ’Who won
Mint speaker?* The reply came,
That Is n jirencher nnd his name
Is Green.’ The reply came. Treach-
er nothing. If that bird Is s
preacher Jack Dempsey Is the
president of the TTnlted States’."
Elect C. of C.
Directors At
Monday Lunch
Every person Interested In the
Welfare of Deaf Kmlth county
should he at the chamber of com-
mercc luncheon next Monday noon
to take pnrt In the annual election
of seven director* to servo for the
fiscal year beginning September 1.
Two weeks ago Judge John I*.
Hinton, president of the chamber j Mmlth county more
of commerce, apjxilntcd Geo. l. Imisslonors w,urt.
Muse, Prentice ItoNxon nnd John I f,,legiam from J, D. Tinsley,
general agent of IIm- Hants Fe rail-
road, the largest tux ixiycr In th#
county, expressed regret that tha
court had discontinued the exton*
Despite tho most determined #X-
presslon* of opinions by outstand-
ing citizens and bualuoss men wbo
apjs-Hrud before the Deaf Smith
county commissioners Monday af-
ternoon the court stood Ann la
Its decision to discontinue nil ex-
tension work In the oounty. Is
statements approaching tha bum*
hitter denunciation and derision of
the court’s action, dlffarant apeak
era gave testimony of what tho
work of a county agent and demon-
stration agent hud meant an*
would mean to the county> espe-
cially during the times of daprao-
slon when every little saving tor
the Individual citizen meant SO
much In living accommodations.
Tho most outsjwken statement
hy H. O. Wilson nnd speakers in
behalf of the appeal to the oom-
miNslouers to carry on the exten-
sion work Included John R. Ed-
monds, district agent from A. A
M. College, John R. Olson, Roy
Da vis, county agent of Hals coun-
ty, Judge Jno. P. Hinton, Mian
Elizabeth Chapman nud her fnth-
or, J. M. Chajuiiun, Dr. O. T.
Klhhc, J. P. Roberson, M. H. Koel-
zer, 8. P. liosson, L. A. Hrnltb,
Ix-ster Galley, Mrs. Hess Turren-
tine. <*. W. Humble, .loo L. Pope.
J. F. Ward, Alex Thompson, Ralph
Barnett, Herman Hhultz, Georg*
Lewis and others.
While the Brand has quotations
from each of the speaker* in di-
root statements made before th*
(xiiirt, It Is only fair that In re
jstrHng the meeting that tha argu-
ments be mixed up. Those who
wish to know who said what
should have been present.
The most outsjs»ken statement*
made directly In accusation of the
court’s action was that extension
work was needed right now In Deaf
than a oom-
Mcl,can as a committee to nomln-1
all* a group of chamber of com I
merce members from which those I
present next Monday will elect
seven to serve as directors for the
coining year.
It Is useless to say that every
citizen who really desires to see
community affairs |>rngrc*N should
lx* at Monday's luncheon and take
part hy discussion and voting. Too
many would rather stay away and
talk. They are no excejfflon.
Every community has them. There
Is no question of the right, or
wrong of anyone's con ten Hons re-
garding the chamber of commerce
or Its work. The only question Is
that the chamber of commerce can-
not act oil uiiy ipiesllon that Is
talked about on street corners and
j does not come before Its governing
body.
slon work and hojs*d to see It re-
instated.
Then* was a unanimity of ex-
pression from all *jM*akers tes-
tifying to the gisxl work dona by
It. O. Dunkle, county agent, and
Miss Emma Gunter, demonstration
agent, recently released from th*
work.
It wux shown to the court that
no tax levies had been reduced
ami taxes were not lessened for
next year, yet It would be hard-
er to jxiy taxes next year because
Mu* direct hm nt farm work and
Its various ajipllciitlon* to farm
lift* hud been taken away. This
county Is In as good or bettor
llananclal condition Mian miy coun-
ty In the slate, yet counties In the
The directors of any chamber of very hardest circumstances were
commerce cannot do ns Its Indiv-
idual member* wish. They must
do what they think Is best for the
general welfare of the community,
and there is not a single instance
where their decision does not go
against the wishes of some niem
her of the community. Citizens
who criticise chamber of commerce
activities should consider Mist there
Is no jxisslhlllty of Individuals hav-
ing their own way at all times In
assisting their people now hy be-
ginning tin* extension service when
they had not ls*cn using It before.
Deaf Hmlth county has the low-
est tux rate of almost any in the
state.
The work of the county agent
had made js>ss|hlc here the organ-
ization of the Farmers Creamery
Association which In the j>aat two
years has jgiid for cream here
over IM.OOo added profit that
community affairs and I» reconciled wouU1 wt hflV0 } raaliaad if
to giving way to what the directors ^ ^ ctm W(,r,. wt ln
should consider the best Interests Mn(H| ln|1- WM (low, b keeping
of the community served. |fh* of h,^r tha!
T(s> many communities operate the usual cream station prluss. In
their chamber of commerce workjaddiMon the creamery baa a local
oil sn exclusive basis. It Is the ,Mly r„j| „( $o.insi « yesr, and has
pride of Hereford that Its chain- furnished a market for ov*r 800,-
her of commerce work has been noo jsuinds of hutterfat.
conducted with the knowledge of jf county agent work had not
all Its membership, and no com- here some of the speakers
munity of which the Brand man- j testified they would now tie heg*
agement haa knowledge, receive* |g|„K on the streets, other* whose
the nearest pertoct cooperative .limited farm knowledge would have
siipts.rt of Its citizenship as does »||(.||cd ruin are now leading in-
Hereford. That I* a fine tlilng j fiuentlal citizen*,
am) should lx* perpetuated. Tix* I -ptie county Is lietng put 25 years
many Hereford citizens are absent
I lug themselves from chamber of
I commerce lum heon* where eom-
muhlfy affairs are discussed, and
I flier* Is apt to tx* a distinct loss
to ll- rsford and lJ*sf Nmlth conn
ty’s boot interest* unless Its rttl
rj-n* keep to touch with eatei other
j through the chamber of
backward b> the comnilasioners
decision. Tsxjisyers, strong for
the extension work, are ignorad hy
Mm< court to their appeals te keep
U going.
Nothing Is tiatog saved tha
oounty liy dteunMnutog Urn w*rk,
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Kessie, R. E. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1931, newspaper, August 27, 1931; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825202/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.