Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. [9], Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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f-FIBST YEAR
StephenvilLe Tribune
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1823.
oney Back Guarantee on All Gasoline and Other Sales at----EVANS AUTO CO
Ige Is Installing
Radio Receiving Set
K
f BB Proving that its membership is
Bfwell alive to the times, the local
^^lodge Knights of Pythias are pre-
paring to install one of the latest
radio receiving sets. Not being
able to pay for the new equipment
out of the local funds the individu-
al members of the lodge went into
their pockets and paid for it.
The radio will be established in
the reception room of the lodge and
will undoubtedly prove interesting
to all lodge members and their fam
ilies. Members wishing to bring
their wives, sweethearts or chil-
dren to lodge with them can do so
with the assurance that they will
be entertained via radio while the
lodge is attending to its regular
secret routine of business.
Just another step forward for
the K, of P’s.'Stephenville is proud
fjrtlge because they do
brah'he local lodge is perhaps
U rjme strongest and livest or-
1^) "ons in the state.
/’ER FROM SOUTH TEXAS
J Harlingen, Texas, Feb. 8, 1923.
"litor of Tribune,
Stephenville, Texas.
Dear Friend: You will find
:heck to extend my paper to 1924.1
We all read the Tribune first of
til the papers we take. I wish to
lay that Stephenville is hard to
forget. Her good people and fine
schools are sure hard to beat.
This country is a fine place but
I wouldn’t advise men without
some money to come here especi-
ally from a town like Stephenville.
I am running a 50 acre farm. We
have been watering our land and
some have planted corn and cot-
ton. but don’t think we will plant
until the first of March. Vegeta-
bles are good this year but the
price is low.
, 7 sure would like to see how the
government is doing. I am
be up there next summer and
then I can see the improvements
and good people.
Your friend,
* „ J. R. PALMER,
Fire Destroys Car,
Barn and Contents
Fire, supposedly originating
from a lamp placed under an incu-
bator destroyed the automobile and
barn of Claud Johnson, on Graham
street, with all contents last Satur-
day morning at an early hour.
When Mrs. Johnson was awakened
the barn was well on fire and when
the fire department responded
there was little to do except pro-
tect adjoining property. Mr. John-
son estimates his loss at approxi-
mately $700 with no insurance.
About one hundred baby chicks
were also lost in the fire. Another
alarm for the week was turned in
from Mrs. Fant’s residence, how-
ever, no damage was reported.
STEPHENVILLE BOY HURT
Joe Mobley of Amarillo, who is
well known in Stephenville, hav-
ing lived here practically all his
life, leaving only a few years ago,
is back on a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mobley and fam-
ily. Several weeks ago he happen-
ed to a most deplorable accident,
while operating machinery in Wil-
burn Bros. Tank & Culvert factory
in Amarillo, which is owned by his
father-in-law. His glove was
caught in a heavy roller and be-
fore his hand could be withdrawn
four fingers were mashed com-
pletely off. Joe is very optimistic,
though, and says he is glad it was
no worse. His entire arm could
have been as easily lost if he had
not had presence of mind to stop
the machinery.
Just Stacks of It
When we say we have stacks of
Gladiola Flour, we mean it, and
when we say there is none better,
wc mean that too. If you have
never tried this unbeatable flour,
come in and see us. You will never
regret trying.
Other Good Groceries Too
FRANK HENSON
The House of “Appreciation, Sanitation and Service”
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, March 31, 1923
Successful Farmer
Praises Fertilizer
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J.JI. DAVIS AND FAMILY
MOVE TO GLEN ROSE
When will we clean up?
J. II. Davis and family who have
lived in Johnsville for years, mov-
ed out of Erath county last Wed-
nesday; but we are glad to state
that they did not go so far but
what they can come back whenever
a longing comes over them to see
their old home and friends. They
have only gone to Glen Rose, which
Dollar Day And
Dollar Week Will
Be Big Feature
Thru the efforts of the Tribune,
the merchants of Stephenville will
offer to the people of Erath and
adjoining counties one of the big-
gest dollar days and dollar weeks
that has ever been staged in this
part of Texas. Practically every
merchant in Stephenville has
agreed to come in on this propo-
sition and will have extra special
trade inducements to offer all who
come to Stephenville to do their
trading for Monday, March 4 and
the remaining part of the week.
That the idea may be better put
before the people of this section”
and realizing that a large number
of people in the adjoining counties
will want to share in these bar-i County Fall Fair. The Fair as a
Erath County People
Want and Will Sup-
port County Fall Fair
The Fall Fair of Erath County
was not held last year, probably
for several reasons. The main rea-
son seemed to have been, however,
that no one set of men felt like
taking the iniative and putting it
over. It goes without saying that
the people of the county want and
will support such an effort. To
support this claim it may be said
that the fair held two years ago
showed gate receipts of better than
$3,500.00.
There are a great many proposi-
tions vital to Stephenville and
Erath county, but it is our candid
opinion that none could be of any
greater importance than the Erath
Mr. D. H. Burroughs,
Stephenville Oil Mill,
Stephenville, Texas.
Dear Sir; Be sure and hold me
one ton of the fertilizer, the high-
est grade. It is raining so we do
not know when we will get to haul
this out, but just the same the rain
is going to help us make a big cot
ton crop this year, and there is no
doubt but what we will get the
price. I have been using fertilizer
for years on all sorts of crops; in
fact it helps so that I could afford
to pay the local freight on a ton
any year. When I first began to
use it, it cost me as much as $3.50
per hundred pounds. On top of all
this I got the best results from the
fertilizer you sold me last season
that I ever have gotton. You just
simply can’t make a success rais-
ing truck crops on our poor lands
any more without fertilizer.
By using this under cotton, and
in the right way, the cotton will
come up in the Spring with big
leaves like it did thirty-five years
ago, and it will grow off and put
on a crop before the boll weevil
wakes up.’ Over in Georgia they
have fertilizer distributers and put
the fertilizer in about 2 inches be-
low the cotton seed. They are get-
ting a bale of cotton to the acre on
land worn out fifty year ago. We
can do just as well, and why not?
A few hundred pounds of fertilizer
used right this season will keep
men out of the hole, that would go
in otherwise. I expect to use ferti-
lizer on my truck crops this season
if I plant any, but cotton has got-
ten to be such a price that it will
take a real truck crop to pay well.
Thank you,
(Signed) J. E. Fitzgerald.
The above is a letter written by
Joe Fitzgerald, one of Erath coun-
ty’s successful farmers. We pub-
lish it in full for what it is worth
to other farmers of thecounty..
Championship
Friday A
gains, the Tribune has assembled
a mailing list from almost every
postoffice in the nearby towns and
each will be mailed a copy of the
means of developing the many
varied resources we have right
here at home is probably the great-
est agency that could be employed
What will probably
best basket ball games
son will be the bi-dis
pionship game here Fridl
noon between the Stephqvi
Leuders teams. Leuder*
pion of the Abilene
Stephenville is champio^
Comanche district. The vt
the Friday’s game will
to contest for the state
ship at Austin, March 2
tarns are expecting to
goes without saying th
basketball game will be play
In order to get the Leude
to agree to pla/the game in
enville a big cash bonus was n
sary Leuders being in the
ern part of the state make
mileage a big problem. This
portation and all other exptt
the visitors besides a cash bo:
will have to be put up by the
team. But Coach Dykes b
the people of this section will
pleasure in the fact that the
is to be played in Stephenville.
Tarleton gymnasium has- been
ranged for and good comf!)*
seats will be waiting for a I
crowd.
The team representing the
phenville high school can
classed as anything but an
county product. Those boy*
really a credit to the entire C
Most of them came from the
er schools adjacent to Stephen
and no section of Erath can
that they have a personal inte
in the success of the boys. Gre
wood hails from Morgan Mill.
Loveless boys got their early
ketball training at Lone Oak;
er and Nix also call Lone 0-a
home. The Davis boys were o:
recently members of the Johnsvil
team. Whitacra and Bostick take
Christmas dinned; Lingleville
1
orth
really seems almost in, Erath coun- big edition we hope to issue. QuiW^nd the fact stands put boldly that
ty, one can drive over there in'such a number of people in these townsif'the natural resources of the
a short time. Mr. Davis, who is a
road contractor, has contracts to
build some of the good roads Som-
ervell county is planning for an-
other year. Before leaving good
old Erath Mr. Davis came in and
had his name enrolled on the Tri-
a number of people in these towns
are already subscribers to this pa-
per, but for this onel special issue
the patrons will all receive a sam-
ple copy including the bargain
messages of the merchants of Ste-
phenville. ^
Monday, March 4th is ordinarily
J
bune’s subscription list, saying he la big day in this city but the extra
and his family wanted to get the j bargains to be found here on that
home news and they could think of day will likely make it bigger and
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It makes a picnic
on lawn o rtable
SNOW WHITE'
m BREAD I
'majestic bakeryq
iSTEPHENVILLE.TEXASj
PHONE:; 364
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no better way than to subscribe
for the Tribune. We are sorry to
lose such progressive citizens as
the Davis family, but can only
wish the very best for them in
their new home and surroundings.
Mr. Davis married a sister of
better than ever. For a number of
years the people living in the terri-
tory adjacent to Stephenville have
realized that it pays them well to
do their trading here and the extra
special inducements offeredwill
make this fact all the more im-
Walter and Dfcndy Cox of this city.1 pressive.
He has lived in Johnsville all of his Watch and wait for this special
life and his family and friends issue of the Tribune. It will con-
there will miss him very much, we
are sure. We hope he and his fam-
ily may decide to return some day.
The radio bug seems to have
struck Stephenville and new re-
ceiving sets are being received al-
most every day. K. N. Baxley, J. C.
Ward, Knights of Pythias, Fred W.
Westcourt are the latest victims. It
is said that once the bug bites
there is no cure except a full fledg-
ed radio set.
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Stationery
We have many attractive designs
and color in our stationery depart-
ment. One of our best lines is
Rexall’s Symphony Lawn which is
sold only at Rexall Stores, and
which is one of the best grades
made. All colors. Your letters
sand their correctness will not be
"questioned if you let us fill your
wants in stationery.
The Cross Drug Store
\ EAST SIDE
Where You Are Always Welcome
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tain all the regular news features
of the regular edition and besides
a message from the merchants of
the city. Quite a bit of expense is
being put forth to make the day
Monday in particular, a big trad-
ing event, as well as all the follow-
ing days of the week.
Stephenville Steam
Laundry Sells Half
Interest in Business
J. A. Barekman, proprietor of
the Stephenville Steam Laundry
for the past several years, an-
nounces the sale of a half interest
in the business to R. A. Walden of
Dublin. Mr. Walden will move his
family to Stephenville about April
first to make this his permanent
home.
Ns-In speaking of the deal Mr.
Barekman stated that Mr. Walden
is one of the best laundry men in
the state. He has had twelve years
experience in the cleaning busi-
ness and nineteen years in the
laundry business. Besides being
a well experienced business man,
Mr. Walden comes highly recom-
mended as a citizen. He would
doubtless never have consented to
leave Dublin but for the fact that
the Dublin laundry is preparing to
leave that city and this removal
necessitates new business connec-
tions for Mr. Walden.
Under this new connection Mr.
Walden will have entire charge of
t he inside of the Stephenville laun-
dry, including the hireing of help
and seeing that all work coming in
is taken care of and delivered
promptly. With Mr. Barekman to
do the outside work there is no rea-
son why the Stephenville Laundry
should not be one of the best in
this section. The equipment is the
best that money will buy.
if- the natural resources of the
county were properly developed
ours would be the most prosperous
and happiest people in the state.
A county fair not only demon-
sttrates to our own people their
great possibilities but it demon-
sfr' \tes to the world that we act-
ih ilv believe in what we have.
The poultry industry of Erath
county has assumed proportions
that we are all proud of. Let it be
said frankly that this prosperous
industry is only in its infancy.
More chicks and more eggs will
be sold this year than ever before
by almost fifty per cent. And in
these sales which are being made
to all parts of the South, a fancy
premium is being paid. $10.00
per hundred would be a low fig-
ure to place on the average sale of
hatching eggs. One man who pro-1
duces thousands and thousandsof
hatching eggs yearly states that
he has already sold out and re-
turning money to buyers. This in
the face of many other producers.
But to get to the point in question,
these poultry men, to a man, will
support the county fair to the last
ditch. The cream men, the hog
men, the cow men and all others
in the producing business only
want someone to take hold of the
management.
There are a number of differ-
ent agencies to manage the fair,
hut it seems to be generally un-
derstood that Stephenville and her
business people should put this
fair over. Let’s all get our minds
to working and have a fair. Prep-
arations should be in the making
right now.
H. E. Webb of Hico route five
placed a chicken ad in the want ad
columns of the Tribune and says
that buyers haye almost run hirrj to
desperation via telephone and he
blames this office for all the worry.
It seems that his ad read that he
was selling fancy chickens at $5.00
per one hundred, when as a matter
of fact they should be priced at
$15.00. ,A gross error on the part
of the Tribune and we gladly cor-
rect it in this week’s paper. At any
rate the above goes to show con-
clusively that the want ads of the
Tribune brings results. If you
have anything to sell or want to
buy something use these
want ads.
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ANSON MAN DROPS DEAD
ON STREET IN ABILENE
Abilene.i Tex., Feb. 18.—John
Briggs, 45 years old, well known
resident of Arison and formerly of
Merkel, dropped dead on a busi-
ness street here last night. Heart
disease was given as the probable
cause by a justice of the peace
who conducted an inquest.—Dallas
News, Feb. 19, 1923.
Mr. Briggs, who was a frequent
visitor to Stephenville, was quite
well known by a number of people
here. He was a very good friend
of Miss Mary Marrs, former county
superintendent! of Erath county
and was a guest in their home here
quite often. The news of his sud-
den death will be received with re-
gret by those friends of his here
who knew him best.
When will we clean up?
/ J. S. Daley, editor of the Stam-
ford Leader was in Stephenville
this week on business. Mr. Daley
has been interested in the Stam-
ford Leader for several years but
has only recently moved to that
city from Dublin where he was for
ears editor and publisher of the
ublin Progress.
S. P. Davis of Exray, C. O. Blak-
eney of Stephenville and I. B. Hen-
son of route one were assembled at
the court house this week as jury
commissioners. They will select
the jurors for the Spring term of
district court.
and Crabtree
Gordon when h1
home. The o^>
squad live '
from the ab]
almost ever;
has one or
enville tea
can take a personal inten
game and in seeing their ho.
in action. j,,
The game will be played Fr;
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Com”
A. B. Hays whom we all remember
as one of the best informed athletic
directors in the state will referee,
insuring a good clean game. And
above all the boys are going to do
their very best to win this game
which will entitle them to contest
PP^ for state honors in Austin next
little month.
If you like basketball make your
arrangements to be on hand this
afternoon—Friday—at 4:30 and
see one of the best games of the
year. If you don’t like the game
you will get a lot of pleasure out of
the crowd; the band and other fea-
tures worth while. Let's all go out
and help the boys. The Tribune is
glad to say that it is proud of this
team and believes that they will go
to Austin and then beat anything
on the hill. . j
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Miss Linnie Jones, who is em-
ployed in the office of a firm in
Fort Worth, spent last week-end
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. K. Jones.
Come Easy, Go
Easier
What we get for nothing usually costs us more than
anything else we have.
The man who earns his own money, opens a bank ac-
count with a small sum and adds to it regularly
usually accomplishes more with his money than the
fellow who gets it some other way; also he “does
things” before the fellow who is always going to get
“something for nothing” gets started.
Being thrifty is going to be more stylish hereafter
than it ever has before.
Get the
place.
habit—Begin here—There’ll be no better
The First State Bank
of Stephenville
No Depositor in a State Rank in Texas Has Ever Lost a
Dollar
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Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. [9], Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1923, newspaper, February 23, 1923; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877940/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.